Perapong Tekasakul is a professor in Mechanical and Mechatronics engineering, as well as director of Air Pollution and Health Effect Research Center at Prince of Songkla University (PSU). His current research interests encompass aerosol mechanics, atmospheric environment, and computational fluid dynamics. Prof. Tekasakul has published extensively in these areas, with his work cited nearly 2,000 times on SCOPUS, reflecting his substantial impact on the fields. Prof. Tekasakul actively engages in international research collaborations. He has worked with institutions such as National Yangming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, Kanazawa University in Japan, and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia among many others. In addition to his academic pursuits, he has served as a member of the Commission of Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI), and chair of a sub-committee to reinvent the university. He was a member of the National Commission on Science, Research and Innovation Promotion. He served as the Vice President for Research System and Graduate Studies at PSU for 6 years, focusing on enhancing research collaborations and graduate education.