Prayath Nantasin

Name

PRAYATH NANTASIN, Dr.rer.nat.

Education

• March 2013

  Dr.rer.nat. (Mineralogy and Petrology), Institute of Earth Science, University of Graz, Austria.

  PhD Thesis entitled: Metamorphic evolution of Thabsila metamorphic complex and the Sri Sawat Contact Aureole, Kanchanaburi Province

• March 2005

  Master of Science in Geology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

  Master Thesis entitled: Petrography and Geochemistry of Intrusive Rocks at Ban Phosawan area, Amphoe Bung Sam Phan, Changwat Petchabun.

• May 2000

  Bachelor of Science in Geology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

  Senior Project entitled: Quaternary sequence of groundwater aquifer at Inburi District, Singburi Province

• May 1997

  Diploma in Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Current Affiliation

Department of Earth Science, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Phahonyothin Rd., Chatuchak District, Bangkok, 10900 Thailand, Telephone 662-5625444 ext 1411 Fax. 662-579-3711

Position: Lecturer and Researcher

Work Period: June 8, 2005 – Present

Social Activities

1. During bachelor study at Chulalongkorn University, I attended many volunteers’ activities for example build up a library for schools in remote areas (Nan, Mukdaharn).
2. In 2000-2002, I was a president of Hmong Bangkok Association (non-registered organization)
3. In 2017-2021, I was one of key persons who established the Hmong Bangkok and Network Association. Then I was elected to be the first President of this organization. During my term, we initiated more than 80 activities with a total budget of approximately 12,000,000 Baht.

Exploration Experience

1. I was invited to explore the potential of gemstone in Mogok valley, Myanmar, during July 2013. The project was fund by the Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (GIT). The results are confidential under the license of GIT.
2. I join the team to investigate corundum resources of Sri Lanka, April 2014. The project was fund by the Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (GIT). The results are confidential under the license of GIT.
3. I was invited to join the team of Geological Survey of Thailand to collaborate with Geological Survey of Vietnam, 2015, to investigate the exposures of Precambrian rocks (metamorphic rocks).
4. I was granted to conduct the project “Searching for Precambrian rocks in Thailand” as a head of project. The project was funded by Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), Thailand, during 2015-2016. The project was aimed to prove the existing of rock with Precambrian age in Thailand. Scope of work included field work, petrographic investigation, whole-rock and mineral chemical analyses, thermodynamic modelling, U-Pb zircon dating. The result of this study is under the license of DMR, therefore, no publication has been done.
5. I was selected to be a representative of Thailand to join the Geology team of AFoPS (Asian Forum of Polar Science) which is part of the 58th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE 58) during Nov. 2016 – March 2017. To conduct a field work, collect samples (297 samples) and consequent research at Thailand, Japan and Republic South Korea. Seven undergraduate students finished the bachelor’s degree from these samples. Two of them continue master’s degree with an exchange program (short term) at Chungbuk National University, South Korea.
6. I have supervised one PhD student who is a full-time staff of the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology, and he is currently graduated. The topic deal with using isotope technologies to assess the dynamics of groundwater in Phrae basin, northern part of Thailand. The research was published in the Journal of Hydrology.
7. I attended a team of Thai public company to assess gold potential in Zambia during August 2019. The company currently holds a mining license and other areas are in progress.
8. I am currently a supervisor of the Mass Pro Trading (Thailand) Company Limited. which export minerals i.e., iron and copper ores to China.

Publications in Conferences

Prayath Nantasin, Somchai Nakapadungrat, and Malatee Taiyaqupt. 2005. Petrography and Geochemistry of Intrusive Rocks at Ban Phosawan area, Amphoe Bung Sam Phan, Changwat Petchabun. International Conference on Geology, Geotechnology and Mineral Resources of Indochina (GEOINDO 2005), 28-30 November 2005, Khon Kaen, Thailand.

Pornsawat Wathanakul, Desell Suanburi, Prayath Nantasin and Krongkaew Jenjitpaiboon. 2005. The Mon Hin Kong Columnar Joints, Phrae Province, Thailand. International Conference on Geology, Geotechnology and Mineral Resources of Indochina (GEOINDO 2005), 28-30 November 2005, Khon Kaen, Thailand.

Christoph Hauzenberger, Tobias Häger, Pornsawat Wathanakul, Khoi, N.N., Prayath Nantasin, Walter Geossler, 2010. Petrology and geochemical characteristics of ruby with associated spinel corona from Truc Lau, N-Vietnam. Provenance and Properties of Gems and Geo-Materials, Proceedings of the VI. International Symposium Hanoi, Vietnam, October 17 – 24.

Nantasin Prayath, Hauzenberger Christoph, and Wathanakul Pornsawat, 2011. Petrography and mineral chemistry of Nong Yai Gneiss: preliminary constrains on their P-T condition of metamorphism. The International Conference on Geology, Geotechnology, and Mineral Resources of INDOCHINA 2011. Khon Khan, Thailand.

Pisutti Dararutana, Natthapong Monarumit, Sorapong Pongkrapun, Prayath Nantasin, Sermrak Ingavanija and Pornsawat Wathanakul. 2012. Chemical Composition of Lead Glass-filled Ruby Samples by EPMA. The 3rd International Gem and Jewelry Conference (GIT 2012), Bangkok, Thailand, December 12-13, 2012. p. 156-158.

Prayath Nantasin, Saturo Adachi, Yasuhito Osanai, Punya Charusiri, Pitsanupong Kanjanapayont, Ippei Kitano, Nobuhiko Nakano and San Assawapatchara, 2017. Ordovician-Silurian Gondwana magmatic event preserved in metabsite of Nong Yai metamorphic complex, Chonburi Province, Thailand. 16th Gondwana Conference, 7-21 November 2017, Bangkok, Thailand.

Prayath Nantasin, Eric Vigouroux, Christoph Hauzenberger, Che-Azlan Chemong and Chakkaphant Suthirat, 2017. Petrological and geochemical analysis of the ultramafic rocks from Pyaung Gaung peridot mine (Mogok, Myanmar): new insights on the formation of the Mogok Metamorphic Belt. 16th Gondwana Conference, 7-21 November 2017, Bangkok, Thailand.

Prayath Nantasin, Christoph Hauzenberger, Philip Schantl, Natthawut Boonjit, Punya Charusiri, Pitsanupong Kanjanapayont, and San Assawapatchara, 2017. Protolith petrogenesis of metabsite from Nong Yai metamorphic complex, Chonburi Province, Thailand: constraint from geochemistry. 16th Gondwana Conference, 7-21 November 2017, Bangkok, Thailand.

Pornchanit Sawasdee, John Booth, Christoph Hauzenberger, Prayath Nantasin, Sannaporn Sanguankaew, 2021. Blueschists and blue amphibole schists-gneisses associated with the Nan River mafic-ultramafic belt, northern Thailand. 2021 3rd International Conference on Environment Sciences and Renewable Energy. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 835 (2021) 012009 doi:10.1088/1755-1315/835/1/012009

Penchan Thaworndumrongsakul, John Booth, Prayath Nantasin, Yoonsup Kim, 2021. Metamorphic evolution of calc-silicate body enclosed in chanockitic gneiss at West Ongul Island, Lützow-Holm Complex, East Antarctica. 2021 3rd International Conference on Environment Sciences and Renewable Energy. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 835 (2021) 012009 doi:10.1088/1755-1315/837/1/012015

Bowornlak Amnatmetta, John Booth, Prayath Nantasin, Yoonsup Kim, 2021. Metamorphic evolution of calc-silicate rocks at Akarui Point, Lützow-Holm Complex, East Antarctica. 2021 3rd International Conference on Environment Sciences and Renewable Energy. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 835 (2021) 012009 doi:10.1088/1755-1315/837/1/012008

Publications in Peer Review Journals

Prayath Nantasin, Christoph Hauzenberger, Xiaoming Liu, Kurt Krenn, Martin Theoni, Yunpeng Dong, Pornsawat Wathanakul, 2012. Occurrence of the high grade Thabsila metamorphic complex within the low grade Three Pagodas strike-slip shear zone, Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand: Petrology and geochronology.Journal of Asian Earth Sciecnes 60, 68–87.

Wentian Liang, Guowei Zhang, Rukui Lu, Prayath Nantasin, 2013. Extrusion tectonics inferred from fabric study of the Guanzizhen ophiolitic mélange belt in the West Qinling orogen, Central China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 78, 345-357.

Wentian Liang, Guowei Zhang, Yang Bai, Prayath Nantasin, 2015. New insights into the emplacement mechanism of the Late Triassic granite plutons in the Qinling orogen: A structural study of the Mishuling pluton. Geological Society of American Bulletin 127(11-12), 1583-1603.

Pitsanupong Kanjanapayont, Peekamon Ponmanee, Bernhard Grazemann, Urs Klötzli, Prayath Nantasin. 2018. Quantitative finite starin anlysis of the quartz mylonite within the Three Pagodas shear zone, wester Thailand. Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, 112/2, 171-179.

Sotaro Baba, Tomokazu Hokada, Atsushi Kamei, Ippei Kitano, Yoichi Motoyoshi,Prayath Nantasin, Nugroho Imam Setiawan and Davaa- Ochir Dashbaatar, 2020. Tectono- metamorphic evolution and significance of shear-zone lithologies in Akebono Rock, Lützow-Holm Complex, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 32, 1-21.

Kiattipong Kamdee, Prayath Nantasin, Srilert Chotpantarat, Chakrit Saengkorakot, Patchareeya Chanruang, Chalermpong Polee, Sasiphan Khaweerat, Nichtima Uapoonphol, Ratchai Fungklin, Wiranee Sriwiang, Supalak Kongsri and Chunyaphak Kukusamudeand, 2022. Assessment of groundwater dynamics in Quaternary aquifers of the Phrae Basin, northern Thailand, using isotope techniques. Hydrogeology Journal https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-022-02478-5

Sotaro Baba, Kenji Horie, Tomokazu Hokada, Mami Takehara, Atsushi Kamei, Ippei Kitano, Yoichi Motoyoshi, Prayath Nantasin, Nugroho I.Setiawan, Davaa-ochirDashbaatar, 2022. Newly found Tonian metamorphism in Akebono Rock, eastern Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Gondwana Research 105, 243-261.