Contributors
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R. Malcolm Brown, Jr.,.graduated.with.a.major.in.botany. at. the. University. of. Texas. at. Austin. in. 1961. and.
obtained. his. PhD. at. the. same. university. in. 1964..
Dr. Brown.accepted.a.postdoctoral.position.at.Freiburg.
University.in.1968..He.taught.at.the.University.of.North.
Carolina.at.Chapel.Hill.for.13.years.before.being.invited.
to. return. to. his. alma. mater. in. 1981.. He. is. currently. a.
professor.of.biology.in.the.Section.of.Molecular.Genetics.
and.Microbiology.at.the.University.of.Texas.at.Austin,.
and.holds.the.Johnson.&.Johnson.Centennial.Chair.in.
Plant.Cell.Biology.at.the.same.university..He.received.
the. Darbaker. Prize. in. phycology. in. 1978,. the. Lamb. Award. (University. of.
Nebraska). in. 1980,. and. the. Anselme. Payen. Award. for. cellulose. from. the.
American.Chemical.Society.in.1986..He.has.been.a.fellow.of.the.International.
Academy.of.Wood.Science.since.August.1983..Dr..Brown.has.had.grants.from.
different.sources.including.the.National.Science.Foundation,.U.S..Department.
of. Agriculture,. Department. of. Energy,. NASA,. Johnson. &. Johnson,. Welch.
Foundation,. National. Institutes. of. Health,. Office. of. Naval. Research,. Texas.
Advanced.Technology.Program,.and.various.corporations,.totaling.$11,898,426..
He.is.the.author.of.more.than.220.peer-reviewed.papers.in.international.journals,.and.holds.more.than.forty patents,.including.U.S..and.international.patents..He.is.the.inventor.of.electronic.paper..He.has.had.more.than.twenty-five.
students.complete.their.doctorates.with.him.over.the.years..He.is.on.the.editorial.
board. of. the. journal. Cellulose. and. . coedited. the. book. Cellulose: Molecular and
Structural Biology. with. his. long-time. . colleague,. Inder. Saxena.. His. hobbies. are.
music.composition.and.gardening.
Nadda Chiaoprakobkij. earned. a. master’s. degree. in.
chemical.engineering.from.Chulalongkorn.University.
in.2008..At.present.she.is.a.PhD.student.and.a.member.
of. the. Biochemical. Engineering. Research. Group,.
Department.of.Chemical.Engineering,.Chulalongkorn.
University..She.has.been.involved.in.research.projects.
on.the.development.of.bacterial.cellulose.for.biomedical.applications..Her.research.works,.in.collaboration.
with. the. Faculty. of. Dentistry. at. Chulalongkorn.
University,. on. the. development. of. novel. composite.
sponges.to.cover.surgical.wounds.in.oral.cavities.have.
been.presented.at.national.and.international.conferences.and.published.in.an.
international.journal.