Alum Receives Young Scientist Award

Alum Receives Young Scientist Award

Bryolab alum Ekaphan (“Bier”) Kraichak received this year’s “Young Scientist Award” in Thailand.  It is given annually to outstanding scientists under the age of 35, and was presented by Princess Sirindhorn herself.  Bier received his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2012, studying evolutionary ecology of liverworts in Brent Mishler’s lab, and is now an assistant professor in Botany at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand.

Bier receiving the Young Scientist Award.