Dr. Orawan Duangphakdee is Associate Professor and Director of Native Honeybee and Pollinator Research Center at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. Ratchaburi Campus. She completed her B.Sc. (Biology, first class honours) and Ph.D. (Biological Sciences. Entomology) at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

She has contributed over 30 international publications, 8 book chapters and 2 textbooks focusing on dances and communications by honeybees. pollination services native beekeeping and smart technology in honeybees.

She has successfully build up the beekeeping networks with over 500 beekeepers in Thailand and found a social enterprise business named Beesanc to build up a successive exploration of useful knowledge with benefits for Thailand and global beekeeping community.