Dr Sirinon Suwanmolee is a Thai researcher with extensive experience in disaster resilience and climate adaptation across government, academia, and non-government organisations. In 2023, she was appointed to the Academic Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, and Climate Change Impact Reduction, where she serves on the Working Group on Resilient Cities and Communities under the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation within the Ministry of Interior of Thailand.
From 2022 to 2024, Sirinon served as a consultant with the United Nations Development Programme, where she spearheaded stakeholder engagement and contributed to the technical development of Thailand’s National Adaptation Plan revision. Additionally, she holds the role of Secretary Chief for the Thai Network for Disaster Resilience and has provided consultation on safe school workshops to enhance disaster preparedness in the education sector.
In her academic career, Sirinon has served as an independent researcher on water management and disaster resilience, as well as a lecturer on disaster preparedness at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi. Additionally, from 2021 to 2022, she taught courses on disaster risk assessment and emergency response at Mahidol University’s Kanchanaburi campus.
Sirinon’s education encompassed diverse interdisciplinary expertise. She holds a PhD in Social Development Administration from the National Institute of Development Administration (2017), a Master of Disaster Risk Management from the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (2021), a Master’s in Community Resource Management from King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (2009), and a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from Silpakorn University (2004).
Sirinon has dedicated her career to building community-level resilience, advancing disaster risk reduction policies, and seamlessly integrating scientific and social approaches to climate adaptation and emergency management across Thailand and the broader Southeast Asian region.
