Dr. Dachrit Nilubol, DVM, MSc, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He is also affiliated with the Center of Excellence in Swine Viral Evolution and Vaccine Research (SVEVR).
Dr. Nilubol has extensive experience in swine health, virology, immunology, and vaccine research. He teaches swine immunology and vaccinology to veterinary and graduate students and provides professional veterinary services to swine farms across Southeast Asia. His primary research interests include swine production systems and disease eradication, viral sequencing and evolution, humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to vaccines and pathogens, and the development of diagnostic tools and vaccines for emerging swine viruses.
His research focuses on important pathogens such as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), porcine coronaviruses, foot-and-mouth disease virus, Senecavirus A, and African swine fever virus. He develops diagnostic methods, including ELISA, lateral flow assays, and PCR, and investigates effective vaccines and innovative antigen-delivery systems targeting specific cells or tissues.
Dr. Nilubol has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and serves as a reviewer for more than 10 scientific journals. He has received multiple Excellent Research Awards from the National Research Council of Thailand and Chulalongkorn University. His research has also received a gold medal at the 2016 International Invention and Innovation Exhibition in Malaysia, a bronze medal at the 2018 International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva, and a silver medal at the 2019 Geneva exhibition. In 2019, he served as President of the 7th Global Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research Scientific Meeting in Thailand.