Dr. Usa Klinhom received her Ph.D. in biology at Mahidol University, Thailand in 1989. Trained in Thailand, Malaysia, USA. Australia, and New Zealand, Dr. Klinhom’s re- search interests included ecology, ethnobiology, ethnoecology, wetland ecology and forest ecology.

Dr. Usa Klinhom is renowned for her research in the field of traditional medicine. She is currently a sub-committee member on traditional medicine license as well as a sub-committee member on the Promotion and Development of Traditional Knowl- edge Usage and Traditional Medicine, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. Her re- search at the Thai-Korea Natural Phellinus Mushroom Research Center focuses on

the identification of Phellinus strains as well as the genetics and DNA of Phellinus mushrooms. She currently heads our research team in the Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Thailand.

Dr. Usa Klinhom has published numerous articles and research publications, and has also published two books.