Dr. Yongssapong Laoonual

Assistant to President for Sustainability, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi

Honorary Chairman, EVAT

Dr.Yossapong is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand. He is also the Head of Mobility & Vehicle Technology Research Center, KMUTT. He has recently served as Assistant to the President for Sustainability, KMUTT.

In addition he also serves as an Honorary Chairman and Advisor of Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT). EVAT was officially established by groups of academic and industry experts, with strong supports from the Thai government. He was one of founding members and the first President of EVAT between Nov 2015- August 2020.

During March-September 2015, he was an advisor for sub-committee on alternative and renewable energy, and energy efficiency under the committee on energy reform, National Reform Council, Thailand. In 2020 he was a secretary of sub-committee on the electric vehicle under Committee on energy, Parliament, Thailand.

Since 2020, he has been appointed as an committee member on Thailand’s National Electric Vehicle Policy Committee. He is also on a subcommittee as an expert on regulatory issues related to the control of air pollution from motor vehicles under pollution control committee and national environment board of Thailand. Recently he is a council member on Council for Decarbonizing Transport in Asia.

During the last 20 years, he has produced and contributed to a number of research works in connection with the powertrain, alternative fuels and policy for electric mobility and road transport technology.

For education background, he earned his first degree in Mechanical Engineering at Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University, Thailand in 1998. He continued his postgraduate study under Royal Thai Scholarship between 1999-2006. He earned a master’s degree at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), now University of Manchester, followed by Imperial College London to gain his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering.