Here I briefly summarize my journey in sciences. Read my works on https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9322-8682 or Google Scholar. Last updated in October 2026

Intellectual Vitality

Photosynthesis - How do plants use sunlight to turn air, water, and dirt into food?
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, particularly in food/agriculture
Science Education & Community engagement
Plant-based/alternative protein food sources

Plant Physiology	Plant growth analysis, Gas exchange measurements, Yield component analysis, Phenotyping abiotic stress responses
Horticulture & Agronomy	Experiment design, Controlled environments (greenhouse, growth chamber), Hydroponics, Farm & Greenhouse management, Plant propagation
Plant Breeding & Genetics	Genome-wide Association Analyses, QTL mapping, Joint-linkage mapping, Functional characterization of candidate genes
Biotechnology	Synthetic Biology, PCR, DNA/RNA extraction, Cloning, Gel electrophorysis, Cell & Tissue culture, Agrobacterium-mediated transformation
Statistical Analyses	Summary Statistics, Hypothesis testing, Inference, Modelling (Mixed Models, Uni/Multivariate), Diverse toolkits (R/SPSS/GenStat)
Project Development & Management	Writing proposal/report, Strategic planning, Regulatory compliance (esp. Lab safety), Budget management, Stakeholder management, Leading multicultural/multidisciplinary teams
Educational Management	Formal & Non-formal settings, Curriculum development, Online/in-person instruction, Inclusive learning, Tutoring (biology, chemistry, statistics), Engaging with diverse learners including learners with disabilities
Communication	English (Professional), Thai (Native), Spanish (Intermediate), Chinese (Conversational), R (Functional)

Plant Bioengineering Researcher at Joint Bioenergy Institute/Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley
- I developed plant-based strategies to maximize carbon sequestration and bio-product generation to improve energy and climate resilience.
Mission N-Possible - Influence of Nitrogen Forms on Small Grain Crop Carbon Assimilation, providing genetic and management strategies to sustain nutritional qualities of food crops to meet the challenge of Climate Change!
- An open-access copy of my Ph.D. dissertation is available on ProQuest (may require log-in) and eScholarship (publicly accessible!)! I digested the key insights and shared my perspective on sciences in just < 1 hr here on AggieVideo!.
- I made an app to visualize FAO’s data on “Where do we get protein in our daily diets?”. See how major protein sources (and intake) vary across the world!
- I shared my research on the big stage at American Society of Plant Biologists’ annual meeting 2023 “What would a plant eat for lunch?”
- Watch my award-winning talk “Mission N-Possible”

Foodshot 2.0 Precision Protein Challenge, I worked with Foodshot Global, a NYC-based venture capital aggregator to launch a quest to find the ‘moonshot’ ideas for our global food system, as part of the Grad Innovator Fellowship 2020.
What makes modern tomato much more productive than 50 years ago? - Yield Component Analysis of Dutch Greenhouse Tomato (Horticulture and Product Physiology, Wageningen University).
What happens when plants drink salty water? - Functional characterization of candidate loci for salt stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana (Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University).
Adaptable, Adoptable, & Affordable - I helped farmers in Thailand grow the new high-value orchid by figuring out what local growing materials can help plants better deal with limited water resource - Vanilla seedling establishment (Department of Horticulture, Kasetsart University).

Ph.D. in Horticulture and Agronomy, with emphasis on Plant Physiology and Plant Breeding - University of California, Davis, The United States of America
M.S. in Plant Sciences with a specialization in Greenhouse Horticulture, with cum laude - Wageningen University, The Netherlands
B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences, with 1st class honors - Kasetsart University, Thailand

Berkeley Lab Entrepreneurship Training 2025 (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
Food, Ag and Health Entrepreneurship Academy 2018 (UC Davis)
Leaders for the future (UC Davis)
Modern Programming in Genomic Prediction Short Course (UC Davis)
PlantingScience Digging Deeper 2017: Developing a Model for Collaborative Teacher/Scientist Professional Development (Botanical Society of America and American Society of Plant Biologists)
Wilderness First Aid & American Heart Association CPR (Sierra Rescue International/Outdoor Adventure UC Davis)
Specialized Academic Coursework
- UC Davis - Field Techniques in Plant Physiology, Applied multivariate modelling in agricultural and environmental sciences
- Wageningen University - Advanced Methods for Plant-Climate Research in Controlled Environments, Greenhouse Technology, Physiology and Development of Plants, Quantitative Aspects of Crop production, Product Quality and Post-harvest Physiology

Paul Kasemsap