Dr. Yossapong is the head of the Mobility and Vehicle Technology Research Center (MOVE) at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), where he also serves as an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering. He additionally holds the role of Assistant to the President for Sustainability, contributing to KMUTT’s strategic work in sustainable development.

He is an honorary chairman and adviser to the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT), and was one of its founders as well as its first president from 2015 to 2020. From 2020 to 2022, he served on the Thailand National Electric Vehicle Policy Committee to support national EV policy development.

 He also serves as a board member and adviser to several government and private organizations in the mobility, energy, and environmental sectors, with over two decades of contributions to powertrain systems, alternative fuels, electric mobility policy, and road transport technology supporting Thailand’s transition to sustainable mobility.

Regarding my education, I completed my undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University, Thailand, in 1998. I pursued postgraduate studies through the Royal Thai Scholarship program from 1999 to 2006, obtaining a master’s degree from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), now known as the University of Manchester. Following that, I furthered my academic journey at Imperial College London, where I successfully obtained my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering