Prof.Dr. Mali Hunsom

ศาสตราจารย์ ดร.มะลิ หุ่นสม

Office

Room, 3rd floor, Engineering Building 1

Phone

(02)889-2138 ext 6101-3

Email

mali.hun@mahidol.ac.th

Research Group

Waste-Derived Energy and Advanced Materials Laboratory

Scopus / ORCID / MUREX :

Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=15071700400

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7603-6579

Research Interests

  • Heterogeneous catalyst / photocatalyst for industrial waste conversion to value-added compounds
  • Green energy production by photocatalysis
  • Industrial wastewater treatment by chemical/electrochemical technique

Education

  • Ph.D. in (Chemical Technology) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2001
  • Dr. de L’INPT (Chemical Engineering), INPT, Toulouse, France, 2001
  • B.S. (Hons) in Chemical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 1998

Teaching

  • EGCH 106 Innovative process in Chemical Engineering
  • EGCG 205 Heat Transfer
  • EGCH 305 Heat Transfer
  • EGCH 314 Chemical Engineering Laboratory III
  • EGCG 315 Chemical Engineering Laboratory III
  • EGCH 318 Mass Transfer
  • EGCG 319 Mass Transfer
  • EGCH 628 Integrative Transport Phenomena and Kinetics

Selected Publications

  • Gebremariam, T. T.; Thoumrungroj, A.; Longchin, P.; Sutthiphong, T.; Chaemchuen, S.; Hunsom, M. Noble-Metal-Free MoSe₂/CdS/g-C₃N₄ Nanocomposites for Highly Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Water Splitting for Hydrogen Production. J. Alloys Compd. 2025, 107, 179041.
  • Longchin, P.; Thoumrungroj, A.; Hunsom, M. Photo-Assisted Rapid Recovery of Silver from Cyanide-Based Plating Effluent of Jewelry Industry Using Bi₂WO₆ Nanoparticles. Surf. Interfaces 2025, 72, 107168.
  • Gebremariam, T. T.; Longchin, P.; Thoumrungroj, A.; Sutthiphong, T.; Chaemchuen, S.; Hunsom, M. Solar-Light-Driven Hydrogen Production via Noble-Metal-Free CdS/MoSe₂/UiO-66-NH₂ Heterostructure Photocatalyst. Mater. Today Energy 2025, 53, 102021.
  • Tanaka, M.; Thoumrungroj, A.; Sutthiphong, T.; Longchin, P.; Hunsom, M. Engineered TiO₂ Polymorphs with Superior Photocatalytic Activity for Silver Recovery from Industrial Cyanide-Based Plating Effluent. Colloids Surf., A 2025, 727, 138420.
  • Youyencharoen, P.; Junchum, P.; Posachayanan, N.; Thoumrungroj, A.; Longchin, P.; Hunsom, M. Upcycling Industrial Plating Effluent for Rapid Synthesis of Ag-Decorated Defective WO₃ with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity. Chemosphere 2026, 394, 144793.
  • Sutthiphong, T.; Thoumrungroj, A.; Longchin, P.; Hunsom, M. Mechanistic Insights into Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Crude Glycerol Solution over Gold-Decorated TiO₂ Nanostructures. Mol. Catal. 2026, 90, 115657.
  • Longchin, P.; Gebremariam, T. T.; Thoumrungroj, A.; Hunsom, M. Highly Efficient Photocatalytic H₂ Production from Refined Crude Glycerol via CuO/TiO₂ Nanocomposites: Process Optimization and Role of Co-Catalysts. J. Alloys Compd. 2026, 1050, 185660.
  • Riduan, S.; Kannan, A. M.; Hunsom, M. Hydrogen Production and Pollutant Reduction from Wastewater Using Dual-Functional Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Based Photocatalysts: A Review. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2026, 221, 154201.

Awards/Honors

  • World’s Top 2% Scientists (2021 – 2025)
  • Mahidol University Professional Standards Framework (MUPSF) Level 2 (2025)