Somdet Srichairatanakool was born in February 1961 in Suphanburi Province, Thailand. He has received a B.Sc. (Med Tech) degree from Chiang Mai University, Thailand in 1983, M.S. (Biochemistry) from Mahidol University, Thailand in 1989, and Ph.D. (Haematology) from University of London, United Kingdom in 2000. Professor Srichairatanakool has started his career as a lecturer in 1983, Associate Professor in 2012 and Professor 2019 at the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University. His researches of interest are included oxidative stress, iron overload and metabolism in thalassemia, curcumin, green tea and biochemistry of malaria.