Thitiya (Joy) Lasing, Ph.D.

ORCID: 0000-0002-4103-9994
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Masaryk University
Faculty of Science
Department of Chemistry

University Campus Bohunice
Kamenice 753/5
A08/room TBD
625 00 Brno
Czechia

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since 03/2026

Postdoc (peptide chemistry)
Fiala Lab
Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Brno, Czechia

10/2021–01/2026

Ph.D. Student (photopharmacology)
supervisors: Prof. Matthew Fuchter, Dr. Anna Bardard
thesis: Structure-based drug design of photopharmacological agents
Imperial College London, Faculty of Natural Science, Department of Chemistry
London, United Kingdom

02/2021–08/2021

Research Assistant (medicinal chemistry)
supervisor: Dr. Sumalee Kamchonwongaisan
project: From molecule to medicines: rational basis or target discovery and drug development to overcome drug resistance in malaria
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC)
Pathum Thani, Thailand

02/2020–02/2021

Research Assistant (medicinal chemistry)
supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Siwaporn Boonyasuppayakorn, M.D., Ph.D.
project: Efficacy tests of newly synthesized rupintrivir derivatives against Coxsackievirus A16 and Enterovirus A71 using in vitro 3C protease activity and cell-based infectivity
Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology
Bangkok, Thailand

07/2019–11/2019

Short-term Visiting M.Sc. Student (organic chemistry)
supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ng Chew Hee
project: Antimalarial properties and mechanism of action of rhodacyanine analogues
International Medical University, School of Pharmacy
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

08/2017–01/2020

M.Sc. Student (organic chemistry)
supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Tanatorn Khotivivattana and Prof. Tirayut Vilaivan
project: Development of fluorinated rhodacyanine analogues for anti-leishmaniasis
Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Bangkok, Thailand

05/2017–07/2017

Short-term Visiting M.Sc. Student (organic chemistry)
supervisors: Prof. Hiromichi Fujioka and Prof. Arisawa Mitsuhiro
project: Selective Transformation of β-Disubstituted Enones and Ynones in the Presence of β-Monosubstituted Enones
Osaka University, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Osaka, Japan

08/2013–07/2017

B.Sc. Student (chemistry)
supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Chaturong Suparpprom
project: Synthesis and pharmacological properties of eugenol derivatives as anti-hyperglycemia, anti-glycation and anti-inflammation
Naresuan University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Phitsanulok, Thailand

Thitiya Lasing, known as Joy, is from Thailand and was recently awarded her Ph.D. from Imperial College London, UK. She was awarded the Development and Promotion of Science and Technology Talent Project (DPST), a scholarship from the Royal Thai Government, which funded her undergraduate through doctoral studies. In 2020, she secured one of four seats to study for a Ph.D. in Chemistry abroad. Her thesis, titled “Structure-based drug design of photopharmacological agents,” was supervised by Prof. Matthew Fuchter and Dr. Anna Barnard. During her Ph.D. at Imperial, she researched a structure-based drug design approach to developing light-responsive molecules called photoswitches, designed with MOE software and tested for binding to the METTL3/14 protein complex using surface plasmon resonance. Inhibiting this complex can have anticancer effects, especially in acute myeloid leukaemia. She is also interested in regulating glucokinase (GK), an enzyme acting as a glucose sensor. Her team explored a light-controlled glucokinase activator for targeted activation and deactivation to prevent hypoglycemia, a side effect of current GK activators. She will continue working on medicinal chemistry projects with the Fiala group, including using photocaged peptides to control lipid membrane scramblases with light, aiming to enhance cancer therapy selectivity. Outside academia, Joy loves exploring cities and cosy cafés, as she is a coffee lover. She enjoys listening to Joe Hisaishi’s music and watching Ghibli movies.