Ruetai Chongsrid
STEM Ambassador
Managing Director at National Science and Technology Development Agency
Ruetai Chongsrid serves as the Senior Director of Academic, Curriculum, and Learning Media Development at Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation. For over 26 years, she has led a STEM program for gifted and talented youth, aiming to ignite interest in science, enhance creative thinking, and motivate professional pursuits in scientific fields. This program also focuses on training teachers to develop gifted and creative STEM curricula.
Ruetai is a distinguished STEM ambassador and a senior core trainer for the Little Scientists House Project. She is an expert on the Children's University Project and serves on the committee selecting candidates for Thailand's representation at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting and the Global Young Scientists Summit.
Her contributions to STEM education have earned her numerous international recognitions, including being named the outstanding educator in Asia at the 2015 International Leadership Visitor Program. She was also a scholar representative for Asia at the 2019 International Dialogue on STEM Education in Berlin and received accolades for her performance at the 2021 ANSO Training on Sustainable Development and Leadership Enhancement. Additionally, she was a speaker and moderator at the 2021 UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development.
Ruetai has organized over 100 national and international STEM events, such as the Junior Science Talent Project and the 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness in 2018. She has authored and edited more than 50 books on science and gifted education, with titles including "Good Young Researcher Like Good Chef" and "Fun Science Experiments." Her publications have won several national awards, such as the National Good Children Book Award and the National Mention Good Children Book for Moral in New Normal Award.
