Pipat whilst training students from Mandalay University, Myanmar in bat acoustics.

Below: Pipat collecting bats in the field.

Pipat Soisook

Researcher/Curator of Mammal Section
Darwin PhD Student

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum
Prince of Songkla University
Hatyai, Songkhla, 90112
Thailand
Tel: +66 (0)74-288065
Fax: +66 (0)74-446682
E-mail: pipat.s@psu.ac.th ; pipat66@gmail.com

Education:

2010-(ongoing): Ph.D. (Darwin Initiative Programme) Prince of Songkla Univeristy, Thailand.
Proposed Title of PhD thesis: Systematics, biogeography, and echolocation of bats in the subfamily Murininae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in mainland Southeast Asia.
Supervisors: Dr Chutamas Satasook, Dr Paul Bates, and Dr Csorba Gabor.
Advisors: Dr Sara Bumrungsri, Dr Neil Furey, and Dr Charles Francis.

2008: M.Sc. (Ecology, International Programme) Prince of Songkla University, Thailand.
Title of M.Sc. thesis: A taxonomic review of Rhinolophus malayanus Bonhote, 1903 and Rhinolophus stheno Andersen, 1905 (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in Thailand.

2004: B.Sc. (Forestry) Kasetsart University, Thailand.

Awards:

Awarded for the academic year 2008: 'Best thesis at the Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, in Agriculture and Biological Science'.

Research Interests:

• Taxonomy, ecology and echolocation of Southeast Asian bat taxa
  
  
• Biodiversity of bird and small mammals in Thailand.
  

Current and Recent Research Activities:

2010-2013: Taxonomic review of the bats subfamily Murininae (tube-nosed bats) in SE Asia (PhD research)

2007-2010: Taxonomic review of the some bats in genus Rhinolophus (horseshoe bats) in SE Asia (including MSc research)

2010-2011: Species diversity of bats and birds in Plant Genetic Protection Area of RSPG, Rajjaprabha Dam EGAT, Thailand

2008-2010: Taxonomic revision of Hipposideros turpis complex (Japan, Vietnam and Thailand)

List of publications:

Thong, V.D., S.J. Puechmaille, A. Denzinger, P.J.J. Bates, C. Dietz, G. Csorba, P. Soisook, E.C. Teeling, S. Matsumura, N.M. Furey and H-U. Schnitzler. 2012. Systematics of the Hipposideros turpis complex and a description of a new subspecies from Vietnam. Mammal Review, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00202.x [PDF available]

Kingsada, P., B. Douangboubpha, I. Saveng, N. Furey, P. Soisook, S. Bumrungsri, C. Satasook, V.D. Thong, G. Csorba, D. Harrison, M. Pearch, P. Bates, N. Thomas. 2011. A checklist of bats from Cambodia, including the first record of the intermediate horseshoe bat Rhinolophus affinis (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae), with additional information from Thailand and Vietnam. Cambodian Journal of Natural History, 2011(1): 49-59. [PDF available]

Douangboubpha, B., S. Bumrungsri, C. Satasook, P. Soisook, Si Si Hla Bu, B. Aul, D.L. Harrison, M. Pearch, N.M. Thomas, and P.J.J. Bates. 2011. A new species of small Hipposideros (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Myanmar and a revaluation of the taxon H. nicobarulae Miller, 1902 from the Nicobar Islands. Acta Chiropterologica, 13(1): 61-78. [PDF available]

Ith, S., P. Soisook, S. Bumrungsri, T. Kingston, S.J. Puechmaille, M.J. Struebig, Si Si Hla Bu, V.D. Thong, N.M. Furey, N.M. Thomas, and P.J.J. Bates. 2011. A taxonomic review of Rhinolophophus coelophyllus Peters 1867 and R. shameli Tate 1943 (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in continental Southeast Asia. Acta Chiropterologica, 13(1): 41-59. [PDF available]

Douangboubpha B, Bumrungsri S, Soisook P, Satasook C, Thomas NM, Bates PJJ (2010) A taxonomic review of Hipposideros bicolor species complex and H. pomona (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in Thailand. Acta Chiropterologica, 12: 415-438. [PDF available]

Hughes AC, Satasook C, Bates PJJ, Soisook P, Sritongchuay T, Jones G, Bumrungsri S (2010) Echolocation call analysis and presence-only modelling as conservation monitoring tools for rhinolophoid bats in Thailand. Acta Chiropterologica, 12: 311-327. [PDF available]

Douangboubpha B, Bumrungsri S, Soisook P, Murray SW, Puechmaille SJ, Satasook C, Hla Bu SS, Harrison DL, Bates PJJ (2010) A taxonomic review of Hipposideros halophyllus, with additional information on H. ater and H. cineraceus (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Thailand and Myanmar. Acta Chiropterologica, 12:29-50. [PDF available]

Soisook P, Niyomwan P, Srikrachang M, Srithongchuay T, Bates PJJ (2010) Discovery of Rhinolophus beddomei (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Thailand with a brief comparison to other related taxa. Tropical Natural History, 10:67-79. [PDF available]

Puechmaille SJ, Soisook P, Yokubol M, Piyapan P, Gouilh MA, Mie KM, Kyaw KK, Mackie I, Bumrungsri S, Dejtaradol A, Nwe T, Bu SSH, Satasook C, Bates PJJ, Teeling E (2009) Population size, distribution, threats and conservation status of two endangered bat species: Craseonycteris thonglongyai and Hipposideros turpis. Endangered Species Research, 8:15-23. [PDF available]

Soisook P, Bumrungsri S, Satasook C, Thong VD, Bu SSH, Harrison DL, Bates PJJ (2008) A taxonomic review of Rhinolophus stheno and R. malayanus (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from continental Southeast Asia: an evaluation of echolocation call frequency in discriminating between cryptic species. Acta Chiropterologica, 10:221-242. [PDF available]

Soisook P, Bumrungsri S, Dejtaradol A, Francis CM, Csorba G, Guillen-Servent A, Bates PJJ (2007) First records of Kerivoula kachinensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand. Acta Chiropterologica, 9:339-345. [PDF available]

Participation in International Research and Training projects:

2010-ongoing: Harrison Institute, UK - sponsored by Darwin Initiative, UK: 'Enhancing taxonomic capacity to underpin tropical biodiversity conservation' (SE Asia).

2010: Harrison Institute, UK - sponsored by Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK: 'Integrating Myanmar into Southeast Asia's biodiversity network'.

2008-2010: Bristol University and Harrison Institute, UK - sponsored by British Council (PMI2): 'Testing models that predict the distribution and ecological requirements of threatened bat species in Thailand'.

2005-2008: Harrison Institute, UK - sponsored by Darwin Initiative, UK: 'Taxonomic initiative for Southeast Asian bat studies (Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam)'.

International conferences:

Czech Republic
2010: Taxonomic research of some Southeast Asian Horseshoe bats. 15th International Bat Research Conference. 20-27 August 2010. Czech University of Life Science, Prague, Czech Republic. (Oral presentation).

Indonesia

2nd International South-East Asian Bat Conference. 6-9 June, 2011. Bogor, Indonesia. (Oral presentation).

Thailand
2007: Taxonomic review of Rhinolophus malayanus and R. stheno in Thailand. 1st SE Asian Bat Conference. 7-11 May, 2007. Phuket, Thailand. (Poster presentation).

United Kingdom
2008: National Bat Conference. 12-14 September 2008. University of Reading, Reading, UK. (Participant).


International Workshops and Training:

Cambodia

2009: Workshop on ‘Increasing in-country capacity and regional co-operation to promote bat conservation in Cambodia, with particular reference to Otomops wroughtoni’. 26-27 April, 2009. Royal University of Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

2007: Workshop on 'Bat taxonomy and ecology'. 2-8 February, 2007. Royal University of Phnom Penh and Botum Sakor National Park, Cambodia.

Myanmar

2010: Workshop on ‘Biodiversity studies in Myanmar, with particular reference to mammals, birds and amphibians’. 22-28 February, 2010. Mandalay University, Mandalay, Myanmar.

Thailand

2010: Workshop on ‘Bird research and conservation in SE Asia’. 21-22 October, 2010. Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand.

2010: Workshop on ‘Using GIS and echolocation as tools for conservation of bats in SE Asia’. 26-28 July, 2010. Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand.

2006: Regional training course on ‘Bat taxonomy’. 20-27 March 2006. Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand.

United Kingdom

2008: Training in 'Bat taxonomy and echolocation studies''. 31 August-18 October, 2008. Bristol University and Harrison Institute, UK.

2007: Training in ‘Bat taxonomy’. 27 February – 30 April 2007. Harrison Institute, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK.

Vietnam

2006: Workshop on ‘Field techniques for bat research’. 8-14 August, 2006. Hanoi and Cat Ba Island, Vietnam.