For other uses, see Chulabhorn (disambiguation).

Princess Srisavangavadhana

Princess Chulabhorn, the Princess Srisavangavadhana (Thai: จุฬาภรณ; Thai pronunciation: ; RTGS::Chulaphon; born 4 July 1957) is a princess of Thailand, the youngest daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit, and the younger sister of King Vajiralongkorn. She is officially styled Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn, which corresponds to her full Thai *le Somdet Phrachao Nong Nang Thoe Chaofa Chulabhorn Walailak Agraraja*ari (Thai: สมเด็จพระเจ้าน้องนางเธอ เจ้าฟ้าจุฬาภรณวลัยลักษณ์ อัครราชกุมารี).

Contents

• 1 Education
• 2 Marriage
• 3 Issue
• 4 Honours and awards
  • 4.1 Honorary degrees
  • 4.2 Military rank
  • 4.3 Volunteer Defense Corps of Thailand rank
  • 4.4 Academic rank
  • 4.5 Awards
  • 4.6 Honours
  • 4.7 Foreign honours
  • 4.8 Ins*utions *ociated with the Princess
• 5 Ancestry
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Education

Princess Chulabhorn studied chemistry and graduated in 1979 from the Faculty of Science at Kasetsart University, with a Bachelor of Science, First Cl* Honours. She continued to study Science at Mahidol University, where she received her Doctorate in 1985.

She is heavily involved in the promotion of scientific research, and regularly gives awards and prizes. She held the position of a guest lecturer in chemistry at the Mahidol University. She also serves as president of the Chulabhorn Research Ins*ute. She was awarded the UNESCO Einstein Medal for her efforts in promoting scientific collaboration in 1986 and was the first Asian to be invited to join the Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom as an Honorary Fellow.

Later in 2019, She received a Ph.D. in Visual Arts from the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University.

Marriage

In 1981, Chulabhorn married Royal Thai Air Force officer Group Captain Virayudh Tishyasarin (Thai: วีระยุทธ ดิษยะศริน; RTGS::Wirayut Dityasarin), a commoner, an Air Vice Marshal. According to royal custom, she would have lost her *le upon marrying a man of lower rank. However, her father granted her special permission to keep the *le Chao Pha even after her marriage.

Issue

Honours and awards

Royal cypher of Princess Chulabhorn Royal cypher of Princess Chulabhorn

Honorary degrees

Military rank

• General, admiral and air chief marshal

Volunteer Defense Corps of Thailand rank

• Volunteer Defense Corps Colonel

Academic rank

• Professor of Navaminda Kasatriyadhiraj Royal Thai Air Force Academy (27 June 1986 – 1 October 1986)
• Professor in Organic Chemistry of Mahidol University

Awards

Honours

• Dame of The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri
• Dame of The Ancient and Auspicious of Order of the Nine Gems
• Dame Grand Cross (First Cl*) of The Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao
• Dame Grand Cordon (Special Cl*) of The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
• Dame Grand Cordon (Special Cl*) of The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
• Dame Grand Cross (First Cl*) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn
• The Order of Symbolic Propitiousness Ramkeerati (Special Cl*) – Boy Scout Citation Medal
• King Rama IX Royal Cypher Medal (First Cl*)
• King Rama X Royal Cypher Medal (First Cl*)
• Freeman Safeguarding Medal (First Cl*)
• Chakrabarti Mala Medal
• The Boy Scout Citation Medal (First Cl*)
• Red Cross Medal of Appreciation (First Cl*)
• Commemorative Medal on the Occasion of the Coronation of H.M. King Rama X

Foreign honours

• :*an: Paulownia Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown
• Nepalese Royal Family: Member Grand Cross of the Most Glorious Order of the Benevolent Ruler
• :Netherlands: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-N*au
• :Peru: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Services
• :Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
• :Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Seraphim
• :United Kingdom: Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

Ins*utions *ociated with the Princess

There are many things and places named after Princess Chulabhorn to commemorate her.

• Chulabhorn District of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
• Chulabhorn Dam on the Nam Phrom River in Khon San, Chaiyaphum Province

Academic and ins*ute

• Chulabhorn Royal Academy in Bangkok
• Chulabhorn Research Ins*ute in Bangkok
• Walailak University in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
• Princess Chulabhorn's College group of schools
• HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science
• Chulabhorn Graduate Ins*ute

Flora and fauna

• Freshwater fish Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 1990
• Freshwater fish Physoschistura chulabhornae Suvarnaraksha, 2013
• Freshwater bryozoan Plumatella chulabhornae Wood, 2006
• Freshwater crab Thaipotamon chulabhorn Naiyanetr, 1993
• Orchid Phalaenopsis 'Princess Chulabhorn' = Phalaenopsis 'Rose Miva' x Phalaenopsis 'Kandy Queen' breeding by Botanical Garden of Peradeniya, Kandy in Sri Lanka.

Ancestry

References

External links

• The Royal Family | Chulabhorn
• Chulabhorn Receives International Research Award