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Dr. Om Karnpanit, known professionally as Dr. Om Weeraya Karnpanit, is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Molecular and Life Sciences within the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University, a position she has held since February 2024. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Nutrition and Food Science from Western Sydney University in 2015. Prior to her current role, Karnpanit served as a Researcher at the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, starting from January 2005, where she focused on food-related research. Her career also includes affiliations with Western Sydney University, contributing to studies on lupin and other food products.

Karnpanit's research specializations include food safety, risk assessment of exposure to contaminants such as heavy metals, microplastics, preservatives, and synthetic colors, food control, product development, analytical chemistry, nutritional analysis, extraction methods for biomolecules, and fermentation processes. She examines contamination in food products like vegetables, fish, bivalves, noodles, and functional beverages. Her expertise involves advanced analytical techniques including UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, HPLC, GC-MS, and ICP-MS-MS. Key publications feature "Phytochemical composition and bioactivities of lupin: A review" (Khan et al., International Journal of Food Science & Technology, 2015, 178 citations), "Development of a fermented product with higher phenolic compounds and lower anti-nutritional factors from germinated lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.)" (Khan et al., 2018, 43 citations), "Effect of cultivar, cultivation year and dehulling on raffinose family oligosaccharides in Australian sweet lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.)" (Karnpanit et al., 2016, 28 citations), "Incidents and potential adverse health effects of serious food fraud cases originated in Asia" (Kemsawasd et al., Foods, 2023, 26 citations), "Effects of food gums and pre-drying on fat content of fabricated fried chips" (Lumanlan et al., International Journal of Food Science & Technology, 2021, 25 citations), "Efficient recovery of functional biomolecules from shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) processing waste for food and health applications via a successive co-culture fermentation approach" (Kemsawasd et al., Heliyon, 2024), and "The impact of solvent extraction and enzyme-assisted extraction on the yield and quality of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) oil" (Mannawa Arachchige et al., International Journal of Food Science & Technology, 2025). Her scholarship has amassed 442 citations on Google Scholar. Karnpanit received the CTDC Fellowship Travel Award and contributed to a grant for developing interactive electronic media in food safety education for school children (2016-2018).