{"id":13492,"date":"2025-03-25T16:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/?post_type=champion&#038;p=13492"},"modified":"2025-12-26T11:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T04:50:10","slug":"dr-khamla-inkhavilay","status":"publish","type":"champion","link":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/champion\/dr-khamla-inkhavilay\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Khamla Inkhavilay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Khamla Inkhavilay is the Deputy Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuol.edu.la\/index.php\/2022-05-05-02-58-47\/2022-05-05-03-39-45\/2022-05-05-03-43-05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Scientific Research and Academic Services<\/a> and the Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100077480243157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center of Excellence in Biodiversity<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuol.edu.la\/index.php\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National University of Laos<\/a> (NoUL). The Center of Excellence conducts research, teaching, and training on Biodiversity and Conservation. The Research and Academic Service Office also plays an important role in the management of intellectual property rights, planning cooperation between research and technical services, as well as supervising the work of Chinese research centers, environmental excellence centers, and other research centers of National Universities of Laos.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Khamla is an expert in land snail biodiversity, a field of research which not many scientists are choosing. In 2019, he published a significant <a href=\"https:\/\/zookeys.pensoft.net\/article\/28800\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book<\/a> documenting <strong>231 species<\/strong> of land snails in Laos, i.e. significantly more than the <strong>79 species<\/strong> that were recorded in previous documentations. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00222933.2024.2407406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publication<\/a> of <strong>October 7th 2024<\/strong>, he announced the discovery of two new snail species, further highlighting the ecological importance of Laos. Snails play a crucial role in nutrient cycling and maintenance of moisture in ecosystems, while also serving as a food source for various animals. However, some species, particularly in the genera <strong><em>Hemiplecta<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Cychlophorus<\/em><\/strong> are threatened by human consumption and trade.<\/p>\n<p>Snail mucin has been noted for its ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/nationaleczema.org\/blog\/snail-mucin\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSnail%20mucin%20has%20been%20noted,promote%20collagen%20synthesis%20and%20elasticity.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hydrate skin<\/a>. In addition, it may have anti-aging properties as it is made up of compounds including peptides and antioxidants that promote collagen synthesis and elasticity. Based on his wealth of knowledge, Dr. Khamla is researching the possibilities to use snail slime to create a skin care serum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"template":"","category-actor":[215],"province":[185],"scale":[222],"sector":[232,229],"topic":[162,161],"class_list":["post-13492","champion","type-champion","status-publish","hentry","category-actor-government","province-vientiane-capital","scale-national","sector-education-and-training","sector-research-and-development","topic-agrobiodiversity-conservation-policies-and-initiatives","topic-climate-resilience-and-adaptation-strategies"],"acf":{"pkl_story_headline":"Biodiversity conservation leader","pkl_story_authors":"Bouavone Thipphavanh and Albrecht Ehrensperger","pkl_story_image":13493,"pkl_story_video":"","pkl_story_image_credits":"Dr. Khamla Inkhavilay ","pkl_story_file":null,"photo_gallery":{"pkl_photo_gallery":[[{"id":13495,"title":"COEE-PT1-1180x800","caption":"","full_image_url":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1.jpg","thumbnail_image_url":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-150x150.jpg","large_srcset":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1.jpg 1180w","medium_srcset":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1.jpg 1180w","media_details":{"width":1180,"height":800,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-300x203.jpg","width":300,"height":203,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":16769,"source_url":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-300x203.jpg"},"large":{"file":"COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-1024x694.jpg","width":1024,"height":694,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":129786,"source_url":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-1024x694.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":7508,"source_url":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-150x150.jpg"},"medium_large":{"file":"COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-768x521.jpg","width":768,"height":521,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":80663,"source_url":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/COEE-PT1-1180x800-1-768x521.jpg"}}},"alt_text":"","url":"","target":""}]]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/champion\/13492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/champion"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/champion"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category-actor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category-actor?post=13492"},{"taxonomy":"province","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province?post=13492"},{"taxonomy":"scale","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scale?post=13492"},{"taxonomy":"sector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector?post=13492"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=13492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}