JitraWaikagul has been a specialist in helminthology of the Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand, since 1971. She holds a B.Sc. (Zoology) from Chulalongkorn University, an M.Sc. (Tropical Medicine) from Mahidol University, an M.Sc. (Parasitology) from Queensland University, Australia, and a Ph.D. (Medical Science) from Hiroshima University, Japan. Her research contributes to expanding knowledge of the biology and taxonomy of zoonotic helminthes, in particulars fish- and crustacean-borne tremotodes.