Sivongxay studied in the former USSR for her undergraduate and Masters qualifications, before studying for a PhD at Khon Kaen University in Thailand, where she specialised in zooplankton.[1] She is a National Expert on zooplankton and works as part of the Ecological Health Monitoring initiative in the Lower Mekong basin.[1] From 2013 to 2017 she was a co-investigator on the project 'Biodiversity and conservation in the Lower Mekong: empowering female herpetologists through capacity building and regional networking'.[2] As the project lead in Laos, she led eighteen field expeditions to record amphibians in the region.[2]
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^Phimmachak, Somphouthone; Sivongxay, Niane; Seateun, Sengvilay; Yodthong, Siriporn; Rujirawan, Attapol; Neang, Thy; Aowphol, Anchalee; Stuart, Bryan L. (2018-01-25). "A new Limnonectes (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from southern Laos". Zootaxa. 4375 (3): 325–340. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4375.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 29690074.
^Phimmachak, Somphouthone; Richards, Stephen J.; Sivongxay, Niane; Seateun, Sengvilay; Chuaynkern, Yodchaiy; Makchai, Sunchai; Som, Hannah E.; Stuart, Bryan L. (2019-05-16). "A new caruncle-bearing fanged frog (Limnonectes, Dicroglossidae) from Laos and Thailand". ZooKeys (846): 133–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.846.33200. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6533239. PMID 31148931.
^Grismer, L. Lee; Wood, Perry L. Jr.; Grismer, Jesse L.; Quah, Evan S. H.; Thy, Neang; Phimmachak, Somphouthone; Sivongxay, Niane; Seateun, Sengvilay; Stuart, Bryan L.; Siler, Cameron B.; Mulcahy, Daniel G. (2019-07-16). "Geographic structure of genetic variation in the Parachute Gecko Ptychozoon lionotum Annandale, 1905 across Indochina and Sundaland with descriptions of three new species". Zootaxa. 4638 (2): 151–198. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4638.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31712473. S2CID 203900279.
^Sivongxay, Niane; Davankham, Monekham; Phimmachak, Somphouthone; Phoumixay, Keochay; Stuart, Bryan L. (2016-08-05). "A new small-sized Theloderma (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Laos". Zootaxa. 4147 (4): 433–442. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4147.4.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27515627.