Academic Journey

I was born and raised in Suratthani and then Bangkok, Thailand. As a child, I recalled wondering about what each materials is made of. That was before I knew chemistry. In middle school, I was fascinated in one of the science classes learning about magnets. These two points in my life define my current career today, applying magnetochemistry for fascinating applications.

At the age of 18, I was awarded a scholarship from Thailand's Development and Promotion of Science and Technology (DPST) Talents Project and was privileged to be sent out abroad for higher education in the United States. I thank the opportunity and my many mentors who trained me for high quality education and research. I did an undergraduate research with Prof. Kit Cummins at MIT working on the synthesis of novel cyclic phosphates. The project started off as a purely inorganic work, but gradually found its application in bringing new phosphate compounds to biology. Such experience gave me satisfaction in bringing fundamental research to useful applications and inspired me to pursue my PhD study with Prof. Jeff Long at UC Berkeley studying how to bring molecular magnets to practical applications. During this time, I developed interest in magnetic resonance techniques, which later led me to a postdoctoral work with Prof. Dave Britt at UC Davis using EPR and NMR spectroscopy to interrogate magnetic properties of inorganic compounds and metalloenzymes.

In 2023, I returned to Thailand and started a professorship position at Mahidol University, where I aim to use my acquired expertise in magnetochemistry and magnetic resonance spectroscopy to bring about new innovations in chemistry, physics, and wherever our research will take us.