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Third-year materials science and nano engineering undergraduate at Mahidol University, working on IGZO thin-film materials for neuromorphic devices.
Available for research placements: June–December 2027
I am a third-year undergraduate in Materials Science and Nano Engineering at Mahidol University. My research focuses on the intersection of advanced materials and neuromorphic engineering, specifically working with IGZO thin films. I have strong practical experience using MATLAB and Python for engineering simulations, data visualization, and automated hardware testing. I am seeking a research placement where I can leverage my computational and characterization skills while learning advanced techniques I cannot access at my home institution.
Where I would like to be useful in a host lab.
Fabrication of thin-film oxide semiconductor materials utilizing both solution-processed (sol-gel) and vacuum-based (sputtering) methodologies. I am specifically interested in how the choice of deposition method dictates physical defect states, and whether we can leverage these defects to achieve reliable synaptic behaviors in neuromorphic devices.
Integrating oxide-based memristors into dense crossbar arrays to overcome the traditional von Neumann bottleneck. The key question I want to investigate is: how does device-to-device conductance variation impact vector-matrix multiplication accuracy in physical analog hardware?
Developing light-stimulated artificial synapses that combine optical sensing with neuromorphic processing. I want to investigate how persistent photoconductivity in oxide semiconductors can be engineered to achieve in-sensor visual preprocessing.
Designing energy-efficient solid-state devices suitable for on-chip learning in edge computing nodes. I want to explore how device scaling and material stoichiometry can reduce switching energy down toward the biological femtojoule level.
Mahidol University · School of Materials Science and Innovation (SCME), Faculty of Science
Aug 2024 – May 2028
Expected graduation May 2028. Currently entering the third year of a four-year programme.
Each page lists the methods used and what came out of it.
Testing whether small cellulose nanofibre loadings can close the strength gap between compostable starch blends and conventional packaging film.
Undergraduate researcher (senior project) · Jan 2026 – present · Ongoing
Assisted a graduate project on how spin speed and annealing temperature govern crystallite size in sol-gel ZnO films.
Undergraduate research assistant · Jun – Nov 2025
Built an open workflow that replaced manual particle counting in our lab course, cutting analysis time and removing operator bias.
Independent project, arising from SCMS 242 Materials Characterisation · Sept – Dec 2025
Instruments operated and techniques performed, with how far each has been taken.
No publications yet — I am an undergraduate and have not yet submitted work for publication. The notes section has written summaries of papers I have read.
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs · 2024
Awarded for a four-year, fully funded scholarship program.
DAAD · 2024
Awarded for Short course(one semester)
Faculty of Science, Mahidol University · Aug 2025 – present
Supervise two first-year laboratory sections of roughly 24 students each: pre-lab briefings, technique demonstration, safety enforcement and marking of lab reports. Around 6 hours a week during term.
Mahidol University Science Outreach · Oct 2024 – Oct 2025
Ran hands-on polymer demonstrations for upper-secondary students at two weekend camps, including a slime-viscosity activity used to introduce crosslinking. Presented in Thai and English.
Summaries of papers I have read, and write-ups of techniques I have worked out.
Cutting clean dogbones from a 90-micron cast film is harder than it sounds. What finally worked, after a lot of wasted material.
Aug 2026
A summary of Ferreira et al. on maleic-anhydride compatibilisation, and what it changed about how I read my own SEM micrographs.
Jul 2026
The practical details a host lab needs before it can invite anyone.
Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand