Our Team

Faculty, researchers, and students driving geophysics forward

Faculty

Academic staff of the Mahidol Geophysics group

Weerachai Siripunvaraporn

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Weerachai Siripunvaraporn

Associate Professor & Group Founder

Pioneer in 3-D magnetotelluric inversion methods. Developer of WSINV3DMT, one of the most widely used MT inversion codes worldwide. Research spans deep Earth electromagnetic imaging, marine MT, and computational geophysics. Former Ph.D. supervisor of Dr. Puwis.

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Puwis Amatyakul

Asst. Prof. Dr. Puwis Amatyakul

Assistant Professor & Group Contact

Specializing in magnetotelluric methods for geothermal exploration, joint MT-DCR inversion, and AI applications in geophysics. Leads field campaigns across Northern Thailand's geothermal systems. Founder of SciWave Innovation, bridging academic research with industry applications.

Lecturer · Class of 2016
Research: Magnetotelluric surveys on Geothermal
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Sutthipong Noisagool

Dr. Sutthipong Noisagool

Lecturer

Research on seismology, receiver functions, and crustal structure. Expertise in regional seismicity analysis, moment tensor inversion, and data-driven methods. Key contributions to understanding the 2014 Chiang Rai earthquake sequence and Thailand's crustal properties.

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Students & Interns

Graduate students, undergraduate researchers, and interns

Chayutpong Chaimongkol M.Sc. Student

Mr. Chayutpong Chaimongkol

M.Sc. Student

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University
Research: Ambient noise interferometry for seismic imaging, using DAS and nodal geophone arrays
B.Sc. MAhidol University (2023)
Pat Kerdsomsri M.Sc. Student

Mr. Pat Kerdsomsri

M.Sc. Student

Research: Structural Health Monitoring
B.Sc. Mahidol University (2023)
Pokpong Rojanaponganan M.Sc. Student

Mr. Pokpong Rojanaponganan

Master degree student

Class of 2025
B.Sc. Mahidol university (2025)
Sirawit Arunram M.Sc. Student

Mr Sirawit Arunram

M.Sc. Student

B.Sc. Mahidol university (2025)
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M.Sc. Student

Mr. Thanaphon Wetapinun

Research: MT
B.Sc. Mahidol University (2025)
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B.Sc. Student

Samatchaya Yimduang

Research: 2D electrical resistivity tomography using 1D VES data via ML
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B.Sc. Student

Ms Samatchaya yimduang

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B.Sc. Student

Ms. Sureenipa Thongmee

B.Sc. Mahidol University
Veeraphat Jantasombat B.Sc. Student

Mr. Veeraphat Jantasombat

B.Sc. Student

Mahidol University
Research: Development of a Magnetotelluric (MT) Data Processing Workflow using Razorback to Improve Quality of Noisy MT Data from Northeastern Thailand
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Intern

Ms Chutaporn Chanalerd

Kittipong Phueakim Researcher

Kittipong Phueakim

Ph.D. Candidate

Specializing in the integration of computational science with physical systems, with a primary focus on electromagnetic methods in geophysics. Developing machine learning applications for geophysical prospecting, ranging from improving computational efficiency to the analysis of subsurface models from the inversion.

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University

Alumni & Collaborators

Group alumni now at Mahidol University, Kanchanaburi Campus

Songkhun Boonchaisuk

Asst. Prof. Dr. Songkhun Boonchaisuk

Assistant Professor, Geoscience Program — MU Kanchanaburi Campus

Expertise in magnetotelluric imaging, DC resistivity inversion, and seismotectonics. Key contributions to 3-D MT imaging of the Phayao Fault Zone and the Shan-Thai terrane. Active research in near-surface geophysics and seismic velocity modeling.

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Patchawee Nualkhao

Dr. Patchawee Nualkhao

Lecturer, Geoscience Program — MU Kanchanaburi Campus

Research on petrochemistry of granitoids, mineral exploration along the Loei Fold Belt, and MT-based earthquake studies. Recent work on fluid-driven intraplate seismicity in Northern Thailand.

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Kuntapon Kongtago

Kuntapon Kongtago

M.Sc. Graduated

Mahidol University
Research: Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), Site amplification, Machine learning
Best Oral Presentation STT51

Partners

Industry and government collaborations

Department of Groundwater Resources

Joint research on subsurface water resource assessment using EM methods.

PTTEP

Industry partnership on geoscience training and computational geophysics.

Thai Meteorological Department

Collaboration on seismic velocity modeling and earthquake monitoring in Northern Thailand.