CV

General Information

Full Name Vichawan Sakulsupich
Alternate Name Print Sakulsupich

Academic Interests

  • Atmospheric chemistry and climate interactions
    • Sulfur dioxide oxidation, aerosol, cloud, and climate interactions
  • Earth system modelling and analysis
    • AerChemMIP and CMIP6 model intercomparison

Education

  • 2020 - NOW
    PhD student
    Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    • Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Risks (AI4ER) aligned student
    • (Project) Quantifying the role of sulfur emissions in Earth system models
    • (Supervisors) Dr Alexander T. Archibald, Dr Paul T. Griffiths
  • 2014 - 2018
    MSc in Physics
    Department of Physics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
    • (Thesis) Theoretical Studies of Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite under High Pressure
    • (Supervisor) Assoc Prof Dr Thiti Bovornratanaraks
  • 2010 - 2014
    BSc in Physics
    Department of Physics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
    • (Thesis) Comparing Absorption Spectra Observed from Icy Dwarf Planet and Modelled Water Ices from Density Functional Theory
    • (Supervisor) Assoc Prof Dr Thiti Bovornratanaraks

Experience

  • 2023 - NOW
    Co-lead for Fresh Eyes on CMIP Data Access Subgroup
    Couple Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP), World Climate Research Program (WCRP)
    • About
      • CMIP is a project of the WCRP providing climate projections to understand past, present and future climate change.
      • Fresh Eyes on CMIP is a new working group integrating the voices of early career researchers in CMIP.
    • Responsibilities
      • Promote CMIP data access for a diverse range of users
      • Lead discussion about the difficulty in accessing CMIP data for early career researchers
      • Liaise between the CMIP7 Data Access Task Team and Fresh Eyes on CMIP team
      • Collaborate with other Fresh Eyes on CMIP working groups such as the Data Analysis team
  • 2017 - 2019
    Research Assistant
    National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT)
    • Responsibilities
      • Maintain air quality database
      • Conduct own research on urban air quality over Bangkok metropolitan area
      • Lead a research on “Handling Missing Observation Data Using Principal Component Analysis”
    • (Supervisor) Dr Ronald Macatangay

Awards

  • 2023 - 2024
    • Funds for Women Graduate's Foundation Grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    • Joint scholarship from Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust and Cambridge Thai Foundation
  • 2013 – NOW
    • Development and Promotion of Science and Technology Talents Project Scholarship (DPST), Government of Thailand
  • 2017 – 2019
    • 90th Anniversary of Chulalongkorn University Research Grant

Collaboration, Communication and Public Outreach

  • Apr-Dec 2023
    Research Project Leader for LANTA supercomputer open-beta testing call
    ThaiSC, National Science and Technology Infrastructure (NSTI), Thailand
    • Collaborating with 6 undergraduate students to utilise Thailand's new supercomputer, LANTA, to analyse CMIP6 data on aerosol effects on climate
    • Leading the porting of Community Earth System Model2 (CESM2) onto LANTA
  • Jan-Mar 2023
    Supervision teaching
    Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
    • Responsibilities
      • Teaching 2 groups of 3 students on the chemistry of the atmosphere course
  • Sep 2021
    Invited Speaker
    Department of Physics, Chulalongkorn University
    • Being interviewed on life after graduation and career path for physics students
  • 2021
    Student Chair
    Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
    • Facilitating a session in the Departmental peer-to-peer presentation
  • 2020-2021
    Executive Secretary for Student Committee
    St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge
    • Responsibilities
      • Representing the students at college level
      • Publishing students newsletters
      • Facilitating academic and social events
  • 2018-2019
    Public Outreach Assistant
    National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT)
    • Responsibilities
      • Writing press releases for the Atmospheric Research Unit
      • Teaching as teaching assistant in Aerosol modelling workshop
      • Facilitating the NASA Land-Cover and Land-Use Change (LCLUC) conference
  • 2016-2017
    Teaching Assistant (TA)
    Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand
    • Responsibilities
      • Demonstrating undergraduate physics experiments

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Birdwatching, Coffee brewing, Gardening, Knitting, Board gaming.