
Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, United States
I am a Thai earthquake researcher specializing in active faults, distributed fault systems, and shear zones. My work focuses on how the ground deforms during earthquakes—both along faults and across broader, more complex zones of deformation. I have studied fault systems in Southeast Asia and the Eastern California Shear Zone, where understanding rupture behaviour of hidden or segmented faults is critical for improving earthquake hazard assessments.
I use tools such as InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar), remote sensing, tectonic geomorphology, field mapping, and 3D fault modelling to characterize ground deformation and fault kinematics. I investigate factors like fault structural maturity and shallow slip deficits to explore how these may inform future seismic hazards.
Currently based at The University of Melbourne, I am collaborating with Geoscience Australia on the Disaster Ready Fund project, supported by the National Emergency Management Agency of Australia, to assess and improve the understanding of earthquake hazards in Adelaide, South Australia. As part of this work, I am also developing the Community Fault Model (CFM) for South Australia.
I am passionate about bridging earthquake science with real-world applications. I work closely with engineers, the national seismic hazard modelling team, and community stakeholders to ensure that this research supports evidence-based seismic hazard models and strengthens community resilience.

Work & Education
2024–Recent
The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Research Fellow in Earthquake Science
2024
University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
PhD in Earth and Ocean Sciences
2019
Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States
MSc in Geology
2016
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
BSc in Geology (Summa Cum Laude)
Selected awards
2025 Best Oral Presentation, Faculty of Science Research Summit (Unimelb)
2024 & 2021 Seismological Society of America Student Presentation Award
2023 AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award
2021 Runner-up campus-wide Three Minute Thesis Competition (UVic)
2019 Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (OSU)
2018 Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant
2017 Fulbright Thai Graduate Scholarship


I acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
I acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Owners of the unceded lands on which I work, learn and live at The University of Melbourne. I pay respect to Elders past, present and future, and acknowledge the importance of Indigenous knowledge in the Academy.