CV

Contact Information

Name Praween Siritanasak
Email [email protected]

Experience

  • 2020 - present

    Chiangmai, Thailand

    Researcher
    National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT)
    • CMB polarization instrumentation and detector development
    • Member of the POLARBEAR/Simons Array collaboration
    • Dark photon search: member of the Siam Dark Photon (SDP) Consortium
  • 2018 - 2020

    San Diego, CA, USA

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS), UC San Diego
    • Development of next-generation CMB receiver systems under Professor Brian Keating
    • Testing and characterization of transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers
  • 2009 - 2018

    San Diego, CA, USA

    Graduate Research Assistant
    Department of Physics, UC San Diego
    • The POLARBEAR and the Simons Array CMB polarization experiment

Education

  • 2009 - 2018

    San Diego, CA, USA

    Ph.D.
    University of California, San Diego
    Physics — Experimental Cosmology
    • Dissertation: “Precise Measurement of B-mode Polarization Signal from the Cosmic Microwave Background with the POLARBEAR and the Simons Array”
    • Awarded Royal Thai Government Scholarship (2010–2017)
  • 2009 - 2012

    San Diego, CA, USA

    M.Sc.
    University of California, San Diego
    Physics
  • 2005 - 2009

    Bangkok, Thailand

    B.Sc.
    Mahidol University
    Physics
    • First-class Honours
    • Sritrangthong Scholarship (2005–2009)

Awards

  • 2026
    Best Oral Presentation Award
    21st Siam Physics Congress

    For “Siam-DP: Probing the Dark Sector with a High-Sensitivity 230 GHz SIS Receiver”

  • 2010
    Royal Thai Government Scholarship
    Royal Thai Government

    Full-ride graduate scholarship for doctoral study abroad (2010–2017)

  • 2005
    Sritrangthong Scholarship
    Mahidol University

    Merit-based undergraduate scholarship (2005–2009)

Skills

CMB Instrumentation: POLARBEAR, Simons Array, TES detectors, receiver development, cryogenics, anti-reflection coatings
Data Analysis: CMB polarization analysis, B-mode detection, gravitational lensing, power spectrum estimation
Programming & Tools: Python, C, MATLAB, Mathematica, LaTeX, Solidworks, HFSS
Operating Systems: macOS, Linux (RedHat, Ubuntu, Linux Mint)

Languages

Thai : Native
English : Fluent

Presentations

  • Oral: “Siam-DP: Probing the Dark Sector with a High-Sensitivity 230 GHz SIS Receiver,” 21st Siam Physics Congress, Hua Hin, Thailand (2026) — Best Oral Presentation Award
  • Oral: “The Current Status of POLARBEAR and Simons Array Experiment,” 19th Siam Physics Congress, Ayutthaya, Thailand (2024)
  • Oral: “Instrument Development of the CMB Polarization POLARBEAR-2 Experiment,” 230th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Austin, Texas, USA (2017)
  • Poster: “The Broadband Anti-Reflection Coated Extended Hemispherical Silicon Lenses for POLARBEAR-2 Experiment,” 16th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, Grenoble, France (2015)