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Taweewat Somboonpanyakul (ทวีวัฒน์ สมบูรณ์ปัญญากุล) is currently a lecturer at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Previously he was a Kavli Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford University, under the direction of Prof. Steve Allen. Taweewat obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Physics with a specialization in Astrophysics at the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL, and his PhD in Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA.

Taweewat’s research focuses on studying the properties and evolutions of clusters of galaxies and their massive central galaxies. He leveraged a diverse array of ground- and space-based observatories, including the Hubble and Chandra space telescopes, as well as the Magellan telescopes in Chile. He has expertise in computer programming using Python, which is the primary coding language in astrophysics. These tools enable him of characterize the dynamical state, thermodynamic structure, and cosmological significance of these remarkable objects.

news

May 20, 2026	🤝 Gathering with Thai Physics Community at SPC2026
May 10, 2026	🏆 Another Year at the Thai Astronomy Olympiad (TAO23)
Apr 17, 2026	🌌 Six Nights Under the Stars at Doi Inthanon (TNT)
Feb 4, 2026	🔬 Inspiring Young Scientists at Kamnoetvidya Science Academy (KVIS)
Jan 16, 2026	🌟 Learning Across Generations Under the Same Sky at Satit Chula

selected publications

2022

The Evolution of AGN Activity in Brightest Cluster Galaxies

T. Somboonpanyakul, M. McDonald, A. Noble, and 79 more authors

Astronomical Journal, Apr 2022

Bib

@article{2022AJ....163..146S,
  author = {{Somboonpanyakul}, T. and {McDonald}, M. and {Noble}, A. and {Aguena}, M. and {Allam}, S. and {Amon}, A. and {Andrade-Oliveira}, F. and {Bacon}, D. and {Bayliss}, M.~B. and {Bertin}, E. and {Bhargava}, S. and {Brooks}, D. and {Buckley-Geer}, E. and {Burke}, D.~L. and {Calzadilla}, M. and {Canning}, R. and {Carnero Rosell}, A. and {Carrasco Kind}, M. and {Carretero}, J. and {Costanzi}, M. and {da Costa}, L.~N. and {Pereira}, M.~E.~S. and {De Vicente}, J. and {Doel}, P. and {Eisenhardt}, P. and {Everett}, S. and {Evrard}, A.~E. and {Ferrero}, I. and {Flaugher}, B. and {Floyd}, B. and {Garc{\'\i}a-Bellido}, J. and {Gaztanaga}, E. and {Gerdes}, D.~W. and {Gonzalez}, A. and {Gruen}, D. and {Gruendl}, R.~A. and {Gschwend}, J. and {Gupta}, N. and {Gutierrez}, G. and {Hinton}, S.~R. and {Hollowood}, D.~L. and {Honscheid}, K. and {Hoyle}, B. and {James}, D.~J. and {Jeltema}, T. and {Khullar}, G. and {Kim}, K.~J. and {Klein}, M. and {Kuehn}, K. and {Lima}, M. and {Maia}, M.~A.~G. and {Marshall}, J.~L. and {Martini}, P. and {Melchior}, P. and {Menanteau}, F. and {Miquel}, R. and {Mohr}, J.~J. and {Morgan}, R. and {Ogando}, R.~L.~C. and {Palmese}, A. and {Paz-Chinch{\'o}n}, F. and {Pieres}, A. and {Plazas Malag{\'o}n}, A.~A. and {Reil}, K. and {Romer}, A.~K. and {Ruppin}, F. and {Sanchez}, E. and {Saro}, A. and {Scarpine}, V. and {Schubnell}, M. and {Serrano}, S. and {Sevilla-Noarbe}, I. and {Singh}, P. and {Smith}, M. and {Soares-Santos}, M. and {Strazzullo}, V. and {Suchyta}, E. and {Swanson}, M.~E.~C. and {Tarle}, G. and {To}, C. and {Tucker}, D.~L. and {Wilkinson}, R.~D.},
  title = {{The Evolution of AGN Activity in Brightest Cluster Galaxies}},
  journal = {Astronomical Journal},
  keywords = {Galaxy clusters, Galaxy evolution, 584, 594, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
  year = {2022},
  month = apr,
  volume = {163},
  number = {4},
  eid = {146},
  pages = {146},
  doi = {10.3847/1538-3881/ac5030},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2201.08398},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.GA},
  adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022AJ....163..146S},
  adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
}