Contact: thanawuth.t [at] chula.ac.th

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Thanawuth
Thanathibodee

Research topics:
Astrophysics: Pre-main Sequence Stars, Star & Planet Formation, Accretion Physics, Protoplanetary Disks, Exoplanets

About me: I am an observational astrophysicist interested in the formation and evolution of young stars, planets, and planet-forming disks (known as protoplanetary disks). I use multi-wavelength approaches and utilize space- and ground-based observatories, such as HST, JWST, Swift, Magellan, Gemini, and SOAR, to study how the accretion and outflow processes in young stars and planets affect the evolution of planet-forming disks and vice versa. I am also developing models to study the chemical composition of disks and accretion models of young, giant planets to understand how planets form. Understanding these processes will give us a step closer to answering one of the “big questions” in astrophysics: how did we get here?

Educations & Past employments:

  • Postdoctoral Associate, Boston University, USA (2021-2024)

  • Ph.D. Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Michigan, USA (2021)

  • B.Sc. Physics (Astronomy minor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (2016)

Possible Research Topics for Students:

  • Accretion-related line modeling using SOAR and HST data

  • Accretion/wind model development (C++/Fortran/Python coding and/or modeling)

  • Other projects related to SOAR/HST/JWST spectroscopy of T Tauri stars/protoplanetary disks

  • Have some other ideas/interests? Feel free to contact me.

Teaching:

  • TBA

Selected publications:

  • Gaidos, E., Thanathibodee, T., Hoffman, A., et al. (2024), The Dynamic, Chimeric Inner Disk of PDS 70, ApJ, 996, 167

  • Espaillat, C.C., Thanathibodee, T., Pittman, C.V., et al. (2023), JWST Detects Neon Line Variability in a Protoplanetary Disk, ApJL, 958, L4

  • Cugno, G., Zhou, Y., Thanathibodee, T., et al. (2023), MagAO-X and HST high-contrast imaging of the AS209 disk at H-alpha. AJ, 166, 162

  • Micolta, M., Calvet, N., Thanathibodee, T., et al. (2023), The Ca II Lines as Tracers of Disk Structure in T Tauri Stars: The Chamaeleon I Region. ApJ, 953, 177

  • Thanathibodee, T., Molina, B., Calvet, C., et al. (2023), A Census of the Low Accretors. II: Accretion Properties. ApJ, 944, 90

  • Espaillat, C.C., Herczeg, G.J., Thanathibodee, T., et al. (2022), The ODYSSEUS Survey. Motivation and First Results: Accretion, Ejection, and Disk Irradiation of CVSO 109. AJ, 163, 114

  • Thanathibodee, T., Calvet, N., Hernandez, J., et al. (2022), A Census of the Low Accretors. I. The Catalog. AJ, 163, 74

  • Espaillat, C.C., Robinson, C.E., Romanova, M.M., …, Thanathibodee, T., et al. (2021), Measuring the density structure of an accretion hot spot. Nature, 597, 41

  • Thanathibodee, T., Molina, B., Calvet, N., et. al. (2020), Variable Accretion onto Protoplanet Host Star PDS 70, ApJ 892, 81

  • Thanathibodee, T., Calvet, N., Bae, J., et. al. (2019), Magnetospheric Accretion as a Source of H-alpha Emission from Protoplanets around PDS 70. ApJ 885, 94

  • Thanathibodee, T., Calvet, N., Muzerolle, J., et. al. (2019), Complex Magnetospheric Accretion Flows in the Low Accretor CVSO 1335. ApJ 884, 86

  • Thanathibodee, T., Calvet, N., Herzceg, G., et. al. (2018), The Evolution of Protoplanetary Disk: Probing the Inner Disk of Very Low Accretors. ApJ 861, 73

Full record: NASA ADS