Faculty & Adjunct Professors (MSE): Watcharaphol Paritmongkol
- Research Focus:
- Hybrid semiconductors and compositional tuning
- Crystal growth and nanocrystal
- Optoelectronics: solar cells and LEDs
- Chemical sensing
- Optical spectroscopy and carrier dynamics
Contact:
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Molecular Science and Engineering (MSE), 555 Moo 1, Payupnai, Wangchan, Rayong 21210, THAILAND
Email: watcharaphol.p@vistec.ac.th
Professional Appointments and Education:
| 2023 – present | Scientific Editor, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| 2024 – present | Early Career Advisory Board Member, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| 2023 – 2025 | Committee Member, Thailand Younger Chemists Network, Chemical Society of Thailand |
| 2021 – 2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto |
| 2015 – 2021 | PhD in Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 2011 – 2015 | Master of Chemistry, University of Oxford |
Awards and Honors:
| 2026 | Outstanding Research Award, National Research Council of Thailand |
| 2025 | Bronze Award, Thailand Research Expo 2025 |
| 2025 | The 31st Science & Technology Research Grant, Thailand Toray Science Foundation |
| 2025 | Outstanding Thesis Award, National Research Council of Thailand |
| 2023 | Research Grant for New Scholar, National Research Council of Thailand |
Selected Publications:
(Full list can be found at Google Scholar)
- Chelation-Driven Dissolution and Single-Crystal Growth of Hybrid Metal Organochalcogenide Semiconductors by Polydentate Amines
Khamlue, R. ; Chatsiri, P. ; Sakurada, T.; Chotimook, J.; Leangtanom, P.; Prayongkul, P.; Atithep, T.; Padchasri, J.; Kidkhunthod, P. ; Vacha, M. ; Pattanasattayavong, P.; Paritmongkol, W.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 37242. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c10260.
- Hot-Injection Synthesis of Metal Organochalcogenide Nanocrystals with Tunable Compositions and Competitive Hole Mobility
Leangtanom, P.; Khamlue, R.; Dangkongko, A.; Chatsiri, P.; Paritmongkol, W.
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 35 2423516. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202423516.
- Heterocyclic Modification Leading to Luminescent 0D Metal Organochalcogenide with Stable X-ray Scintillating Properties
Khamlue, R.; Sakurada, T.; Cho, Y.; Lee, W. S.; Leangtanom, P.; Taylor, M. G.; Naewthong, W.; Sripetch, P.; Na Ranong, B.; Autila, T.; Rungseesumran, T.; Kaewkhao, J.; Sudyoadsuk, T.; Kopwitthaya, A.; Müller, P.; Promarak, V. ; Kulik, H.; Tisdale, W.; Paritmongkol, W.
Chem. Mater. 2024, 36, 5238. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00653.
- Layered Metal–Organic Chalcogenides: 2D Optoelectronics in 3D Self-Assembled Semiconductors
Paritmongkol, W.; Feng, Z.; Refaely-Abramson, S.; Tisdale, W. A.; Kastl, C.; Maserati, L.†
ACS Nano 2025, 19, 12467. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c18493.