Dr.-Ing. Surangkhana (Rukdee) Buchner

Research Interests

High resolution spectroscopy application for exoplanet detection and characterization, Precise Radial Velocity instruments, Ultra-high spectral resolution of Fabry Perot Based Instrument and Astrobiology.

Professional Experience

NOV. 2018-present	POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER High-resolution Spectroscopy Using Fabry–Perot Interferometer Fiber fusing & FRD characterization Characterization UV transmission of optical adhesive materials	Harvard, USA
2015-2018	OPTICAL DESIGN Optical design, optomechanical design and tolerance analysis of an infrared spectrograph TARdYS: Tao Aiuc high Resolution (d) Y band Spectrograph; PI. Dr. Leonardo Vanzi & Dr. K. Motohara Instrument design concept of AIUCOCAM, a visible spectrograph camera using DMD technology; PI. Dr. Franz E. Bauer Upgrade of telescope interface of FIDEOS, a fiber dual high-resolution spectrograph for 1m ESO telescope INSTRUMENT TEST AND INTEGRATION Detector Characterization Alignment, tests & calibration of TARdYS SOFTWARE Exposure Time Calculator for TARdYS EXOFIND: an RV fitting tool based on nested sampling technique EPRV3 Evidence Challenge	PUC, Chile
2012-2014	INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT Development of a Multifocal Station for the 2m Fraunhofer Telescope Wavefront sensor alignment SCIENCE & OBSERVATION Science observation and data reduction using VIRUS-W IFU spectrograph at McDonald Observatory (Dynamical Properties of the Milky Way Globular Clusters)	USM/MPE, Germany
2010-2012	OPTOMECHANICAL DESIGN IGRINS Mirrors Mount Optomechanical Design Development of GMTNIRS Mirror Mount Optomechanical Design	KASI, South Korea

Education

2015-2019	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile PhD program in Astro-engineering, Chile THESIS: Optical design and prototype of cost-effective high resolution NIR spectrograph for astronomy
2010-2012	University of Science and Technology (Campus: Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) M.Sc. in Astronomy and Space Science, South Korea THESIS: IGRINS: Mirror Mounts Optomechanical Design
2006-2010	Department of Physics, Chiang Mai University B.Sc. in Physics, Thailand THESIS: The Development of Échelle Spectrograph to use with a Small Telescope for the Purpose of Education

Professional Trainings

Nov. 2019	Mentoring workshop, Harvard University
Jul. 2019	Sagan Summer Workshop on Astrobiology
Feb.-Apr. 2017	Professional Internship at Macquarie University Optomechanical design, fabrication, and alignment of a single mode fiber spectrograph Contact person: Dr. Christian Schwab
Jul. 2014	Professional Internship at Menlo Systems GmbH, Germany Astro-frequency comb Contact person: Dr. Tilo Steinmetz
Jul. 2012	Summer school on Astronomical Instrumentation, Dunlap Institute, Canada

Publications
CV (pdf)
[update Dec. 2019]