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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand

Volume XVI-2024 (Special Issue)

pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN) or the European Council for Nuclear Research. The Princess

has brought Thai scientists to CERN, which is equipped with the largest laboratory for nuclear
particle physics research that can accelerate particle to a high energy level. She brought in

collaboration between CERN and the Synchrotron Light Research Institute in Thailand for
advanced physics research. She has supported students and science teachers to participate

in summer programs at CERN since 2010. Thai scientists have attended the training course on
“parallel and distributed computing” and brought back the knowledge to develop computer

system in Thailand. The project also allows a number of Thai physicists to have a long term
research in CERN to study dark matter and properties of elementary particles. These physicists

were selected from thirteen organizations or sectors such as Chulalongkorn University,
Chiang Mai University, Suranaree University of Technology, National Science and Technology

Development Agency (NSTDA), etc. This royal initiated project gives opportunities to Thai physicists.
DESY is an abbreviation for Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, a leading research

institute in Hamburg and Zeuthen in Germany which has provided yearly training to four Thai
trainees since 2011 as initiated by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. After training, they will be

able to do research on elementary particle physics, application of synchrotron light in medicine,
research in geology, material science such as the thin-film photovoltaic materials used in

solar cells, etc.
An important project initiated by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn herself is to send

university students and Thai researchers to attend the annual meetings with Noble Laureates
in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology and Medicine at Lindau in Germany. This gives Thai students

inspiration, as it allows a great opportunity to have firsthand interaction with world leading
scientists whose name they may have recognized from textbooks.

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is the president of the project to send young Thai scientists
to attend the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) in Singapore, the chance to meet other young

scientists around the world and network with world-renowned senior scientists who received
Nobel Prize, Fields Medal, Millennium Technology Prize, or IEEE Medal of Honor. The experience

gained from the meeting with good collaborations should yield a high quality research.
Another valuable royal initiated project is the collaboration project with Chinese Academy

of Sciences (CAS) that allows Thai researchers to learn and exchange experience with Chinese
scientists. This project give opportunities for Thai students to study in bachelor’s degree, master’s

degree, and doctor of philosophy at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)
in remote sensing, space technology, accelerator physics, synchrotron light technology, machine

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