{"id":9,"date":"2018-11-07T03:04:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T08:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/dilrukshi-wijayarathna\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2022-05-06T05:38:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T11:08:55","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/dilrukshi-wijayarathna\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_gallery interval=&#8221;3&#8243; images=&#8221;351&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Prof. C Dilrukshi Wijayarathna<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"small-text\">Professor in Biochemistry &amp; Molecular Biology<\/h4>\n<p>Department of Chemistry<br \/>\nUniversity of Colombo<br \/>\nColombo 00300<br \/>\nSri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Office: Room No. 111<br \/>\nWork Phone: +94 11-250 3367<br \/>\nWork Fax: +94 11-250 3367<br \/>\nEmail: dilruksh@chem.cmb.ac.lk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=-blDOIoAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Champika-Wijayarathna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Gate<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578553556489{border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Academic &amp; Professional Qualifications<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">PhD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2000<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">Dr.Eng. 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