{"id":277,"date":"2022-08-23T15:05:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T20:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/assu\/?page_id=277"},"modified":"2025-05-09T02:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T08:18:50","slug":"group-members-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/assu\/group-members-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;254&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/chandana-jayaratne\/&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h4><strong>Professor K P S Chandana Jayaratne<\/strong><br \/>Director<br \/>Astronomy and Space Science Unit<br \/>Head<br \/>Department of Physics<br \/>Office Phone: +94 11215 8357<br \/>Fax: +94 11258 4777<br \/>Email: head@phys.cmb.ac.lk<br \/>chandana@phys.cmb.ac.lk<\/h4>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;310&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Dr. Janaka Adassuriya<\/strong><br \/>Department of Physics<br \/>Office: +94 112047345<br \/>Email: janaka@phys.cmb.ac.lk<br \/>adassuriya@gmail.com<\/h5>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;185&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Dr. Siyath Gunawardena<\/strong><br \/>Department of Physics<br \/>Office: +94 112047351<br \/>Email: siyath.gunewardene@phys.cmb.ac.lk<\/h5>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;186&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Dr. W A Monika Madhavi<\/strong><br \/>Department of Physics<br \/>Office: +94 112047373<br \/>Email: monika@phys.cmb.ac.lk<\/h5>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;547&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Dr. Rasadi Munasinghe<\/strong><br \/>Department of Physics<br \/>Office: +94 112047351<br \/>Email: rasadi@phys.cmb.ac.lk<\/h5>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1661283307680{background-color: #9b85db !important;border-radius: 2px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Foreign Collaborates<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;526&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Dr. Nalin Samarasinha<\/strong><br \/>Senior Scientist<br \/>Planetary Science Institute<br \/>Tucson, AZ<br \/>USA<\/h5>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;156&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Prof. A U Abeysekara<\/strong><br \/>Research Assistant Professor<br \/>Physics And Astronomy<br \/>The University of Utah<br \/>USA<\/h5>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;532&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Prof. Akimasa Yoshikawa<\/strong><br \/>Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences<br \/>Faculty of Sciences<br \/>Kyushu University<\/h5>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;529&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Prof. Shashikiran Ganesh<\/strong><br \/>Scientist<br \/>Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics Division<br \/>Physical Research Laboratory<br \/>India<\/h5>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;448&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Prof T. Wickramasinghe<\/strong><br \/>Department of Physics<br \/>The College of New Jersey<br \/>USA<\/h5>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;449&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"ds-product-heading-lg\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Dr. Christian Monstein<br \/><\/strong>PI, e-CALLISTO Network<br \/>Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics<br \/>Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)<\/h5>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1661284203369{background-color: #9b85db !important;border-radius: 2px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Local Collaborates<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Mr. Saraj Gunasekera, Head of the Division, Space Applications Division,\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accimt.ac.lk\/\">Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, Katubedda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Prof. V P S Perera, The Head, Department of Physics,\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.ac.lk\/home\/\">The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Dr. G D K Mahanama, The Head, Department of Physics,\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruh.ac.lk\/\">University of Ruhuna, Matara<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Astronomical Society, University of Colombo.\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/astrsoc.cmb.ac.lk\/\">https:\/\/astrsoc.cmb.ac.lk\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1661284333979{background-color: #9b85db !important;border-radius: 2px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Postgraduate Students<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;534&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Mr. K G C Weerasekera<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\">Influence of Dark Energy on Gravitational Lensing.<\/h5>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;556&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<h5 class=\"wpb_heading wpb_singleimage_heading\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Mr. L K M I Randu<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\">Constructing BLAZAR high energy emission model using temporal correlation between MeV and GeV flux.<\/h5>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;323&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Mr. A. 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