{"id":15,"date":"2022-03-29T07:49:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T07:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-02-28T18:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:34:15","slug":"appointments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Academic and administrative positions<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2022<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Senior Lecturer Grade II<\/h4><p>Department of Physics, University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2025<\/span><span>2025<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Visiting Scholar<\/h4><p>Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of North Dakota<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2021<\/span><span>2021<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Consultant <\/h4><p>Department of Computer Science and Engineering , University of Moratuwa<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2021<\/span><span>2020<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Postdoctoral Fellow<\/h4><p>Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2020<\/span><span>2015<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant<\/h4><p>Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of North Dakota<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2015<\/span><span>2013<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant<\/h4><p>Department of Physics, Central Michigan University<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2013<\/span><span>2013<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Visiting Lecturer <\/h4><p>University of Colombo School of Computing <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2013<\/span><span>2013<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Reserach Assistant <\/h4><p>University of Colombo School of Computing<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2013<\/span><span>2011<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Demonstrator<\/h4><p>Department of Physics, University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Other Administrative Positions<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2026<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Temporary Student Counselor <\/h4><p>Faculty of Science, University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2026<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Program Coordinator: MSc in Applied Electronics - 2026 Intake<\/h4><p>Department of Physics, Faculty of Science <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2026<\/span><span>2024<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Program Coordinator: MSc in Applied Electronics - 2024 Intake<\/h4><p>Department of Physics, Faculty of Science <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2023<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Coordinator: Computational Physics Stream<\/h4><p>Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2025<\/span><span>2023<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Temporary Student Counselor <\/h4><p>Faculty of Science, University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2022<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Domain Coordinator <\/h4><p>Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) - 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