{"id":9,"date":"2022-03-29T07:46:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T07:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-03-02T08:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:35:50","slug":"9-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;141&#8243; img_size=&#8221;&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_border&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Dr. Dilanga Siriwardane<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"small-text\"><strong>SENIOR LECTURER &#8211; GRADE II<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Department of Physics<br \/>\nUniversity of Colombo<br \/>\nColombo 00300<br \/>\nSri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Office: Department of Physics &#8211; Room No.<br \/>\nEmail: dilanga@phys.cmb.ac.lk<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google Scholar<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=owDgmSYAAAAJ\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=owDgmSYAAAAJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MatInforAI Research Group<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/matinforai\/\">https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/matinforai\/<\/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_1536030595843{border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Academic &amp; 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