{"id":7,"date":"2018-09-06T05:20:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T05:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/siyath-gunewardene\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-10-26T18:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:54:07","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/siyath-gunewardene\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;59&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_border&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1793056581055{border-radius: 1px !important;}&#8221;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Prof. Siyath Gunewardene<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"small-text\"><strong>PROFESSOR IN PHYSICS<\/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; 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