Research

Research Interests

  • My research interests are spread across two broad areas; Computational and Instrumentation Physics. Recently I joined CMS collaboration to conduct Particle Physics Research at the CERN LHC.

Research Degrees Supervised

  • Ph.D. Thesis: Non-invasive Quantification of Renal Fibrosis in Chronic Kidney Disease, M.S. Bandara, Department of Physics, University of Colombo (2021)
  • Ph.D. Thesis: Preliminary Study on Implementation of Lightning Location System Based on Broadband Radio Interferometric Technique, J.A.M.R.C. Abeywardhana, Department of Physics, University of Colombo (2020)
  • M.Phil Thesis: Investigation of distribution of zeroes of wave functions in Hermitian and Non-Hermitian Hamiltonian systems, K.W. Palihakkara, Department of Physics, University of Colombo (2019)
  • Ph.D. Thesis: Analysis of horizontal and vertical electric fields generated by lightning Return Strokes and Compact Intra-cloud Discharges, L. Gunasekara, Department of Physics, University of Colombo (2018)
  • Ph.D. Thesis: Using Optical Flow for Object Avoidance and Object Tracking, G.D. Illeperuma, Department of Physics, University of Colombo (2017)
  • Ph.D. Thesis: Design and Construction of an Acid Rain and Weather Monitoring Station, R.M. Weerasinghe, Department of Physics, University of Colombo (2017)
  • Ph.D. Thesis: A Study on Lightning Channel Properties using High Speed Photographic Techniques, A. Vayanganie, Department of Physics, University of Colombo (2017)
  • Ph.D. Thesis: High Resolution Climate Change Projections for Sri Lanka, A. Thevakaran, Department of Physics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2015)
  • M.Phil Thesis: Simulation of Tree Growth with Environmental Sensitivity,K.D.S. Jinasena, Department of Physics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2014)
  • M.Phil Thesis: Community Perception and Assessment of Transportation Noise, C.M. Kalansuriya, Department of Physics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2010)
  • M.Phil Thesis: Application of Computer Vision and Fuzzy Logic on Traffic Control, C.T. Wannige, Department of Physics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2010)
  • M.Phil. Thesis, Channel Geometry and Modelling of Electrical Discharges, D.I. Amarasinghe, Department of Physics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2007)
  • M.Phil Thesis, Numerical Computation in Configurable Hardware, W.A.S. Wijesinghe, Department of Physics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2007)
  • Ph.D. Thesis, Correlation between optical and current signatures of electrical discharges with special attention to remote sensing of lightning flashes, Liyanage J.P., Department of Physics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2006)
  • M.Phil Thesis, Exploring the spatial and temporal variations of rainfall in Sri Lanka, Perera H.K.W.I., Department of Physics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2003)
  • M.Phil. Thesis, Characteristics of Cloud-to-Ground lightning flashes obtained with a wide band magnetic direction finding system, A.B. Weerasekera, Department of Physics, University of Colombo (2001)
  • Ph.D. Thesis, Measurements and Analysis of Fast Transient EM Fields Generated by Ground and Cloud Flashes with Special Attention to Lightning Direction Finding, I.M.K. Fernando, Department of Physics, University of Colombo (2001)