
He is a pioneer in Lightning research in this country. In 1986 he started his research on atmospheric physics and lightning jointly with the Institute of High Voltage Research and Department of Meteorology in Uppsala University Sweden. His PhD work has led to the Construction of an Atmospheric Physics and Thunderstorm electricity research laboratory in Sri Lanka and development of PhD and other postgraduate degree awarding facility in this field locally. From 1992-1998 he was the Group Leader of the Atmospheric Physics and Lightning Research Group of Department of Physics, University of Colombo and had supervised several PhD students in this field.
To his credit he received in 1991 the “Third World Academy of Sciences Prizes for Young Scientists - The 1991 Prize for Physics awarded by NSF and in 1992, the GRC (General Research Committee of SLAAS) merit award for his contribution to Sri Lankan Science.
Chandana hasn't added any friends yet.
Click here to see Chandana's entire friendlist