Prof. N. G. S. Shantha Gamage: First IPSL President from J’pura University
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Prof. N. G. S. Shantha Gamage, attached to the Department of Physics at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, has been elected as the President of the Institute of Physics Sri Lanka (IPSL) at the 41st Annual General Meeting held recently.
The Institute of Physics Sri Lanka is the apex body of physicists in Sri Lanka and it has been incorporated by an Act of Parliament.
Before becoming the institute›s President, he served as the institute’s vice president and secretary and centre coordinator of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura at the Physics Olympiad, Astronomy Olympiad and Junior Science Olympiad competitions conducted by IPSL.
In the 41 year history of IPSL, he is the first person who became a president from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Prof. Gamage has been serving as an academic staff member at the Department of Physics at the J’pura University since 1997.
He obtained his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Geophysics at Tohoku University in Japan under the Japanese Government Scholarship Programme. He earned his B.Sc.(Special) Degree in Physics from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Prof. Gamage is a researcher in geophysics and his current research interests are on solid-earth geophysics, seismology and wave propagation.
He is a Fellow of IPSL and member of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS), Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), American Geophysical Union (AGU) and Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ).
IPSL is a member of the Organisation of Professional Associations (OPA) of Sri Lanka and www.ipsl.lk is the official webpage of IPSL.