Head of the Department/ Professor in Physics
B.Sc.(USJ), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Tohoku), CPhys, FIP(SL)
Research Interests: Geophysics, Seismology, Computational Physics, Physics of the Waves; Disaster management; Renewable Energy
Biosketch:
Ph.D. in Geophysics (Seismology), Research Center for Prediction of Earthquakes & Volcanic Eruptions, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Japan.
M.Sc. in Geophysics, Dept. of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Japan.
Diploma in Japanese Language, Faculty of Education, Tohoku University, Japan. (Under the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship Program)
B.Sc. Special in Physics with First Class Honors, USJ, Sri Lanka in1994
Occupation:
Serving as an academic staff member (as a Professor in Physics, Senior Lecture I, Senior Lecture II and Lecturer) at the Department of Physics, USJ since 1997.
Served as a Demonstrator in Physics, Department of Physics, USJ from 1995 to 1997.
Undergraduate Teaching:
PHY 105 1.0 Waves & Vibrations
PHY 206 1.0 Mathematical Physics I
PHY 305 1.0 Geophysics I
PHY 317 1.0/ASP 486 1.0 Reflection Seismology
PHY 357 2.0 Geophysics II
PHY 355 4.0 Practical (Advanced)
APS 442 2.0 Applied Geophysics
Courses Taught:
Electricity & Magnetism, AC Theory, Physical Optics, Modern Physics, Biomechanics, Physics for Technology, Solid Earth Physics, Earth System Physics, Introduction to Physics.
Recent Research Topics/ Publications:
- Studying micro-seismic activity occurring in Central & Eastern parts of Sri Lanka
- Investigation and Calculations to Support Development of a Tool for Assessment of Personnel alarms for Nuclear Security and Safety
- Interpretation of Gravity Data to Delineate Underground Structure in the Wahawa Geothermal Field, Sri Lanka
- Determination of Mohorovicic Discontinuity beneath Mannar basin offshore Sri Lanka using geophysical technique
- Crustal Structure of Mannar Sub Basin – Sri Lanka Using 2D Gravity & Seismic Modeling
- Estimating Sedimentary Thickness of Lanka Basin using Digitized Scanned Seismic Sections
- Study on geo-structural features of Sri Lankan low-enthalpy geothermal fields
- Study the role of dolerite dykes with special reference to Nelumwewa hot spring
- Analyzing Heart Rate Variability using wavelet transformation
- The commercial viability of producing urea by utilizing natural gas discovered in the marginal reservoir Dorado
- Subsurface structure of the offshore Trincomalee, NE of Sri Lanka
- Recognition of Vowels for Sri Lankan Traditional Pirith Chanting Using Formant Variation
- A Computer-Based Analysis of Acoustic Properties of Sri Lankan Pirith Chants Using Voiced to Unvoiced Ratio and Probability Distribution Functions
- Regional Seismic Activity after 2012 M8. 6 Sumatra Earthquake
- NORM analysis of the reservoir sand section in the Dorado natural gas discovery, Mannar basin offshore Sri Lanka
- Offshore double-planed shallow seismic zone in the NE Japan forearc region revealed by sP depth phases recorded by regional networks
Positions held:
- National Coordinator – Sri Lankan Nuclear Science Olympiad
- President – Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka (IPSL)
- President (Section E1) – Sri Lanka Association of the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)
- Member of the Paper Setting panel of the GCE (A/L) examination in Physics 2020-2023
- Member of the Paper Setting panel of the GCE (A/L) examination in Science for Technology 2015-2018
- Joint Secretary – Institute of Physics Sri Lanka
- Member of SLASS “Ethic Committee” 2017 – 2019
- Member of Technical Evaluation committee(TEC) to select a Geophysical Exploration Company for the Mannar Basin offshore Sri Lanka in partnership with the Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat(PRDS)
- Member of the Board of Management, National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA), Sri Lanka 2010 – 2014
- Executive committee member of Organization of Professional Association (OPA)
- Member of National Olympiad sub-committee
- Secretary – Science Teacher’s Union, USJ
- Chair of the organizing committee of the “Young Inventers Exhibition” of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura
- Fellow, Institute of Physics (IPSL), Sri Lanka.
- Member, Americal Geophysical Union
- Member Asis Oceania Geoscience Society (AOGS)
- Member SLAAS
- Member Japan Geoscience Union
- Member of the Board of Management, LINCOLN University College
Contact Information:
Telephone No. Office: +94112758383, 0112758358, 0112803977
Email Address: head.physics(at)sjp.ac.lk, sng(at)sjp.ac.lk; shanthagamage(at)sci.sjp.ac.lk
Web: http://scholar.sjp.ac.lk/shantha/
Web: https://ipsl.lk/
