Ms. L.K.I. Silva, a student of the Department of Physics, B.Sc. (Hons) in Applied Sciences (Physics) degree program, received the Best Presenter Award in the Theoretical and Applied Physics (Poster Presentation Category) at the 11th Consecutive Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium “UNI-IN ALLIANCE 2025”, organized by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The research was supervised by Prof. N. G. S. S. Gamage (Department of Physics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura) as the internal supervisor and Mrs. H. P. U. Fonseka (Space Applications Division, Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies) as the external supervisor. Her research, titled “Temporal Analysis of Temperature in the Sinharaja Rainforest Using MODIS Satellite Data”, investigated long-term temperature trends and forest cover changes in Sri Lanka’s Sinharaja Rainforest, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The study utilized 21 years of MODIS satellite-derived land surface temperature data (2000–2021). The findings highlighted a warming trend and reduction in forest density, underscoring the value of remote sensing for climate and ecological monitoring in data-scarce regions.
