{"id":1075,"date":"2017-05-29T14:49:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T14:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/?page_id=1075"},"modified":"2024-11-12T08:40:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T08:40:35","slug":"dr-p-k-d-d-p-pitigala","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/dr-p-k-d-d-p-pitigala\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. P. K. D. D. P. Pitigala"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professor in Physics<\/strong>
Email<\/strong>: dpitigala@sjp.ac.lk
Office<\/strong> : 0112758104
Research interest<\/strong> : organic\/inorganic semiconductor materials and thin films; optoelectronic devices; solar energy conversion and energy storage; nanostructures and nanomaterials<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDUCATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD. <\/strong>(Experimental Condensed Matter Physics)<\/em>, Georgia State University, USA (2014)<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSc. (Physics)<\/strong>, Georgia State University, USA (2011).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MPhil. <\/strong>(Experimental Condensed Matter Physics),<\/em> University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (2006)<\/em><\/strong>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BSc. (Physics). <\/em><\/strong>University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. (2001)<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OCCUPATION<\/strong><\/span>
Professor, Department of Physics, University of Sri\u00a0Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda (Dec. 2019 – current)\u00a0
Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda. (June. 2017 \u2013 Dec. 2019)
Senior Lecturer, Matara Regional Centre, the Open University of Sri Lanka.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Feb. 2017 \u2013 May 2017)
Instructor in Physics, Atlanta Technical College (ATC), Atlanta GA. (Jan. 2016- Dec. 2016)
Assistant Professor in Physics, Department of Physics, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA (Aug 2015-July 2016)
Instructor in Physics, Lanier Technical College, Cumming GA. (Jan. 2014- Dec. 2014)
Volunteer Researcher Associate, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Georgia State University Atlanta GA (Jan.2014-Feb 2017).
Graduate Teaching \/ Research Assistant, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Georgia State University Atlanta GA (Aug.2007- Dec. 2013).
External Research Assistant (Guest), Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Swiss Federal Institute of Lausanne, Switzerland. (Sept. 2006- July 2007)
Research Assistant, Institute of Fundamental Studies \u2013Kandy. Sri Lanka.\u00a0(July 2002 \u2013June 2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards & Scholarships<\/span><\/strong>
President\u2019s awards for Scientific Publications in 2008, National Research Council of Sri Lanka
President\u2019s awards for Scientific Publications in 2007, National Research Council of Sri Lanka
President\u2019s awards for Scientific Publications in 2006, National Research Council of Sri Lanka
President\u2019s awards for Scientific Publications in 2005, National Research Council of Sri Lanka
President\u2019s awards for Scientific Publications in 2004, National Research Council of Sri Lanka
Special Award for Excellence 2007 of LPI\/EPFL, Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Swiss Federal Institute of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for Foreign Scholars and Artists for the Academic Year 2006-2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RESEARCH<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Professor in PhysicsEmail: dpitigala@sjp.ac.lkOffice : 0112758104Research interest : organic\/inorganic semiconductor materials and thin films; optoelectronic devices; solar energy conversion and energy storage; nanostructures and nanomaterials EDUCATION PhD. (Experimental Condensed Matter Physics), Georgia State University, USA (2014). MSc. (Physics), Georgia State University, USA (2011). MPhil. (Experimental Condensed Matter Physics), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (2006). … Continue reading Prof. P. K. D. D. P. Pitigala<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4885,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions\/4885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}