{"id":2300,"date":"2021-08-05T05:32:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T05:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=2300"},"modified":"2021-08-05T08:50:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T08:50:47","slug":"profile-late-prof-k-kunaratnam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/profile-late-prof-k-kunaratnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile-Late Prof.K.Kunaratnam"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2300\" class=\"elementor elementor-2300\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d5e835 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d5e835\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-582ecfd\" data-id=\"582ecfd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b04f4ec elementor-position-top elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b04f4ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"123\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Kunaradnam-Pg.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1361\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Late Prof. K.Kunaratnam<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><b><br><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;text-align: start;white-space: normal\">B.Sc. Hons in Physics (Ceylon)<\/span><br style=\"text-align: start;white-space: normal\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;text-align: start;white-space: normal\">DIC, PhD (London)<\/span><br style=\"text-align: start;white-space: normal\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;text-align: start;white-space: normal\">FRAS (London)<\/span><br style=\"text-align: start;white-space: normal\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;text-align: start;white-space: normal\">Chartered Physicist &amp; Fellow of Inst.Physics(London)<\/span><br style=\"text-align: start;white-space: normal\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;text-align: start;white-space: normal\">Hon. DSc (Jaffna)<\/span>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88fa477\" data-id=\"88fa477\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1dbd7b elementor-tabs-view-vertical elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"d1dbd7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2201\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2201\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Academic Profile<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2202\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2202\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Admin Roles<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2203\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2203\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Teaching<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2204\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2204\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research Grants<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2205\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2205\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Patents, Book chapters and Research Papers <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2206\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2206\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Conference Papers, Presentations and Abstracts<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2207\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2207\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Awards, Scholarships & Fellowship<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2208\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2208\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Conferences\/ workshop \/ study visit<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2209\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2209\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Professional Memberships<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2201\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Academic Profile<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2201\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2201\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p>BSc(Hons.)(Ceylon)<\/p><p>DIC, PhD(London), FRAS(London), Chartered Physicist &amp; Fellow of Inst.Physics(London), Hon. DSc(Jaffna)<\/p><p>Joined the University of Jaffna in April 1975 as Founder Professor of Physics. Prior to that worked in the Universities of Colombo and Peradeniya from September 1958.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2202\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Admin Roles<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2202\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2202\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li>Vice Chancellor, University of Jaffna Sri Lanka, April 1994-February 1997<\/li><li>Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna, January 1977- June 1978, December 1984- March 1988<\/li><li>Founder Head, Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna, 1991-1993<\/li><li>Founder Head, Department of Physics, University of Jaffna, 1975-1985<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2203\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Teaching<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2203\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2203\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li>Visiting Fellow and Lecturer in Geophysics, Department of Geology, University of Durham, UK, Jan1971- Sept 1971<\/li><li>Visiting Fellow, Department of Physics, Queen Elizabeth College, London, Oct 1971- Dec 1971<\/li><li>Visiting Lecturer, School of Physics, University of Science, Malaysia, Jan- Oct 1981<\/li><li>Visiting Fellow and Professor, Department of Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, UK, Oct 1988-Aug 1989<\/li><li>Visiting Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, Bullard Laboratories, University of Cambridge, Sept-Oct 1989<\/li><li>Visiting Scientist and Associate, ICTP, Italy, 1986- 1993<\/li><li>Professor on assignment basis, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2001- 2002<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2204\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research Grants<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2204\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2204\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2205\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Patents, Book chapters and Research Papers <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2205\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2205\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li>Kunaratnam, Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics 43, 1289-1294 (1981).<\/li><li>Kunaratnam, Geophysical Prospecting 29, 883-890 (1981).<\/li><li>Kunaratnam, Geophysics 47, 266-267 (1982).<\/li><li>K.Kunaratnam. ICTP publication No. IC -86-309, August 1986<\/li><li>Kunaratnam, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 49, 343-349 (1987).<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2206\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Conference Papers, Presentations and Abstracts<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2206\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2206\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2207\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Awards, Scholarships & Fellowship<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2207\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2207\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li>Dr.Hewavitharne Memorial Prize for Physics, University of Ceylon, Colombo, 1958<\/li><li>Academic Staff Fellow, Association of Commonwealth Universities, 1971<\/li><li>Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy 1986-1993<\/li><li>Developing Country Fellow, Royal Society of London, 1988-89<\/li><li>Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society, London, elected in 1998<\/li><li>Fellow and Chartered Physicist, Institute of Physics, London, elected in 1999<\/li><li>Honorary Doctorate of Science, University of Jaffna, conferred in 2001<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2208\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Conferences\/ workshop \/ study visit<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2208\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2208\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li>International Courses in the Handling of Experimental data, University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, August 1976 on a UNESCO- UNISIST, ICSU-CODATA travel and subsistence Award<\/li><li>Study Visits to North Indian Universities (Calcutta, Benaras, Allahabad, Aligarh, Delhi and Jaipur) hosted by NCERT, India, April 1976<\/li><li>Autumn Course on Physics of the Earth, Trieste, Italy on an ICTP travel and subsistence award, Sept-Dec 1977<\/li><li>Autumn Course on Physics of Flow in the Oceans, Atmospheres and Deserts, Trieste, Italy, on an ICTP travel and subsistence award, Sept-Nov 1980<\/li><li>International Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, Islamabad, Pakistan on an award by the Atomic Energy Commission of Pakistan, July-Aug 1982.<\/li><li>Autumn Course on Geomagnetism, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere, Trieste, Italy on an ICTP travel and subsistence award, Sept-Nov 1982<\/li><li>Autumn College on Troposphere, Stratosphere and Mesosphere, Trieste, Italy on an ICTP travel and subsistence award, Sept-Oct 1984<\/li><li>Course on Seismology and workshop on earthquake prediction, Trieste, Italy as an ICTP Associate, 1986<\/li><li>Study Visit to Department of Physics, City College of City University New York on leave from ICTP, Oct 1986<\/li><li>Course on Computational Physics, Trieste, Italy, as an ICTP Associate, 1988<\/li><li>Conference on Electromagnetic induction, University of Exeter, UK on an award by Royal Society of London, August 1989<\/li><li>Workshop on Material Sciences and Physics of Non- Conventional Energy Sources, Trieste, Italy, Aug- Sept 1993 as an ICTP Associate<\/li><li>Study visit to the Department of Physics, Ohio State University, USA on sabbatical leave from the University of Jaffna , September 1997<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2209\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Professional Memberships<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2209\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2209\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Prof. K.Kunaratnam B.Sc. Hons in Physics (Ceylon)DIC, PhD (London)FRAS (London)Chartered Physicist &amp; Fellow of Inst.Physics(London)Hon. DSc (Jaffna) Academic Profile Admin Roles Teaching Research Grants Patents, Book chapters and Research Papers Conference Papers, Presentations and Abstracts Awards, Scholarships &#038; Fellowship Conferences\/ workshop \/ study visit Professional Memberships Academic Profile BSc(Hons.)(Ceylon) DIC, PhD(London), FRAS(London), Chartered Physicist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"full-width","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"on","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2300","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2300"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2311,"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2300\/revisions\/2311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phy.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}