Meththika Suharshini Vithanage, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Group Leader
Chemical and Environmental Systems Modeling Research Group,
Institute of Fundamental Studies,
Hantana Road, Kandy 20000
Sri Lanka.
Tele: +94 812232002
Fax: +94812232131
Email: [email protected]
Current position
Research Group Leader, Chemical and Environmental Systems Modeling Research Group, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Employment
Visiting Research Scientist, Kangwon NationalUniversity, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea (Oct. 2011-Dec. 2011)
Research Fellow, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka (Aug. 2009 to date)
Research Associate, Dept. of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Jan. 2008-April, 2008)
Research Associate, Dept. of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines,Golden, USA (Oct. 2006-April, 2007)
PhD Fellow, Dept. of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Sep. 2005-Jan. 2008 and April, 2008-Dec, 2008)
Research Assistant, Chemical Modeling Laboratory, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka (Dec. 2004-Aug. 2005)
Research interests
Groundwater flow modeling
Variable density flow and solute transport modeling
Conducting physical experiments in sand tanks and columns
Field monitoring design and implementation for groundwater studies
Surface Complexation Modeling
Water Quality Analysis
Wastewater and leachate treatment
Academic Distinctions, Awards and Medals:
Elected as a member of the Sri Lanka Young Academy of the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka
Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Young Affiliateship 2012-2017 - Central & South Asia Region
Elected as a member of the Committee for International Participation of the American Geophysical Union (2010-2012)
American Geophysical Union Natural Hazard Focus Group Award for Best graduate scientist (2009)
Best poster award, MODELCARE International Conference, Copenhagen(2007)
Recipient of PG Cooray Medal for Best Young Geologist of the year, GSSL (2006)
Recipient of Doctoral scholarship to pursue PhD from International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka and University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2005-2008)
Presidential Awards for Research (2005)
The best performer of the year 2000 - University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka
Merit award for best translations by Department of Official Languages, Sri Lanka (1999)
Grants:
Principal Investigator of the Indo-Sri Lanka collaborative research grant funded by the Ministry of Technology, Research and Atomic Energy for 2 years - 5.8 million Sri Lankan Rupees - 2013-2015
Principal Investigator of the research grant from the International Foundation for Science (IFS, Sweden) for 2 years - 10,500USD - 2011-2013
Core member of the JICA-JST grant for sustainable solid waste dumping for 5 years
Co-Investigator the NSF Competitive Research Grant on developing a low cost electrochemical method for nitrate removal for 2 years - 2011-2013
Teaching and Workshops
Organized and taught a 2 days workshop on Earth Sciences for the English Medium Science Teachers in the Central Province, January 2011
Teaching laboratory class in Hydrogeology (Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen)
Teaching laboratory class in Contaminant Transport (Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen)
Invited short lectures in Applied Geochemistry (Department of Geology, University of Peradeniya)
Teaching laboratory and field class in Mineralogy (Department of Natural Resources, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka)
Institute of Fundamental Studies,
Hantana Road, Kandy 20000
Sri Lanka.
Tele: +94 812232002
Fax: +94812232131
Email: [email protected]
Current position
Research Group Leader, Chemical and Environmental Systems Modeling Research Group, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Employment
Visiting Research Scientist, Kangwon NationalUniversity, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea (Oct. 2011-Dec. 2011)
Research Fellow, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka (Aug. 2009 to date)
Research Associate, Dept. of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Jan. 2008-April, 2008)
Research Associate, Dept. of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines,Golden, USA (Oct. 2006-April, 2007)
PhD Fellow, Dept. of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Sep. 2005-Jan. 2008 and April, 2008-Dec, 2008)
Research Assistant, Chemical Modeling Laboratory, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka (Dec. 2004-Aug. 2005)
Research interests
Groundwater flow modeling
Variable density flow and solute transport modeling
Conducting physical experiments in sand tanks and columns
Field monitoring design and implementation for groundwater studies
Surface Complexation Modeling
Water Quality Analysis
Wastewater and leachate treatment
Academic Distinctions, Awards and Medals:
Elected as a member of the Sri Lanka Young Academy of the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka
Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Young Affiliateship 2012-2017 - Central & South Asia Region
Elected as a member of the Committee for International Participation of the American Geophysical Union (2010-2012)
American Geophysical Union Natural Hazard Focus Group Award for Best graduate scientist (2009)
Best poster award, MODELCARE International Conference, Copenhagen(2007)
Recipient of PG Cooray Medal for Best Young Geologist of the year, GSSL (2006)
Recipient of Doctoral scholarship to pursue PhD from International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka and University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2005-2008)
Presidential Awards for Research (2005)
The best performer of the year 2000 - University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka
Merit award for best translations by Department of Official Languages, Sri Lanka (1999)
Grants:
Principal Investigator of the Indo-Sri Lanka collaborative research grant funded by the Ministry of Technology, Research and Atomic Energy for 2 years - 5.8 million Sri Lankan Rupees - 2013-2015
Principal Investigator of the research grant from the International Foundation for Science (IFS, Sweden) for 2 years - 10,500USD - 2011-2013
Core member of the JICA-JST grant for sustainable solid waste dumping for 5 years
Co-Investigator the NSF Competitive Research Grant on developing a low cost electrochemical method for nitrate removal for 2 years - 2011-2013
Teaching and Workshops
Organized and taught a 2 days workshop on Earth Sciences for the English Medium Science Teachers in the Central Province, January 2011
Teaching laboratory class in Hydrogeology (Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen)
Teaching laboratory class in Contaminant Transport (Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen)
Invited short lectures in Applied Geochemistry (Department of Geology, University of Peradeniya)
Teaching laboratory and field class in Mineralogy (Department of Natural Resources, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka)
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