Background
Jayewardene, Anura Lakshman was born on September 5, 1942 in Gampola, Sri Lanka. Son of Dimetrius Simon and Stella V. (de Silva) Jayewardene.
Jayewardene, Anura Lakshman was born on September 5, 1942 in Gampola, Sri Lanka. Son of Dimetrius Simon and Stella V. (de Silva) Jayewardene.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University Ceylon, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Natural Products Chemistry, University Ceylon, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1978.
Lecturer in chemistry, U. Ceylon, 1967-1968; lecturer in analytical chemistry, U. Ceylon, Colombo, 1981-1989; research scientist, Ceylon Institute Science and Industrial Research, Colombo, 1968-1982; lecturer industrial chemistry, Institute Chemistry, Colombo, 1980-1989; head agricultural research, Ceylon Institute Science and Industrial Research, Colombo, 1983-1989; bioanalytical chemist drug research unit, University of California, San Francisco, since 1990. Visiting consultant United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Vienna, Austria, 1983, 86, 89.
Fellow Institute Chemistry Ceylon. Member American Chemical Society.
Married Gita A. Handagama, September 6, 1974. 1 child, Samantha.