Background

Amaratunga, Gehan Anil Joseph was born on April 6, 1956 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Son of Carl Hermen Joseph and Mallika Swarna (Undugodage) Amaratunga.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Wales, Cardiff, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Cambridge (England) University, 1983.

Career

Research fellow, U. Southampton, England, 1983; lecturer, U. Southampton, England, 1983-1987; lecturer, U. Cambridge, 1987-1995; professor electrical engineering, U. Liverpool, 1995-1998; professor electrical engineering, U. Cambridge, since 1998. Consultant Thorn-Electric and Music Industries, United Kingdom, 1984, General Electric Company-Plessey Semiconductors, United Kingdom, since 1995;visiting scientist Stanford (California) U., 1989.

Achievements

• Gehan Anil Joseph Amaratunga has been listed as a noteworthy Electrical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (prize 1979).

Interests

• Avocations: cinema, jazz, cricket, soccer, classic cars.

Connections

Married Dharshini Praveen Hitchcock, September 19, 1981. Children: Ravindran, Minoli, Gitanjali.

Father:

Carl Hermen Joseph Amaratunga

Mother:

Mallika Swarna (Undugodage) Amaratunga

Spouse:

Dharshini Praveen Hitchcock

child:

Gitanjali Amaratunga

child:

Minoli Amaratunga

child:

Ravindran Amaratunga