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.
Electrical engineering educator
Amaratunga, Gehan Anil Joseph was born on April 6, 1956 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Son of Carl Hermen Joseph and Mallika Swarna (Undugodage) Amaratunga.
Bachelor of Science, University Wales, Cardiff, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Cambridge (England) University, 1983.
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.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (prize 1979).
Married Dharshini Praveen Hitchcock, September 19, 1981. Children: Ravindran, Minoli, Gitanjali.