Background
Ponnambalam, Michael Jayabalan was born on July 6, 1946 in Vadakangulam, Tamil Nadu, India. Son of Michael T. and Punchi Ammal M.
Ponnambalam, Michael Jayabalan was born on July 6, 1946 in Vadakangulam, Tamil Nadu, India. Son of Michael T. and Punchi Ammal M.
Bachelor of Science, Madras University, India, 1969. Master of Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1979.
Postdoctoral research associate, Michigan Technological U., Houghton, 1979-1980; postdoctoral research associate, Virginia Commonwealth U., 1980-1981; visiting scientist, Virginia Commonwealth U., 1984; lecturer, senior lecturer, Bayero U., Nigeria, 1981-1987; senior lecturer physics, U. West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, since 1987. Research fellow International Center for Theoretical Physics, Italy, 1986-1987.
Member American Physical Society (life), American Association Physics Teachers (life), Council Inter-American Conference Physics Education (executive member).