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Ayubowan! Fadil here :D Welcome to the IQ Labs Podcast! You can find all the Science Talks and some of Research Advice episodes here. All the videos of these episodes can be found on the IQ Labs YouTube Channel. My Channel playlist makes things more organized.
Episodes
චීන ණය උගුල ඇත්තක්ද? රටේ ණය ගෙවන්නේ මෙහෙමයි - ආර්ථික විද්යාඥයෙක් සමඟ Umesh Moramudali
Umesh Moramudali is a Sri Lankan economist and a researcher, currently reading for his PhD in Develpment Policy and Managment at the Global Development Institute (GDI), University of Manchester. His research mostly focuses on Chinese loans, public finance, public debt, middle income transition and the political economy of middle class. He has done extensive research work on Chinese lending to Sri
අපි හිතන්න දන්නේ නෑ. AI නිසා නිකන්ම කෙලවෙනවා We forgot how to think - Dr. Chameera De Silva
Many thanks to Dr. Chameera De Silva for accepting my invitation to join the Science Talks podcast. He is a Doctoral Scholar in Artificial Intelligence from Australia and a Consultant in AI – Atos. He is passionate about popularizing AI and trying new teaching and testing strategies on his students. The present day testing methods in our education system does not prepare our students for success.
වැටිලා ඉන්න වේලාවක ආපහු නැගිටින්න, ඉස්ලාමීය ඉගැන්වීම් Sheikh Nasik Farook
Mental health, suicidal thoughts, depression can occur to anyone. How can we build mental resilience to the point where we see our problems in a positive lens? Muslims across the world and in Sri Lanka have one of the lowest suicide rates (N. Thalagaha et al). What makes their worldview different from others? How do they process things when adversity strikes? In this podcast I invited Sheikh Nasik
Electro Ceramics, අනාගතයේ බැටරි සහ බලශක්ති අර්බුදයට විසදුම් Power Storage - Dr. Chandima Pradeep
Dr. Chandima Pradeep is a Ceramic Processing Engineer working with electro ceramics for Fuel cell & Electrolysis cells, Piezoelectric transducers, solid batteries. He is currently working at Technical University of Denmark (DTU). In this episode we will talk about future of batteries and energy storage technologies. Dr. Pradeep did his Bachelors from University of Colombo (UoC), then he did a
ලංකාවේ කරන Material Science Research - Dr. Jaliya Manuda
Dr. K. R. Jaliya Manuda obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Colombo. He received his education from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Nalanda College - Colombo 10, and Ananda Central College - Elpitiya. He is an experimental physical chemist and a materials scientist who has published multiple international publications based on h
Scholarships for Undergrads by Dr. Fadil Iqbal (VidE Club, University of Kelaniya)
I had the pleasure of speaking for the Undergrads at University of Kelaniya. I shared what I knew about applying for scholarships, preparing for them and how to look for them. If you like to invite me to speak at your event, please use this contact form:http://iqlabs.edu.lk/contact/
ඉන්ජිනේරු රස්සාව අතහැරලා Discovered 200 new Plant species in Sri Lanka – Dr. Himesh Jayasinghe
In this podcast we will talking about Dr. Himesh Jayasinghe’s incredible journey of switching fields from Engineering to Plant Science. He is the author of the book "DISCOVERY: Additions to the Flora of Ceylon" where shares the discovery of more than 200 new native plant species from Sri Lanka. Dr. Jayasinghe received his undergraduate degree from the University of Moratuwa where he spec
Bio, Physics, Math, Econ, Psychology ඉගෙනගන්න ආස ළමයින්ට ජනප්රිය විද්යා පොත් - Dr. M.C.M. Iqbal
In this Science Talks episode, I invited my dad to discuss some of the Popular Science books he has read. My dad is Dr. M.C.M. Iqbal and he is a retired scientist from the National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy. List of books can be found here: ජනප්රිය විද්යා පොත්Books and authors mentioned:1. Isaac Asimov2. Bill Brysona. A brief history of nearly everythingb.
GenAI: ChatGPT, Copilot, DeepSeek, Gemini ගැන දැනගන්න සහ සූදානම් වෙන්න Chameera De Silva
If you would like to support IQ Labs, please consider donating the price of a cup of coffee. It helps me cover up the running costs of this channel: https://buymeacoffee.com/iqlabs In this talk we will dive into the field of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), its applications and how it will impact the world. Chameera De Silva obtained his bachelor’s from the University of Colombo School
ජාත්යන්තරේට යන්න අපි ලෑස්තිද? Becoming a global citizen – trains and helicopters Binura Perera
You might remember Binura Perera from my DAAD scholarshipvideo. Today I invited him to share his views on what it takes to beuniversally ready. Initially, I wanted to talk about being “corporate ready” –things students should pay attention to before they enter the job market.However, Binura challenged my perspective and told me to look at the bigpicture, to take on the whole world instead of being
Business Management ව්යාපාර කළමනාකරණයේ විද්යාත්මක පැත්ත සහ එහි වැදගත්කම - Dr. Isuru Koswatte
In this podcast we will explore the Science behind BusinessManagement with Dr. Isuru Koswatte. Dr. Koswatte is an Assistant Professor inBusiness and Management at University of the West of Scotland. He is also anAdjunct Senior Research Fellow at NSBM Green University. He also suervesas an external examiner at Northumbra University. He completed his PhD from the University of Manchester in2020 at
වැඩ කරන්න නියම තැනක් තීරණය කරන්නේ කොහොමද? What makes a great place to work? Kaneru Vimantha Godagama
In this podcast I invited my batchmate, Kaneru Vimantha
Godagama from the Science Faculty of University of Colombo to talk about how a “Great
Place to work” decides on screening the best companies in Sri Lanka. In this
talk I wanted to highlight the science behind evaluating companies. Kaneru is the
Head of Consulting Business Unit at Great Place to Work - Sri Lanka. When he was
an undergraduate,
භෞතික, පරිගණක සහ වෛද්ය විද්යාව හමුවන තැන Bio-Medical Imaging Physics with Dr. Muditha Bandara Rathnayaka
Dr. Muditha Bandara is a senior lecturer at the Department
of Nuclear Science at the University of Colombo. In this talk we will explore
the field of Nuclear science, Medical Physics and his research in those areas.
He received his PhD in Bio-Medical Imaging Physics from the University of
Colombo under the supervision of Dr. Janaka Wansapura. For his post-doctoral
training he has worked in the UT
නවෝත්පාදනයෙන් රටක ආර්ථිකය නැංවීමට හැකිද? Dr. Muditha Senarath-Yapa
You might remember Dr. Muditha Senarath-Yapa from my
previous podcast. He was the head of John Keells Research and the Vice
President of John Keells Holdings. This time I invited him to talk about
innovation, how to foster it from a young age and how it can benefit Sri Lanka
in the years to come. Muditha is a seasoned New Technology Development
Consultant and thrives in managing cross-functional r
අලෙවිකරණ Marketing ලෝකය සහ අලෙවිකරණ පර්යේෂණ Marketing research මොන වගේද Dr. Nirma Jayawardena
You might remember Dr. Nirma Jayawardena from my PhD advice
video series. Today I invited her to talk about her research area – Marketing.
A short bio/description about Nirma
Dr. Nirma Sadamali Jayawardena is an Assistant Professor in
Marketing at the University of Bradford, United Kingdom. She completed PhD in
Marketing and Graduate Diploma of Business Research from Griffith University,
Australi
Tech ව්යවසායකයෙකු සමඟ සංවාදය Conversation with a technology entrepreneur – Nilan Mihindukulasooriya
Nilan Mihindukulasooriya is the Co-Founder of FHTS and
Mortar AI. He is currently based in Adelaide, Australia. He was awarded South
Australia 40 under 40. He is also an AI
Safety Advocate. He did is undergraduate degree from the University of Colombo
School of Computing, Sri Lanka. In this podcast we discuss the ups and downs of
an entrepreneur, the mindset and attitude shifts needed to succeed
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering කෘෂිකර්මය සහ භෞතික විද්යාව හමුවන තැන Sahitha Karapitiya
Sahitha Karapitiya was selected to present his work at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for their Annual International Meeting in 2023. He is the only participant from Sri Lanka. He received his undergraduate degree in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Peradeniya. The title of his research is "Simu
තිරසාර කෘෂිකර්මය Sustainable Agriculture with Ayodhya Sovis
Ayodhya Sovis Wickramasooriya is doing her Post Graduuate studies in Agricultural economics at the University of Goettingen, Germany. She is a graduate from the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka and she completed her bachelors in Agriculture Business Management.
Agricultural economics is a branch of economics that focuses on the study of agricultural production, consumption, and distribution of go
Z-Score පිටුපස ගණිතය ප්රශ්න කරමු | cutoff marks වල ඇත්ත - Kethmi Hettige
I invited Kethmi Hettige to talk about the Z-score. For those who did A/Ls in Sri Lanka - this is a life deciding equation. Kethmi received her Bachelors in Industrial Statistics and Mathematical Finance from the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo. She is currently doing her PhD in Singapore.
00:00 About Z-score
00:59 Origins of the equation
01:52 Statistical measure
04:30 Mean,SD can be
රසායනික බන්ධන විවිධ පරිමාණ වලින් - Computational ව්යාපෘතියක් කරමු | Dulitha Prasanna
රසායනික බන්ධන විවිධ පරිමාණ වලින් - Computational ව්යාපෘතියක් කරමු
Let's do a computational chemistry project using OpenMM (39:42)
How do chemists understand a chemical bond? Molecular orbital theory helps us understand this.
If you haven't watched the previous videos you can check it out here:
1. Quantum Vs Classical mechanics - https://youtu.be/EsRlDKCi2EM
2. What is a chemical bond?
What is a chemical bond according to Physics? රසායනික බන්ධනයක් කියන්නේ මොකද්ද? Dulitha Prasanna
This is the second video about Quantum Mechanics. We will be talking about chemical bonding - what is the physical understanding of a chemical bond? If you haven't watched the first video you can check it out here: Quantum Vs Classical mechanics - https://youtu.be/EsRlDKCi2EM
Many thanks to Dulitha Prasanna for joining the podcast to talk about Quantum Mechanics. Stay tuned for more videos.
Quantum Vs Classical Mechanics Sinhalen - Dulitha Prasanna
Many thanks to Dulitha Prasanna for joining the podcast to talk about Quantum Mechanics. Stay tuned for more videos.
00:00 Our definition of "Quantum"
01:01 Dulitha's story
04:24 Classical Vs Quantum Mechanics
06:31 Newton's Vs Coulomb's law
07:39 Newton's law has its problems
09:29 Problems with Rutherford's theory
13:20 Need of Quantum theory
21:23 Wavefunctions
මම A/L Bio කරලා OUSL එකේ Physics වලින් පර්යේෂණ කළා - Chaturanga Wengappuliarachchi
Chaturanga Wengappuliarachchi did Biological Sciences for his A/Ls and decided to go to the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL).He completed the Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Physics and conducted research in the following topic: “PVA/(2-Propanol) based bee-honey (core) and povidone-iodine (sheath) coaxial electrospun beads on string nanofibrous scaffold for controlled drug release" a
LinkedIn and making Connections - Indrajith Ekanayake
Many thanks to Indrajith for accepting my invitation again. Here we wanted to talk about the advantages of using LinkedIn to make connections and decide where your next career should be.
00:39 LinkedIn with other social media apps
02:29 Benefits of making connections
09:25 What makes you stand out
11:00 Building trust and accountability
13:48 How to present yourself?
17:06 Content creation
Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitational models - Hasitha Eranda
Hasitha Eranda is a Theoretical Physicist at UC Irvine, California. He did his bachelors at the Department of Physics in the University of Colombo. He is currently working on searching for relic galaxy candidates in N-body cosmological simulations.
You can find more details about his work from this paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.09720.pdf
00:00 About Hasitha
02:01 Final year project in U
What are Startups and Venture Capital firms? | Chalinda Abeykoon
Chalinda Abeykoon is the Managing Partner for nVentures, an early-stage VC fund focusing on fintech startups, licensed under the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He has been working with startups for almost 15 years, mentoring over 3,000 entrepreneurs. Over the years he has helped launch over 50 startups across South & Southeast Asia. He is a recipient of the prestigious Chevening Fellowship f
Bio Tech පරිසර පද්ධතියක (Eco system) වැදගත්කම - Cris Silva
Cris Silva is a dynamic researcher, innovator, and community builder with a passion for biotechnology and bioeconomy. He has completed numerous research projects with leading institutions and is skilled in identifying new opportunities in the field. He is an effective communicator and the founder and executive director of Benzyme Ventures, a thriving community of bio enthusiasts, students, and sci
Natural Language Processing (NLP) පරිගණකයක් භාෂාවක් ඉගෙනගන්නේ කොහොමද? Dr. Shamane Siriwardhane
Dr. Shamane Siriwardhana has been part of the Augmented Human Lab and received his PhD from University of Auckland, New Zealand. In this podcast we talk about NLP (Natural Language Processing) and it's applications. He obtained his Bachelors from University of Peradeniya in Electronic and Electrical Engineering. Shamane is currently working as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at SAILTHRU.
AH Lab
දෛශික (Vectors) ඉගෙනගන්නේ ඇයි? Dot product, Cross product with Dr. Kasun Fernando
Vectors are present is Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science. In this video I try my best to understand what Dr. Kasun Fernando has to say - from a purely Mathematics point of view.
01:02 What is a vector?
15:59 Vectors in Physics
22:14 Matrices and Vectors
33:59 Dot product and cross product
43:26 Maxwell's Equations
47:12 Sources and Sinks (Dynamical systems)
49:35 Infinite dimen
Blockchain තාක්ෂණය සහ එහි වැදගත්කම What is Blockchain technology? Ashen Bandara
Blockchain is a technology that is revolutionizing many fields. Ashen Bandara is the Co-Founder and CEO at zynergyx Technologies. His company specializes in delivering Blockchain related services. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Information Technology at Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT)
More info about Blockchain can be found here:
Slides made by Ashen: https://drive.goog
Difference between teaching in Academia Vs Industry | Indrajith Ekanayake
Indrajith Ekanayake is a Technical Trainer at Codification (based in the UK) and a visiting lecturer at the Open University of Sri Lanka. He obtained his Bachelors from the University of Plymouth in Computer Software Engineering. We wanted to talk about the difference in teaching at an Academic level and Industrial level.
00:00 Intro
02:23 Academia Vs Industry
09:05 University Education Vs
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning - Dr. Kasun Bandara
Dr. Kasun Bandara is an aspiring Computer Scientist and researcher, keen on the disciplines of Data Science, Machine Learning, and time series forecasting. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) and worked as a Software Engineer for WSO2, later went to the Monash University in Australia for his PhD.
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:16 What is Compu
When Biology and Computer Science merge - Bioinformatics | Prabath Meemaduma & Warren Manuel
Today's episode we will talk about the cross-section of biology and computer science. Warren Manuel and Prabath Meemaduma both obtained their Bachelors from the Faculty of Science at the University of Colombo, specializing in Bioinformatics. They are currently pursuing their PhDs in the same field. Warren is at the UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics (Houston, Texas) and Prabath is at the UM
Computational Chemistry with Prof. Channa De Silva
Dr. Channa De Silva is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Western Carolina University. Dr. De Silva teaches chemistry and carries out research in the areas of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and computational chemistry. He is open for collaborations with Sri Lankan students. You can contact him via email: mhdesilva@wcu.edu Slides for this talk can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/
History of Imaginary numbers අතාත්වික සංඛ්යා සහ සංකීර්ණ සංඛ්යා වල ඉතිහාසය Dr. Kasun Fernando
Let's dive into the history of imaginary numbers - what gave rise to them?
Dr. Kasun Fernando received his PhD in Mathematics from the University of Maryland, College Park. He did his Bachelors from the University of Colombo. He is currently a junior visitor at Centro di Recerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. He is primarily interested in the interplay am
Cyber Security සමාගමක් ලංකාවේ පිහිටුවාගෙන ලෝකෙටම සේවා සපයනවා Shihan Annon
Let's talk about Cyber Security (Information Security) with Shihan Annon. He started small in Sri Lanka from his boss' garage. Under the leadership of Nabhan Akeel they established a partnership with Eguardian from Singapore and expanded globally to other countries. He is an accomplished Technocrat and entrepreneur, playing a key role as Chief Visionary Officer defining and driving global strategy
Head of John Keells Research - Dr. Muditha Senarath-Yapa
Dr. Muditha Senarath -Yapa is the head of John Keells Research and the Vice President of John Keells Holdings. Let's take a look at his story from School to Undergraduate to Post Graduate and then entering the industry. 01:12 School Days 24:54 Coming back home 28:06 Switching Research Areas 30:53 Returning to Sri Lanka 34:42 John Keels investing in Nano Tech 38:48 Listening to Ravi Fer
Genelabs Medical ජෛව රසායනය සහ අණුක ජීව විද්යාවෙන් ලංකාවට දෙයක් ගෙනාපු Dr. Chandanamali Punchihewa
Today’s guest is Dr. Chandanamali Punchihewa. She is a Scientist with extensive experience in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Drug Discovery. Founded Genelabs Medical (Pvt) Ltd in order to perform high-complexity genetic tests that have not been available in Sri Lanka. She was one of the first batches of students who specialized in the Molecular Biology and Biochemistry program at the Universi
ගණිතය පෞද්ගලික සහ රාජ්ය අංශයට වැදගත්වෙන හැටි Applied Mathematics | Sanjaya Ariyawansa
Let's talk about the uses of Applied Mathematics with Sanjaya Ariyawansa. Sanjaya is currently following is Masters in Economics at Oxford University, UK. He graduated from the University of Colombo with a BSc in Mathematics (Hons). 00:00 About Sanjaya 01:23 Why Mathematics? 02:57 Economics/Social Science 05:43 Teaching to Commerce students 10:45 Maths in the private sector 16:55 Advic
United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth - Jayathma Wickramanayake
Jayathma Wickramanayake is a Sri Lankan born international civil servant who currently serves as the United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth. She did her undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo. 00:00 About Jayathma 00:25 Jayathma's work 01:35 What is youth? 03:30 What is the UN? 08:43 Countries similar to us 13:40 How countries develop 14:58 Definiti
ගණිතය කියන්නේ විශ්වයේ භාෂාව | Mathematics is the language of the Universe - Rusiru Gambheera
It is my great pleasure to present you Rusiru Gambheera - one of the brightest minds in the Department of Mathematics from the University of Colombo. He received his education from the Rajapaksha Central College in Weeraketiya. He is famous for being the guy who was ranked first in the Island in the 2012 GCE Advanced Level exam, but he chose to enter the Faculty of Science to pursue his dream of b
The Future of Radiation Physics විකිරණ භෞතික විද්යාව | Nirodha Ranasinghe
Nirodha Ranasinghe is currently a Scientific Officer at the Atomic Energy Board of Sri Lanka. He completed his undergraduate degree from the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. His team won the 2020 "Sahasak Maha Nimawum" contest under the Physics category. In this episode we go into details about his team's contribution towards the School Science syllabus and his views on Nuclear Energy.
Paleoceanography - Let's walk into the past (Fisheries & Marine Sciences) | Mudith Weerabaddana
You might remember Mudith from our Erasmus Scholarship video and in this podcast I wanted to go into detail about his Undergraduate and Masters Research. Mudith obtained his Bachelors from the University of Ruhuna - Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Technology, later went to France, UK, USA (Louisiana State University) for his Masters. I have included videos and images to make this an immer
International Economics (ජාත්යන්තර ආර්ථිකය) and Global Production Sharing | Naveen Wickremeratne
This time I invited an expert from the Arts and Humanities. Naveen Wickremeratne is an Economics Graduate from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Colombo and is a Fulbright Scholar. He obtained his Masters from the University of South Carolina, USA. His undergraduate research was under International Economics - in the area of Global Production sharing and I believe there are many
Data Science, Statistics and it's importance (දත්ත විද්යාව සහ සංඛ්යානය) | Devini Seneratna
Special thanks to Devini Seneratna for accepting my invitation. She specialized in Statistics at the University of Colombo and later went for her Masters at Stanford University, USA. She is currently working as a Data Scientist.
Scientist exploring venoms as cures | Dr. Himaya Siddhihalu Wickrama Hewage
Dr. Himaya is currently working at the Institute of Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland, Australia as a Researcher. Her work focusses on animal venom - (the poisonous cone snail to be precise) and their uses. She obtained her Bachelors from the University of Peradeniya and went to South Korea for her PhD.
Scientist, Entrepreneur, Mother | Dr. Jayeni Hitibandaralage (Plant Biotechnology)
I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Jayeni Hitibandaralage. She specialized in Plant Biotechnology (PBT) at the University of Colombo. She has worked in the industry prior to going for her a PhD at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her PhD was groundbreaking! Titled: PhD for Developing World’s First Meristem Based Commercial Tissue Culture Platform for Avocado. She also has her Bio Tech
I was fascinated by Neuroscience | Roshini Randeniya
In this Science Talks episode I wanted to share the Academic Journey of Roshini Randeniya. She is doing her PhD in Neuroscience at the Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Australia. She is someone who didn’t do any Undergraduate research nor a 4 Year Special Degree. She did her Bachelors at the University of Colombo and then decided to work in the private sector (Sri Lanka Family
I have discovered two Exo Planets | Mahesh Herath (Astronomy)
Mahesh Herath is currently doing his MPhil at the University of Colombo. He is also a Research Scientist at Arthur C. Clark Institute in Sri Lanka. He has discovered two exo planets using the data generated by the Kepler/K2 Satellite. He obtained his MSc in Physics from the University of Southampton, UK and Advanced MSc in Space Science at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. “Two temperat
My Research is being used to conserve thousands of animals in the wild - Dr. Himali Ratnayake
සත්ව විද්යාව, එහි වැදගත්කම සහ එමගින් බිහිවෙන රැකියා අවස්ථා මෙම සංවාදය මගින් දැනගැනීමට ලැබේ. I had the privilege of interviewing a Zoologist, Dr. Himali Ratnayake. She obtained her Bachelors from the University of Colombo and her Final Year research project was on ‘Impact of parasite load on selected parameters of health status: Investigations using a Fulvous fruit bat (Rousettus lesch
Particle Physics and CERN - Malinda Shiram De Silva
In today’s #ScienceTalks episode Malinda De Silva will take us on a virtual tour inside CERN – the largest Science Laboratory in the world. He did his Bachelors in Physics at the University of Colombo, then went for his Masters to TUM (Technical University of Munich) and now he is doing his PhD at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg, Germany.
I was always curious about the Environment - Charuni Pathmeswaran
I am please to invite my friend Charuni Pathmeswaran who is currently a PhD candidate at the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She did her Undergraduate at the University of Colombo – specializing in Environmental Science, later doing her Masters at the University of Bristol, UK in Climate Change Science and Poilicy. Here’s her blog for further details
When people tried to bring us down we became stronger - Dr. Beshan Kulapala | Vega Innovations
I invited the Director of Vega Innovations – Dr. Beshan Kulapala for an interview on #ScienceTalks Get to know one of the main Engineers behind the Vega Car. The problems they had, his views on where we stand as a country in terms of innovation. Time-code of the discussion:
My Research has now made it to Industry - Malsha Udayakantha (PhD in Chemistry)
I interviewed Malsha Udayakantha who is a Chemistry PhD student at Texas A&M. She was an undergrad at University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Malsha worked in SLINTEC prior to receiving her PhD offer.
