Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- Plenary Lecture, 21st International Congress on X-ray Optics and Microanalysis, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (International Congress on X-ray Optics and Microanalysis, 2011)
- Invited Talk, CECAM Workshop, "Liquid/Solid interfaces: Structure and dynamics from spectroscopy and, by Invitation (CECAM, 2011)
- Invited Talk, March Meeting, American Physcal Society, by Invitation (APS, 2011)
- Invited Talk, Elementary Reactive Processes at Surfaces, by Invitation (ERPS, 2010)
- van Marum Colloquium, University of Leiden, Netherlands, by Invitation (Department of Chemistry, University of Leiden, 2009)
- Invited talk: 5th International Symposium on Surface Science and Nanotechnology (ISSS-5), by Invitation (Japanese Chem Soc, ISSP and JPS, 2008)
- Faraday Discussion, Water at Interfaces, by Invitation (Faraday Division, 2008)
- Invited Talk: 9th International Conference on the Structure of Surfaces (ICSOS-9), by Invitation (9th International Conference on the Structure of Surfaces (ICSOS-9), 2008)
- Invited talk: 13th Workshop on Dynamical Phenomena at Surfaces, Cambridge, UK, by Invitation (13th Workshop on Dynamical Phenomena at Surfaces, 2008)
- Invited talk: Molecular Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water, Shanghai, China, by Invitation (Molecular Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water, Shanghai, China, 2007)
- Invited talk: Elementary Reactive Processes at Surfaces, Donastia, Spain, by Invitation (Workshop: Elementary Reactive Processes at Surfaces, 2007)
- Invited talk Wetting and multilayer growth on metal surfaces, ECOSS, Paris, by Invitation (ECOSS24, Paris, 2006)
- Invited talk: Relaxation and reorientation in thin water films, Pacifichem, 2005, by Invitation (Pacifichem 2005, Symposium on Proton Transfer/Transport of H-Bonded Solids, Liquids, Clusters and Interfaces, jointly sponsored by American Chemical Society and the Chemical Societies of Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand,, 2005)
- Invited talk ¿The structure of water on Pt(111) and Ru(0001)¿, by Invitation (Institute of Physics Meeting, Ice Surfaces and Interfaces, Cambridge, 2005)
- Invited talk ¿Water adsorption at metal surfaces¿, by Invitation (Spring 2005 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Symposium on "Water: Structure, Dynamics and Reactions Across the Phase Diagram." San Diego, USA, 2005)
- Invited talk ¿State resolved measurements of surface reaction¿, by Invitation (15th CRC International Symposium on Catalytic Reaction Dynamics and Surface Nano-structures, University at Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 2004)
- Invited talk ¿Structure of metal-ice films and reaction dynamics at ice surfaces', by Invitation (Ice, Icy Surfaces, and Icy Particles, Telluride Science Research Center Workshop, Telluride, Colorado, 2004)
- Invited talk ¿Water and mixed OH/water overlayers at metal surfaces¿, by Invitation (16th International Vacuum Congress, 12th International Conference on Solid Surfaces, and 8th International Conference on Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology, Venice, Italy, 2004)
- Invited talk ¿Reactions at ice surfaces', by Invitation (EPSRC Summer School on Surface Science, 2002)
- Invited talk ¿Recombination of hot H atoms from the subsurface of Ni(111)¿, by Invitation (Gordon Research Conference, ¿Dynamics at Surfaces¿, USA, 2001)
- Invited talk ¿Dissociation of N2: are dynamics important in describing dissociation of a "heavy" mol, by Invitation (March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2001)
- Invited paper ¿Recombinative desorption of excited hydrogen atoms from the sub-surface region of Ni, by Invitation (Faraday Discussion 117, ¿Excited States at Surfaces¿, 2000)
- Invited talk ¿The formation of nitrogen in surface reactions¿, by Invitation (3rd European Conference on Lasers in Surface Science, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 2000)
Examination Roles
- University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), BSc (UG, 2010)
- University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), BSc (UG, 2009)
- University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), BSc (UG, 2008)
- University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), BSc (UG, 2008)
- University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), BSc (UG, 2007)
- University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), BSc (UG, 2006)
- Queen Mary & Westfield College (University of London), PhD (2005)
- University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), BSc (UG, 2005)
- University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), BSc (UG, 2004)
- Southampton University, PhD (2004)
- University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), BSc (UG, 2003)
- University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), BSc (UG, 2002)
- Heriot-Watt University, DSc (2002)
- University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), BSc (UG, 2001)
- University of Birmingham, PhD (2001)
- Southampton University, PhD (2000)
- University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), BSc (UG, 2000)
- University of Nottingham, PhD (1998)
Professional Body Memberships
- Royal Society of Chemistry (Memeber)
- American Chemical Society (Member, 2005 - 2007)