Ph.D. in Meteorology
The Pennsylvania State University
2012
M.Sc. in Physics
Auburn University
2004
B.Sc. (Honours) in Physics with a minor in Chemistry
University of Peradeniya
2001
The Pennsylvania State University
2012
Auburn University
2004
University of Peradeniya
2001
Senior Lecturer - University of Peradeniya
Senior Lecturer - The University of Peradeniya
15 September 2014 - To Present
Senior Lecturer - The Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
3 September 2012 - 13 September 2014
Visiting Lecturer - Sabaragamuwa University
2015 - 2017
Senior Lecturer - The Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
26 March 2012 - 2 September 2012
Visiting Lecturer - Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
2012 - To Present
Member - Sri Lanka Association of Geographers
2016
Member - The Welfare Society of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
2012 - 2013
Secretary - Physical Society of the University of Peradeniya
2000
Committee member - The Ceylon University Dramatic Society
2000
Member - Physical Society of the University of Peradeniya
1998–2000
Member - Fellowship of Christian University Students Sri Lanka
1998–2000
Travel award - Clouds Physics and Atmospheric Radiation in Portland, Oregon, USA
2010
Somasiri, I. S., Tilak Hewawasam, M. P. Rambukkange (2021), Adaptation of the revised universal soil loss equation to map spatial distribution of soil erosion in tropical watersheds: a GIS/RS‑based study of the Upper Mahaweli River Catchment of Sri Lanka. Model. Earth Syst. Environ., vol. 7, no 4, 1-19.
Richardson, S., N. Miles, K. J. Davis, M. P. Rambukkange, and M. P. Butler (2005), Progress towards a continental, flux-tower based CO2 network, 13th World Meteorological Organization (WMO)/ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Meeting of Experts on Carbon Dioxide Concentration and Related Tracer Measurement Techniques, Boulder, Colorado, 19–22 September 2005.
Menike, A. R. M. M. P., I. S. Somasiri, M.P. Rambukkange, and T. Hewawasam (Dec 2019), Variation of groundwater quality within the Ma Oya experimental watershed in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 7th International Symposium on Water Quality and Human Health: Challenges Ahead – 2019, Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Rambukkange M. P. and K.W.G. Rekha Nianthi, (July 27-28, 2016) A Preliminary Study of the Measurement of Solar Radiation to Evaluate the Solar Energy Potential of the University of Peradeniya Area, 2nd International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (ICHSS), Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya.
Rambukkange, M. P., J. Verlinde, E. W. Eloranta, E. E. Clothiaux, and C. J. Flynn (2010), Deriving multilayered mixed-phase cloud properties from radar and lidar, 13th Conference on Cloud Physics and Atmospheric Radiation, Portland, Oregon. (http://ams.confex.com/ams/13CldPhy13AtRad/techprogram/paper_170920.htm)
Rambukkange, M. P., and J. Verlinde (2009), Using Doppler velocity spectra to study the formation and evolution of ice in a multilayered mixed-phase cloud system, 10th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Madison, Wisconsin. (http://ams.confex.com/ams/10POLAR/techprogram/paper_152618.htm)
The climate conference
“Sri Lanka’s readiness for implementing the Paris climate agreements,” organized by the Centre for Environmental Justice in collaboration with Climate Change Secretariat
BMICH
7th of September 2016.