Winners of REA2024

LIST OF AWARDEES RUSL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2024

Lifetime Award

Prof. W.A.N.D. Wickramasinghe (Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences)

RUSL Research Excellence Gold Award

RUSL Excellence Awards

Dr. P.N. Yapa
Faculty of Applied Sciences

RUSL Excellence Award for the Most Outstanding Senior Researcher (>40 years on the closing date of application)

Prof. W.H.M.S. Samarathunga
Faculty of Management Studies

RUSL Excellence Award for the Most Outstanding Young Researcher (<40 years on the closing date of application)

Top Ten Researchers with the highest number of indexed journal articles

Prof. W.A.N.D. Wikramasinghe

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Dr. P.N. Yapa

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Prof. K.G.A.D. Weerakoon

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Prof. W.H.S.M. Samarathunga

Faculty of Management Studies

Prof. Y.P.J.N. Warnasekara

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Dr. Gayan Thilakarathna

Faculty of Agriculture

Dr. P.H.G.J. Pushpakumara

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Dr. R.M.I.S.K. Senavirathna

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Ms. S.N.S. Dahanayake

Faculty of Management Studies

Prof. N.K.A. Silva

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Dr. W.M.S. Fernando

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Top Ten Researchers with the highest h-index

Prof. M. Ranagalage

Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities

Prof. K.G.A.D. Weerakoon

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Prof. Y.P.J.N. Warnasekara

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Prof. W.A.N.D. Wickramasinghe

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Prof. W.H.M.S. Samarathunga

Faculty of Management Studies

Prof. S.K.N. Gamage

Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities

Prof. H.M.A.M.C. Herath

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Dr. R.M.I.S.K. Senavirathna

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Dr. K.I.S. Koralegedara

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Prof. T.C. Bamunuarachchige

Faculty of Technology

Prof. D. Rathish

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Dr. M.A.C.C. Sarathchandra

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Top Ten Researchers with the highest number of citations

Prof. M. Ranagalage

Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities

Prof. W.H.M.S. Samarathunga

Faculty of Management Studies

Prof. Y.P.J.N. Warnasekara

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Siences

Prof. K.G.A.D. Weerakoon

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Prof. H.M.A.M.C. Herath

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Prof. W.A.N.D. Wikramasinghe

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Dr. R.M.I.S.K. Senavirathna

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Prof. S.K.N. Gamage

Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities

Prof. M.H.J.P. Gunarathna

Faculty of Agriculture

Dr. P.N. Yapa

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Best Inventor

Not Awarded

Vice Chancellor’s Award at each Faculty and Library

Most Outstanding Senior researcher (>=40 years on the closing date of application)

Not Awarded

Faculty of Agriculture

Dr. D.L.P. Senarathna

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Not Awarded

Faculty of Management Studies

Not Awarded

Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences

Not Awarded

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Not Awarded

Faculty of Technology

Most Outstanding Young researcher (<=40 years on the closing date of application)

Dr. Gayan Thilakarathna

Faculty of Agriculture

Dr. M.A.C.C. Sarathchandra

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Not Awarded

Faculty of Management Studies

Dr. R.M.S.I.Rajapakse

Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences

Mrs. T.G. Deepika Udayakanthi

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Not Awarded

Faculty of Technology

Most Outstanding Researcher in Library Academic Staff

 

Not awarded

Researchers (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) with the highest number of indexed journal articles

Faculty of Agriculture

Not Awarded

Not Awarded

Not Awarded

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Not Awarded

Not Awarded

Not Awarded

Faculty of Management studies

Not Awarded

Not awarded

Not awarded

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Dr. M.G.R.S.S. Gunathilaka

Dr. W.G.S.S. Waiddyanatha

Not awarded

Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities

Not awarded

Not awarded

Not awarded

Faculty of Technology

Prof. T.C. Bamunuarachchige

Dr. H.K.S. De Zoysa

Not Awarded

Researchers (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) with the highest h- index

Faculty of Agriculture

Prof. W.A.D. Nayananjalie

Dr. A.J.Fernando

Prof. S.C. Somasiri

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Prof. G.G.N. Duminda

Dr. P.N. Yapa

Dr. K.A.S.H. Kulathilake

Dr. D.L.P. Senarathna

Faculty of Management studies

Ms. S.N.S. Dahanayake

Ms. T.D.S.H. Dissanayake

Not Awarded

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Dr. P.H.G.J. Pushpakumara

Prof. N.K.A. Silva

Not Awarded

Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities

Prof. E.M.S. Ekanayaka

Not Awarded

Not Awarded

Faculty of Technology

Dr. H.K.S. De Zoysa

Dr. R.G.P.T. Jayasooriya

Dr. J.A.L.T. Jayasuriya

Researchers (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) having the highest number of citations

Faculty of Agriculture

Dr. A.J. Fernando

Prof. W.A.D. Nayananjali

Prof. S.C.Somasiri

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Dr. K.A.S.H. Kulathilake

Dr. D.L.P. Senarathne

Dr. W.M.S. Fernando

Dr. M.A.C.C. Sarathchandra

Faculty of Management studies

Ms. K.G.P. Senani

Ms. S.N.S. Dahanayake

Ms. T.D.S.H. Dissanayake

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Dr. K.I.S. Koralegedara

Prof. N.K.A. Silva

Prof. D. Rathish

Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities

Prof. E.M.S. Ekanayake

Not Awarded

Not Awarded

Faculty of Technology

Dr. R.G.P.T. Jayasooriya

Prof. T.C. Bamunuarachchige

Dr. H.K.S. De Zoysa

Library

Not Awarded

Not Awarded

Not Awarded

Recognitions for the indexed articles published in the preceding year

Faculty of Agriculture

Dr. P.D. Kahandage

Mr. E.J. Kosgollegedara

Prof. G.V.T.V. Fernando

Mr. K.W.A. Madushan

Dr. W.M.M.M.Kumari

U.G.S.A. Gamage

Dr. R.E. Padmathilaka

Dr. J. Fernando

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Prof. G.G.N. Duminda

Mrs. H.P. Reyal

Ms. N. Rathnayake

Dr. P.N. Yapa

Ms. N. Mayadunna

Mr. B.M. Herath

Dr. W.M.S. Fernando

Dr. D.L.P. Senarathna

Prof. H.M.A.M.C. Herath

Dr. U. dahanayake

Faculty of Management Studies

Dr. W.H.M.S. Samarathunga

Ms. S.N.S. Dahanayake

Ms. T.D.S.H. Dissanayake

Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences

Dr. M. Weerasinghe

Dr. R.M.I.S.K. Senavirathna

Ms. S.D. Gunasekara

Dr. R.M.S.I. Rajapakse

Dr. Y.P.J.N. Warnasekara

Dr. M.G.R.S.S. Gunathilaka

Prof. N.K.A. Silva

Dr. W.G.S.S. Waiddyanatha

Prof. K.G.A.D. Weerakoon

Prof. W.A.N.D. Wikramasinghe

Dr. T.C. Agampodi

Ms. H. Nuwangi

Dr. P.H.G.J. Pushpakumara

Prof. S. Siribaddana

Prof. D. Rathish

Dr. G. Amarasinghe

Dr. A. Hettiarachchi

Dr. I. Jayasinghe

Ms. D. Nimesha

Ms. T. Dilshani

Dr. N. Wijerathna

Dr. C. Wijerathne

Dr. H. Wijeratne

Dr. C. Wijesiri

Dr. R. Wijerathna

Dr. W. Wijerathna

Dr. D. Jayasundara

Ms. S.C. Illappereruma

Dr. J.A.A.S. Jayaweera

Dr. Senaka Pilapitiya

Dr. Supun Wedasingha

Prof. H. Weerakoon

Dr. S. Senadheera

Dr. P. Abeyrathna

Mr. S. Srimantha

Ms. N. De Silva

Dr. A. Wikramasinghe

Dr. K.I.S. Koralagedara

Mr. G.S.P. Gunaratne

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Mr. A.P. Mallawaarachchi

Dr. A.M.P. Adikari

Mrs. T.G. Deepika Udayakanthi

Ms. P. Siriwardhana

Dr. Indika Ruwan Prasanna

Faculty of Technology

Prof. T.C. Bamunuarachchige

Ms. F. Nifla

Dr. H.K.S. De Zoysa

Dr. J.A.L.T. Jayasuriya

Dr. N.D.A.D. Wijegunawardana

Recognitions for the patented invention within the preceding year

Not Awarded

Department having the highest number of indexed journal articles published

Faculty of Agriculture – Department of Animal and Food Sciences

Faculty of Applied Sciences – Department of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Management Studies – Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management

Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences – Department of Community Medicine

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities – Department of Environmental Management

Faculty of Technology – Department of Bioprocess Technology