Kavan Ratnatunga
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University of Pittsburgh
University of Ceylon, Colombo
Royal College Colombo
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory 1986/87
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center1989/91
Space Telescope Science Institute 1992
Johns Hopkins University 1992/96
Carnegie Mellon University 1996/2004
Kavan Ratnatunga | |
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| Born | |
| Education | Australian National University University of Pittsburgh University of Ceylon, Colombo Royal College Colombo |
| Employer(s) | Institute for Advanced Study 1984/86 Dominion Astrophysical Observatory 1986/87 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center1989/91 Space Telescope Science Institute 1992 Johns Hopkins University 1992/96 Carnegie Mellon University 1996/2004 |
| Website | www.lakdiva.org |
Kavan Ratnatunga is a Sri Lankan scholar, with interests in astronomy, archaeology and numismatics.
Kavan Ratnatunga went to school at Royal College, Colombo, Ceylon. In 1976 from the University of Ceylon, Colombo, he was awarded a first-class BSc Honours Degree in Physics. In 1979 he obtained a MS from University of Pittsburgh in USA, and in 1983 a PhD from Australian National University, specializing in automated statistical analysis of astronomical data and digital images.
Career
Ratnatunga's career included research at Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria Canada, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt (1989/91), Space Telescope Science Institute and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (1992/96), and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh (1996/2004).[citation needed]
He returned to Sri Lanka in 2005. His current interests include increasing the information on Lanka on the Internet; archaeology with a special interest in numismatics; and rare books on Lanka. At the Post Graduate Institute of Archaeology in 2010, he obtained a Diploma in Museology.