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Professor Gomika Udugamasooriya has been appointed as the Senior Advisor to the President on Science and Technology, the Presidents Media Division (PMD) said.Prof.
Udugamasooriya, who is affiliated with the University of Houston and the MD Anderson Cancer Research Center in the United States, received his appointment letter today (22) at the Presidential Secretariat from the Secretary to the President Dr.
Nandaka Sanath Kumanayake.An alumnus of D.S.
Senanayake College in Colombo, Prof.
Udugamasooriya holds a specialized degree in Chemistry from the University of Colombo.
He earned his Ph.D.
from Wayne State University in Michigan, USA, and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.A holder of numerous patents, Professor Udugamasooriyas decision to transition from his role in U.S.
public service to take up the honorary position of Senior Advisor on Science and Technology is a notable development, the PMD statement said.He served as Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston and as Adjunct Professor at the Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.--PMD--





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