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University of Colombo

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Sri Lanka

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Colombo

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort ascending	Program
Elizabeth Ruiz	Governors State University	University of Colombo	Psychology	Sri Lanka	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Sally Seidel	University of New Mexico	University of Colombo	Physics	Sri Lanka	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Christopher Koliba	University of Vermont	University of Colombo	Public Administration	Sri Lanka	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Crista Arangala	Elon University	University of Colombo	Physical Sciences	Sri Lanka	2013-2014	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Asokan Anandarajan	New Jersey Institute of Technology	University of Colombo	Business	Sri Lanka	2013-2014	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Susanne Mrozik	Mount Holyoke College	University of Colombo	Humanities	Sri Lanka	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Lionel Mandy	California State University-Long Beach	University of Colombo	Social Sciences	Sri Lanka	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Laurie Lopez Charles	The American University in Cairo	University of Colombo	Psychology	Sri Lanka	2009-2010	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Srinika Jayaratne	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	University of Colombo	Sociology	Sri Lanka	2008-2009	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
P Chanmugam	Louisiana State University and A&M College	University of Colombo	Medical Sciences	Sri Lanka	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Richard Emlet	University of Oregon	University of Colombo	Biology	Sri Lanka	2006-2007	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Stephen Berkwitz	Missouri State University	University of Colombo	Religious Studies	Sri Lanka	2005-2006	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nanda Ganesan	California State University, Los Angeles	University of Colombo	Computer Science	Sri Lanka	2005-2006	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Marga Jann	Judson College	University of Colombo	Architecture	Sri Lanka	2005-2006	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Christopher Reid	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences	University of Colombo	Medical Sciences	Sri Lanka	2005-2006	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Joseph Alexander	Harvard University	University of Colombo	Law	Sri Lanka	2004-2005	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Heffernan	Saddleback College	University of Colombo	Literature	Sri Lanka	2004-2005	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
E Struthers	Coe College	University of Colombo	Literature	Sri Lanka	2002-2003	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gregory Brock	University of Kentucky	University of Colombo	Psychology	Sri Lanka	2002-2003	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jon Pearce	San Jose State University	University of Colombo	Computer Science	Sri Lanka	2001-2002	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort ascending	Program
Rev Medawachchiye Dhammajothi Thero	University of Colombo	University of California, Los Angeles	Religious Studies	Sri Lanka	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Asantha Attanayake Mudiyanselage	University of Colombo	Pennsylvania State University-University Park Campus	Linguistics	Sri Lanka	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Gameela Samarasinghe	University of Colombo	Columbia University	Psychology	Sri Lanka	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jayaratna Haluge Chandani Liyanage	University of Colombo	Syracuse University	Anthropology	Sri Lanka	2011-2012	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Yasasmala Widyalankara	University of Colombo	Savannah College of Art & Design	History	Sri Lanka	2008-2009	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Fyona Neloufer De Mel	University of Colombo	Yale University	Language	Sri Lanka	2005-2006	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Nadira Karunaweera	University of Colombo	Harvard University	Biology	Sri Lanka	2005-2006	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Gameela Samarasinghe	University of Colombo	Boston University	Psychology	Sri Lanka	2004-2005	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Nayani Melegoda	University of Colombo	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	History	Sri Lanka	2003-2004	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Nira Wickramasinghe	University of Colombo	New York University	History	Sri Lanka	2003-2004	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Tara Silva	University of Colombo	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Biology	Sri Lanka	2002-2003	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Aruna Weerasinghe	University of Colombo	Carnegie Mellon University	Computer Science	Sri Lanka	2001-2002	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mario Gomez	University of Colombo	Harvard University , Harvard University	Law	Sri Lanka	2001-2002	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Santiago Uditha Ekaratne	University of Colombo	University of Oregon , Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis	Environmental Sciences	Sri Lanka	2001-2002	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Sumudu Atapattu	University of Colombo	George Washington University	Law	Sri Lanka	2000-2001	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Kariyawasam De Silva	University of Colombo	Michigan State University	Physics	Sri Lanka	1997-1998	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Nelum Udagama	University of Colombo	Harvard University , Harvard University	Law	Sri Lanka	1997-1998	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Weraduwage De Silva	University of Colombo	Harvard University , Harvard University	Sociology	Sri Lanka	1996-1997	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Shirani Bandaranayake	University of Colombo	University of Virginia	Law	Sri Lanka	1996-1997	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jayadeva Uyangoda	University of Colombo	American University , American University	Political Science	Sri Lanka	1995-1996	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program