Dr. Muditha Bandara is a senior lecturer at the Department
of Nuclear Science at the University of Colombo. In this talk we will explore
the field of Nuclear science, Medical Physics and his research in those areas.
He received his PhD in Bio-Medical Imaging Physics from the University of
Colombo under the supervision of Dr. Janaka Wansapura. For his post-doctoral
training he has worked in the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Texas, USA. He
has also served as visiting lecturer at General Sir John Kothalawala Defense
University.
00:00 Muditha’s journey
02:24 Negative impression of Nuclear science Department
05:00 Medical Physics and Nuclear Science overlap
06:09 Meeting Dr. Janaka Wansapura
08:15 Paper qualifications can’t judge a person
09:43 People bloom in different times
11:16 Starting FOS blog and media unit and hobbies
15:36 Differences in students across generations
18:28 Differences in American students
19:55 American students like asking questions
23:00 Doing PhD in Sri Lanka – positives and negatives
30:26 Muditha’s research
39:58 Inter-disciplinary research
42:45 Post Doctoral experience in USA at UT Southwestern
Medical Center
45:30 Did you doubt yourself when you came to the USA?
46:07 How broad is Medical Physics?
49:39 Last comments
