I hail from the ravishing hill capital of Sri Lanka, Kandy, a gorgeous city enriched with a rich heritage. My high school diploma and bacherlor's degree were earned at Trinity College Kandy (TCK) and at the University of Peradeniya (UPSL), Sri Lanka respectively. At present I am a graduate student in the University of Connecticut. Solid Earth Geophysics - Seismology Have you ever wondered as to what the most awesome and terrifying experience one could have in life? For me it is a monstrous earthquake like the one that occurred on the 26th of December in 2004 off the west coast of northern Sumatra which triggered a stupendous Tsunami,the most destructive one the world has ever seen. At present, I am a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Connecticut and I am into solid Earth geophysics research. I carry out research on the heterogeneity of the solid inner core of the Earth as an advisee of Prof. Vernon Cormier. In a way, we are "hunting Earthquakes" because the seismic waves initiated from each and every earthquake or nuclear explosion are unique and take the form of an encrypted code, if deciphered, they tell an intriguing story about the interior structure and dynamics of the world we live in given that we select suitable source-receiver combinations. I learn how to process, analyze and interpret seismic data, especially waveform modeling and geophysical inversion techniques such as linear regression, iteration and non linear techniques.. Believe me, it is an absorbing subject !! Economics If you ask me what the most influential social science is, I don't
have any doubt that it's economics! Just like geophysics in the realm
of hardcore physical sciences, economics in the realm of social
sciences intrigues me simply because understanding something as random
and sometimes chaotic as human thinking and dynamics related to
unlimited wants and limited resources in a systematic way is
fascinating. It is crazy to think about such human behavior in terms of
mathematical equations but it is "double" crazy to realize that they do
really work pretty well (not always!). I am very much interested in
obtaining this "magical" skill of interpreting human behavior using
econometric techniques, whether it be at individual level or corporate
level. Although I have always been interested in the subject, I haven't
had a formal education in it before (did I say that I was brought up in
a conservative education system?) but now, I am ready to break those
barriers with my new status as a M.A. student in the economics
department at UConn.
buzzword of the moment: STAGFLATION Root: simultaneous STAGnation of the economy (slow growth and increased unemployment) and the increase of inFLATION (rise in prices) Is it a full-blown stagflation like in the late 1920s or a situation like in the 1970s that we are experiencing now? is the object in mirror closer and bigger than it appears? |  Contact Information email: jattanayake@gmail.com tel: 860 486 3914 |