S. Ravi P. Silva#
| Membership Number: | 6713 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/s-ravi-p-silva |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-0356-1319 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/professor-ravi-silva-freng-cbe-05134696/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023 - present International Science Partnership Fund (ISPF), Royal Society Panel and Royal Academy Engineering Panel, UK
- 2022 - present Chair, Transforming Systems through Partnership (TSP), Royal Academy Engineering
- 2019 - present Distinguished Professor, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
- 2018 - 2024 International Committee Member, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
- 2018 - present Chief Editor, Wiley journal on ‘Energy and Environmental Materials’
- 2018 - present International Scientific Council, FCT and Advisory Board, CICECO, Aveiro Institute of Materials, Portugal
- 2017 - 2023 European Research Council (ERC), Advanced Investigator Fellowship Panel, Brussels
- 2005 - present Director, Advanced Technology Institute and Nano-Electronics Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
- 2001 - present Professor of Solid-State Electronics, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
- 1995 - 2001 Lecturer and Reader (1999), University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Materials science
- Nanotechnology
- Thin film coatings
- Engineering science
- Engineering science
- Applied physics
- Electronic engineering
- Carbon materials
- Energy materials
- Solar cells
- Nanoelectronics
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Foreign Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering, China (FNAE)
- 2024 Fellow, International Science Council (FISC)
- 2022 Distinguished Fellow, The International Engineering and Technology Institute - IETI (DIETI)
- 2020 Commander of the British Empire (CBE) by Her Majesty the Queen in the New Year Honours list (CBE)
- 2018 James Joule Medal and Award (Institute of Physics) for contributions to Applied and Environment Sciences, UK
- 2015 Platinum Medal of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, UK
- 2014 Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), JJ Thomson Medal for contributions to Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- 2013 President’s Award, The Government of Sri Lanka, For contributions to Sri Lanka Science and Society, Sri Lanka
- 2013 Distinguished Professor, Chonbuk National University, South Korea
- 2011 Royal Society Clifford Paterson Lecture for outstanding contributions to Nanoscience, Royal Society, UK
- 2009 Royal Society Kan Tong Po Public lecture and Visiting Professorship to Hong Kong.
- 2009 Elected to a Fellowship, National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka (FNASSL)
- 2008 Elected to the Fellowship, Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng).
- 2007 Elected to a Fellowship, the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
- 2002 Vernon-Charles Boys Medal and Prize for 2002 for Experimental Physics, Institute of Physics, United Kingdom.
- 2002 Monbusho-Gakusin Senior Fellowship Ministry of Education, Japan and Special Visiting Professorship, Gifu University.
- 2003 Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) ‘Achievement Award and Medal for 2003’.
- 2003 UNESCO Albert Einstein Silver Medal and Young Scientist Award for ‘Electronic devices and Materials on international scale’.
- 1999 Outstanding Young Researcher Award, IUMRS, China (June 1999).
- 1990 Cambridge Commonwealth Trust (Elected Fellow 1991)
