Sarath Gunapala

Sri Lanka Ranajana^[1] Dr Sarath Gunapala (Sinhala:සරත් ගුණපාල) is a solid-state physicist, senior research scientist and group supervisor at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He works primarily in Quantum Well Infrared Photo Detecting. He is also a board member of Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector Technologies LLC. Gunapala lives in the suburbs of Los Angeles. He was born in Sri Lanka.

Sarath Gunapala
Sarath Gunapala.
Born	Yatiyantota, Kegalle, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan American
Alma mater	Nalanda College Colombo University of Colombo University of Pittsburgh
Known for	Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector, infrared imaging technology
Spouse	Vajira née Udukumbura
Scientific career
Institutions	Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA

After receiving his education from Nalanda College, Colombo, Gunapala graduated from University of Colombo and University of Pittsburgh.^[2]

Gunapala was presented with Nalanda Keerthi Sri award in 2006 by his alma mater Nalanda College, Colombo.^[3][4][5]