Sivalingam sivananthan biography of william

Professor Sivalingam Sivananthan (Tamil: சிவலிங்கம் சிவானந்தன்) is an American academic, scientist, businessman and Director of the Microphysics Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Early life and family

Sivananthan was born in Madduvil South near Chavakachcheri in northern Ceylon.^[1] His father was a Tamil scholar from Valvettithurai and his mother was teacher of religion and science.^[1] He was educated at Saraswathi Maha Vidyalayam, Drieberg College and Jaffna Hindu College (1968–75).^[1][2][3] After school he joined the University of Peradeniya's Science Faculty in 1976, graduating in 1980 with a BS degree in physics.^[1][3][4]

Career

After graduating Sivananthan lectured at Eastern University, Sri Lanka before joining the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1982 for post-graduate study.^[1] He obtained MSc (1985) and PhD (1988) degr