Prof Dr Kurunathan appointed UM’s deputy vice chancellor

KUALA LUMPUR: Prof Dr Kurunathan Ratnavelu has been appointed as University of Malaya Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development) for three years effective Sept 1.

Prof Kurunathan succeeds Prof Datuk Dr Khaw Lake Tee whose term ends Tuesday, UM said in a statement Monday.

An expert in "theoretical collision processes" with specific interest in positron collisions with atoms, Prof Kurunathan obtained his Bachelor of Science (First Class Hons) and his Master of Science by research from the Department of Mathematics, University of Malaya, and furthered his PhD study in Atomic Physics at Flinders University, Australia.

He started off as a lecturer at the UM in 1989 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1994 and subsequently made Professor in 2001. - Bernama