Dr Malka N. Halgamuge is a Research Fellow / Scientist in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of University of Melbourne and obtained her PhD from the same department. She is an Adjunct Professor at the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) India.
She also a member of the Electromagnetic Radiation Safety Committee, The University of Melbourne, since Sep 2013.
Publications:
She has published more than 110 peer-reviewed publications attracting over 1220 Citations (h-index = 19). Her Research Gate RG Score is 36.25 and SciVal Field-Weighted Citation Impact = 1.1 (2016 - 2019). One of her papers has been selected as a highly cited paper by ISI's Essential Science Indicators (May 2014). She currently co-supervises a PhD student, and she has co-supervised 4 PhD students to the completion (2013, 2015 & 2018) at the University of Melbourne as the Principle Supervisor.
Awards:
Awarded the CAS President's International Fellowship from Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (2017 & 2018), Incoming Leaders Fellowship from Australia India Institute @ Delhi (2016), Next Step Initiative Fellowship (2015), Australia-China Young Scientist Fellowship (2014), Dyason Fellowship to undertake research at Department of Epidemiology, University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, USA (2013), Early Career Researcher (ECR) Award (2013) from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Two of the papers she has co-authored with her PhD students received the Best Paper Award (2012) and Best Student Paper Award (2011). Awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Engagement Award (2010) and Vice-Chancellor's Knowledge Transfer Award (2008) for her research at the University of Melbourne. She also was awarded the Solander Fellowship (2007 and 2008) for research collaboration with the Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiation Physics, Lund University. She was among the short-listed applicants for both 2009 and 2010 LOreal Australia for Women in Science Fellowship, out of over 200 female scientists applied in Australia.
Professional Developments:
She was the Keynote Speaker for EcoSSSoil'19, Seoul and EPRC'18, Kerala, India, Plenary Speaker for ICBET'18, Bali, Associate Editor for 2 International Journals, Editorial Board Member for 6 International Journals, an IEEE Senior Member. She was the Program Co-Chair, Track Co-Chair, Publication Chair, Advisory Chair, Publicity Co-Chair, Track Chair, Track Co-chair, Session Chair and a Member of the Technical Program Committee (TPC) for 170 international conferences, Guest Editor for 3 Special Issues. She has presented 46 invited/guest lectures including academia (Oxford University, Ohio State University), Industry (IBM, KPMG East Africa), and 7 IEEE talks. She has conducted 17 journalists/media interviews and articles (Science Alert, Melbourne Voice, Moreland Leader and GradNews etc. ), two radio interviews and a TV interview (ABC News, Australia-TV interview).
Research:
Malka's research has few themes: modelling and exploring of
- Fundamental and Applied Aspects of IoT, Blockchain, Smart Contracts
- Internet of Things (IoT), Wireless Sensor Network
- Data Science, Business Intelligence using Big Data
- Public Health: Bioelectromagnetics, Magnetic Nanoparticle (MNP) based Thermal Therapies
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Malka Halgamuge's highlights
FEATURED Journal article
A meta-analysis of in vitro exposures to weak radiofrequency radiation exposure from mobile phones (1990–2015)
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Projects
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Project Types
3
Internal Research Grant
2
Research Contracts
2
Research Grant
Scholarly Works
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Solander Fellowship
Solander Fellowship
ARC Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) for PhD studies
Government Education Department Scholarship for Undergraduate studies
SMIEEE - Senior Member of the Institution of Radio and Electronic Engineers, Australia
Credentials
Positions
Honorary
Electrical And Electronic Engineering
Member
Bioelectromagnetic Society
Member
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)
Member
Networking Networking Women (N2 Women), IEEE Communication Society
Member
Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Education
Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (GCUT)
University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy (Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
University of Melbourne
Masters of Engineering
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
BSc (Engineering)
University of Peradeniya