{"id":5779,"date":"2023-06-07T10:26:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T10:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/?page_id=5779"},"modified":"2023-06-07T10:26:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T10:26:07","slug":"founder-director-and-former-directors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/?page_id=5779","title":{"rendered":"Founder Director and Former Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Founder Director&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:center|color:%23660000&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"tmm tmm_founder-director\"><div class=\"tmm_3_columns tmm_wrap tmm_theme_f\"><span class=\"tmm_two_containers_tablet\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_container\"><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#660000 solid 5px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/?page_id=67\" title=\"Professor Eric H Karunanayake\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_founder-director_0\" style=\"background: url(http:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prof.-Eric.jpg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><\/a><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Professor Eric H<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Karunanayake<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">Founder Director &amp; Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry <\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">2004-2007<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Former Directors&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:center|color:%23660000&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<div class=\"tmm tmm_661\"><div class=\"tmm_4_columns tmm_wrap tmm_theme_f\"><span class=\"tmm_two_containers_tablet\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_container\"><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#ffffff solid 5px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=2458\" title=\"Prof Kamani  Tennekoon\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_661_0\" style=\"background: url(http:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prof.-Kamani-square.png); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><\/a><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Prof Kamani <\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Tennekoon<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">Senior Professor of Molecular Life Sciences      <\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">2007 \u2013 2012<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\">January-March 2013 (Acting)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#ffffff solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_661_1\" style=\"background: url(http:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Rezvi-171x300.jpg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Prof Rezvi Sheriff <\/span> <\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">Professor of Medicine<\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">April 2013 \u2013 September 2014 (Acting )<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><span class=\"tmm_two_containers_tablet\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#ffffff solid 5px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/ibmbb\/shiromah\/\" title=\"Prof. S.M. Handunnetti \"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_661_2\" style=\"background: url(http:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Prof.SH_.jpg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><\/a><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Prof. S.M. Handunnetti<\/span> <\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">Professor of Immunology<\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">October 2014 \u2013 January 2015 (Acting)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\">February 2015 \u2013 February 2018<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\">August 2018 \u2013\u00a0 August 2021<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\">31st August to 14th September 2021<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#ffffff solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_661_3\" style=\"background: url(http:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prof-Tara-D-Silva.jpg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Prof Tara D. 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