Curriculum Vitae for Chamindu Deepagoda T.K.K.
Education
2012
2008
2004
PhD in Biotechnology, Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering, Aalborg
University, Denmark
MSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Saitama University, Japan
(GPA: 4.00/4.00)
BSc in Civil Engineering (first class honours), University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
(GPA: 3.93/4.00; Rank: 03/100)
Employments
Nov. 2014 2014 – present Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Colorado School of Mines, USA.
March 2014 – Oct. 2014 Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department
of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of
Copenhagen, Denmark
May 2012 – June 2013
Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of biotechnology, chemistry, and
environmental Engineering Aalborg University, Denmark
Feb. 2009 – May 2012
PhD student, Dept. of Biotechnology, Chemistry, and Environmental
Engineering, Aalborg University, Denmark
May 2009 – March 2010 Visiting scholar, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Saitama University, Japan
July 2008 – Feb. 2009
Research assistant, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Saitama University, Japan
Industrial experience
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Modelling and design of large-scale water distribution networks, transmission mains, water
intakes, water tanks, pumping stations, water treatment facilities.
Field surveys on Tsunami-affected water structures in Southern and Eastern coastal areas
Academic awards and honours
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Asian Development Bank (ADB) Scholarship to pursue a full time research in Master of
Engineering, Japan (2006-2008)
Best research and presentation in the ninth International Summer Symposium, Japan Society of
Civil Engineers, September 18, 2007, Yokohama, Japan
Best poster presentation (third place) at the Soil Science Society of America Annual Meetings,
October 24, 2012, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Scientific focus areas
I have a strong scientific and research background in:
 Environmental science and subsurface hydrology
 Modeling kinetics of porous media transport processes
 Design of plant growth media for Earth- and Space-based agricultural applications
 Groundwater transport of solutes, chemicals, colloids, and colloid-facilitated contaminants
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Teaching experience
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Teaching assistant at the Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (May
2004- Feb 2005)
Teaching assistant/demonstrator for laboratory exercises at Saitama University (Japan) and
Aalborg University (Denmark) (2007-2012)
Supervision functions
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Co-supervised Master students:
Gansukh Nyamdavaa, Saitama University, Japan (2007-2009)
Chisato Hosoi, Aalborg University, Denmark (2009-2010)
Mette Pedersen, Aalborg University, Denmark (2010-2011)
Dan Karup Jensen, Aalborg University, Denmark (2011-2012)
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Co-supervised PhD students:
Federico Masís-Meléndez Aarhus University, Denmark (2013- present)
Projects participated
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Participated in Soil Infrastructure, Interfaces, and Translocation Processes in Inner Space (Soilit-is) project funded by Danish Research Council (2009-2013)
DANIDA and JAICA-funded water projects in Tsunami affected regions in Sri Lanka
Memberships
 Member of Soil Science Society of America, Crop Science Society of America
Research experience
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Publications: Totally 11 international refereed scientific journal papers, 23 other scientific
contributions.
Paper reviews: Vadose Zone Journal, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Soil Science Society of
America Journal
List of Publications (Web of Science: number of citations: 40; Hirsch h-index: 4)
International papers (refereed)
1. Federico Masís-Meléndez, P. Moldrup, T.K.K Chamindu Deepagoda, M. Tuller, and L. W. de
Jonge. 2014. Gas diffusion-derived tortuosity governs saturated hydraulic conductivity of sandy
soils. J. of Hydrol. 512: 388-396.
2. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., J. C. Chen-Lopez, P. Moldrup, L.W. de Jonge, and M. Tuller.
2013. Integral parameters for characterizing water, energy, and aeration properties of soilless
plant growth media. J.of Hydrol. 502:120-127.
3. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., S. B. Jones, M. Tuller, L.W. de Jonge, K. Kawamoto, T.
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Komatsu, and P. Moldrup. 2014. Modeling water and gas transport characteristics in plant
growth substrates for earth and space. Adv. Space Res. doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2014.04.018.
4. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., P. Moldrup, M. Tuller, M. Pedersen, J. C. Chen-Lopez, L.W. de
Jonge, K. Kawamoto, and T. Komatsu. 2013. Gas Diffusivity-Based Design and
Characterization
of
Greenhouse
Growth
Substrates.
Vadose
Zone
J.
doi:10.2136/vzj2013.03.0061
5. Per Moldrup, T.K.K. Chamindu Deepagoda, S. Hamamoto, T. Komatsu, K. Kawamoto, D.E.
Rolston, and L.W. de Jonge. 2013. Structure-dependent water-induced linear reduction model
for predicting gas diffusivity and tortuosity in repacked and intact Soil. Vadose Zone J.doi:
10.2136/vzj2013.01.0026
6. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., E. Arthur, P. Moldrup, S. Hamamoto, K. Kawamoto, T.
Komatsu, and L.W. de Jonge. 2013. Modeling air permeability in variably saturated soil from
two natural clay gradients. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 77: 362-371.
7. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., P. Moldrup, M. P. Jensen, S. B. Jones, L. W. de Jonge, P.
Schjønning, K. Scow, J. W. Hopmans, D. E. Rolston, K. Kawamoto, and T. Komatsu. 2012.
Diffusion aspects of designing porous growth media for Earth and Space. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.
76: 1564-1578.
8. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., P. Moldrup, P. Schjønning, K. Kawamoto, T. Komatsu, and L.
W. de Jonge. 2012. Variable pore connectivity model linking gas diffusivity and air-phase
tortuosity to soil matric potential. Vadose Zone J. doi:10.2136/vzj2011.0096.
9. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., P. Moldrup, P. Schjønning, K. Kawamoto, T. Komatsu, and L.
W. de Jonge. 2011. Generalized density-corrected model for gas diffusivity in variably saturated
soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 74:1302-1317.
10. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., P. Moldrup, P. Schjønning, L. W. de Jonge, K. Kawamoto, and
T. Komatsu. 2010. Density-corrected models for gas diffusivity and air permeability in
unsaturated soil. Vadose Zone J. 10:226-238.
11. Chamindu Deepagoda T.K.K., Ken Kawamoto, Hirotaka Saito, Lis Wollesen de Jonge, Per
Moldrup, and Toshiko Komatsu. 2009. Mobilization and leaching of natural and water
dispersible colloids in aggregated volcanic ash soil columns. Soils and Foundations 51: 123132.
International proceedings (refereed)
1. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., P. Moldrup, S. Yoshikawa, K. Kawamoto, T. Komatsu, and
D.E. Rolston. The gas diffusivity-based tortuosity factor from pF 1 to 6.9 as gas diffusivity
fingerprint. Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of Soil Science 2009, Soil solution for the
changing world, Brisbrane, Australia.
2. Sharma, A, T. Hirata, K. Kawamoto, T.K.K. Chamindu Deepagoda, P. Moldrup, and T.
Komatsu. Mobilization and transport of natural and water dispersible colloids in repacked
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Okinawa red-yellow soil columns. Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of Soil Science
2009, Soil solution for the changing world, Brisbrane, Australia.
Proceedings and abstracts (non-refereed)
3. P. Moldrup, T.K.K. Chamindu Deepagoda, M. Naveed, S. Katuwal, S. Hamamoto, T. Komatsu,
K. Kawamoto, E. Arthur, L. W.de Jonge, and D. E. Rolston. 2013. Soil structure from a soil-air
physics point of view: Gas transport parameters as architectural and functional fingerprints.
Abstract from ASA-CSSA-SSA Annual Meetings 2013, Water, food, energy and innovation for
a sustainable world, Tampa, Florida, United States. (Invited presentation).
4. E. Arthur, P. Schjønning, T.K.K. Chamindu Deepagoda, P. Moldrup, and L. W. de Jonge. 2013.
Structure regeneration in 2mm sieved soils of varying clay mineralogy. Abstract from ASACSSA-SSA Annual Meetings 2013, Water, food, energy and innovation for a sustainable world,
Tampa, Florida, United States.
5. Masis, F., P. Moldrup, L.W. de Jonge, Chamindu Deepagoda T.K.K. 2013. Field scale variations
of saturated hydraulic conductivity in a coarse sandy soil (Jyndevad, Denmark) linked to basic
pore and particle network characteristics. Abstract from ASA-CSSA-SSA Annual Meetings
2013, Water, food, energy and innovation for a sustainable world, Tampa, Florida, United States.
6. Chamindu Deepagoda T.K.K., P. Moldrup, S.B. Jones, L.W. de Jonge, P. Schjønning, J.
Hopmans, D.E. Rolston, K. Scow, K. Kawamoto, and T. Komatsu. 2012. Diffusivity-based
characterization of plant growth media for Earth and Space. Abstracts from ASA, CSSA, and
SSSA Annual Meetings 2012, Cincinnati, OH. Awarded the third place in poster presentation
competition in S-1 (Soil Physics) Division.
7. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., P. Moldrup, M. Tuller, M. Pedesen, L.W. de Jonge, K.
Kawamoto, and T. Komatsu.2011. Gas diffusivity-based analysis of tomato growth media.
Abstract from ASA-CSSA-SSA Annual Meetings 2011, Fundamental for Life: Soil, Crop, &
Environmental Sciences, San Antonio, Texas, United States.
8. Moldrup, P., T.K.K. Chamindu Deepagoda, L.W. de Jonge, S. Hamamoto, K. Kawamoto T.
Komatsu, and D.E. Rolston. 2011. Platform for regulating gas emissions: Predicting soil-gas
diffusivity across soil texture, organic matter, aggregation, compaction, and moisture. Abstract
from ASA-CSSA-SSA International Annual Meetings 2011, Fundamental for Life: Soil, Crop, &
Environmental Sciences, San Antonio, Texas, United States. (Keynote presentation)
9. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., P. Moldrup, P. Schjønning, K. Kawamoto, T. Komatsu, and L.
W. de Jonge. 2010. Gas-diffusivity-based connectivity analysis of aggregated soil inner and
outer pore space. In: Proceedings from 1st International Conference and Exploratory Workshop
on Soil Architecture “CESAR”. Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, 2010, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
Aarhus University, Denmark, pp. 63-68.
10. Claes, N., T.K.K. Chamindu Deepagoda, J.B. Jensen, and P. Moldrup. 2010. Soil-gas diffusivity
fingerprints of the dual porosity system in fractured limestone. In: Proceedings from 1st
International Conference and Exploratory Workshop on Soil Architecture “CESAR”. Nov. 30 –
Dec. 2, 2010, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, pp. 55-58.
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11. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., P. Moldrup, P. Schjønning, L.W. de Jonge, K. Kawamoto, and
T. Komatsu. 2009. Compaction and soil type effects on gas diffusivity and air permability in
vadose zone profiles. Abstract from ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings 2009,
Footprints in the landscape: Sustainability through plant and soil sciences, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, United states.
12. Sharma, A., T.K.K. Chamindu Deepagoda, K. Kawamoto, P. Moldrup, and T. Komatsu. 2009.
Mobilization and deposition of variably charged colloids in saturated porous media. Abstract
from ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings 2009, Footprints in the landscape:
Sustainability through plant and soil sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United states.
13. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., K. Kawamoto, P. Moldrup, and T. Komatsu. Kinetics of
colloidal-sized material transport in saturated porous media. Proceedings of the 9th SEGJ
International Symposium –Imaging and Interpretation, Sapporo, Japan 12-14 October 2009.
14. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K, K. Kawamoto, S. Saito, T. Komatsu, and P. Moldrup. Transport
and retention of colloid-sized materials in saturated porous media: Experimental and Numerical
Analysis. Proceedings of HYDRUS workshop 2008, Tokyo, Japan, pp70-78.
15. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., K. Kawamoto, S. Saito, S. Bradford, P. Moldrup, and T.
Komatsu. Transport and straining of colloid-sized materials in saturated porous media.
Proceedings of the 5th conference of Interface Against Pollution 2008 (IAP08), Kyoto, Japan,
pp 183.
16. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., K. Kawamoto, S. Saito, P. Moldrup, and T. Komatsu.
Experimental and numerical analysis of colloid transport and straining in saturated sand.
Extended abstract, Proceedings of Japanese Geosciences Union Meeting (JpGU), 2008, Chiba,
Japan, pp J 251-004.
17. Nyamdavaa, G., T.K.K. Chamindu Deepagoda, K. Kawamoto, T. Komatsu, and P. Moldrup.
Transport and retention of colloid-sized materials in saturated porous media. Japanese Society
of Civil Engineers (JSCE) conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2008.
18. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., K. Kawamoto, S. Saito, P. Moldrup, S. Bradford, and T.
Komatsu. Transport and straining of colloid-sized materials in saturated porous media:
Experimental and numerical analysis. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, 2008,
Celebrating the International Year of Planet Earth, Houston, Texas, United States.
19. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., and K. Kawamoto. 2008. Transport and retention of colloidsized materials in saturated porous media. Proceedings of International Exchange Seminar,
Saitama University (Japan) and University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka) 2008.
20. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., K. Kawamoto, S. Saito, T. Komatsu, and P. Moldrup. Transport
and straining of colloid-sized materials in saturated sand. 2007. Proceedings of American
Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting 2007 (December), San Francisco, United States. pp154.
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21. Hirata, T., K. Kawamoto, Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., and T. Komatsu. Adsorption of ionic
pesticides onto soil and extracted soil colloids. Proceedings of 49th Japan Society of Soil Physics
Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, 2007,pp 90-91.
22. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., K. Kawamoto, S. Saito, and T. Komatsu. Soil colloids;
Characteristics and transport in saturated sand. Proceedings of 49th Japan Society of Soil Physics
Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, 2007, pp 88-89.
23. Chamindu Deepagoda, T.K.K., K. Kawamoto, S. Saito, T. Komatsu, and P. Moldrup. Transport
and retention of colloid-sized materials in saturated porous media. Proceedings of Japanese
Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) conference, Yokohama, Japan, 2007, pp199-122 (best
presentation award).
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