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Amani Jayakody

Assistant Professor

Amani Jayakody

Assistant Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

College of Science and Mathematics
Department of Physics and Biophysics

  • AJAYAKODY@augusta.edu
  • GE 3050

Education

  • Ph.D., Physics, General University of Connecticut, 2022

  • MS, Physics University of Connecticut, 2018

Certifications

  • Graduate Certificate for College Instruction (GCCI) NEAG School of Education, University of Connecticut, 2021

Awards & Honors

  • 2022 University Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), University of Connecticut, 2022

  • Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship award Graduate School, University of Connecticut, 2021

  • Excellence in Teaching UCONN Provost for academic affairs, 2021

  • Marshall J. Walker Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, 2020

  • Pre-doctoral Fellowship Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, 2020

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • PHYS 1111L

    Intro to Physics I Lab

  • PHYS 1111

    Introductory Physics I

  • PHYS 4530

    Math Methods of Physics

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Picoscale Magnetoelasticity Governs Heterogeneous Magnetic Domains in a Noncentrosymmetric Ferromagnetic Weyl Semimetal, 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Strain-engineered interaction of quantum polar and superconducting phases, 2019
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Department Service

  • 2025 - Present

  • 2025 - Present