Buddhi Hewakandamby is a Chemical Engineer who has been working on problems related to fluid dynamics for more than 15 years.

He has earned a doctorate in Chemical Engineering in 2002 for his work on thin film flows and has held research positions related to CFD and microfluidics.

He has written several book chapters and peer reviewed journal articles on experimental and computational fluid mechanics and has shared the Moulton Medal awarded by IChemE in 2010 with several of his colleagues.

He is currently a lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the University of Nottingham, UK.