Professor Ranjan Ramasamy is a Sri Lankan born Australian academic and scientist. He was formerly a Professor of Immunology and Biochemistry, and the Chairman of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. Educated at the Royal College, Colombo, Sri Lanka and at The Perse School, Cambridge, England, he went on to gain a BA in Natural Sciences (1971) and a PhD (1974) from University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England.