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(Edited and Abbreviated) List of Honours:
Please note that due to privacy issues not all honours are listed

Invited to exhibit at Parallax Art Fair, United Kingdom , The European Union, August 30th, 2017 (twenty-seventeen).

Light Photographs At An Exhibition: Triptych exhibited online on the internet at Saatchi Gallery, London, England [United Kingdom] 2017 , (twenty-seventeen).

Three Books from The Leaf of Life: Triptych exhibited online _ONLY_ at Saatchi Gallery, London, England [United Kingdom]: 2007-2011 ,
(two thousand+seven-twenty-eleven).

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA : Art of the Gecko; Gecko #28: Gecko Caught in Chlorophyll-Stained Sunshine at Thoreau's Walden Pond was exhibited from July 25th to September 7th, 2009 (two thousand+nine), as part of a fund raising exhibition.

Ben in the Sky with Inventions was selected by jury to be featured in the public art exhibit Kites: Art Takes Flight organized by the Main Line Art Center in honour of Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday in 2006 (two thousand+six). The sculpture celebrates Benjamin Franklin's scientific breakthroughs and inventions and was displayed outdoors from April 9th to October 14th 2006 (two thousand+six) in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA's Main Line Community, then auctioned off in a fundraiser. A description of the auction event is available on Don Polec's report on 6ABC News WPVI-TV/DT Philadelphia, USA. This Benjamin Franklin _ORIGINAL_ ONE-OF-A-KIND+UNREPRODUCIBLE FINE ART kite sculpture was sponsored by Brandywine Realty Trust .

Commissioned for a print (a reproduction not an original) of the original painting Flame/Joy ©1997 (nineteen ninety-seven) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram by the organiser (AT THAT TIME:Assistant Professor of English: J. Walton Turner, Jr.~later FULL TENURED PROFESSOR of English, Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia, USA) of Relay for Life of the American Cancer Society , Bethany, West Virginia, USA on Saturday, December 11, 2004 (two thousand+four). The print received the highest bid of all the art donated to this specific fundraising event.

Venice transparence ~is dedicated "to" Falconer/Gunasegaram by composer Roger Zahab: http://www.music.pitt.edu/faculty/zahab .
Venice transparence ~is an interpretation (or translation) of the acrylic paint, oil pastel, and rice-paper in the Isaac Falconer paintings (from Five Coloured Thoughts ) in 28 (twenty-eight) minutes and 31 (thirty-one) seconds of musical language for string quartet. It is not a commissioned work. The music is in seven movements: prelude, postlude and 5 movements. The postlude, "...and stars will appear," premiered on September 11, 2003 (in calendar year two-thousand+three) in Heinz Chapel at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA in the concert Meditations in Music . The original musical composition by University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA composer Roger Zahab was recorded in its' entirety on February 16, 2004 (two-thousand+four) at Bellefield Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Flash programming combining the images of the paintings with the music was completed by Beau (Jason) Dickey, MBFMedia, Portland, Oregon, USA on Friday, June 25, 2004 (two-thousand+four). CD-ROM's of Venice transparence first became available for sale in July 2004 (two-thousand+four).

Honoured on Monday, March 15, 2004 (two-thousand+four) by Bethany College's Women's History Committee (Chair: Assistant Professor of Communications Beverly A. Simas), Bethany, West Virginia, USA: For current contributions to society.

Chosen for inclusion in the Archives on Women Artists by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., USA , Tuesday, November 18, 2003 (two-thousand+three) .

Elected to Phi Beta Kappa (the national academic honour society) The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 1988 (nineteen eighty-eight).

Received Outstanding Young American Award, USA 1988 (nineteen eighty-eight).

Solo rendition of the song Copenhagen, taped and broadcast by the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) Colombo, Sri Lanka,1973 (nineteen seventy-three)
Voice Teacher: Christine Perera (a legend in her own time and place).

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(Edited and Abbreviated) List of Commissioned Work:
Please note that due to client privacy issues not all commissioned work is listed
Love in Bloom: Portrait of Melissa and Dale     ©2008 (two-thousand+eight) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: Melissa and Dale Fulcher, Virginia, USA 19" x 28" oil pastel + acid-free paper on hand-made Lokta (Japanese) paper.

Jenny's Frigate Bird     ©2005 (two-thousand+five) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: Carol and Dick Netzer, East Hampton, New York, USA 25" x 37" acrylics + ink on hand-made mulberry paper.

Angels in the Architecture     ©2004 (two-thousand+four) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: A person who wishes to retain anonymity. 23½" x 35" (obviously irregular dimensions) acrylics + oil pastel on hand-made rice paper.

Becker Paints Saundra ©2003 (two-thousand+three) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: Professor Stanley L. Becker, Bethany, West Virginia, USA 23" x 31" acrylics + paper + ink on hand-made rice paper.

Portrait of (granddaughter) Madeleine ©2001 Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: Professors Sandra and Frank Norman, Merion, Pennsylvania, USA 8" ½ x 11" acrylics + paper + oil pastel + ink on plain paper. (Image not available).

Bob's Capon ©2001 (two-thousand+one) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram 36" x 24" acrylics and gold ink on hand-made rice paper COMMISSIONED (inadvertently) by: Bob Zagers, Clearwater Beach, Florida, USA.

Meeting the Light ©2001 (two-thousand+one) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: Evan Frazer, Narberth, Pennsylvania, USA Exhibited at the 322nd Annual Sessions of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Arch Street Meeting House March 21-24, 2002 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA with the kind permission of Evan Frazer 45" x 24" hand-made rice paper (left) ordinary wrapping paper (right) silver + other acrylic paints + gold ink.

Ca' Foscari al Canton ©2000 (two-thousand) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: Riccardo (Osama Ashraf) and his wife and partner Monica, proprietors of the Ristorante+ Locanda Ca' Foscari al Canton (translated: the Doge's Cap) located near the University of Venice, Venice, ITALY, The European UNION. 45" x 36"gold ink + other acrylic paints on hand-made rice paper.

Antico Capon ©2000 (two-thousand) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: Luciano Rota, proprietor of the Hotel, Trattoria è Pizzeria Antico Capon (translated: The Antique Cockerel) located in the Campo Santa Margherita in Venice, ITALY, The European UNION . 45" x 36"gold ink + gold acrylic paint + other acrylics on hand-made rice paper.

Earthen Vessels ©1999 (nineteen ninety-nine) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: Nishan Weerasinghe, Haines, Alaska, USA 36" x 24" acrylics, oil paint + tissue paper on white paper board.

Garage Door: Mulberry Leaves & Sunshine ©1998 (nineteen ninety-eight) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: Byron Francis Walker, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA 7 feet 6 inches by 9 feet green, acrylics + a champagne cork dipped in yellow acrylic paint.

Sky Windows ©1998 (nineteen ninety-eight) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: M. Anne Blackwood M.D. ("since" "then" M. Anne Blackwood-Chirchir M.D.) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 31" x 23" acrylics + paper board + ink on hand-made rice paper.

Passion ©1997 (nineteen ninety-seven) Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: Shanti Gunasegaram MOTHER, Topeka, Kansas, USA. Exhibited at the Cloister Gallery at Grace Episcopal Cathedral , Topeka, Kansas, USA, 1997 (nineteen ninety-seven) . Curator: Judith Stone. 22" x 28" pastels + charcoal + silver paint on paperboard.

St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, USA: Chapel Ceiling ©1997 (nineteen ninety-seven) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: The Reverend John S. Horner, Rector, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, USA Dimensions: approximately 36 feet by 34 feet by 10 inches (Ceiling curves upwards 10 inches at all four corners.) This ceiling has since been painted over, but attempts are "currently" (at the time this remarks were published) being made (2005) by curator Ross Lance Mitchell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abt29ieStUw to restore it to its' original appearance-as it appeared on January 1, 1997 (nineteen ninety-seven).

Taco Casa Restaurant Mural Paintings © 1996 (calendar year nineteen ninety-six) Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: Dushy Caleb Sherrard, UNCLE, Proprietor, Taco Casa Restaurant, Middlesboro Mall, Middlesboro, Kentucky, USA Dimensions: 40' x 30' x 10' acrylic and emulsion on painted cinder block.

Mandala (calendar year nineteen ninety-six) ©1996 Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: Mrs. Rajalingam [EMINENTLY _NOT+_ A BLOOD RELATIVE BUT AMMA to Dr Vasanthi Rajalingam: ], SINGAPORE, for daily use in her private meditation practice 11" x 8½" Winsor & Newton inks + gold acrylic paint on plain paper.

Calligraphy ©1996 (nineteen ninety-six) Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: The Reverend John S. Horner, Rector, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, USA for use in an annual church ceremony welcoming and consecrating new members of the St. Mary's congregation, as well as for re-dedicating current adult members who are renewing their consecration and allegiance to the Episcopal Church 24" x 36" gold ink + coloured inks + acrylic on hand-made Japanese rice paper.

Lisa's Sunflowers ©1996 (nineteen ninety-six) Dr. Saku Gunasegaram COMMISSIONED BY: Lisa (who used to work at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) who made faithful payments every Friday afternoon (when she received her paycheck) so as to make this commission "happen." One of the most moving experiences of the artist's life. 14" x 11" acrylic on canvas.

Mural Painting at 5th Street & Girard Avenue, Philadelphia: Paint Blossoms in a Concrete Jungle ©1995 (nineteen ninety-five) Dr. Saku Gunasegaram. COMMISSIONED BY: Dennis L. Gilbert, D.D.S., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 12¼ feet x 7½ feet spray paint and acrylic on concrete and plaster This work originally stretched all the way to the corner of 5th Street (measuring a length of 24½ feet) when it was completed in October 1995 (nineteen ninety-five) in a predominantly Puerto Rican neighborhood in Philadelphia. However one Saturday night in 1998 (nineteen ninety-eight), a drunk driver crashed into the corner of it at 5th Street causing major structural damage to the wall. The structural damage has since been repaired but the mural has never been repainted to extend to its original length. The "original" brown shingles had been painted a copper colour to cover up the gang tags that used to be a permanent fixture on them. This copper colour "since" disappeared completely after several harsh Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA winters.

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(Edited and Abbreviated) List of Exhibitions & Projects:
Please note that due to privacy issues not all Exhibitions & Projects are listed

Three Books from The Leaf of Life: Triptych exhibited online at Saatchi Gallery, London, England [United Kingdom]: 2007- 2011 (two thousand+seven to twenty-eleven).

Ben in the Sky with Inventions was selected by jury to be featured in the public art exhibit Kites: Art Takes Flight organized by the Main Line Art Center . Merion, Pennsylvania, USA in honour of Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday in 2006 (two thousand+six). The sculpture celebrates Benjamin Franklin's scientific breakthroughs and inventions and was displayed outdoors from April 9th to October 14th 2006 (two thousand+six) in Philadelphia's Main Line Community, then auctioned off in a fundraiser. A description of the auction event is available on Don Polec's report on 6ABC News WPVI-TV/DT Philadelphia, USA. This Benjamin Franklin kite sculpture was sponsored by Brandywine Realty Trust

Venice transparence , a CD-ROM produced in collaboration with Roger Zahab, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Music, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA September 2003, February 2004 and July 2004 (two thousand+four).

Five Coloured Thoughts , solo exhibit, Venice, Italy, February 16 - June 3, 2002 (two thousand+two).

An Element of Gold , solo exhibit, Bologna, Italy, September 8 - October 8, 2000 (two thousand), and Venice, Italy, January 20 - March 31, 2001
(two thousand+one).

Shouting In Colour , two-person exhibit, Philadelphia, PA, USA, July, 1999 (nineteen ninety-nine), extended as a solo exhibit, Philadelphia, PA, USA August, 1999 (nineteen ninety-nine).

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Art Publications:

crossXconnect volume 4, issue 3, June 1999 (nineteen ninety-nine), published by the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA https://penntoday.upenn.edu/1998-02-26/latest-news/entrepreneur-nothing-should-scare-you-you-have-be-totally-optimistic https://www.thedp.com/article/1996/09/penn_writers_crossconnect_literature_and_the_internet: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v2/i1/article.html http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v4/i3/g/contents.html Includes: M. Pelican: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v4/i3/g/gunsegaram.html [not to be confused with "frozen Pelicans"as in: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17117482 ] Collage: Apple Segments, Blue Rivers, Purple Rivulets: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v4/i3/g/gunsegaram2.html , Splashing: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v4/i3/g/gunsegaram3.htm l , Face in a Waiting Room: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v4/i3/g/gunsegaram4.html , and a list describing contributors: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v4/i3/g/contributors.html

crossXconnect volume 4, issue 1, June 1998 (nineteen ninety-eight), published by the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA https://penntoday.upenn.edu/1998-02-26/latest-news/entrepreneur-nothing-should-scare-you-you-have-be-totally-optimistic https://www.thedp.com/article/1996/09/penn_writers_crossconnect_literature_and_the_internet: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v2/i1/article.html http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v2/i1/article.html . Includes Cirrus Carcinoma to illustrate the short story Milk by Tricia Wang and a list describing contributors: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v4/i1/t/contributors.htm l

XCONNECT Volume III, Issue II, October 1997 (nineteen ninety-seven), published by the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA https://penntoday.upenn.edu/1998-02-26/latest-news/entrepreneur-nothing-should-scare-you-you-have-be-totally-optimistic https://www.thedp.com/article/1996/09/penn_writers_crossconnect_literature_and_the_internet: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v2/i1/article.html http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v3/i2/Art/sakugun.shtml Includes: Cirrus Carcinoma: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v3/i2/Art/saku1.shtml , Breast: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v3/i2/Art/saku2.shtml , Passion: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v3/i2/Art/saku3.shtml , Tapestry: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v3/i2/Art/saku4.shtm l , and a list describing contributors: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect/v3/i2/contributors.shtml

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Academic Publications:

A.C. Deitz, R. Sachdeva, J. Swoyer, S. Gunasegaram, T.R. Rebbeck. Cytochrome P450-1B1 Genetic Polymorphism, Alcohol Consumption and Breast Cancer Risk Presented at the American Society of Human Genetics Conference, 2000, Program Nr. 513 www.ibrarian.net/.../UNIVERSITY_OF_PENNSYLVANIA_ _SCHOOL_OF_MEDIC...Deitz AC, Sachdeva R, Swoyer J, Gunasegaram S, Rebbeck TR. Cytochrome P450-1B1 genetic polymorphism, alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk.

Deitz, Anne C; Swoyer, Jennifer; Acs, Geza; Gunasegaram, Saku; Rebbeck, Timothy R. Association of CYP3A4*1B and Pathological Characteristics of Breast Tumors. Presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Meeting, 2000

Amy H. Walker, Julie M. Jaffe, Saku Gunasegaram, Chiun-Sheng Huang, H. D. Chern, Barbara L. Weber., Timothy R. Rebbeck. Characterization of an allelic variant in the nifedipine-specific element of CYP3A4: racial distribution and implication for prostate cancer risk. Human Mutation, 1998, 12 (4): 289. Abstract, Third Page

"Penn Docs discover gene mutation," Published on August 19, 1998, Page 28, Philadelphia Daily News (PA) Associated Press

Mark V. Pauly (Principle Investigator, The Wharton School), Lory Alexander, Briget Cleff, Saku Gunasegaram. FINAL REPORT: A Contingent Valuation Study of Demand for Pediatric Immunizations. Study supported by Merck Vaccine Division, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 3641 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104. Published August 28, 1996.

Editor 1995-1996, LDI News, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 3641 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.

Miller, D. T., and Gunasegaram, S. (1990). Temporal Order and the Perceived Mutability of Events: Implications for Blame Assignment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 1111 - 1118.

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Articles and Curriculum Vitae which cite Dr. Saku Gunasegaram's Academic Publications

References in the Epidemiology literature

MIM Entry 124010: CYP3A4 Release 03-05-06, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University (May 2003)

Article by M T Tayeb, C Clark, N E Haites, L Sharp, G I Murray, and H L McLeod in British Journal of Cancer (24 March 2003) published online in Nature.com

Article by Steven S. Coughlin, Ph.D. and Ingrid J. Hall Ph.D., M.P.H. in Annals of Epidemiology (2002)

Article by Ron H.N. van Schaik, Saskia N. de Wildt, Nienke M. van Iperen, Andre G. Uitterlinden, John N. van den Anker, and Jan Lindemans in Clinical Chemistry (2000; 46:1834-1836.) Reprinted as a book chapter.

Timothy R. Rebbeck, Ph.D.

References in the Psychology literature

The Psychology of Counterfactual Thinking Edited by David R. Mandel, Denis J. Hilton, Patrizia Catellani (2005)

Article by R Bradley MacKay and Peter McKiernan, European Management Review 1, 69–77 (2004)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/emre.2004.1.issue-1/issuetoc

Article by David R. Mandel in Thinking and Reasoning 21, 245-265 (2003)
http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2003-07648-006

Article by Susana Segura and Rachel McCloy, Psicológica 24, 1-15 (2003)

Article by David R. Mandel in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (September 2003)

Seminar presentation by Denis J. Hilton at James Cook University in Australia (March 7, 2003)

Article by Susana Segura and Rachel McCloy in Psicologica 24, 1-15 (2003).

Article by David R. Mandel, Counterfactuals, Emotions, and Context. Cognition and Emotion 17, 139-159 (2003)

Article by Matthew N. McMullen and Keith D. Markman in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 38, 64–70 (2002)

Euram Conference, Stockholm 2002, Paper by Peter McKiernan and Robert Bradley MacKay

Article by Alan D. J. Cooke, Tom Meyvis, and Alan Schwartz in Journal of Consumer Research (2001)
http://warrington.ufl.edu/departments/mkt/docs/cv_AlanCooke.pdf

Article by Barbara A. Spellman and Alexandra Kincannon in Law & Contemporary Problems 241 (Autumn 2001)

Article by Clare R. Walsh and Ruth M. J. Byrne presented at 23rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (2001)

Article by Melvin J. Lerner in International Society for Justice Research (June 2001)
Download - International Society for Justice Research https://www.isjr.org/app/download/4298193451/4.pdf?t=1497706260

1st Issue; June 2001, edited by Ron. Cohen. 2nd Issue ... Following a brief note from the president, Faye Crosby, The June edition is divided ..... of Melvin Lerner

Article by Leslie B. Cohen, Leslie J. Rundell, Barbara A. Spellman1, and Cara H. Cashon, Infants' Perception of Causal Chains. Psychological Science, 10, 412-418 (1999)
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-9280.00178

Article by Lawrence J. Sanna; Susanne Meier; Eric A. Wegner in British Journal of Social Psychology, June 2001, 40 Part 2, 235-256
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjso.2001.40.issue-2/issuetoc

Article by Lawrence J. Sanna and Kandi Jo Turley-Ames in European Journal of Social Psychology, (2000) 30, 273 - 296

Article by Neal J. Roese in Psychological Bulletin, (1997) 121, 133-148
http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~schaller/Psyc590Readings/Roese1997.pdf

Article by Steven A. Sloman, Bradley C. Love, Ahn Woo-kyoung in Cognitive Science, (1997)
https://philpapers.org/rec/SLOFCA

Curriculum Vitae of Dale Miller, Ph.D.

List of select articles by Dale Miller, Ph.D.

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