Education:
Ph.D. in Biology (UNINA Federico II) - 2024
M.Phil. in Biochemistry (RUSL) -2019
M.Sc. in Biology and Ecology of the Marine Environment and Sustainable Use of Marine Resources (UNINA Federico II) -2020
B.Sc. Sp. (Hons.) in Applied Biology (RUSL) - 2014
Research Experiences:
ISblue Invited Professors and Researchers, ISblue (France) – Southern Brittany University (Université Bretagne-Sud), Vannes, France – September – November 2025.
University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy – PhD Student at the Department of Biology - November 2020 - 2024
Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan Island, University of Washington, USA – Full-time research apprenticeship on Marine Biodiversity Through the Lens of Single-Cell Genomics - March -June 2022
Anton Dohrn Zoological Station (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn), Naples, Italy – Master’s research student – March 2019 – April 2020
National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Sri Lanka – Undergraduate research student - May 2014 – November 2014
Awards/Scholarships/Grants:
Awards:
RUSL Excellence Awards for Top Ten Researcher (6th) with the highest number of indexed journal articles, RUSL – October 2025
Vice Chancellor’s Award for Researchers (1st) who have published the highest number of indexed journal articles – Faculty of Technology – October 2025.
Vice Chancellor’s Award for Researchers (1st) with the Highest H-index – Faculty of Technology – October 2025.
Vice Chancellor’s Award for Researchers (2nd) having the Highest Number of Citations – Faculty of Technology – October 2025.
Vice Chancellor’s Award for Researchers (1st) with the Highest H-index – Faculty of Technology – March 2025.
Vice Chancellor’s Award for Researchers (3rd) having the Highest Number of Citations – Faculty of Technology – March 2025.
Vice Chancellor’s Award for Researchers (2nd) who have published the highest number of indexed journal articles – Faculty of Technology – March 2025.
Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Most Outstanding Young Researcher - Faculty of Technology, 2023.
Vice Chancellor's Award for Researchers (2nd) having the Highest Number of Citations - Faculty of Technology, 2023.
Vice Chancellor's Award for Researchers (2nd) with the Highest H-index - Faculty of Technology, 2023.
Vice Chancellor’s Award for Most Outstanding Young Researcher – Faculty of Technology, 2021.
Vice Chancellor’s Award for Researchers (2nd) who has published the highest number of indexed journal articles – Faculty of Technology, 2021.
Dr. Shirani Nathaneal Memorial Gold Medal - 15th General Convocation at RUSL, 2015.
Scholarship:
Scholarship for Friday Harbour Laboratories (FHL) Spring Quarter Apprenticeship ($2000), Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, USA – March -June 2022.
Master's scholarship for foreign students - COINOR - UNINA Federico II Scholarships, Italy, 2018.
National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka Research Scholarships 2015 (NSF/SCH/2015/03), Sri Lanka, 2015.
Grant:
ISblue Invited Professors and Researchers Grant (Grant Value – 6,000 Euros), ISblue (France) – Southern Brittany University (Université Bretagne-Sud), Vannes, France – September – November 2025.
National Research Council (NRC) – Investigator Driven Grants 2024 (Grant Value – 2,959,500.00 LKR) – Principal Investigator – August 2025.
Rajarata University Research Grant RJT/R&PC/2025/R/FOT/01. – Grant Value 1.5 million LKR. – March 2025.
IDEA WILD Equipment Grant – September, 2016.
