ACHIEVEMENTS

Grants

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions - Individual Fellowship,  by European Union  2017-2019 (€ 187,000)

• Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship, Irish Research Council, Ireland  2017-2019 (€ 97,000)

• Horizon 2020 project preparation Grant, by Tekes Finland 2017 (€ 30,000)

Honours and Awards

• Ranked as Best (Top 1000) Rising Stars of Science in 2024 by Research.com

• Top 2% scientists for career-long 2024

• Top 2% scientists for citation impact during the single calendar year (2023) 2024

• Irish Research Council Research Ally Prize  2023

• Top 2% scientists for citation impact during the single calendar year (2022) 2023

•  Special Commendation for IRC Early Career Researcher of 2022 by Irish Research Council, Ireland.

• 2022 The Tom Brazil Excellence in Research Award by SFI CONNECT Center 

• Top 2% scientists for citation impact during the single calendar year (2021) 2022

• The ICT Express 2022 Best Paper Award

• The Best Paper Award (2nd Place) – IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine 2022

• Irish Research Council Research Ally Prize 2021

• Top 2% scientists for citation impact during the single calendar year (2020) 2021

• Researcher with Most Publication Jufo Points at CWC Networking Research Group 2021

• IEEEr8 ComSoc Outstanding Young Researcher 2020

• Celtic-Plus Innovation Award 2018 for Sigmona Project

• Most Productive Postdoctoral Researcher of CWC Networking Research Group 2017 

• CELTIC Excellence Award for SIGMONA project, 2017

• Most Productive Doctoral Student of CWC Networking Research Group 2016 

• Technology Promotion Grant, TES Foundation, Finland, 2016 

• Tauno Tonningin Grant, Tauno Tonningin Fundation, Finland, 2016 

• Yliopiston Apteekin Rahasto Fund 2015 

• Best Researcher in CWC Networking Research Group of 2015 

• The Best Paper Award, IEEE NGMAST Conference 2015 

• FinCEAL Plus Travel Grant, Finnish University Partnership for International Development (UNIPID), Finland, 2015 

• University of Oulu Graduate School Travel Grant, University of Oulu, Finland, 2015 

• Tauno Tonningin Grant, Tauno Tonningin Fundation, Finland, 2015 

• University of Oulu Scholarship Foundation Grant, University of Oulu, Finland, 2014 

• University of Oulu Graduate School Travel Grant, University of Oulu, Finland, 2014 

• Nokia Foundation Scholarship, Nokia Cooperation, Finland, 2013 

• CELTIC Excellence Award (SILVER Star) for MEVICO project (Project Partner), 2012 

• Nokia Foundation Scholarship, Nokia Cooperation, Finland, 2012 

• HPY Research Foundation Scholarships, Elisa Cooperation, Finland, 2012 

• Egide Scholarship, INRIA, France, 2010 

• His Majesty the King's Scholarships, Thailand 2009 

• Dialog GSM Technology Scholarship, Dialog GSM, Sri Lanka 2005 

• Mahapola Merit Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka 2004 

• Silver Jubilee Graduateship Scholarship, Institute of Chemistry, Sri Lanka 2003