Department of Faculty

Dr.Ishantha Siribaddana is a past pupil of Ananda College, Colombo 10. He went to College of Chemical Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon in 1990 and completed with a merit. He has started his BSc(Chem SP) - Chemistry Special from University of Colombo in 1991.

In 2001, he has completed his PGDip(IT) from University of Colombo School of Computing and also started his MSc(IT) from University of Colombo School of Computing in 2002.

In 2006, he has started his DBA (Doctor of Business Administration)- Management and Personal Branding from Technological University of the Americas. In 2017, he has started his Doctor of Philosophy- PhD(Software Engineering) from IIC University of Technology with an Implementation PhD grade.

• Author of the books “DNA of Roulette” and “Frontiers of Contemporary Management” and currently indulged in writing a contemporary management philosophy from a military perspective by converging six different subjects.

Previous Research Projects

Consultancies and Research Assistantships

University level and other

• Awarded university colors, 1992 and 1994
• Inter-university Wrestling championship 1994 – 2nd runners up in 60-65kg category
• Member, Vice-Captain of and Captain, university Wrestling team,1991-1994
• Participated in inter-university Wrestling tournament 1991-1994
• President, University Nature Lovers Group (PARISARIKAYO), 1992-1994
• Committee member, Field Ornithology Group, Sri Lanka, 1994
• Member, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS),1992 onwards
• Member, Society of American Archaeology, 2007/2008
• Associate Member, Council of Archaeology Sri Lanka, 2008 onward
• Scout Leader, Thurstan College, Sri Lanka, 2011 onwards
• Assistant Commissioner, St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, Kirulopone Division, Sri Lanka, 2012 onwards
• Member – ICOM (International Congress of Museum) and UMAC (University Museum and Collections), 2012 onwards

Abstracts

1. Suratissa D.M., & Kotagama S.W., (1997), Behaviour and population of Purple Coot (Porphyrioporphyrio) in three selected habitats in Sri Lanka.SLAAS
2. Suratissa D.M., Kotagama S.W., & Rathnasooriya W.D., (1998), Reproductive Behaviour and predator protection of Pheasant Tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianuschirurgus) in Deberewewa Tank at Tissamaharama.SLAAS
3. Suratissa D. M., Kotagama S. W., & Rathnasooriya W.D., (1998), Comparison of Diurnal time expenditure of Purple Coot (Porphyrioporphyrio) in three selected habitats during different weather conditions.SLAAS
4. Tang Zhuo Wei, Suratissa D.M., & et al, (2006), Food Foraging Behaviour and Pattern of Utilization of Animal Resources in Wangbabozi Site – Late Neolithic Weijin Dynasties, International Council for Archaeology, 10th Conference, Mexico
5. Suratissa D.M., and Tang ZhuoWei(2007), Transition from hunting to domestication in Wangbabozi settlement-North East China, SAA, Texas, Austin
6. Suratissa D.M., And Tang Zhuo Wei (2007), Climatic Change, Cultural Change, Population Change, and Foraging Change through Chronology- Northeast China: Wangbabozi Historic Settlement-Late Neolithic to Weijing Dynasties, Jamaica Conference
7. Suratissa D.M., and Dayawansa P.N., (2012), University Museums in Sri Lanka, XII UMAC Annual General Meeting and Conference, Singapore
8. Suratissa D.M., and Dayawansa P.N., (2013), Role of outdoor museum techniques in zoology education programs: Author’s experience while teaching wildlife biology at the undergraduate level, 23rd ICOM General Conference and 13th UMAC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10-17August
9. Suratissa D.M., and Dayawansa P.N., (2014), Prospectus of Natural History Museums of Fiji to Upgrade Biology and Environment Science Related Academic Activities in the University system and Public Awareness, ICOM, CECA &14th UMAC Conference - Alexandria, October 9 -14
10. Upaka Rathnayake, Suratissa D.M. and Deepak Chand (2014), Water quality analysis in Nasese Shore, Suva, Fiji, International Conference of Rivers and Ocean, Fiji National University, Fiji Oct. 13 – 15
11. Suratissa D.M., Dayawansa P.N., Upaka Rathnayake, and Deepak Chand (2014), Diversity and Distribution of Fauna in Nasese Shore, Suva, Fiji Islands, International Conference of Rivers and Ocean, Fiji National University, Fiji Oct. 13 – 15
12. Suratissa D.M., Ravi Sharma and Deepak Chand (2014), Diversity of Gastropods and Its role in Tropic Structure – A case Study at Nasese Shore, Suva, Fiji Islands. International Conference of Rivers and Ocean, Fiji National University, Fiji Oct. 13 – 15
13. Suratissa D.M., Tang Zhuowei, and Manuel Mandoza (2014), Hunjiang River Basin Ancient Human Habitation and Reconstruction of Wangbabozi Environment using the Tropic structure of the Large Mammal Community – Northeast China. International Conference of Rivers and Ocean, Fiji National University, Fiji Oct. 13 – 15
14. Suratissa D.M., (2015), Natural History Museum and Its Role on Biodiversity Conservation: Case Study: Fiji Islands Coastal Collection, Nasese, Suva, 15th Annual University and Museum Collections (UMAC) International Conference, May 11th to 14th, University of Santa Tomas, Manila, Philippine
15. Suratissa D.M., Tang Zhuo Wei and Zhu Hong (2016), Sorting and Preservation of Faunal Remains from the Archaeological Contexts to Identify Economy of Neolithic People in North-East China. Case Studies: Shangifanfyinzi and Wangbabozi, ICOM 24th General Conference and 16th Annual UMAC international Conference, July 3rd to July 9th, Mico Milano Congress, Milano, Italy
16. Suratissa D.M., and Amarasinghe A.A.Y., (2017), A Combined Preservation Methods as an Economical Technique to Protect and Preserve Vertebrate Specimens as a Strategy to face Economic Crisis in a Natural History Museum. 18th Annual UMAC international conference, September 5th to 8th, Helsinki, Finland
17. Suratissa D.M., (2017), Why Display of human remains at museums, Exhibitions or Use of Human Remains for Study Purposes in the Education Sector is not a Problem in Sri Lanka. 19th Annual UMAC international conference, September 5th to 8th, Helsinki, Finland
18. Suratissa D.M., and Amerasinghe A.A.Y (2018), The Role of Outdoor Museum Techniques in Zoological Education Program: Sri Lankan Experience while teaching Wildlife Biology at the undergraduate level. 19th Annual AAMG - UMAC international conference, June 19 to 27, Miami, USA
19. Suratissa D.M., Amerasinghe A.A.Y, Upake Rathnayake, Jananayake Kawantissa, (2019), The Study of Ancient Sri Lankan Houses found in Archaeological Sites: Moving from single discipline to a multi-discipline university Museum, 20th Annual ICOM - UMAC international conference, August 28 to 8 September 2019, Japan – Kyoto

Full Papers

1. Suratissa D.M, Tang Zhuo-wei and Zhu Hong (2008), Identification of economical adaptation of neolithic to iron Age people in Northeast China using faunal remains case study: Shangjifangyingzi and Wangbabozi, ICSL, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
2. Suratissa. D.M, And Tang Zhuo Wei (2008), Climatic Change, Cultural Change, Population Change, and Foraging Change through Chronology, Northeast China: Wangbabozi Historic Settlement-Late Neolithic to Weijing Dynasties, ICSL, University of Kelaniya
3. Suratissa. D.M, and Tang Zhuo Wei (2012), Transition from hunting to Domesticating at the Wangbabozi Prehistoric Settlement: Late Neolithic to Weijin Dynasties- Northeast China, Research of China’s Frontier Archaeology (vol. 6), Science Press, Beijing, China
4. Suratissa D.M., Tang Zhuo Wei& et al, (2007), An Ecological Overview of Wangbabozi Settlement area in North-East China, Research of China’s Frontier Archaeology (vol. 5), Science Press, Beijing, China
5. Tang Zhuo Wei, D.M. Suratissa, & et al, (2005), Preliminary Analysis Faunal Remains from Wangbabozi Settlement site Tonghua in Jilin, Conference on Chinese Frontier Archaeology, China
6. Suratissa D.M., and Dayawansa P.N., (2012), University Museums in Sri Lanka, Museums and Collections Journal 34 Vol. 7
7. Upaka Rathnayake, Suratissa D.M. and Deepak Chand (2014), Water Quality Analysis in Nasese Bay, Suva, Fiji Islands, Journal of Water 187: Nov. 2014, New Zealand
8. Suratissa D.M and Upaka Rathnayake (2016), Diversity of Fauna in Nasese Shore, Suva, Fiji Islands, with reference existing Threats to the Biota, Journal of Asia Pacific Biodiversity, 9; 11-16
9. Upaka Rathnayake and Suratissa D.M (2016), Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project, Sri Lanka Flood Management and Social Impacts, Journal of Water 192: May-June, New Zealand
10. Suratissa D.M., (2016), Natural History Museum and Its Role on Biodiversity Conservation: Case Study: Fiji Islands Coastal Collection, Nasese, Suva, University Museums and Collections Journal 35 Vol. 8
11. Suratissa D.M. and Upaka Rathnayake (2017) Effect of pollution on diversity of marine gastropods and its role in trophic structure at Nasese shore, Suva, Fiji Islands, Journal of Asia Pacific Biodiversity, 10. 192- 198
12. Suratissa D.M, Rathnayake U.S., Hashan T., Siriwardena K.N.T. and Udugama D.C (2020), Scientific Investigation of Ancient Sri Lankan Private Labor Room (thimbiri Geya), Journal of Archaeology, Tourism and Anthropology (TRIVALENT), Vol. 1
13. Suratissa, D.M., (2021), The falling out man and the wild - A review of influential factors, causes, impacts, and strategies for minimizing human wildlife conflict

Book Chapters

1. D.M. Suratissa (2010), Underwater Archaeology (Sinhala Medium) in Sath Samudura, Marine Environmental Protection Authority
2. D.M. Suratissa (2009), Human Evolution and Important of Pure Sciences (Sinhala Medium), in Introduction to Anthropology. (Eds.) P. Gunawardana & G

Magazine Articles

1. Suratissa D.M., (2002–2005), Advanced Science Journal – Vidya (Sinhala Medium), ICMS
2. Suratissa D.M., (2008-2010), NewsPaper Articles – Paleontology and Zooarchaeology (weekly – Sinhala medium), Vidusara, Colombo, Upali News Paper
3. Suratissa D.M., (2010), Nenasilu- Advanced Level Science Monthly Magazine, Russian Education Center
4. Suratissa D.M., (2010,2011), Vidunema – A/L Science, Arivu Publications
5. Suratissa D.M., (2012), Science Today (Tamil Medium), Venture Publishers
6. Suratissa D.M., (2012,2013) Chief Editor and Author, Jayamaga Monthly Science Magazine (Sinhala Medium), SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
7. D.M. Suratissa (2017,2018), Editor and Author, A/L Maths & Bio Guru Monthly Science Magazine (Sinhala Medium), Imashi Publishers
8. Suratissa D.M., (2019), Hunter Gatherers to Agriculture, Vidurawa (English, Sinhala, Tamil medium), National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka, Vol 35, April - June; 16-23
9. Suratissa D.M., (2019), Aviation Fauna, Vidurawa (English, Sinhala, Tamil medium), National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka, Vol 36, April; 8-14
10. Suratissa D.M., (2019), Human Impacts on Biogeochemical Cycles, Vidurawa (English, Sinhala, Tamil medium), National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka, Vol 36, July; 15-24

Textbooks

1. D. M. Suratissa (1998, 1999 & 2001), Functional Animal Volume 1 & 2 for Sri Lankan Advanced level in Biological Science (Sinhala Medium). Author Publisher
2. D. M. Suratissa (2000), Biological Diversity for Sri Lankan Advanced Level in Biological Science (Sinhala Medium). Author Publisher
3. D. M. Suratissa (2000), Functional Animal Volume 1 & 2 – Questions & Answers for Sri Lankan Advanced level in Biological Science (Sinhala Medium), SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
4. D. M. Suratissa (2003), Functional Animal Volume 1 & 2 for Sri Lankan Advanced level in Biological Science (Sinhala Medium). Wijesuriya Granthi kendraya, Mulleriyawa
5. D. M. Suratissa (2003), Applied Biology for Sri Lankan Advanced Level in Biological Science (Sinhala Medium). Author Publisher
6. D. M. Suratissa (2000), Biological Diversity for Sri Lankan Advanced Level in Biological Science (Sinhala Medium). Author Publisher
7. D. M. Suratissa (2003), Biological Diversity for Sri Lankan Advanced Level in Biological Science (Sinhala Medium). Wijesuriya Granthi kendraya, Mulleriyawa
8. D. M. Suratissa (2003), Biological Diversity Questions & Answers for Sri Lankan Advanced Level in Biological Science (Sinhala Medium), Wijesuriya Granthi kendraya, Mulleriyawa
9. D. M. Suratissa (2004 & 2005), Man and the Environment – (Sinhala Medium) Author Publisher
10. D.M. Suratissa (in Preparation), Museum Techniques Sinhala Medium
11. D.M. Suratissa (2005), Evolution of the Life and Archaeology (Sinhala Medium), Maradana, Surasa Publishers, Sri Lanka
12. D. M. Suratissa (2006, 2007 & 2008), Core Biology for Sri Lankan Advanced Level in Biological Science. (Sinhala Medium), Nugegoda, Sarasavi Publishers, Sri Lanka
13. D. M. Suratissa (2007), 12-Cartoon Children’s Story Books, SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
14. D. M. Suratissa (2009), Introduction to Biology for Sri Lankan Advanced Level in Biological Science (Sinhala Medium), SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
15. D. M. Suratissa (2009), Paleobiology for Conservation Practices (Course unit of ZLU 4192), Open University of Sri Lanka
16. D. M. Suratissa (2009), History of Protected Areas in Sri Lanka and Its Role of Biodiversity Conservation
17. D.M. Suratissa (2009), Application of Nutrition (Course Unit MLU 3143) – Department of Health Science, Open University of Sri Lanka
18. D.M. Suratissa (2009), Cell Biology (Course Unit MLU 1246) – Department of Health Science, Open University of Sri Lanka
19. D.M. Suratissa (2009, 2010), Chemical and Cellular Basis of Life, New Edition (Sinhala Medium) for Sri Lankan Advanced Level Students, SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
20. D.M. Suratissa (2010), Diversity of Organisms (Sinhala Medium) for Sri Lankan Advanced Level Students, SDM Publisher, Malabe, Sri Lanka
21. D. M. Suratissa (2011), Man and the Environment – (Sinhala Medium), S. Godage & Brothers, Maradana, Sri Lanka
22. D. M. Suratissa (2011), Man and the Environment- Questions & Answers – (Sinhala Medium), S. Godage & Brothers, Maradana, Sri Lanka
23. D. M. Suratissa (2011), Biological Diversity Questions & Answers for Sri Lankan Advanced Level in Biological Science (Sinhala Medium), S. Godage & Brothers, Maradana, Sri Lanka
24. D. M. Suratissa (2011), Applied Biology for Sri Lankan Advanced Level in Biological Science (Sinhala Medium). S. Godage & Brothers, Maradana, Sri Lanka
25. D.M. Suratissa (2011), Chemical and Cellular Basis of Life (Sinhala Medium) for Sri Lankan Advanced Level Students, SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
26. D. M. Suratissa (2013), Introduction to Biology, New Edition for Sri Lankan Advanced Level in Biological Science (Sinhala Medium), SDM Publisher, Malabe, Sri Lanka
27. D.M. Suratissa (2013), Nutrition and Respiration, New Edition (Sinhala Medium) for Sri Lankan Advanced Level Students, SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
28. D.M. Suratissa (2013), Environmental Biology, New Edition (Sinhala Medium) for Sri Lankan Advanced Level Students, SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
29. D.M. Suratissa (2013), Diversity of Organisms, New Edition (Sinhala Medium) for Sri Lankan Advanced Level Students, SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
30. D.M. Suratissa (2013), Chemical and Cellular Basis of Life, New Edition (Sinhala Medium) for Sri Lankan Advanced Level Students, SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
31. D.M. Suratissa (2019), Environmental Biology (Sinhala Medium) for Sri Lankan Advanced Level Students, SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
32. D.M. Suratissa (2019), Molecular Biology and DNA Recombinant Technology, (Sinhala Medium) for Sri Lankan Advanced Level Students, SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
33. D.M. Suratissa (2019), Genetics, (Sinhala Medium) for Sri Lankan Advanced Level Students, SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
34. D.M. Suratissa (2019), Environmental Biology, New Edition (Sinhala Medium) for Sri Lankan Advanced Level Students, SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
35. D.M. Suratissa (2020), Question Analysis of Advanced Level Biology Past Papers 2009-2015, (Sinhala Medium) for Sri Lankan Advanced Level Students, SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
36. D.M. Suratissa (2021), Question Analysis of Advanced Level Biology Past Papers 2016-2021, (Sinhala Medium) for Sri Lankan Advanced Level Students, SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
37. D.M. Suratissa and P.N. Dayawansa (2021, In Preparation), Observing Birds (Sinhala Medium), SDM Publishers, Malabe, Sri Lanka
38. D.M. Suratissa (2021 in preparation) Identification of Domesticate Mammals and Natural History Museum Preservation Techniques of them

Scientific Posters and Presentations

1. D. M. Suratissa (2002), A Poster Display of Sri Lankan Endemic Birds, Wildlife Trust Fund, Sri Lanka
2. Suratissa D.M, Deepak Chand, QuiluLitiana, and Ronilka Chand (2014), Anthropological Effects on Faunal Diversityat Nasese Shore, Suva, Fiji Islands, International Conference of Rivers and Ocean, Fiji National University, Fiji Oct. 13 – 15
3. Deepak Chand,Suratissa D.M, QuiluLitiana, and Ronilka Chand (2014), Conservation of Biodiversity using Natural History Museum, International Conference of Rivers and Ocean, Fiji National University, Fiji Oct. 13 – 15
4. Ronilka Chand, Suratissa D.M, QuiluLitiana, and Deepak Chand, (2014), Functions of Triton Trumpet (Charoniatritonis) in Nasese Shore, Suva, Fiji Islands, International Conference of Rivers and Ocean, Fiji National University, Fiji Oct. 13 – 15

Editorial Boards/ Boards and Other Academic Participations

1. Preparation of Training Manual for A/L Science Teacher Training Programme (Diversity of Organisms) – Ministry of Education, 2008
2. School Development Programme – Walallawita Maha Vidyalaya and Nugegoda St. John’s College, 2008 onwards
3. Editorial Board Member – Taprobanica, The journal of South Asian Biodiversity, 2009 onwards
4. Editorial Board Member – Wildlanka, Annual journal of Wildlife Department of Conservation, 2009 onwards
5. Advisory Committee Member – Medical Laboratory Sciences Degree Program, Open University of Sri Lanka, 2009
6. Member of the International Board of Judges for the Asian Award of Excellence in Biodiversity Research for the Asian Journal of Biodiversity, 2011 February, Philippine
7. Editorial Board Member – Asian Journal of Biodiversity, 2011 onwards
8. Board Member- National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka November 2015 to Nov. 2018
9. Co-Chair - Science Popularization working Group, National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka, 2016 to 2018
10. Editorial Board Member – Sinhala, English & Tamil magazine – Vidurawa, published by National Science Foundation from 2015-2019
11. Board Member – Ministry of Trade Sri Lanka, effective from 1st of June 2021

Presentations, Workshops, and Training Programs attended

1. Regional Planning Workshop of the IOC-UNESCO-UNEP-IUCN Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) held in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka from 30th November to 4th December 1997
2. The "National Workshop on Asian Red Data Book on Birds” was held in Colombo, 26th March 1995, organized by FOG of Sri Lanka
3. Workshop on Systematics of Ants (9-10 April 2001) conducted by National Science Foundation working committee on Zoological Survey of Sri Lanka and the University of Kelaniya at the dept. of Zoology, University of Kelaniya
4. Workshop on Collection, Preservation and Curation techniques of insects for taxonomic purposes (13 August to 14 August 2001) conducted by Dept. of National Museum Sri Lanka at National Wildlife Training Station in Giritale, Sri Lanka.
5. Training on Museum Curation, Administration, and Taxonomy of spiders in Bombay Natural History Society and Prince of Wales Museum in Mumbai, India from September to December 2001
6. International Conference on Physical Anthropology (16th August to 21st August 2005) held in Jilin University, China. Presented a paper on this workshop, Food Foraging Behaviour, and Animal Resources Utilization in WambaBozi Site in Southern Part of Jilin Province, China
7. Conference in Chinese Frontier Archaeology, Chengdu, China (6th November to 11th November 2005). Presented two papers, An Ecological Overview of Wangbabozi Settlement area in North-East China, and Preliminary Analysis of Faunal Remains, Wangbabozi Settlement in North-East China
8. International Conference on Palaeontology (IPC) 2006 in Beijing, China (17th June 21st June). Participated as a participant
9. Environmental Archaeology Conference in Jinhua, Pujiang, Zhejiang Province (5th November to 7th November 2006). Presented a paper- Environmental effects created to Change people’s Life: Case Study Wangbabozi Faunal remains
10. University Museum and Collection (UMAC), (10th – 12th October 2012) in Singapore National University. Presented a paper on the current status of Sri Lankan University Natural History Museums
11. International Conference of Rivers and Ocean, Fiji National University, Fiji (Oct. 13 – 15, 2014), Presented a paper on Diversity and Distribution of Fauna in Nasese Shore, Suva, Fiji Islands
12. International Conference of Rivers and Ocean, Fiji National University, Fiji (Oct. 13 – 15, 2014), Presented a paper on Hunjiang River Basin Ancient Human Habitation and Reconstruction of Wangbabozi Environment using the Tropic structure of the Large Mammal Community – Northeast China
13. 15th International Conference of University Museum and Collection (UMAC), held on 11th to 15th May 2015 in the Philippines. Presented a paper on Natural History Museum and Its Role on Biodiversity Conservation: Case Study: Fiji Islands Coastal Collection, Nasese, Suva
14. 16th International Conference of University Museum and Collection (UMAC) and Annual General Meeting of ICOM, held on 3rd to 09th July 2016 in Italy - Milan. Presented a paper on Sorting and Preservation of Faunal Remains from the Archaeological Contexts to Identify Economy of Neolithic People in North East China. Case Studies: Shangifanfyinzi and Wangbabozi
15. Workshop with Science Museum Group and Natural History Museum – London on 10th to 15th July 2016 – An initiated collaboration with those 2 institutions and the Ministry of Science, technology, and Research for the ongoing Science Centre in Sri Lanka
16. Science and Technology for Society Forum –Waters Edge, Sri Lanka on 7th to 10th September 2016
17. Participated CIDOC Summer School at Museum of Texas Tech University from 18th July to 21st July 2017
18. 17^th Annual UMAC international conference, September 5th to 8th 2017, Helsinki, Finland. Presented two papers
19. 19^th Annual AAMG - UMAC international conference, June 19 to 27, Miami, USA, Presentaed a paper
20. 20^th Annual ICOM - UMAC international conference, August 28 to 8 September 2019, Japan – Kyoto, Presentaed a paper

National level Professional Activities

• Technical Expert Group (TEG) member for the National project on “Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety” - 2017
• One of the 7 representatives from Sri Lanka for a Study tour to Germany to study ‘Vocational Training in the Hotel Industry’ at the Invitation of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, June 18-25, 2016 in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany. - 2016
• Chief organizer for the Inauguration of the Three wheel and Motorcycle course in Panapitiya Vocational Training centre where Hon Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training was the Chief Guest - 2016
• Chief organizer for the opening ceremony of Kaithady Vocational Training Centre where Hon Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training was the Chief Guest - 2016
• Received a Full Scholarship from Temasek Foundation, Singapore to represent Sri Lanka for the International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) from 3-6 November 2015 in Singapore. - 2015
• Chief organizer for the Inauguration ceremony of the Kanthale and Kinniya Vocationa Training Centres in Trincomalee District where His Excellency Heinz Walker-Nederkoorn, The Ambassodor of Switzerland to Sri Lanka was the Chief Guest - 2015
• A committee member in drafting the National Biosafety Act in Sri Lanka. - 2014
• A Referee for Manuscripts for the Journal of The National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka - 2014 to date
• Chief organizer for the first coordination and consultative meeting of the (International Atomic Energy Agency) IAEA-TC project ras 5066 conducted by Industrial Technology Institute (ITI). - 2014
• Session Co-Chair on Biotechnology and Microbiology at the 3rd Young Scientists Forum - 2013
• Member, Review Panel, 3rd Young Scientists Forum - 2013
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Island wide Scholarship Examination conducted by Java Institute for Advanced Technology - 2013
• Member, National Committee in Obtaining Geographical Indication (GI) for Ceylon Cinnamon - 2013
• Honorary member of the Academic council of the Java Institute for Advanced Technology - 2013
• Technical Evaluation Committee member, Organization for Prevention of Kidney Disease in Children for provision of water purification machines - 2013
• Organizing Committee, Word congress on pharmaceutical sciences & technology -WCPST- 19-21st December 2013 - 2013
• Organizing Committee, Industrial Technology Institute Annual Research Symposium - 2013
• Member, Review Panel, 2nd Young Scientists Forum - 2013
• Invited speaker at the SAARC Regional Conference on New Frontiers in Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology. Islamabad, Pakistan - 2012
• Resource persons at the workshop on “protect Intellect: what you should do” conducted by Information Service Centre, ITI - 2012
• Country representative at WIPO Regional Workshop on Effective Use of the PCT System: the Experience of Asian Countries to be held in Bangkok, on May 16 and 17, 2012
• Technical Evaluation Committee member, Industrial Technology Institute - for 4 years - 2009 to 2013

• At the top 50, 10th Professional and Career Women awards 2020, Dr Siddhika received the ‘’Inspirational Women of the year in Career Leadership’’ award for her leadership at Sri Lanka Standards Institution.
• She made the first discovery of the direct induction of breast cancer cell death by the drug Zoledronic acid (a bisphosphonate).
• his was a breakthrough finding and has more than 530 citations in other peer-reviewed journals. Now Zoledronic acid is a drug used in treatment for Breast cancer patients with bone metastases.

Refereed Journal articles

• L.C. Lowe, S.G. Senaratne, K.W. Colston. Induction of apoptosis in breast cancer cells by apomine is mediated by caspase and p38 mitogen activated protein kinase activation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. (2005), 329(2) 772-9. (Cited by 19)
• L. Lowe, C.M. Hansen, S. Senaratne, K.W. Colston. Mechanisms implicated in the growth regulatory effects of vitamin D compounds in breast cancer cells. Recent Results Cancer Res, (2003), 164 99-110. (Cited by 75)
• G.M. Oades, S.G. Senaratne, I.A. Clarke, R.S. Kirby, K.W. Colston. Nitrogen containing bisphosphonates induce apoptosis and inhibit the mevalonate pathway, impairing Ras membrane localisation in prostate cancer cells. J Urology, (2003), 170(1) 246-52.(Cited by 164)
• S.G. Senaratne, J.L. Mansi and K.W. Colston. The bisphosphonate zoledronic acid impairs Ras membrane localisation and induces cytochrome c release in breast cancer cells. British Journal of Cancer, (2002) 86(9) 1479-86. (Cited by 90)
• (Invited review)S.G. Senaratne, K.W. Colston Direct effects of bisphosphonates on breast cancer cells Breast Cancer Research, (2002). 4(1) 18-23. (Cited by 71)
• S.G. Senaratne, G. Pirianov, J.L. Mansi, T.R. Arnett and K.W. Colston. Bisphosphonates induce apoptosis in human breast cancer cell lines. British Journal of Cancer (2000), 82(8) 1459-68. (Cited by 553)

Refereed Research communications

• S.L. Dalpatadu, A.K. Nanayakkara, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S. G. Senaratne Industrial Enzyme production using Cassava root extract, Egypt, (2012) 152-155
• S.G. Senaratne, K.W. Colston. Interaction of Vitamin D analogue CB 1093 with Bisphosphonates and Dexamethasone on human multiple myeloma cells. Proceedings of the Eleventh Workshop on Vitamin D, (2000) 533-536.

Abstracts, Posters, Presentations and conferences attended

• K. G. W. W. Bandara, M. D. H. Perera, G. H. C. M. Hettiarachchi, N. V. Chandrasekharan, S. G. Senaratne Molecular cloning of rice endosperm specific globulin promoter and the 5’ untranslated region. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions (iPURSE) 2014 (Oral Presentation)
• A. Arulananthan1,, D. P. N. De Silva1, S. C. Jayamanne1, S.L. Dalpatadu2, and S. G. Senaratne Antimicrobial Activity of Seagrass (Cymodocea serrulata) from South West Coast of Sri Lanka. Uwa wellasa 4th Research symposium 12-13th December 2013
• A. Arulananthan, D.P.N. De Silva, S.C. Jayamanne, S.G. Senaratne, and S.L Dalpatadu Antimicrobial activity of extracts of selected marine plants from the Southwest coast of Sri Lanka National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Scientific sessions, 29th November 2013 P20-21 (Oral Presentation).
• K.G.T.T. Perera, D.P.D.C. De Silva, N.R.M.K.N.D Rathnayaka, S.N.T. De Silva, and S.G. Senaratne Optimizing a Screening Protocol for Trehalose gene (Os TPS1) in different traditional and improved Rice varieties (Oryza sativa L.ssp indica) in Sri Lanka Proceedings of the Wayamba University 12th Agricultural Research Symposium 30-31 May 2013 P35-38 (Oral Presentation)
• A. K. Nanayakkara, I. A. Adasuriya, K. S. L. Dalpatadu, N. V. Chandrasekharan, S. G. Senaratne Production of thermolabile and thermostable α-amylase using Bacillus species 69th Annual sessions of Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science, 02-06, December2013, P265:967/E2 (Poster presentation)
• A. K. Nanayakkara, B. G. N. D. K. Somatilaka, K. S. L. Dalpatadu, N. V. Chandrasekharan , S.G.Senaratne Screening for GMOs in Sri Lanka: A preliminary study with maize. 69th Annual sessions of Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science, 02-06, December 2013, P267 969/E2 (Poster presentation)
• A. K. Nanayakkara, M. M. E. Munasinghe, N. P. Kaluarachchi, P. B. A. I. K. Bulumulla, T. S. R. Fernando, A. M. Samaraweera, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne Development of a PCR assay for the detection of dog meat adulteration in mutton. 69th Annual sessions of Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science, 02-06 December 2013, P268:970E2
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, K.S.L. Dalpatadu, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne Development of a multiplex PCR assay for the diagnosis Whooping cough (Pertussis disease) 69th Annual sessions of Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science, 02-06 December 2013 P174:627/E2 (Oral Presenation)
• B G N D K Somatilaka, A K Nanayakkara, D Rajapaksa, N V Chandasekharan, S G Senaratne. Development of molecular methods for the estimation of rice percentage in wheat/rice incorporated bakery products. Proceedings of the 2nd Young Scientists Forum (YSF) Symposium 2012, 18 Jan 2013, P48 (Oral Presentation)
• G. Chandrikah, E.P. Kapuruge, D.P.D.C. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne Cloning of potato SBgLR gene with rice Glb promoter to produce lysine-rich rice. Proceedings of the 68th Proceedings of the 68th Annual sessions of Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science 10-12 December 2012. P62:604/E2 (Oral presentation)
• B. G. N. D. K. Somatilaka, A. K. Nanayakkara, D. Rajapakse, S. G. Senaratne and N. V. Chandasekharan A Polymerase Chain Reaction based method to detect wheat adulterations in traditional flour types. Proceedings of the 68th Annual sessions of Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science 10-12 December 2012. P63 : 605/E2 (Oral presentation)
• G. D. B. P. Premaratne, B. D. S. L. De Thissera, W. K. S. M. Abeysekara, R. M. A. M. S. Randeniya, S. G. Senaratne, N. V. Chandrasekharan Isolation of soil bacteria for bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated sites in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 68th Annual sessions of Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science 10-12 December 2012. P64:606/E2. (Oral presentation)
• M. D. H. Perera, N. Govindaraj, K. G. W. W. Bandara, N. V. Chandrasekharan, S. G. Senaratne Cloning of soybean ferritin gene towards iron-fortification of rice. Proceedings of the 68th Annual sessions of Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science 10-12 December 2012. P100:814/E2. (Poster presentation)
• B.D.S.L. De Tissera, W.K.S.M. Abeysekera, R.M.L.K. Ratnayake, G.H.C.M. Hettiarachchi, P. Ranasinghe, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. Development of trehalose rich transgenic Sri Lankan rice varieties to be used in the bakery industry. The SAARC Regional Conference on New Frontiers in Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology. Islamabad, Pakistan June 5 - 7, 2012 (Invited Speaker)
• B.D.S.L. De Tissera, W.K.S.M. Abeysekera, R.M.L.K. Ratnayake, G.H.C.M. Hettiarachchi, P. Ranasinghe, S.G.Senaratne and N.V. Chandrasekharan Development of trehalose rich transgenic Sri Lankan rice varieties to be used in the bakery industry 5th Asian Conference on Biotechnology and Development, (Dec 2010) Pp 57-58 (Poster presentation)
• C.B. Umbricht, J. Kowalski, S. Senaratne, M. Zahurak, W. Westra, G. Parmigiani, M. Zeiger Differential gene expression in papillary thyroid cancer Proceedings from 94th American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting (2003), 44: 6013 (Poster presentation)
• L.C. Lowe, S.G. Seneratne, E.J. Niesor, K.W. Colston. Apomine induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells although this is not achieved through inhibition of the mevalonate pathway Abstract from the British Journal of Cancer, (2003) 88 (Suppl 1) S25 P3 (Poster presentation)
• L.M. Pickering, S.G. Senaratne, J.L. Mansi, K.W. Colston The bisphosphonate zoledronic acid upregulates apoptotic signals and impairs the adhesion of breast cancer cells to mineralized matrices prior to the induction of apoptosis Abstract from the British Journal of Cancer, (2002) 86 (Suppl 1) S82 P161 (Poster presentation)
• S.G. Senaratne, G.M Oades, L.M. Pickering, J.L. Mansi, R.S. Kirby, K.W.Colston The bisphosphonate zoledronic acid induces apoptosis by impairing Ras membrane localisation and inducing cytochrome C release in breast and prostate cancer cells. Proceedings from 93rd American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting (2003), 43: 4311 (Poster presentation)
• G.M Oades, R.S. Kirby, S.G Senaratne, I. Clark, K.W Colston Bisphosphonate induce apoptosis in prostate cancer cells is caspase dependent and initiated by inhibition of the mevalonate pathway. Proceedings from the 97th American Urologist Association, (2002) 1190. (Poster presentation)
• G.M Oades, S.G Senaratne, I. Clark, R,S, Kirby, K.W.Colston Mechanisms of bisphosphonate-induced apoptosis in prostate cancer. XVII th Congress of the European Association of Urology, UK, (2002) 621. (Poster presentation)
• S.G Senaratne, K.W Colston Bisphosphonates induce apoptosis in breast cancer cells in a caspase-dependent manner by inhibition of the mevalonate pathway Abstracts from the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. (2001) 16 (3) 1176:OC11. (Poster presentation)
• C.D. Macdonald, S.G Senaratne, J.L. Mansi, K.W.Colston Inhibitory effects of bisphosphonates on growth of breast and lung carcinoma cells. Abstract from the British Journal of Cancer, (2001) 85 (Suppl 1) 47: P55. (Poster presentation)
• S.G Senaratne, K.W. Colston Bisphosphonates induce apoptosis in breast cancer cells in a caspase-dependent manner by inhibition of the mevalonate pathway 51st Bone and Tooth Society Meeting, Warwick, UK, 4-5 July 2001. (Oral presentation)
• S.G Senaratne, K.W. Colston Mechanisms involved in aminobisphosphonate-induced apoptosis in breast cancer cells. Proceedings of the 92nd American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, (2001), 42:2377. (Poster presentation)
• S.G Senaratne Synergistic effects of Bisphosphonates and Vitamin D on breast cancer First UK workshop on Vitamin D, London, UK, September 12-13, 2001. (Oral presentation)
• S.G Senaratne, K.W. Colston Interaction of vitamin D analogue CB 1093 with bisphosphonates and dexamethasone on human multiple myeloma cells. Abstracts from the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. (2000), 15 (6) 1238:P71. (Poster presentation)
• S.G Senaratne, K.W Colston. Interaction of vitamin D analogue CB 1093 with bisphosphonates and dexamethasone on human multiple myeloma cells. Abstract from the Journal of Endocrinology (1999) supplement 163:P10
• S.G Senaratne, G. Pirianov, T.R. Arnett and K.W. Colston. Direct effects of bisphosphonates on growth and viability of breast cancer cells. Abstracts from the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. (1998) 13(9) 1505:P1
• S.G Jayasundare, R.P Perera,. M.B Gunasekara, A.S Amarasekara, T.M.S Athukorala. Analysis of β-carotene content of fresh and cooked samples of Katu-kohila (Lasia spinosa) and Wel-kohila (Syngonium podophyllum). Proceedings of the 51st Annual session of Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science 1995 379-382

Abstracts, Posters, Presentations and conferences attended

• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Andrographis paniculata ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit-like (rbcL) gene, partial sequence; chloroplast. (2013) GenBank Accession number: KF521878
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Walidda antidysenterica ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit-like (rbcL) gene, partial sequence; chloroplast. (2013) GenBank Accession number: KF521879
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Argyreia populifolia ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit-like (rbcL) gene, partial sequence; chloroplast. (2013)
  GenBank Accession number: KF521880
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Berberis zeylanica ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit-like (rbcL) gene, partial sequence; chloroplast. (2013)
  GenBank Accession number: KF521881
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Canarium zeylanicum ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit-like (rbcL) gene, partial sequence; chloroplast. (2013)
  GenBank Accession number: KF521882
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Nepenthes distillatoria ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit-like (rbcL) gene, partial sequence; chloroplast. (2013)
  GenBank Accession number: KF521883
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Kokoona zeylanica ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit-like (rbcL) gene, partial sequence; chloroplast. (2013)
  GenBank Accession number: KF521884
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Curcuma albiflora ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit-like (rbcL) gene, partial sequence; chloroplast. (2013)
  GenBank Accession number: KF521885
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Rhododendron arboreum ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit-like (rbcL) gene, partial sequence; chloroplast. (2013)
  GenBank Accession number: KF521886
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Vernonia zeylanica ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit-like (rbcL) gene, partial sequence; chloroplast. (2013)
  GenBank Accession number: KF521887
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Andrographis paniculata maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (2013)
  GenBank Accession number: KF521888
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Walidda antidysenterica maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (2013)
  GenBank Accession number: KF521889
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Argyreia populifolia maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (2013)
  GenBank Accession number: KF521890
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka. Canarium zeylanicum maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (2013) GenBank Accession number: KF521891
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka. Nepenthes distillatoria maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (2013) GenBank Accession number: KF521892
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka Kokoona zeylanica maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (2013)
  GenBank Accession number: KF521893
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka. Curcuma albiflora maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (2013)
  GenBank Accession number: KF521894
• D.P.D.C. De Silva, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardena, W.A.B.N. De Silva, N.V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne. DNA barcoding of endemic medicinal plants in Sri Lanka. Rhododendron arboreum maturase K (matK) (2013) – Under submission
• N. Govindaraj, M. D. H, Perera, S.G Senaratne and N.V Chandrasekharan Glycine max ferritin mRNA, complete cds
  GenBankAccession number : JX185399.1
• V. K. Weerasekara, N. V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne Genetic Barcoding of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Cinnamomum sp. SGS-2011 voucher cvp120 maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast
  GenBank Accession number : JN988465
• V. K. Weerasekara, N. V. Chandrasekharan, S.G. Senaratne Genetic Barcoding of Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Cinnamomum sp. SGS-2011 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds;chloroplast.
  GenBank Accession number: JN988468
• D. C. De silva, V. K. Weerasekara, N. V. Chandrasekharan and S. G. Senaratne Genetic Barcoding of Indigenous Cinnamomum Species of Sri Lanka Cinnamomum dubium maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast.
  GenBank Accession number: JQ843683
• D. C. De silva, V. K. Weerasekara, N. V. Chandrasekharan and S. G. Senaratne Genetic Barcoding of Indigenous Cinnamomum Species of Sri Lanka Cinnamomum rivulorum maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast.
  GenBank Accession number: JQ843684
• D. C. De silva, V. K. Weerasekara, N. V. Chandrasekharan and S. G. Senaratne Genetic Barcoding of Indigenous Cinnamomum Species of Sri Lanka Cinnamomum sinharajaense maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast.
  GenBank Accession number: JQ843685
• D. C. De silva, V. K. Weerasekara, N. V. Chandrasekharan and S. G. Senaratne Genetic Barcoding of Indigenous Cinnamomum Species of Sri Lanka Cinnamomum citriodorum maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast.
  GenBank Accession number: JQ843686
• D. C. De silva, V. K. Weerasekara, N. V. Chandrasekharan and S. G. Senaratne Genetic Barcoding of Indigenous Cinnamomum Species of Sri Lanka Cinnamomum cappara-coronde maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast.
  GenBank Accession number: JQ843688
• D. C. De silva, V. K. Weerasekara, N. V. Chandrasekharan and S. G. Senaratne Genetic Barcoding of Indigenous Cinnamomum Species of Sri Lanka Cinnamomum dubium ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast.
  GenBank Accession number: JQ843678
• D. C. De silva, V. K. Weerasekara, N. V. Chandrasekharan and S. G. Senaratne Genetic Barcoding of Indigenous Cinnamomum Species of Sri Lanka Cinnamomum rivulorum ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast.
  GenBank Accession number: JQ843679
• D. C. De silva, V. K. Weerasekara, N. V. Chandrasekharan and S. G. Senaratne Genetic Barcoding of Indigenous Cinnamomum Species of Sri Lanka Cinnamomum sinharajaense ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast.
  GenBank Accession number: JQ843680
• D. C. De silva, V. K. Weerasekara, N. V. Chandrasekharan and S. G. Senaratne Genetic Barcoding of Indigenous Cinnamomum Species of Sri Lanka Cinnamomum citriodorum ribulose-1,5-bisphosp carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds chloroplast.
  GenBank Accession number: JQ843681
• D. C. De silva, V. K. Weerasekara, N. V. Chandrasekharan and S. G. Senaratne Genetic Barcoding of Indigenous Cinnamomum Species of Sri Lanka Cinnamomum cappara-coronde ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds;chloroplast.
  GenBank Accession number: JQ843682

• Member of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science

• 2002 - Post-Doctoral fellowship, Johns Hopkins Medical School, USA.
• 2004 - Post-Doctoral fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
• 2017 - Australian Awards- Short courses Fellowship, Australia

• the area of computer aided drug discovery

Recent research publications

• Weerasooriya, Amal; Thalagala , Gihan ; Silva , Himani; Thamotharam , Sangeetha; Samaraweera, Chintha; Fernando, Nimalika ; Widyasekera, Sirimevan; ”Automated, Low Cost Three Dimensional Object Scanner to obtain Shapes of Small Objects” Proceedings of the 3rd SLIIT Research Symposium, Vol-1, pp 43-48 ,Dec 2007
• Fernando, Nimalika; Widyasekera, Sirimevan; Gamage,Lalith;Dias, Dileeka “Study on feasibility of practical use of low cost GIS tools in the context of Sri Lanka for preparation and distribution of spatial data : A case study on on-line city map guide for Kaduwela Pradeshiya Sabha division” Proceedings of the 25th National IT Conference,Sri Lanka, pp.26-34,19-20 Sep 2007
• Waidyasekera Sirimevan; Fernando Nimalika; Gamage Lalith; Jayathilaka Chandana; Jayaweera Ajith “ICT Adoption and issues pertaining to the usage of it in Sri Lankan Agriculture Sector” Proceedings of the 25th National IT Conference, Sri Lanka, pp.98-106,19-20 Sep 2007
• Fernando, Nimalika; Widyasekera, Sirimevan; Dias, Dileeka, "A System based on Web-GIS for Post-Disaster Recovery Management," Information and Automation, 2006. IEEE ICIA 2006. International Conference on , vol., no., pp.75-80, 15-17 Dec.2006
• Widyasekera Sirimevan; Fernando Nimalika; Gamage Lalith;“Introducing a framework for cost effective web based GIS applications to Sri Lanka” Proceedings of the 2nd research Symposium, Sri Lanka institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka

Research Grants received

• Principle investigator and received a grant of US$35,000 from ICTA to develop GIS based security network for Colombo city limits. - 2007-2009
  • (ICTA Research and Innovation Grant ICTA/CON/61/ST12/07), Sri Lanka Technology Incubator (SLTI), SLIIT, Malabe, Sri Lanka 2007-2009
• TAF grant for Developing and deploying SSRMS stage 1 Rs. 1.8 Mn
• TAF grant for Developing and deploying SSRMS stage 2 Rs 1.8 Mn
• AHEAD Consultant for MIS development for Faculty of Management, Uni of Rajarata Rs 4.8 Mn

International Refereed Journals

• Kamensky, M. Salehpour, B. Sundqvist, and S. Widyasekera, “Molecular size effects in fast heavy ions induced desorption of biomolecules,” Radiation effects, vol. 80, no. 1-2, pp. 141–151, February 1984
• Sundqvist, A. Hedin, P. Håkansson, I. Kamensky, J. Kjellberg, M. Salephour, G. Säwe, and S. Widyasekera, “Protein ion production by fast heavy ion induced desorption,” International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Physics, vol. 53, pp. 167–183, September 1983.
  [Online]. Available: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0020-7381(83)85110-9
• Salehpour, P. Hakansson, B. Sundqvist, and S. Widyasekera, “Total molecular yields for fast heavy ion induced desorption of biomolecules,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 13, no. 1-3, pp. 278–282, March 1986.
  [Online]. Available: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0168-583X(86)90514-8
• Widyasekera, P. Hakansson, and B. Sundqvist, “Initial velocity distributions of secondary ions in electronic sputtering of biomolecules,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 33, no. 1-4, pp. 836–839, June 1988.
  [Online]. Available: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0168-583X(88)90694-5

International Conferences

• B.U.R. Sundqvist, T.R. Ariyaratne, W Ens, A. Fenyo, A. Hadin, P. Hakansson, G. Jonsson, and S. Widyasekara, “On the upper mass limit of secondary ions ejected in electronic sputtering from organic solids,” in Proc Ion Formation from Organic Solids (IFOS IV) Munster , September 21-23 ,Ed: A. Benninghoven, John Wiley & Sons,1989, pp. 51+
• P. Hakansson, I.Kamensky, M. Salehpour, B. Sundqvist, and S. Widdiyasekera, “1983, pages 594-595,” in 31st Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (Abstracts), American Soc for Mass Spectrometry, Bethesda, MD, USA: American Soc for Mass Spectrometry, 1983, pp. 594–595
• Sirimewan Widyasekara, Nimalika Fernando, Supunmali Ahangama, Dileeka Dias,”Web enabled public participatory GIS approach for reporting of issues in public utility services in urban livelihood” in Proc.of MapAsia 2010, 26-28 July 2010
• Sirimewan Widyasekara, Nimalika Fernando, Rasika Hettige ,” Adoption and impact of E-Commerce in Sri Lankan Tourist Sector”, in Pro.of International Conference on Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, ,18-20 July 2008 (Abstract )
• N. Fernando, S. Widyasekara, and D. Dias, "A system based on web-gis for post-disaster recovery management," in Proc. International Conference on Information and Automation. IEEE, December 2006, pp. 75-80.
  [Online]. Available: https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICINFA.2006.374155

Internal Reports

• Performance of the first plasma desorption mass spectrometer in Sri Lanka, T.R Ariyaratne, D.D.N.B. Daya, S. Widyasekera, P. Hakansson and B.U.R. Sundqvist, TSL-ISV 7, Dept. of Radiation Science Report, Uppsala University, 1987

Local Conferences

• Ariyaratne, T R,Daya,D.D.N.B. Doloswala, G.M.U.W. Kumudini J.A.D.C.and. Widdiyasekera E.C.S”Application of Californium-252 plasma desorption mass spectrometry to natural product chemistry” in Proc. of the 46th Annual Sessions of Sri Lanka Assoc. Advmt. Sci. (SLAAS) E1-17 (1990) 140
• Ariyaratne T.R and Widdiyasekara S ,“A molecular desorption time-of –flight mass spectrometer” in Proc. of the 42nd Annual Session of Sri Lanka. Asso. Adv. Sci. (SLAAS) E9 (1986) 153
• Sirimewan Widyasekera, Nimalika Fernando, Subhashini S. Sooriarachchi, Nilantha B Ekanayake, Asanka. Munasinghe,Paba Liyanage ” A simplified approach for Global Position Detector and Path Indicator System for Sri Lanka” in Proceedings of the 26th National IT Conference,Sri Lanka, pp.26-34,20-21 Aug 2008
• Fernando, Nimalika; Widyasekara, Sirimeven; Gamage,Lalith;Dias, Dileeka “Study on feasibility of practical use of low cost GIS tools in the context of Sri Lanka for preparation and distribution of spatial data : A case study on on-line city map guide for Kaduwela Pradeshiya Sabha division” Proceedings of the 25th National IT Conference, Sri Lanka, pp.26-34,19-20 Sep 2007
• Widyasekera Sirimevan; Fernando Nimalika; Gamage Lalith; Jayathilaka Chandana; Jayaweera Ajith ,ICT Adoption and issues pertaining to the usage of it in Sri Lankan Agriculture Sector Proceedings of the 25th National IT Conference, Sri Lanka, pp.98-106,19-20 Sep 2007
• Fernando, Nimalika; Widyasekara, Sirimeven, Gamage,Lalith; “Introducing a famework for cost effective web based GIS applications to Sri Lanka” Proceedings of the 2nd research Symposium, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka, Dec 2006
• Weerasooriya Amal, Thalagala Gihan , Silva Himali, Thamotharam Sangeetha, Samaraweera Chintha, Fernando Nimalika, Widyasekera Sirimevan; ”Automated, Low Cost Three Dimensional Object Scanner to obtain Shapes of Small Objects” Proceedings of the 3rd SLIIT Research Symposium, Vol-1, pp 43-48 ,Dec 2007

Local Conferences

• A moment of opportunity for GIS on cloud in Surveying Perspective ISG2011 and ISPRS 2011 Conference Sha Alam Convention Centre, Selangor, Malaysia 27-29 September 2011

Services being extended

• Member to the Advisory Board, Control Union (Pvt) Ltd. Sri Lanka
• Member/Board of Directors, Cathy Rich Memorial Food Processing Centre, Embilipitiya
• Member for the Sub Committee of Post-harvest Technology under National Committee of Food Crop Sector (NCFCS), Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural research Policy, Ministry of Agriculture
• Member of the Editorial board of the Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
• Reviewer of Research Projects for National Research Council (NRC)

Other services extended in recent past

• Consultant in upgrading the IPHT testing laboratories – Anuradhapura
• Chief Adviser to The Food Safety Institute (This organization is working with Medical Officers, Public Health Inspectors and other officers of the Colombo Municipal Council and helps/ trains Hoteliers and the workforces in eating houses in food quality assurance activities.
• Member to Formulary Committee, Department Ayurveda, Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Sri Lanka
• Consultant in upgrading the IDB testing laboratories
• Senior Advisor R & D – Verger Naturals, 1.A. Level 5, Unity Place, Colombo 03
• Resource Person/Reviewer, Acceleration Higher Education Expansion and Development Program (AHEAD), Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Sri Lanka
• Program Reviewer of National Universities, Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council, UGC
• Foreign Expert/External Peer Reviewer – Institutional Quality Assurance, Bangladesh Member of the consultative workshop on Food Safety Regulations, Food Control Administration Unit, Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition.
• Member of the Technical Committees (Working groups) on Processed Fruits and vegetables, Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI).
• Member of Subject (Food Science and Technology) benchmark panel, Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council (QAAC), University Grants Commission (UGC). I prepared the initial document and led the panel.
• Consultant to SABAH Sri Lanka in carrying out Food Processing projects
• Consultancy work on developing series of handbooks on selected food sectors as a project of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Produced jointly with Mr Chopadithya Edirisinghe Business Development Centre (Pvt) Ltd. - 2014

University of Sri Jayewardenepura (recent commitments)

• BSc (Special) (Food Science and Technology) – Subjects – Food Biology, Microbiology, Human Nutrition, Emerging Food Technologies and Food Biotechnology
• BSc (General) Subjects - Food Biology, Human Nutrition
• MSc (Food Science and Technology) – Subjects – Food Microbiology, Analytical Microbiology, Human Nutrition, Emerging Food Technologies and Food Biotechnology

Institutions Affiliated With

• Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Moratuwa - Subjects – Human Nutrition
• University of Vocational Technology – Subject – Orientation to Food Technology and Food Industry
• National Institute of Education - Subject –Food Science and Technology
• MSc in Ayurvedic Hospital Management (Subject - Management of Herbal Products Utilisation – Value Chain, Quality, Safety and Efficacy), Faculty of Graduate Studies, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

Other Academic Commitments

• Moderator/External Examiner - B.Sc. in Food Science and Technology, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
• Visiting Lecturer – MSc in Ayurveda Hospital Management, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
• Visiting Lecturer – Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Moratuwa
• Visiting Lecturer, Foundation Course, Health Science, Australian College of Business and Technology, Colombo 03.

Commitments in Research at a glance (as per Google Scholar as for 16th July 2022)

As per Research Gate – RG Score – 22.13 (as for 16th July 2022)

Present Research Activities

Research Grants Received

University Research Grant 2021 -(Grant No: ASP/01/RE/SCI/2021/12) “Nanoencapsulation of optimised volatile, Non-volatile extracts and bioactive compounds in selected spices”

Supervision of Postgraduate Research projects completed

Ten (12) Ph.D. research projects completed (10 projects supervised Jointly) Four (5) MPhil research (supervised Jointly) Supervised more than 45 postgraduate research projects of the M.Sc. programme in Food Science and Technology conducted by the USJP

Areas of research projects

• Carotenoids in mango and value added products
• Minerals in local fish species and their in vitro availability
• The effects of rice fibre on probiotic fermentation
• Quality Assessment and Standardization of medicinal preparations
• Antiglycation and antioxidant activities of medicinal plants
• Starches modified from underutilised tubers and yams for food and industrial applications.
• Characterization of Lipids in Underutilised Freshwater Fish in Sri Lanka
• Study of the flour of local rice varieties with a view to use it as a wheat substitute
• ISO 22000 Based Food Safety Assurance System for Tea Industry
• prevalence of food allergies/intolerance and approaches to assessment, analyzing and its prevention/management through herbal remedies in Ayurvedic Health care system
• Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of selected green leafy vegetables in Sri Lanka.
• Development of a ready to eat nutritive meal with extended keeping quality and a ready to serve balanced drink with extended keeping quality.
• Post harvest characteristics and Utilizations of Commercially available seaweed species in Sri Lanka.
• Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of green leaves in Sri Lanka

Patent and inventions (Jointly)

• Supplementary Food Formula for pre-school and school children
• Process of producing Thripala Kwatha through spray drying
• New Rice Processing techniques
• Development of a Plant Based Confectionary to Combat Micro-Sleepiness Due to Fatigue in Hectic Life-styles and Cerebral Relaxation. NO: LK/P/1/1898 (pending)

• Full papers – Authored or co-authored more than 60 full papers in local and international journals. Most of the recent articles are published in Indexed Journals
  Short Communications - Seven (8)
  International Conference papers - Sixteen (17)
  Local Conference papers - Twenty (22)

Contribution to National Development and Community Development

• Infrastructure development of a National Research and Educational Institutes (Planning, proposal making, getting approval and implementation, monitoring and evaluation)
• Serving at different committees in R & D Institutes
• School Teachers Training
• Prepared National Policy on Consumer Welfare – for Seniors Ministers Office (2015)

Contribution to Private Sector Development

• Providing Consultancy - Food Sector Institutions
• Serving as member of the Advisory Board and Director Boards in Private sector institutions

Contribution to Social welfare

• Social activities carried out with Students (e.g., Charity programmes, educational programmes for (A/L) students)
• Patron to the Welfare society of the Scheme where I am residing

Special Academic/Professional Awards or recognized Academic / Professional Distinctions in research or teaching

• Two Presidential awards for Scientific Publication 2014 – (for 2007 and 2008)
• SUSRED award 2012 – NSF (Support scheme for supervision of Research degrees)
• SUSRED award 2018 – NSF (Support scheme for supervision of Research degrees)
• National Research Council Merit Award for Scientific Publication – 2010, 2011 & 2012
• Presidential awards for Scientific Publication 2018 – (for 2017)
• University Awards for Research (from 2011 every year)
• SUSRED award 2019 – NSF (Support scheme for supervision of Research degrees)
• Presidential awards for Scientific Research 2020

Work Experience

• Over 20 years of Senior Management and Consultant level experience and consulted over 300 leading companies in Sri Lanka and Overseas
• Started Nexus Business Solutions Pvt Ltd as own company in 2004 as a Consultancy Services Provider and built it up to date with over 300 Clients in Sri Lanka and Overseas.
• Consultant to Many Leading Hotels and Resorts in Sri Lanka and Maldives (SHANGRI-LA, HILTON, ANANTARA, KINSBURY, MOVENPICK, VELAA, PARK HYATT, GRAND HOTEL, CINNAMON HOTELS etc.)
• Consultant to UNAIDS under United Nations
• Visiting Lecturer in Management and TQM for Many leading Universities and Institutes in Sri Lanka and Maldives
• Senior Consultant to National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health(NIOSH) under Ministry of Labour
• Employment History
  • 1997 – 1998 : USAID – Project Co-ordinator
  • 1998 – 2001 : VANIK Incorporation – Assistant Manager and Manager Business Development
  • 2001 – 2003 : ASIASOFT Pvt Ltd – Manager Quality Assurance and Compliance

CONSULTANT TO FOLLOWING LEADING COMPANIES IN SRI LANKA AND OVERSEAS ON INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION

• HILTON COLOMBO
• SHANGRI-LA COOMBO & Hambantota
• GRAND HOTEL NUWARA ELIYA
• VELAA PRIVATE ISLAND MALDIVES
• MOBITEL
• DIALOG
• DIMO
• TOYOTA LANKA
• HAYLEYS ADVANTIS
• CINNAMON HOTELS in SRI LANKA & MALDIVES
• HAMBANTOTA INTERNATIONAL PORT GROUP
• ARALIYA GROUP
• AITKEN SPENCE TRAVELS
• ADK HOSPITAL MALDIVES
• PARK HYATT HOTELS MALDIVES
• ALIA GROUP MALDIVES
• GLOBE SOLUTIONS – MALAWI
• MOVENPICK
• ANANTARA HOTELS
• JAVA INSTITUTE

*** MORE than 300 Leading Companies were CONSULTED on various International Standardizaions

Manuscripts Published

• Adhuran, J., Kulupana, G., Blasi, S. and Fernando, A., 2020. Parameter-based Affine Intra Prediction of Screen Content in Versatile Video Coding. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
• Adhuran, J., Kulupana, G., Galkandage, C. and Fernando, A., 2020. Multiple Quantization Parameter Optimization in Versatile Video Coding for 360° Videos. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics.
• Adhuran, J., Galkandage, C., Kulupana, G. and Fernando, A., 2022. A Novel Spherical Video Quality Metric for 360° Video Coding. In 2022 IEEE Quality Of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX). IEEE.
• Adhuran, J., Fernando, A., Kulupana, G. and Blasi, S., 2020. Affine Intra-prediction for Versatile Video Coding. In 2020 28th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) (pp. 545-549). IEEE.
• Adhuran, J., Galkandage, C., Kulupana, G. and Fernando, A., 2020, January. Efficient VVC Intra Coding for 360° Video with Residual Weighting and Adaptive Quantization. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
• Adhuran, J., Kulupana, G., Galkandage, C. and Fernando, A., 2020, January. Optimal Distortion Minimization for 360° Video Compression with VVC. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) (pp. 1-3). IEEE.
• Adhuran, J., Kulupana, G. and Fernando, A., 2019, September. Evaluation of Modifications to CPPPSNR in 360° Video Quality Assessment. In 2019 27th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) (pp. 1- 5). IEEE.
• Ranawaka, R.A.D.M.P., Perera, T.J.D.R., Adhuran, J., Samarakoon, C.U. and Rajakaruna, R.M.T.P., 2013. Micro-controller based robot arm with three-dimensional reach. In Proceedings of the SAITM Research Symposium on Engineering Advancements (Vol. 27, pp. 111-115).

Under Review

• Adhuran, J., Kulupana, G. and Fernando, A., 2022. Deep Learning and Bidirectional Optical Flow based Viewport Predictions for 360° Video Coding. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology.
• Udora, C., Adhuran, J., Kulupana, G. and Fernando, A., 2022. A Quality Of Experience Aware Framework for Versatile Video Coding Based Video Transmission. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics.
• Adhuran, J., Kulupana, G. and Fernando, A., 2022. Regions Of Interest Aware Versatile Video Coding for 360° Videos. IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE).
• Adhuran, J., and Kulupana, G., 2022. Content aware Convex Hull Prediction for Rate-Control Encoding. IEEE Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP).
• Martini, M.G., Adhuran, J., and Khan, N., 2022. Point Cloud based Lossless Compression of Neuromorphic Vision Sensor Data. IEEE Internet of Things Journal.

Awards and Honours

Video Coding (natural, 360º, screen content, point cloud), Image Processing, Video Quality Assessment, Machine Learning, Wireless Networking, Quality of Experience, Adaptive Streaming Technologies.

• Member - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Associate Member – Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL)
• Reviewer – Multimedia Tools and Application (Journal)

REASEARCH /SCHOLARLY ACHIEVMENTS (SELECTED 10 PUBLICATIONS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS)

Book :

• Anil Fernando, Stewart Worrall, Erhan Ekmekcioðlu, “3DTV: Processing and Transmission of 3D Video Signals,” ISBN: 978-1-119-99732-0, 224 pages, Wiley Publishers, 2015.

Journal Publications :

• M. Tharmakulasingam, B. Gardner, R. La Ragione and A. Fernando, "Rectified Classifier Chains for Prediction of Antibiotic Resistance from Multi-labelled Data with Missing Labels," in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics,2022, doi: 10.1109/TCBB.2022.3148577 (Impact Factor 3.7).
• R. Tesoriero, A. Rueda, J. A. Gallud, M. D. Lozano and A. Fernando, “Transformation Architecture for Multi-Layered WebApp Source Code Generation,” IEEE Access Journal (open access), vol. 10, pp. 5223-5237, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3141702 (Impact Factor 3.5).
• M. Tharmakulasingam, N.S.Chaudhry, M.Branavan, W.Balachandran, A.C.Poirier, M.Munir, M.A.Rohaim, R.La Ragione, and A.Fernando, “An Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Portable Low-Cost Device for the Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2,” MDPI Journal of Electronics (open access), vol. 10, no. 17, Art. no. 17, 2021, doi: 10.3390/electronics10172065 (Impact Factor 2.7).
• Udora, C., Adhuran, J., Kulupana, G. and Fernando, A., “A Quality Of Experience Aware Framework for Versatile Video Coding Based Video Transmission,” To be appeared in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2022 (Impact Factor 2.9)
• Adhuran Jayasingam, Gosala Kulupana, Saverio Blasi Anil Fernando,“Parameter-based Affine Intra Prediction of Screen Content in Versatile Video Coding,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2021 (DOI 10.1109/TCSVT.2020.3038159 ) (Impact Factor 4.2)
• Gosala Kulupana, Dumidu S. Talagala, H.K. Arachchi, Mobolaji Akinola and Anil Fernando, “Concealment Support and Error Resilience for HEVC to Improve Consumer Quality of Experience,” IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2021 (DOI 10.1109/TCE.2021.3069464) (Impact Factor 2.9)
• Adhuran, J., Kulupana, G., Galkandage, C. and Fernando, A., “Multiple Quantization Parameter Optimization in Versatile Video Coding for 360° Videos,” Vol. 66(3), pp.213-222, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2020 (Impact Factor 2.9)
• M.A.Rohaim, E.Clayton, I.Sahin, J.Vilela, M.E.Khalifa, M.Q.Al-Natour, M.Bayoumi, A.C.Poirier, M.Branavan, M.Tharmakulasingam, N.S.Chaudhry, R.Sodi, A.Brown, P.Burkhart, W.Hacking, J.Botham, J.Boyce, H.Wilkinson, C.Williams, J.Whittingham-Dowd, E.Shaw, M.Hodges, L.Butler, M.D.Bates, R.La Ragione, W.Balachandran, A.Fernando, M.Munir, “Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (AI-LAMP) for Rapid and Reliable Detection of SARS-CoV-2,” Viruses, vol. 12, no. 9, Art. no. 9, Sep. 2020 (Impact Factor 3.82)
• Buddhiprabha Erabadda;Thanuja Mallikarachchi;Gosala Kulupana;Anil Fernando, “Intelligent CU Size Selection for HEVC Inter Prediction,” Vol. 8, IEEE Access, 2020 (Impact Factor 3.8)

RESEARCH GRANTS AND/OR SCHOLARLY FUNDING RECEIVED (LAST FIVE YEARS)

Grant application submitted in last few months and under review :

• InnXR MEDIA – EU HORIZON (PI, Approximate income to CIS £600K)
• NEWTON– EU HORIZON (PI, Approximate share to CIS £500K)
• SocIoT – EPSRC: High-risk speculative engineering and ICT research (PI, Approximate share to CIS £200K) iv. AUTO-VISENSE – EPSRC (PI, CoIs from University of Surrey and Brunel University, Approximate income to CIS £500K) v. Industrial Grant with ESO National Grid (Approved – In the process of allocating internal persons) – (PI, Approximate income to CIS £350K)
• FAIR E-LEARNING – EPSRC (PI-Will be submitted in mid-February and approximate share to CIS £300K, CoI- Alastair Wilson from the Sociology Department)
• EU HORIZON Media Call: XR Technologies for Interactions – (PI-Will be submitted in mid-April and approximate share to CIS £500K)
• KTPs (Two KTPs initiated with AIDRIVERS and FINCONS and processing at the moment, Another KTP with QIoT Glasgow has been under discussion)

Awarded during last five years :

• EPSRC Impact Acceleration Grant for CVOID-19 Diagnostics: (Approximately £71K) -PI (Awarded 2020) x. BBSRC Low-cost Portable Molecular Diagnostic Platform for Rapid Detection of Poultry Infectious Pathogens (LMDP) Part 1: (Approximately £290K to Surrey, Total Grant value is £624K) – Institutional PI and the technical coordinator (Awarded 2018)
• BBSRC Low-cost Portable Molecular Diagnostic Platform for Rapid Detection of Poultry Infectious Pathogens (LMDP) Part 2: (Approximately £170K to Surrey, Total Grant value is £350K) – Institutional PI and the technical coordinator (Awarded 2020)
• GCRF Low Cost Portable Rapid Diagnostic Point of Care Technology and Management Platform for Livestock Industry in Sri Lanka: (£63K) -PI (Awarded 2021)
• Industrial Grant Zoetis – (£60K) -PI (Awarded 2019)
• EU H2020 Personalised Content Creation for the Deaf Community in a Connected Digital Single Market (CONTENT4ALL): (Approximately € 1M to Surrey, Total Grant value is € 3.5M)- Institutional PI and the Technical coordinator (Awarded 2021)
• EU EIT Autonomous Driven truck for Management Operations (ADAMS): (Approximately € 110K to Surrey, Total Grant value is € 8.5M)- Institutional PI and the QoE coordinator (Awarded 2019)
• Innovate UK TOUR-MATE (Approximately £300K to Surrey, Total Grant value is £1M) – Institutional PI and the technical coordinator (Awarded 2017)

Awarded during last five-ten years:

• EU FP7 ACTION-TV: (Approximately € 1.2M to Surrey, Total Grant value is €2.87M) – Coordinator, PI and the Institutional PI and the technical coordinator (2014-2017)
• Innovate UK SET SQUARE Grant: (£50K) -PI (2017-2018)
• EU FP7 MUSCADE: (Approximately € 1.1M to Surrey, Total Grant value is €9M) – Institutional PI and the technical coordinator (2011-2014)
• EU FP7 DIAMOND: (Approximately € 875K to Surrey, Total Grant value is €2.5M) – Co-I (2011-2014)
• EU FP7 ROMEO: (Approximately € 1.6M to Surrey, Total Grant value is €7M) – Co-I (2011-2014)

OTHER REASEARCH LEADERSHIPS:

• Expert advisor to the Sri Lankan Government Transport Ministry on ICT for transport applications
• Visiting professor in University of Castilla-La Mancha -Spain, University of Oulu-Finland, University of Ruhuna-Sri Lanka, University of Moratuwa-Sri Lanka, University of Peradeniya-Sri Lanka, University of Wayamba-Sri Lanka
• Through international projects listed above external collaborations with large number of UK, EU industries and international cooperation with Sri Lankan and Philippine governments
• Academic Council Member: Institute for Advanced Technologies, Sri Lanka
• External Examiner
  • PhD examiner: 64 students (UK, EU, Singapore, Canada, Australia, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka)
  • Undergraduate: University of Castilla-La Mancha -Spain, University of Oulu-Finland, University of Moratuwa-Sri Lanka, University of Ruhuna-Sri Lanka and University of Wayamba-Sri Lanka.

MEMBERSHIPS

MEMBERSHIP OF SOCIETIES WHERE ACADEMIC DISTINCTION IS THE CRITERION

• Senior Member - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society)
• Fellow Higher Education Academy, UK
• EPSRC College Member
• IEEE P2302 Standards Member
• IEEE Intercloud Testbed Member.

KEYNOTE OR PLENARY LECTURES AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

• Global Summit on Biomaterials and Applications, Spain, 2021 – “Machine Learning for Bioinformatics and Livestock Management”
• IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2019 – “Emerging Media Applications and Integrate them with 5G”
• British Council UK-Philippine Workshop on Livestock Management, 2019, Manila, Philippine – “Use of Artificial Intelligence in Livestock Management”
• IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2017 – “Emerging Video Systems and Challenges for the 5G”
• IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing, Singapore, 2016 – “Cloud Communications for Highly Interactive Multimedia Communications”
• IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Las Vegas, USA, 2015 – “Challenges in HEVC Based Video Communications in LTE-A and Beyond Wireless Networks”
• IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Las Vegas, USA, 2014 – “End-to-End 3D Video Communications”
• World bank workshop on Automation for developing countries, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2014- “3D video for Automation”
• IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, Melbourne, 2013, Melbourne, Australia – “Network Coding for Multimedia Communications”
• IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, Barcelona, Spain, 2011 – “Quality of Experience and Multimedia Applications”
• IEEE ICIIS, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2011 – “Video Communications and Its Future Directions”
• IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, Singapore, 2010 – “Video Quality Assessments in Media Applications”
• IEEE ICIAfS, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2010 – “Low Cost video Communications and Its Applications”
• IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, Mexico, 2009 – “Distributed Video Coding”
• IEEE ICASSP, Taipe, Taiwan, 2009 – “Low Cost Video Communications”
• IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, Hannover, Germany, 2008 – “Distributed Video Coding for Low Cost Multimedia Communications and Systems”
• IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2008 – “Distributed Video Coding”

OTHER INVITED SEMINARS AT UNIVERSITIES, LABORATORIES OR COMPANIES (LAST FIVE YEARS)

• University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, 2019 – “Video for Hearing Impaired People”
• University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 2019 – “HEVC and 5G, Emerging Media applications”
• University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 2019 – “Challenges of Video Communications”
• University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2019 – “Low Cost video Communications”
• Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2018 – “Multimedia Communications using Network Coding”
• Brunel University, UK, 2018 – “3D Video Quality of Experience”
• National Technical University, Singapore, 2018 – “Multimedia Quality of Experience”
• University of Moratuwa, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2018/2019 – “3D Video Communications and Its Future”
• University of Wayamba, Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka, 2018 – “Multimedia Communications and its use in Industrial Applications”

HIGHEST RANKED ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS

• Low cost rapid Point-of-Care COVID-19 diagnostic technology
  • Importance: Due to the current global COVID-19 pandemic, rapid identification of COVID-19 has been a major challenge in the global health care in mitigating this global crisis. This developed COVID-19 testing device that uses RT-LAMP (Reverse Transcription Loop-mediated isothermal amplification) technology, a single-tube technique for the amplification of DNA, can test up to 6 patients simultaneously using nasopharyngeal swab samples and gives results within 20 minutes. Unlike other tests on the market, this small, low cost device uses artificial intelligence and a unique color change detection technique to identify the presence of COVID-19 meaning that samples can be tested on location and do not need to be sent away to a laboratory. The technology has 100% Specificity and 92% Sensitivity which are much higher than similar technology available in the consumer domain. Impact: It will have a huge impact on global health care and its economic recovery. This will help all developing countries where they do not have proper health care systems for testing in mitigating the crisis and bringing their economic activities to a healthier level. Due to the low cost, quicker turn out time, higher stable performance and no human involvement in reading the result and not sending them to a laboratory, this technology will have a significant impact in all developing countries where they do not have resources, technology and money to spend on large scale PCR testing. It will also have a bigger impact on the aviation industry in seamless testing passengers before and after air travel. Relevant output: Already commercialized as VH6 in cooperation with VIDIIA - UK, several press releases, several media interviews (BBC, international news, newspapers, blogs), one journal paper (Impact factor 3.82), EPSRC Impact Acceleration grant.
• Low cost rapid Point-of-Care diagnostic system for livestock management
  • Importance: Identifying diseases in livestock is a major problem especially in developing countries where no health care facilities are available for farmers. It has created massive problems for their national economies since all animals need to be culled in a pandemic. Proposed technology will provide a low cost Point-of-Care solution to farmers with an integrated mobile phone technology in identifying most common diseases in livestock farms. Our research will open a new path towards developing a pioneering platform for early diagnosis of viral and bacterial infectious pathogens mainly in poultry farms. This proposed work will enhance the ability to control these pathogens through quick and cost effective diagnostics. Impact: The diagnostic tests will provide the knowledge base for commercial product development that will directly contribute to countries economic competitiveness and will foster economic development especially in developing country’s agricultural sectors. Improvement in the ability to rapidly identify viral and bacterial infections in near real time will benefit farmers and the rural livelihoods, safeguard public health and food security. It will also help significantly to develop national economies of developing and developed countries. In particular, this will have an immediate impact on developing countries' livestock production. Relevant Output: The development of the complete end-to-end infrastructure and the application of cutting-edge technologies to effectively diagnose and predict diseases in animal farms has been completed. Technology has been demonstrated in Manila, Philippines. Currently, it is being tested in the Philippines and it is being planned to create a spin-out in taking this technology forward.
• Develop the first user interaction aware content generation and distribution for the next generation social television system.
  • Importance: Even though television used to be the main source of visual content for decades, with the advancement of countless alternative transmission mediums, the television audience has been looking elsewhere for entertainment and infotainment. The classic sequential organisation of television shows, which has little room for user engagement, has been less appealing for the modern audiences. The proposed technologies produced innovative modes of user interaction for broadcasting to relax the rigid and passive nature of present broadcasting ecosystems. It will have a significant impact on how we experience TV broadcasting contents in the future. Impact: Content producers, for the first time, will be able to generate creative media applications with richer content level user interactivity. Cloud-service providers will be able to monetise their infrastructure through leveraging the increased demand for strategically located in-network media processing. General public will be able to share personalised content with their social peers and will have access to more engaging personalised content as well as socialise themselves with community members having common interests. Combining all impacts, the proposed technologies will have a huge impact on future broadcasting businesses. Relevant Output: The proposed technology has been experimented as a way of reducing the cost of signing media content for hearing impaired people. Developed the full system and demonstrated it to the public in the International Broadcasting Conference in 2016, 2019, 2020 and NAB in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020. The technology has been awarded the most prestigious NAB technical innovation 2020 award for its application in signing media content for hearing impaired people in broadcasting. International peer reviewed journals – 6 (Impact Factor between 2.8 to 4.2), International peer reviewed conference papers – 30+ (Number of citations for all publications >540) and International invited Talks – 3.
• Decoder complexity aware video encoder
  • Importance: The energy consumption of a consumer electronic device during media playback is tightly coupled with the complexity of the content as well as the codec. This is due to its significant demand of computational and energy resources for real-time processing of the complex high frame rate media contents. Therefore, reducing the decoding complexity of encoded bit streams has become a compelling challenge which needs to be overcome, especially in the case of resource constrained consumer electronics devices such as a mobile phone where battery power is the major constraint. Impact: Proposed codec reduced the device energy consumption up to 40% and therefore it will have a huge impact on everybody’s daily usage of their phones. Users can extend the usage of the phone without charging them regularly. More importantly it will have a greater impact on reducing the global energy consumption by a significant margin since currently most of the global energy is consumed for the mobile ICT domain. Relevant Output: First such algorithm for the state-of-the-art video codec, International peer reviewed journals – 2 (Impact factor between 2.8-4.2), International peer reviewed conference papers – 5 (Number of citations>105), International invited Talks – 1, Two patents have been prepared but due to funding restrictions they were not preceded by the university, Submit it to MPEG DASH standardisation.

Recent International Awards:

• NAB 2020 Technology Innovations Award for the CONTENT4ALL project
• IEEE Chester Sall award (2011) sponsored by the IEEE for his outstanding work on 3D video compression 3. Most academically achieved citizen of Sri Lanka for the year of 2011 (Computer and Electronic Engineering Category)

SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH STUDENTS

Total PhD students supervised over the last 22 years: 59 PhD students in Video Communications, AI, Communications and Signal Processing.

Impact: Most of these students are academics in the UK and other international countries (China, Sri Lanka, Spain, Finland, Ireland, USA, Canada, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Australia). Majority of the BBC video coding team is also from the above list.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Innovations:

Teaching Innovations in Maths of Signal Processing: This module had lots of problems previously. A complete personalised automatic web based teaching innovations were introduced with 100% online assessments and providing student’s greater responsibilities at the class by providing opportunities to be part of the lecture. These have greatly enhanced student’s learning experience and they appreciated the teaching innovations introduced through MEQs and exam performances.

Teaching Innovations in Image and Video Compression: New practical based teaching methods and research led teaching methods were introduced for this module. Self-learning interactive lab sessions were introduced to get hands-on experience with state-of-the -art research and practical aspects of latest video codecs and their demonstrations. It helped the students to understand the concepts very easily and had opportunities to understand future media challenges. Students appreciated the approach through MEQs and scored a higher average at exams as well.

Modules Taught:

Group 1 (Module Developer and the Module Leader): Image and Video Compression, Digital Signal Processing, Security Engineering, Computer Communications, Web Technologies, Signals and Systems, Digital Communications, Digital Modulations, Error Control Coding, Signals and Noise, Cloud Computing and Security Engineering. Group 2 (Teaching as a co-lecturer): Media Processing, Video and Audio Processing, Maths of Signal Processing, Multi Disciplinary Design Project, EDPS, Electronics II, Electronics Labs (1st year and 2nd year), Advanced Signal Processing and PTY.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Editorial Role: Associate editor in IEEE Transaction on Consumer Electronics (2019/2020) and Multimedia Tools and Applications (2015-2019).

Leading successful completion of large international projects: ACTION-TV (coordinator), CONTENT4ALL/LMDP/COVID-19 project (technical coordinator).

International Contributions to Standards:

• Contributed to IEEE P2302 Standards (UK)
• Leader in IEEE Intercloud Testbed Multimedia Applications Development in IEEE P2301 (Based on ACTION-TV 2014- 2017)
• UK representative for QUALINET 3D video work team (2015-2017)

Contributions to International Conferences/Workshops:

• IEEE Consumer Technology Society SEA Vice-chair 2021.
• IEEE Consumer Electronics, IEEE ISIIS and IEEE ICME/ICCE conference technical programme organiser (2016/2017).
• British Council NEWTON UK-Philippine Workshop 2019 organizing committee member.
• Special Session Organiser IEEE ICIIS 2019 (Media and 5G communications) and IEEE ICIP 2016 (3D QoE).
• Keynote/Plenary/invited Presentations: Four presentations during the last 5 years (GSBA 2021, IEEE ICIIS 2021 and 2017, IEEE ICVCIP 2016) and seven presentations between five-to-ten years (full list is provided in Section 12)
• Technical Programme committee member IEEE ICME 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014,2014/2015,2015/2016, IEEE Consumer Electronics 2014/2015, ICIIS 2011, EUROSIP 2012.

Leadership in Department Management:

• PTY deputy director: Lead the PTY activities in the UK and overseas. In the Far East, 20 new opportunities for placements were generated in 2019/2020.
• Board of Studies Chairman in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Provided the leadership in managing the Board of Studies activities.
• Module organizer for Image and Video Compression and Digital Signal Processing.
• Staff Supervision: Over the last five years,19 Research fellows to work in projects listed above have been supervised and demonstrated the leadership of supervising them in successful completion of projects and supervised 4 academic visitors worked on video coding and user interactions. During five-ten years, 12 research fellows and 6 academic visitors were supervised.

Collegiality and collaborations: Led collaborations between video communications group and the vet school (FHMS) at Surrey. This collaboration contributed to world class research in COVID-19 diagnostics and commercialisation of research in 2020/2021 and further funding for multiple joint projects and research. Further, collaborations within Surrey included two research groups in completing CONTENT4ALL which led to the NAB 2020 international award.

Peer Review Outputs: IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing/Consumer Electronics/Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Communications and few other journals and IEEE leading conferences such as ICASSP, ICIP, VTC, ISIIS, ICC, ICCE.

INTRA, National, International Collaborations

Beneficiaries of the Research: The potential beneficiaries of recent research included the health care providers across the globe, broadcasters, farmers, service providers, multimedia researchers, equipment manufacturers and other segments from the industry in the fields of wireless multimedia communications and systems. Proposed algorithms, hardware and tools provided feasible solutions for effective and efficient use of wireless media for multimedia communications and systems in the areas of security surveillance, disaster zone monitoring, design of realistic entertainment systems, corporate communications, telemedicine, telecommuting, distance learning, sales and customer service, remote support, career services, video justice, and emergency services.

Intra Collaborations: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of Education), Faculty of Engineering at EEE Department (5G).

Major Collaborators

Industrial: GOOGLE (USA), IBM (USA, Israel), Disney (USA/EU), FINCONS (Italy/UK), Digirobotics (Dubai), VRT (Belgium), SWISTEXT (Switzerland), VRT (Belgium), HFC (Germany), CISCO (USA/EU), INTEL (USA/Egypt/UK), NOKIA (Finland), Human Factors Consult (Germany), HHI (Germany), Hawaii (Italy), Turk Telekom (Turkey), ARGELA (Turkey), Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (National Broadcaster - Switzerland), SES Astra (Luxemburg), Holografika (Hungary), Astrium (France), KUK Filmproduktion (Germany), BBC (UK), Ericson TV (UK), Thales Research and Technology(UK), Technicolor (France), Trinnov Audio (France), Telecom Italia (Italy), European Broadcasting Union (Switzerland), Asian Broadcasting Union (Malaysia), RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana (Italy), Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal), IQUADRAT (Greece), Large number of SMEs in UK/EU.

Academic/Research Institutions: CERTH (Greece), UK Universities (Plymouth, Brunel, Loughborough, Kingston, Edinburgh, Strathclyde, West of Scotland), University of Oulu (Finland), Australian National University (Australia), Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand), University of Moratuwa/Ruhuna/Peradeniya (Sri Lanka), University of Saskatchewan (Canada), Florida Atlantic University (USA), EPFL (Switzerland), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya/University of Madrid (Spain), Technical University Berlin (Germany), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain), Politecnico di Milano (Italy), Warsaw University of Technology (Poland), Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (Portugal), University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), University of Southern Queensland (Australia).

Current Free-Lance Involvements

Academic affiliations

International Awards

• World Science Congress ‘LEGEND OF SCIENCE’ Award/ India – 2014. Fourth International Conference of the World Science Conference, 16 December 2014, Kolkata, India
• International Aryabhata Award/ India – 2010 for Education from the Aryabhata Cultural Organization. Awarded at the 36th Annual event held in Bangalore, India