I earned a BSc. Human Biology special degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and currently working as a lecturer (probationary) in the department of Basic Sciences, OUSL. Before joining to the OUSL I worked as a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine.

I graduated with B.Sc. Special Degree (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Kelaniya. After working for about two years as a Temporary Assistant Lecturer in the Department Chemistry at the University of Kelaniya, I started my higher studies at Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ, USA. I earned my M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Organic

I received my Ph.D  (Molecular Biology) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. I was awarded a Pre-doctoral Fellowship in 2004 by the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Italy to do the Ph.D Programme in the area of CD80 Gene Expression at the Immunology Laboratory, ICGEB, New Delhi, India.   Also I received