Mrs. W.A. Yamuna Chandrani

Senior Professor Shyama R. Weerakoon (Chair)

I graduated from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka following a B.Sc. Special Degree in Botany. Then received my Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Breeding from University of Western Australia, Australia, and completed post-doctoral studies (Sept. 2007 to Sept. 2009) at the same university. I joined the Department of Botany at the Open University of Sri […]
Mrs. Krishni C. Weerakoon

Prof. Kithsiri H. Jayawardana

Dr Kithsiri Hector Jayawardana holds a B.Sc. (special) degree from the University of Kelaniya. He has studied fish parasites and fish transport methods for his special degree. He joined with Filariasis research project sponsored by the World Health Organization at the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo and earned a Degree of Master of […]
Prof. Subadra Wijesekera

I have obtained a B.Sc. (Special) degree in Zoology from the University of Peradeniya, Department of Zoology. For my Ph.D., I studied the immunological events associated with the paroxysms of Malaria Disease. As a fellow researcher, I have worked at Aberdeen University, Section of Immunology and Infection Institute of Medical Sciences Foresterhill. My research areas […]
Dr. K.O.L. Chaathurika Karunanayake

I graduated from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, following a B. Sc. -Special Degree in Botany, with second class honours in 2002. After my graduation, I served in the Department of Botany, University of Peradeniya as a temporary demonstrator and then again as a research assistant in an Australian Government (Australian Center for International […]
Dr. Nayana Nilakarawasam

Professor Gaya R. Ranawaka

Gaya read for her BSc Degree at the University of Colombo and then proceeded to the Imperial College, London for postgraduate research studies relating to malaria transmission blocking antibodies, on scholarships awarded by the President’s Fund, Sri Lanka and the Beit Fellowship, UK, and earned her PhD in Parasitology from the University of London, UK. […]
Prof. Saminda Fernando

Inauguration of the iTeam – The Society of the Department of Computer Science

The Department’s society was launched on the 29th of January 2020 as iTeam for students under the guidance of the former head of the department Mr. Duminda de Silva. The Chief Guest on the occasion was the Senior Professor J. C. N. Rajendra, the former Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, and several distinguished guests including […]