List of Attendees – Webinar with the Expatriate Sri Lankan Scientists in Australia (18.08.2020)

 

NSF

  • Ranjith Senaratne (Chairman/MSF)
  • Dr Thamara F. Dias (Actor Director General/NSF)
  • Mr Shantha Siri (Head/International Liaison Division)
  • Mr Madhawa Perera (IT Manager)
  • Dr Duwini Padukkage (Research Assistant/Chairman’s Office)
  • Ms Thilinakumari Kandanamulla (Scientific Officer/International Liaison Division)

 

SLASSCOM

  • Mr Channa Manoharan (Chairman, SLASSCOM)
  • Mr Ashique M. Ali (Vice Chairman 2, SLASSCOM)
  • Ms Chamindã De Silva (Executive Director, SLASSCOM Corporate Office)
  • Mr Anura De Alwis (Director)

 

Scientists from Sri Lanka

  • Dr Saman Senaweera, Director/Senior Research Professor, National Institute of Fundamental Studies
  • (NIFS), Kandy
  • Pradsad Jayaweera, Head/Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura

Expatriate Scientists from Australia 

  • Saman Halgamuge, Optimization and Pattern Recognition Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne
  • Janaka Seneviratne, Coordinator-Buildings Planning at City of Canterbury, Bankstown
  • Dr Wasantha Liyanage, Victoria University, Melbourne
  • Dr Varuni Kulasekera, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Facilitator
  • Ashantha Goonetilleke, Science and Engineering Faculty, School of Civil & Environmental
  • Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
  • Kanagaratnam Baskaran, Pro Vice Chancellor - International Research Partnerships at

Deakin University

  • Gamini Herath, Professor, Department of Economics, Monash University
  • Shanika Karunasekera, Professor, Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne
  • Mr Selvarajah Muraledaran, Pharmaceutical Scientist, Scientific Services
  • Ranjith Pathirana, Research Fellow, Plant & Food Australia Pty Ltd.
  • Sajith Rajapakse, PMI Melbourne chapter member, PMI Melbourne chapter member, Member of

Engineers Australia

  • Dr L. Kithsiri Perera, Lecturer (Surveying and Spatial Science), School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Southern Queensland
  • Athula Ginige, Professor, Dean's Unit Computer, Data & Mathematical Sciences, Western Sydney

University

  • Karu Karuinasena, Professor (Engineering Fibre Composites), School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Southern Queensland
  • Dr Renick Peiris, Project Officer Productive Soils, Agriculture Victoria
  • Dr Sev Nagalingam, Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management, City West Campus, University of South Australia
  • Karu Esselle, Distinguished Professor, School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
  • Anil Perera, Senior Structural Engineer, Downer Group
  • Chamindie Punyadheera, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, School - Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
  • Dr Dhammika S. Jayalath, Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, Science and Engineering Faculty,

School of Electrical Engineering & Robotics, Queensland University of Technology

  • Mr Chamara Bandara, Software Engineer/Co-Founder
  • Dr L. Kithsiri Dassanayake, Director, Ag Analytics
  • Dr Nirmala N.D. L. Liyanage, Academic & Consultant (Statistics), The University of Sydney
  • Dr Damith Mohotti, Senior Lecturer – Civil Engineering, University of New South Wales
  • Mr Janith Weerasinghe, PhD research scholar, Queensland University of Technology
  • Ms Prabha Bogoda-Arachchige, PhD scholar, Research Associate & Teaching Associate, Monash University
  • Dr Ravindra Udagama, R&D Scientist, Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Dr Paripurnanda Loganathan, Retired Associate Professor, Massey University, New Zealand, University of Technology Sydney
  • Mr Shenal Basnayake, CEO, Australian Science Teachers Association
  • Dr Lala Senevirathna, Lecturer in Engineering, Charles Sturt University
  • Ms Ajani De Vas Gunasekara, Teaching Associate and PhD research scholar at School of Mathematics, Monash University
  • Dr W.N.I. Shyama Fernando, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
  • Associate Professor Sumedha Rajakaruna, Curtin University
  • Mr Rasika Gunawardhana, Engineer, New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
  • Mr Samiddha Gunasekera, Consultant / Design Engineer and Technical Director
  • Miss Dilini Samarasinghe Widana Arachchige, PhD Candidate, School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales
  • Mr Sathyajith Rajamuni, Engineering Project Manager
  • Mr Anushka Vidanage, PhD Candidate - Data Mining & Matching, Australian National University
  • Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Professor in Electrical And Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne
  • Dr Themiya Nanayakkara, Laureate Astronomer, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Dr Chaturaka Rodrigo, Senior Lecturer, Viral Immunology systems Programme, University of New South Wales
  • Ms Charini Nanayakkara, PhD Student, The Australian National University