I am a PhD Candidate at the the George Institute for Global Health, the Univerisity of New South Wales in Australia. Originally from Sri Lanka, I graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Management and Information Technology, specialising in Business Systems Engineering from the University of Kelaniya. For my undergraduate research, I explored “Metaheuristics” specifically Genetic Algorithm, and the hybridisation of machine learning algorithms with GA for a variant of Vehicle Routing Problem, named Energy Minimizing Vehicle Routing Problem.

After graduating, I worked as a Software Engineer at Twinery, a state-of-the-art corporate research company in Sri Lanka. Then I decided to make the move “back” into academic research by pursuing a PhD in Australia.

My current expertise and research interests are in digital health. Specifically, using behaviour theory informed digital health interventions in preventative health.

I see myself as a hybridisation of a digital health researcher and a software engineer.

I enjoy gaming, sports, and reading books in my spare time.

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