Committee Members

Prof. D.C.T. Dissanayake

B.Sc. (Colombo), M.Sc. (Kelaniya), Ph.D. (Iceland)

Professor

chamari@sjp.ac.lk

Research Interests: Shellfish aquaculture, Fish stock assessment and fisheries management

Dr. M.K.A. Ariyaratne

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

B.Sc.(Hons)(Comp. Sci.)(USJ, SL), M.Sc.(Data Sci.)(TAU, Finland (Reading)), Ph.D. (USJ, SL)
anuradha@sci.sjp.ac.lk

Research Interests: Nature Inspired Computing, Meta-heuristic Optimization, Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Chathuri Jayasinghe

Senior Lecturer

B.Sc. Special (Stat., USJ, Sri Lanka), M.Sc. (App. Stat., RMIT, AUS), Ph.D. (Stat., RMIT, AUS)

chathuri@sjp.ac.lk

Research Interest: Survival analysis, Non-parametric Methods

Dr. Dimuthu S. Manamgoda

Senior Lecturer
B.Sc. (Pera) Ph.D. (Thailand)

dsmanamgoda(at)sci.sjp.ac.lk

Research interest: Diversity and Biology of Tropical Microfungi Molecular Phylogenetics, DNA barcording and comparative genomics of Plant Pathogenic fungi Rhizobial diversity and Nitrogen fixation.

Dr. Hiruni Harischandra

B.Sc. (ISU, USA), Ph.D. (USA)

Senior Lecturer (Probationary)
hirunih@sci.sjp.ac.lk 

Research Interests: To investigate the host-parasite interactions of parasitic nematodes, to understand vectors of zoonotic parasites, and to find innovative solutions for current issues.

Dr. Kamal Gnanaweera

B.Sc. (Missouri State, USA), PGD (UoC), M.Sc. (AeU, Malaysia), MBA (USJ), Ph.D. (Toyama Prefectural, Japan)

kamal@sjp.ac.lk

Research Interest: Corporate sustainability performance dimensions on firms’ performance and sustainability management integration, Emergence of SMEs’ marketing orientation and progression of entrepreneurship education.

Dr. M. L. A. Mayuri Munasinghe

B.Sc. (Colombo), M.Phil. (Kelaniya), Ph.D. (Aberdeen, UK)

Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department

mayuri@sci.sjp.ac.lk

Research interests: Pollen analysis of cereals, Morphology, Distribution and drought resistant characteristics of Sri Lankan rice landraces.

Dr. Pasan Dunuwila

Senior Lecturer II

B.Sc. Eng. (Japan) M.Sc. Eng. (Japan) and Ph.D. Eng. (Japan)

dunuwila@sjp.ac.lk
Research interest : Environmental Engineering, Cleaner Production and Green Technology

Dr. H.P.N. Perera

Head & Senior Lecturer
B.Sc. Management (Public) Special (USJ), M.Scin Management (USJ), PhD (Management / Business) (Management & Science University, Malaysia), FCPM (SL)

piumiri@sci.sjp.ac.lk

Research interests: Player and Team Performance Evaluation, Facility Management, Sports Psychology, Sports Recreation and Tourism

Dr. Piyumi De A. Abeysundara

B.Sc. (USJP), M.Sc., Ph.D. (MSU, USA)
Senior Lecturer & Head of the Department

piumi@sci.sjp.ac.lk

Research Interests: Food Microbiology, Fat and Oil Technology

Dr. Thusitha Abeysekara

Ph. D. (UK), LL.M. (UK), LL.B. (Hons-Colombo), Dip. in IR (Sri Lanka), Dip. in HR (Poland), Dip. in Digital Archives (Hungary). Head of Legal Studies Unit, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

Prof. A.R. Kumarasinghe

B.Sc., M.Phil. (Ruhuna), Ph.D. (Manchester)

Professor of Physics
argk@sjp.ac.lk

Research interests:Graphene,CNT, Synchrotron Radiation, Nanosolar cells,Surfaces and Interfaces

Prof. G. H. Jayantha Lanel

B.Sc. (OU), M. Sc. (USJ), M.A., Ph.D. (Oakland, USA)

Senior Lecturer Research interest: Computer Algebra, computational discrete mathematics.

ghjlanel@sjp.ac.lk

Snr.Prof. L. Karunanayake

B.Sc. (USJ), Ph.D. (North London)

Senior Professor

laleen@sjp.ac.lk

Research interests : Polyurethane chemistry & technology, Polymer nano-composites, Cellular Polymers and Natural Materials

Prof. Madhura Jayasinghe

B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. (USJ, Sri Lanka)

Professor
madhura@sci.sjp.ac.lk

Research Interests: Nutrition and Dietetics, Plant based food processing, Food culture and lifestyle management, Development of Low Glycemic functional foods

Prof. N.T. Perera

B.Sc. (Honors) (Colombo), Ph.D.(Louisiana State University, USA)

theshi.sjp@gmail.com

Research interests: Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of inorganic complexes of biomedical relevance; biological cell imaging of rhenium complexes.

Prof. Prasanthi Gunawardana

Professor

B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. (Edinburgh)

prasanth@sjp.ac.lk
Research interests: Environmental and Resource Economics, Ecological Economics, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Policy.

Prof. Sunethra Thennakoon

Professor
BA (Hons) (USJ); PhD (Wales)
sunethrapk@sjp.ac.lk

Dr. Shivaini Kandeepan

B.Sc., M.Sc. (Pera.), M.Sc. & Ph.D. (UWO, Canada)

Senior Lecturer II
ssivayini@sjp.ac.lk 
Research Interest: Computational Neuroscience, Generalized Ising Model, Blood Oxygen Level Dependant Signals, Bio-sensing, Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance