CV
Experience
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2026 - Present Liverpool, UK
Tenure-Track Fellow, Liverpool AI Fellowship
Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool
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2023 - 2026 Daresbury, UK
Quantum Software Engineer
STFC Hartree Centre
Education
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2019 - 2023 Oxford, UK
DPhil
University of Oxford
Theoretical Chemistry
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2018 - 2019 Oxford, UK
MSc
University of Oxford
Theoretical Chemistry
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2013 - 2017 Colombo, Sri Lanka
BSc
University of Colombo
Chemistry
Publication Record
- See the Publications page, or Google Scholar.
Talks and Presentations
- Invited Speaker, Advancing Quantum Algorithms and Applications Workshop, IBM London (2026): Advancing Quantum Computing for Complex Challenges: Partnership and Impact.
- Invited Speaker, Department of Physics Research Seminar, University of Liverpool (2025): Quantum computing research at Hartree Centre.
- Oral Presentations: RSC Spectroscopy and Dynamics Group meeting (Durham, 2023), Theory and Modelling of Chemical Sciences Symposium (Oxford, 2022), and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Graduate Symposium (Oxford, 2022).
- Poster Presentations: A list of posters can be found here.
Leadership and Outreach
- Cohort Member, Broadening Horizons in Chemical Sciences, Royal Society of Chemistry, second cohort (2023–2024). The programme supports students from ethnic minorities in pursuing careers in the chemical sciences.
- Sri Lanka National Chemistry Olympiad: committee member, problem setter, and national team trainer for the International Chemistry Olympiad (2022–present).
- Quantum Sinhala Programme: lecturer for a five-part virtual lecture series on quantum mechanics in Sinhala for Sri Lankan high school students, attended by over 100 students (2020).