Actively working in a collaborative research project of CKDu in University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka and University of Maine, USA.

working areas,

* Drinking water quality analysis of Padaviya and Medirigiriya

* Urine DNA analysis of CKDu patients

* Establishing Zebrafish husbandry unit

Worked as a short term research scholar in Fish Ecophysiology and Toxicology Laboratory, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, USA. Funded under the overseae training program, National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka.

Through this hand-on training, became proficient in,

1. Zebrafish Danio rerio husbandry and culture.
2. Techniques for collecting and rearing zebrafish embryos.
3. Principals and techniques of toxicological studies using zebrafish.
4. How to assess toxicity of chemicals and their mixtures based on morphology, histology, behavior and mitochondrial function.
5. How to assess toxicity of chemicals and their mixtures on gene expression of zebrafish.