Awards

  • 2022: SRN Research pilot project grant for Conductive Kapton Composite Coating for Lunar Dust Mitigation, NSW Space Reserch Network, Australia
  • 2022: Seed funding for “Improved corrosion resistance in carbon-reinforced Aluminum matrixes for LEO satellites” – Australian National University, Australia
  • 2021: NRC Merit Award for Scientific Research – National Research Council, Sri Lanka
  • 2020: CNR-VIT Young Researcher Award – Vellore Institute of Technology, India
  • 2018: ARC Discovery Scholarship – Australian Research Council, Australia
  • 2018: QUT International HDR Tuition Fee Sponsorship – Queensland University of Technology, Australia
  • 2016: SLASS Science Popularization award – Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Sri Lanka
  • 2016: SPIE Optics and Photonics Education scholarship – The International society for Optics and Photonics, USA
  • 2016: Overseas Training Scholarship (OSTP) – National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka
  • 2015: SPIE education outreach grant – The International society for Optics and Photonics, USA