Professor Kithmini Siridewa

BSc.(UoC), MSc.(UoC),PhD(UoC)

Professor in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Kithmini Siridewa is a Professor &  the Head in the department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.

Her research interests include Molecular Biology of filarial parasites, DNA based diagnosis of infectious diseases and plant pathogens, Molecular cloning and characterization of parasite specific genes, coding for host – protective antigens and Purification and characterization of glycoproteins for vaccines.