Positions – Professor W.S. Sulochana Wijesundera

Professional Expereince

Present2017

Senior professor
Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
20172009

professor
Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
20092004

Senior Lecturer Grade I
Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
20041997

Senior Lecturer Grade II
Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
19971989

Lecturer
Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
19891985

Assistant Lecturer
Department of Chemistry, University of Colombo.
19811980

Temp. Assistant Lecturer
Department of Chemistry, University of Colombo.
19921991

Visiting Research Specialist
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A.
19841982

Research Assistant
Dept. of Organic Chemistry, University of Bristol, England.

Institutional Administrative Appointments - Faculty of Medicine/PGIM

20162013

coordinator - Medical Faculty English Language coordinator under the HETC project
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
20102006

Course Coordinator, M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
20102004

Co-persons in Charge (Co, IRQUE project C2A1 on “Improving Trilingual Capabilities of students and staff of the Faculty”
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
20102002

Chairperson, Staff Group for Student Assistance: this was a voluntary program conducted to assist underperforming students in their first year
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
20021998

Convenor, Nutrition Module
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
20152007

Chairperson, Specialty Board in Molecular Medicine
Postgraduate Institute of Medicine University of Colombo
20152009

Course Coordinator, Postgraduate Diploma/M.Sc
Postgraduate Institute of Medicine University of Colombo
Present2002

Facilitate Small group discussions in Community Stream and Behavioural stream of the Medical curriculum
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
Present1998

Conduct lectures and practical sessions: M.Sc. programme in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
endstart

Postgraduate research supervision: Number of M.Sc candidates supervised ~17 Number of PhDs candidates supervised PhD 10.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
present2009

Visiting Lecturer - Postgraduate Diploma/M.Sc. in Molecular Medicine. Conduct lectures and practical sessions. Examiner. Research supervisor of MSc projects.
Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
Present2010

Visiting lecturer 4th Year Special Degree in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology-2000 - 2004 and 2015. Visiting lecturer 3rd Year special degree in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology-2000 – 2004, 2007 and 2015 External Examiner and Moderator: 2000- 2004, 2007 to date Final year research project supervisor. Dissertation Examiner- Special Degree Program in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology- 2000- 2007 and 2016-todate Examiner and moderator - M.Sc in Analytical Chemistry. 2010 to date
Dept. of Chemistry Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
Present2009

Visiting lecturer - Postgraduate Institute of Medicine Postgraduate Diploma/M.Sc. in Molecular Medicine (2009 to date). Conduct lectures and practical sessions. Examiner. Research supervisor of MSc projects.
Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
Present2000

Visiting Lecturer - Visiting lecturer 4th Year Special Degree in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology-2000 - 2004 and 2015. Visiting lecturer 3rd Year special degree in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology-2000 – 2004, 2007 and 2015 External Examiner and Moderator: 2000- 2004, 2007 to date Final year research project supervisor. Dissertation Examiner- Special Degree Program in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology- 2000- 2007 and 2016-todate Examiner and moderator - M.Sc in Analytical Chemistry. 2010 to date
Dept. of Chemistry Faculty of Science, University of Colombo.
20092000

Visiting Lecturer - Visiting lecture and examiner 3rd Year special degree in Plant Biotechnology Final year research project supervision 2000 and 2001. External examiner, Plant Biotechnology 2007/2008 and 2008/2009.
Department of Plant sciences, University of Colombo.
20092000

Visiting Lecture - Evaluation of research Dissertation special degree project 2017. External examiner, Molecular Medicine 2018 to date.
Department of Zoology, University of Colombo.

Institutional Administrative Appointments - Other Universities

20192003

External examiner for 2nd MBBS Viva voce examination in Biochemistry 2003- 2007 and 2014 and 2016 & 2019 Examiner of- PhD thesis.
Department of Biochemistry, Faulty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
20092002

Certificate course in Molecular Biology Techniques in the Diagnosis and Control of Infectious /Vector- Borne Diseases and human Identification. Conducted lectures and practical sessions: (2002-2009). Examiner of- PhD and M. Phil thesis.
Molecular Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya

Editorial and Review Experience

20112007

Editor - Open University of Sri Lanka: Subject editor of the following units 2011. MLU- 4245- Cytogenetics & Molecular Genetics, 2011. ZOP 1205 -Introduction to Molecular Biology & immunology, 2009 ZOP 2311- Master’s Degree in Medical Entomology and Applied Parasitology, 2007.
Open University of Sri Lanka
20102010

Editor - W SulochanaWijesundera, W Kusum de Abrew, Production of a Distance Learning CD for the Language Laboratory of the Faculty in collaboration with the English Language Unit of the University of Colombo under the IRQUE Project C2A1 (2010) to be used by the students registered for the MBBS programme, Colombo, before entry to the Faculty.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
20072007

Editor - Janz O, Wijesundera S, de Abrew K (Eds.) (2007) Content Language Integrated (CLI) course book, Colombo: Language Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine Colombo.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
20072007

Editor - Kusum de Abrew, Sulochana Wijesundera, Ariaranee Gnanathasan. Production of a Trilingual CD for the Language Laboratory of the Faculty under the IRQUE Project C2A1e-book (2007).
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
20072007

Editor - Editorial assistance in the development of Sinhala in English and Tamil in Sinhala course books published by the Language Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine Colombo (2005).
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

Professor W.S. Sulochana Wijesundera

Professional Expereince

Senior professor

professor

Senior Lecturer Grade I

Senior Lecturer Grade II

Lecturer

Assistant Lecturer

Temp. Assistant Lecturer

Visiting Research Specialist

Research Assistant

Institutional Administrative Appointments - Faculty of Medicine/PGIM

coordinator - Medical Faculty English Language coordinator under the HETC project

Course Coordinator, M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Co-persons in Charge (Co, IRQUE project C2A1 on “Improving Trilingual Capabilities of students and staff of the Faculty”

Chairperson, Staff Group for Student Assistance: this was a voluntary program conducted to assist underperforming students in their first year

Convenor, Nutrition Module

Chairperson, Specialty Board in Molecular Medicine

Course Coordinator, Postgraduate Diploma/M.Sc

Facilitate Small group discussions in Community Stream and Behavioural stream of the Medical curriculum

Conduct lectures and practical sessions: M.Sc. programme in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology

Postgraduate research supervision: Number of M.Sc candidates supervised ~17 Number of PhDs candidates supervised PhD 10.

Visiting Lecturer - Postgraduate Diploma/M.Sc. in Molecular Medicine. Conduct lectures and practical sessions. Examiner. Research supervisor of MSc projects.

Visiting lecturer - Postgraduate Institute of Medicine Postgraduate Diploma/M.Sc. in Molecular Medicine (2009 to date). Conduct lectures and practical sessions. Examiner. Research supervisor of MSc projects.

Visiting Lecturer - Visiting lecture and examiner 3rd Year special degree in Plant Biotechnology Final year research project supervision 2000 and 2001. External examiner, Plant Biotechnology 2007/2008 and 2008/2009.

Visiting Lecture - Evaluation of research Dissertation special degree project 2017. External examiner, Molecular Medicine 2018 to date.

Institutional Administrative Appointments - Other Universities

External examiner for 2nd MBBS Viva voce examination in Biochemistry 2003- 2007 and 2014 and 2016 & 2019 Examiner of- PhD thesis.

Certificate course in Molecular Biology Techniques in the Diagnosis and Control of Infectious /Vector- Borne Diseases and human Identification. Conducted lectures and practical sessions: (2002-2009). Examiner of- PhD and M. Phil thesis.

Editorial and Review Experience

Editor - Open University of Sri Lanka: Subject editor of the following units 2011. MLU- 4245- Cytogenetics & Molecular Genetics, 2011. ZOP 1205 -Introduction to Molecular Biology & immunology, 2009 ZOP 2311- Master’s Degree in Medical Entomology and Applied Parasitology, 2007.

Editor - Janz O, Wijesundera S, de Abrew K (Eds.) (2007) Content Language Integrated (CLI) course book, Colombo: Language Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine Colombo.

Editor - Kusum de Abrew, Sulochana Wijesundera, Ariaranee Gnanathasan. Production of a Trilingual CD for the Language Laboratory of the Faculty under the IRQUE Project C2A1e-book (2007).

Editor - Editorial assistance in the development of Sinhala in English and Tamil in Sinhala course books published by the Language Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine Colombo (2005).