{"id":8,"date":"2023-07-19T05:12:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T05:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/duleepa-pathiraja\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:47:14","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/duleepa-pathiraja\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;60&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_border&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#000000\">Dr. Duleepa Pathiraja<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"small-text\"><strong>SENIOR LECTURER GRADE II<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Department of Chemistry<br \/>\nUniversity of Colombo<br \/>\nColombo 03<br \/>\nSri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Office: Department of Chemistry- Room No. 109<br \/>\nWork Phone: +94 11 250 3367<br \/>\nEmail: pmduleepa@chem.cmb.ac.lk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=YDnhTpwAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6239-5958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ORCID<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lk.linkedin.com\/in\/duleepa-pathiraja-09b38261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/genbiod\/home\">GenBioD<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1758004928280{border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Academic Qualifications<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">PhD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2022<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">PhD - Biotechnology<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">MSc <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2017<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">MSc - Biotechnology<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">BSc <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2012<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">BSc - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (First Class Honours)<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1758004986992{border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Professional Qualifications<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">CTHE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2025<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">CTHE - Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">Human Resource Development Center, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">SEDA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2025<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seda.ac.uk\/\" target=\"\">SEDA - Teaching Portfolio Accreditation <\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">Staff and Educational Development Association, United Kingdom<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Research Interests<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) based DNA barcoding for biomonitoring.<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Microbial genomics and metabolism of red algal polysaccharides by marine heterotrophic bacteria.<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Genome engineering of marine heterotrophic bacteria as metabolic chassis using synthetic biology approaches.<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953458083{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Teaching<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">CH 2013 - 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