Research Interests
- Forensic Anthropology
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain aetiology
- Forensic Age Estimation
- Environmental Toxins & Biomonitoring
Research Grants - Funded
- 2017, An exploratory study on environmental, medicinal, genetic and dietary determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain aetiology based on postmortem tissue analysis, National Science Foundation, RPHS/2016/CKDu-03, Principal investigator, ongoing
- 2015, Postmortem toxicological analysis of Cadmium and Arsenic levels in kidneys, nails and hair of deceased individuals from selected areas in the Colombo district, National Research Council, NRC 15/75, Principal investigator, completed
- 2015, Postmortem toxicological analysis of Cadmium and Arsenic levels in kidneys, nails and hair of deceased individuals from selected areas in the Colombo district, National Research Council, NRC 15/75, Principal investigator, completed
- 2015, Determination of Cadmium and Arsenic content in rice varieties in Sri Lanka, University of Colombo, AP/3/2/2016/SG/15, Principal investigator, completed
Research Project - Non Funded
- 2019, Sudden death study
- 2018, Forensic Age Estimation population study
- 2017, Sexual Abuse victim satisfaction study
- 2015, Assessment of reliability of the Phenice triad as an anthropological tool for sex determination in Sri lankan populations, Principal investigator, ongoing
