Prof. Anushka S Elvitigala

B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, M.I. Biol

Professor

Department of Basic Science and Social Sciences for Nursing

Faculty of  Nursing, University of Colombo

Email: anushka@dss.cmb.ac.lk

Prof. Anushka Elvitigala obtained his primary and secondary education from Sri Dharmaloka Central College, Kelaniya, and Ananda College, Colombo, respectively. He obtained his B.Sc. from the University of Colombo in 2010, majoring in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, representing the first direct intake for the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology programme. He obtained his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Marine Life Sciences, excelling in Molecular Genetics from Jeju National University, Rep. of Korea, contributing to more than 30 international publications.
After spending a few months in Korea as a postdoctoral research scientist in the same university, he joined the Department of Zoology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura,  as a temporary senior lecturer from 2016 to 2017. Thereafter, he worked at the Department of Chemistry, the University of Colombo in the same position for 9 months, and then permanently joined as a lecturer to the Department of Basic Science and Social Sciences for Nursing in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Colombo. Prof. Elvitigala served as the secretary in SLAAS-Section D in 2017 and was a member of the executive committee of SLAAS-CPS  and the editorial board of the SLAAS journal in the same year. He is a recipient of several national and international awards, including the President’s Award for Scientific Publications.
Prof. Elvitigala is currently serving as a member of the Editorial Board of the International Indexed Journal “Fisheries and Aquatic Science’ and as a Professor of the department in the Faculty of Nursing. He also serves as the exam coordinator of the faculty and the academic representative of the university IT committee from the faculty.