Research interests

• Plant transformation technology
• Proteomics
• Transgenic plants
• Marker assisted breeding

Current Research

• Production of transgenic rice plants from some Sri Lankan rice varieties mediated byAgrobacterium tumefaciens gene transfer
• Investigation of erythrocyte membrane proteins in leukemia patients using SDS- PAGE and MALDI- TOF mass spectroscopy.
• Development of Insect Resistance in Sri Lankan Rice Varieties by introducing Bt(Cry) genes.

Organisation of Conferences

• Organizing and Resource person of workshop on Plant Genetic Modification held in Genetch, Colombo from September 27 to October 05, 2010