Chathura Jayasankha Gamage

Chathura Jayasankha Gamage

Graduate Researcher at AI, Optimization and Pattern Recognition Research Group, University of Melbourne

CV

Career Summary

PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne specializing in AI and Bioinformatics. Professional experience as a Senior Software Engineer in Fintech. Proven track record of academic excellence, including a First Class Honours degree in Biomedical Engineering and ranking 2nd in Sri Lanka for the Advanced Level examinations. Experienced in interdisciplinary research across genomics, neuroscience, and medical signal processing.

Education

  • University of Melbourne, Australia
    • PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Confirmed Candidature)
    • AI, Optimization and Pattern Recognition Research Group
    • Oct 2024 - Present
  • University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
    • BSc Engineering (Hons) in Biomedical Engineering
    • First Class HonoursCumulative GPA: 4.05/4.20 (Top 5% of batch)
    • Jan 2018 - July 2022
  • Richmond College, Galle, Sri Lanka
    • GCE Advanced Level (Physical Science Stream)
    • Island Rank: 2nd out of 33,608 candidates (Z-score: 2.9244)
    • 2016

Research Experience

  • Research Assistant (Part-time)
    • University of Melbourne, Australia
    • July 2025 - Present
  • Research Internship
    • Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Japan
    • Two-photon imagery data processing and signal processing on neuron images.
    • 2021
  • Research Internship (UROP)
    • Noninvasive Surgery and Biopsy Laboratory, Imperial College London
    • Design and Implementation of an FPGA-based therapeutic ultrasound emitter.
    • 2020
  • Instep Internship Program
    • Infosys Ltd, Bangalore, India
    • Machine learning for optical character recognition (OCR).
    • 2020

Industry Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer
    • Yaala Labs Pvt Ltd, Sri Lanka
    • Lead backend development for Fintech solutions; scalable high-throughput systems.
    • March 2024 - Oct 2024
  • Software Engineer
    • Yaala Labs Pvt Ltd, Sri Lanka
    • May 2022 - March 2024
  • Engineering Internship
    • VeroxLabs (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka
    • Firmware development for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) equipment.
    • Oct 2020 - March 2021

Achievements & Awards

  • Melbourne Research Scholarship, University of Melbourne (2024)
  • First Place, 1st International Electricity Market Business Simulation Competition, Shanghai, China (2019)
  • Sri Lankan Representative, International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), Indonesia (2017)
  • Sri Lankan Representative, Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO), Russia (2017)
  • Island Rank: 2nd (out of 33,608 candidates), G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination, Sri Lanka (2016)
  • Darrel Medal for the Most Outstanding Student, Richmond College (2016)
  • Gold Medal (Country Rank: 1), National Physics Olympiad Competition (2016)
  • Full Scholarship, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, for Best Result in Chemistry (2017)
  • Dean’s List, University of Moratuwa (All 8 Semesters)

Service & Leadership

  • Resource Person, National Physics Olympiad Training Program (2018 – Present)
  • Council Member, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB) Student Chapter, UoM (2021)
  • Co-chair, Brainstorm 2019 (National Biomedical Engineering Design Competition)
  • President, Richmond College Science Society (2016)

Skills

  • Programming: Python, Java, C++, MATLAB, SQL, Verilog, Node.js, R, LaTeX
  • AI & Engineering: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, AWS, Altium, SolidWorks, Quartus
  • Languages: English (IELTS 7.5), Sinhala (Native)

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