PhD in Engineering - The Australian National University (ANU) - Australia (2009).

• Thesis title: ‘Underwater Acoustic Localisation in the context of Autonomous Submersibles’

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Engineering Physics with First Class honours - University of Colombo - Sri Lanka (2003).

Bachelor of Information Technology with Second Class Upper Division honours - University of Colombo School of Computing - Sri Lanka (2004)

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Dec. 2009 to present)

• Research Team Leader – Data61 (August 2018 to present)
• I currently lead the Dynamic Platforms research team within the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group.
• Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist / Principal Research Scientist – Data61 (Dec. 2012 to June 2016 / July 2017 to June 2020/ July 2020 to present)
• Initiated legged robot research within CSIRO and currently leading this research activity.
• Leading research activity in acoustic perception for mobile robots.
• Successfully managed and led projects with total value of over $1.5m for a North American industrial client with major commercialisation milestones and patent application.
• Coordinator of student engagement for Autonomous Systems Lab (2014-2016).
• Member of the CSIRO team teaching CSSE4011: Advanced embedded systems at UQ (2013 to present)
• Co-supervised 3 PhD and 6 Masters students, supervised 12 honours thesis students and 6 Summer scholars.
• Postdoctoral Fellow - Autonomous Systems Lab.  (Dec. 2009 to Nov. 2012)
• Conducted research in using acoustic sensor networks for biodiversity & ecological monitoring.
• Successfully led a project with a total value of $60k for external client Seqwater where acoustic sensor nodes were developed and deployed along a river system to monitor ecological health.
• Member of the CSIRO team teaching CSSE4011: Advanced embedded systems at UQ (2011 - 2012)
• Supervised a Masters student, 3 final year thesis students and 3 Summer scholars.

The Australian National University

• Research Associate - Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering (RSISE) (May to Dec. 2008).

The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) (Feb. 2016 to present)

• Adjunct Associate Professor - School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

The University of Queensland - Australia (May 2012 to present).

• Honourrary Senior Lecturer - School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering
• Member of the CSIRO team teaching CSSE4011: Advanced embedded systems at UQ.

The Australian National University

• Engineer - School of Engineering (Sep. to Nov. 2009).

ATSA Defence Services - Australia (June to Dec. 2006).

• Research Engineer (Part-time)

Scientists in Schools program (Aug. 2010 to present)

Young ICT Exploreres Australia - Competition for year 4 - 12 students.

• Judge - Queensland competition (2012, 2013, 2015).

The Australian National University

• Mentor - Student Information & Guidance Network (SIGN) Mentoring program (Feb. 2008 to Nov. 2009)
• Coordinator - Outreach activity where a team of students (aged 14-18) competed in ‘UAV Challenge 2008 - Outback rescue’ (May to Sep. 2008)

Queensland State iAward (Research and Development) for Springbrook wireless sensor network project (2012).

CSIRO Learning Culture Award for teaching the Wireless Sensor Networks course at UQ (2011).

CSIRO Teamwork award commendation for being a member of the Springbrook Rainforest monitoring phase 2 & 3 project team (2011).

Autonomous Systems Lab, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ), hosted by Dr. Juan Nieto, Switzerland (May 2016).

Google X, hosted by Dr. Kurt Konolidge, Mountain View, CA, USA (April 2016)

Bosch Research and Technology Center, hosted by Dr. Riano Lorenzo, Palo alto, CA, USA (Apr. 2016).

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, hosted by Dr. Larry Mathies, Pasadena, CA, USA (June 2015).

Biomimetic Millisystems Lab, UC Berkeley, hosted by Prof. Ronald Fearing, Berkeley, CA, USA (May 2015).

AI Lab, Stanford University, hosted by Prof. Oussama Khatib, Stanford, CA, USA (May 2015).

Queensland University of Technology, hosted by Dr. Thierry Peynot, QLD, Australia (Nov. 2014).

University of Queensland, hosted by Dr. Adam Postula, QLD, Australia (May. 2014).

University of Colombo, hosted by Prof. Sumedha Jayanetti, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Nov. 2013).

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, hosted by Dr. Adrian Stoica, Pasadena, CA, USA (Nov. 2012).

Robotics Embedded Systems Laboratory, University of Southern California, hosted by Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme,
Los Angeles, CA, USA (Nov. 2012).

Australian Centre for Field Robotics, hosted by Prof. Stefan Williams, NSW, Australia (Nov. 2011).

Research School of Information Sciences & Engineering, The Australian National University (Sep. 2008).

Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Zurich (UZH) hosted by Prof. Rolf Pfeifer, Switzerland (July 2008).

Distributed Intelligent Systems & Algorithms Laboratory, Ecoles Polytechniques Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) hosted by Prof. Alcherio Martinoli, Switzerland (July 2008).

GIPSA-Lab, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, hosted by Dr. Nicolas Le Bihan, Grenoble, France (July 2008)

Senior Member - Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) (2005 to present)

• Chair - Queensland joint chapter of IEEE Robotics & Automation and Control Systems Societies (2020)
• Vice-chair - Queensland joint chapter of IEEE Robotics & Automation and Control Systems Societies (2016 to 2019)
• Treasurer/Executive committee member - IEEE Ocean Engineering Society Australia Chapter (2015 to 2018)
• Executive committee member - IEEE Queensland Section (2015 to present)

Member - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (2009 to present)