My Story

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My story starts in Sri Lanka, a small island nation in the Indian Ocean. Born and lived in this small island for more than two decades, I studied aquatic science initially. While studying aquatic science in college, I wanted to study the ocean and know more about climate change.

After working for couple of years in two organizations (International Water Management Institute & International Union for Conservation of Nature) in Sri Lanka I ended up pursuing a Master’s degree in the United States at School for Marine Science of UMass Dartmouth in Professor Avijit Gangopadhyay’s Lab. There I studied the seasonality, variability, and survival of Gulf Stream’s Warm Core Rings.

After completing my MS, I joined the Department of Earth & Environment of Boston University to pursue a Ph.D. under the advisement of Professor Bruce Anderson. For my doctoral dissertation I investigated large-scale interactions between the Kuroshio Current and atmosphere. In the last few months of my Ph.D. I was offered a Senior Research Associate position in the AER Inc’s Oceanography Group (Now JANUS Research Group) where I worked for more than two-years. Currently, I am looking for opportunities in intersections of climate and data science. Apart from that I enjoy taking strolls through this beautiful city taking pictures and also hiking in New Hampshire time to time. And enjoy taking road trips exploring the continental United States.

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