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PhD, Water and Environmental Engineering- QUT, 2018 BSc (First Class Honours), Geology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2014
Ayomi is a research associate at School of Civil and Environmental Engineering – Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia since 2018.
Research Interests
- Stormwater pollution and modelling
- Adsorption behaviour of organic and inorganic contaminants
- Risk assessment in relation to ecological and human health
- Multivariate analysis
Awards
- Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, Science and Engineering discipline, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2018
- Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Write-Up Scholarship, 2018
- Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Postgraduate Research Award scholarship and accompanying Higher Degree Research Tuition Fee Sponsorship, 2015 – 2018
- Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Excellence Top Up Scholarship, 2015-2018
- University prize for academic excellence, University of Peradeniya, 2012/2013
Publications
Publication records include one book (Springer Nature), eleven peer-review papers in Q1 journals and one conference proceeding.
International collaborations
- China – Shenzhen University (Anthropogenic and environmental impacts on the degradation of stormwater and urban rivers)
- Brazil – São Paulo State University (UNESP) (Influence of agricultural practices on groundwater pollution)
- USA – Desert Research Institute, Navada (Removal of emerging contaminants in water using thermally enhanced biochar)
Industry collaborations
- Verterra Ecological engineering (development of ecological models to achieve optimum outputs in forestry management)
Professional Activities
- Mentoring postgraduate and undergraduate students at QUT
- Peer-reviewing for multidisciplinary journals published by Elsevier and Taylor and Francis