Amal Wageesha Nekadage Don
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Biography
Wageesha N D A received his Undergraduate Education from the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Sri Lanka, and his MPhil in Biochemistry from University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry and Chemistry at Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, the Faculty of Medicine, South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine, Sri Lanka. His current research interests involve the cancer research and currently working towards his PhD in the field of development of novel anti-cancer drug based on traditional medicinal knowledge. His work has been presented at scientific conferences and published in journals. He received “Kandiah Memorial Graduateship Award” for Post Graduate research from the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon in 2010 for his research work.