Research Fellow Fire Modelling
As a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Fire Modelling at the College of Science and Engineering, University of Tasmania, I am involved in the development of spatial fire risk forecasting methods for Southeast Australia’s forest regions using combinations of machine learning and process-based models, to achieve accurate novel medium-range forecast of fire risk. I also develop a model to forecast the ember attack on the wildland-urban interface to find the regions at wildfire risk.
I completed my PhD at the Institute for Sustainable Industries Liveable Cities (ISILC) at Victoria University, Australia and my thesis entitled Mapping of firebrand and heat flux on structures in the WUI. I graduated as a Chemical and Process Engineer from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 2015 specialising in Energy and Environmental Engineering. My versatile academic and industrial experience includes Fire modelling, physics-based modelling, coal power generation, wind and climate modelling, textile dyeing, and water treatment in different countries such as Sri Lanka, China, Germany, and Australia. I hold global memberships in the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS), North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange (NAFSE), International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF), etc.
