Dr. Kapila Dissanayaka

Faculty of Computing | Computer Science

Career Summary

Senior Lecturer (Higher- Grade), Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology. April 2023 - Present.
Assistant Professor of Physics, Motlow College, USA. Aug. 2022.
Lecturer of Physics, Motlow College, USA. Aug. 2019–Jul. 2022.
Graduate Researcher, Centre for Laser Applications, The University of Tennessee Space Institute, USA. Jan. 2016–May. 2019.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA. Aug. 2014–Dec. 2015.
Graduate Researcher, Middle Tennessee State University, USA. Sep.–Dec. 2013.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Middle Tennessee State University, USA. Sep. 2012–Apr. 2014.

Ph.D. in Physics, The University of Tennessee (UT) Knoxville (in collaboration with Center for Laser Applications of the UT Space Institute), USA. Aug. 2014–May 2019.
M.Sc. in Engineering Technology, Middle Tennessee State University, USA. Aug. 2012–May 2014.
Certificate in Lean Manufacturing, Middle Tennessee State University, USA. May 2013.
B.Sc. (Hons) in Engineering Physics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Jun. 2005–Aug. 2009.

Graduate Research Assistantship Award, Centre for Laser Applications, The University of Tennessee Space Institute, USA. Jan. 2016–May. 2019.
Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award, Department of Physics, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA. Aug. 2014–Dec. 2015.
Graduate Research Assistantship Award, Department of Engineering Technology, Middle Tennessee State University, USA. Sep.–Dec. 2013.
Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award, Department of Engineering Technology, Middle Tennessee State University, USA. Sep. 2012–Apr. 2014.

H. Uggallage and K.D. Dissanayaka " "Investigation of Cytotoxic Compounds in Ethyl Acetate and Chloroform Extracts of Nigella sativa by Sulforhodamine-B Assay-Guided Fractionation" " World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Open Science Index 190, International Journal of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2022)., vol.16, Issue 10, 2022, pp.186-190,
K.D. Dissanayaka, B.K. Canfield, and L.M. Davis " "Three-dimensional feedback-driven trapping of a single nanoparticle or molecule in aqueous solution with a confocal fluorescence microscope" " Optics Express, vol.27, Issue 21, 2019, pp.29759-29769,

K.D. Dissanayaka and R. Lelwala Construction of an SMS Operable LED Display Panel in Proceedings of 26th Technical Session, Institute of Physics Sri Lanka, year 2010, University of Colombo, pp.55-60, Institute of Physics Sri Lanka, March 2010,
K.D. Dissanayaka Toward Open Educational Resources (OER) in The Teaching Professor Conference, year 2021, New Orleans, LA, USA, June 2021,
B.K. Canfield, A. Terekhov, L. Costa, K.D. Dissanayaka, and L.M. Davis Femtosecond Laser Nanofabrication, Nanostructures for High Energy Physics & Satellite Propulsion, and Devices for Trapping of Fluorescent Nanoparticles in International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN9), year 2019, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand, February 2019,
K.D. Dissanayaka, B.K. Canfield, and L.M. Davis 3D Anti-Brownian ELectrokinetic (ABEL) Trap for Studies on Nanoparticles and Biomolecules in The 85th South-eastern Section of American Physical Society, year 2018, Knoxville, TN, USA, November 2018,
K.D. Dissanayaka and L.M. Davis Feedback-driven 3D Tracking of a Single Molecule: Review and Simulations in The 19th Annual Southeast Ultrafast Conference (SEUFC), year 2016, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, January 2016,