I did my undergraduate degree in Physics at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. While in Sri Lanka I worked on optical astronomy at the Arthur C Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies which facilitates the 45cm Cassegrain telescope, under the supervision of Dr. C. Jayaratne. After graduating, I worked as a lab instructor at the department of Physics of the University of Colombo for six months. I joined West Virginia University in the spring of 2008 as a graduate student. I have worked as a teaching assistant where I taught the Physics 102 lab on Electricity and Magnetism. Currently I work with Dr. Maura McLaughlin on pulsar research.