Member

Geomathematics Group, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

Life Member

Indian Geophysical Union (IGU), Hyderabad, India (since 2005)

Life member

Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science (SLAAS), Sri Lanka (since 1997)

2014 Grant from National Science Foundation(NSF), University Grant Commission(UGC) and Quality Innovation Grant (QIG) to organize 4-day workshop: Study Group Meeting on Mathematics and Statistics for Industry (SGMMSI2014) in collaboration with ITRCC, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna.

2013 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship under the Re-invitation Programme of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to continue research with Geomathematics Group, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

2013 Research Grant from India Sri Lanka Foundation (ISLF) for research in collaboration with a senior researcher at the MS University of Baroda, India

2012 Research grant from India Sri Lanka Foundation (ISLF) for collaborative research project with Department of Mathematics, NITC Calicut, India

2005 Faculty Research Grant for an individual research, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

2000-2003 DAAD scholarship to read for a Ph.D. at TU Kaiserslautern, Germany

1995-1997 DAAD scholarship to follow an M.Sc. in Industrial Mathematics, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany

1995 DAAD scholarship(two-months) to follow German Language Course, Goethe Institute, Freiburg, Germany,

2015 Resource person (Academic/International), Indo-European Study Group Meeting on Industrial Problems - IESGMIP2015 held at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, MS University of Baroda, India 3-11 January 2015.

2014 Secretary/Convener and a resource person, Study Group Meeting on Mathematics and Statistics - SGMMSI-2014 Organized by the Department of Mathematics, University of Ruhuna in collaboration with ITRCC, University of Ruhuna - December 2-5, 2014.

2013 March Resource Person and organizer One-Day workshop on Mathematics In industry, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, organized in collaboration with M.S. University, Baroda India.

2013 March Invited Research Fellow : Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India. Delivered a lecture on "Geomathematics : Case Studies on Mathematical Modeling in Geoscience", Collaborative research project funded by ISLF.

2012 December Resource Person Indo-European Modeling week and Study Group Meeting on Industrial Mathematics, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India.

2011 March Invited Delegate International Conference on "Mathematical Modelling and Applications to Industrial Problems (MMIP2011)", NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.

2009 March, Resource Person, Mathematics in Industry, Medicine Commerce and Plant Sciences Study Group Meeting (MIMCPSSGM-09)24-28 March 2009 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, INDIA.

2007 January, Invited speaker, International conference on current trends in industrial and applied mathematics January 16-18, 2007, Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, The M.S. University of Baroda, Gujarat, India

2006 September Participant International Conference on Applied Mathematics on "There is nothing more practical than a good theory" Sep 14-15, 2006, Fraunhofer Institute of Technoundwirschaftsmathematik, Kaiserslautern, Germany, (http://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de)

2005 December Participant Training programme on Remote Sensing and GIS for Coastal Zone Management for Disaster Mitigation organized by Geoinfomatic Center, AIT Thailand, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Department of Surveys, Sri Lanka.

2005 December Contributed talk Annual Conference on Earth System Processes related to Earthquakes, tsunamis and Volcanic Eruptions organized by Indian Geophysical Union and Barkatullah University, Bhopal,India.

2004 Invited Delegate Conference in Modelling and Simulation in Life Sciences, Materials and Technology, in honour of Prof. Dr..Dr. Helmut Neunzert, Germany. Doyen of Industrial Mathematics, (December 7-10, 2004), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. (Participated as an invited delegate and as a resource person to deliver a felicitation talk).

M.K.Abeyratne, W.J. Jannidi (2016), A Comparative Simulation Study on Estimation of Density Functions for Finite Mixtures and Data Clustering using Nonparametric Kernel Smoothing with EM Algorithm, International Conference on Applications of Mathematics for Nonlinear sciences (ANMS) 2016, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 26-29, 2016).

M.P.A. Wijayasiri and M.K.Abeyratne, (2015) An Application of Nonparametric Kernel Density Estimators in Colombo Stock Market Indices, Proceedings of 2^nd Ruhuna International Science & Technology Conference (RISTCON2015), January 22-23, 2015, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka Page 68.

Pasdunkorale A. Jayantha and M.K.Abeyratne, (2015) A Study on Parameter estimation in modelling using a model independent program-PEST, Proceedings of 2^nd Ruhuna International Science & Technology Conference (RISTCON2015),January 22-23, 2015, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka Page 78.

S. Panda, Mathieu Sellier, M. C. S. Fernando, and M. K. Abeyratne, Process Parameter Identification in Thin Film Flows Driven by a Stretching Surface, International Journal of Engineering Mathematics, Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 485431, 12 pages.

D. Patel, M.K. Abeyratne, M.H.M.R. Shyamali Dilhani, Wavelet– Galerkin Solution for Boundary Value Problems International Journal of Engineering Research and Development e-ISSN: 2278-067X, p-ISSN: 2278-800X, www.ijerd.com Volume 10, Issue 5 (May 2014), PP.21-30

M.K. Abeyratne, M.H.M.R. Shyamali Dilhani, D. Patel "Wavelet-Galerkin Technique for Neumann-Helmholtz-Poisson Boundary Value problems" published at International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, Volume 10, Issue 5 (May 2014)

Dickson L.N, M.K.Abeyratne, Boundary Correction methods for non-parametric kernel smoothing methods 9^th Science Symposium will be held in December 2012, Faculty of Science University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

M.C.S. Fernando, M.K.Abeyratne, Investigation of finite volume method with diffusion equation 8^th Science Symposium will be held in December 2011, Faculty of Science Unicversity of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

M.K.Abeyratne, C.I. Gomas, Finite difference methods for surface-ground water flow models, 7^th Science Symposium, (Proceedings), 15^th December 2010, Faculty of Science Unicversity of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

P.Samarasekara, M.K.Abeyratne, P.L. Dilani, S. Dehipawalage Heisenberg Hamiltonian with Second Order Perturbation for Spinel Ferrite Ultra Thin films, E. Journal of Physics, 2009

M.K.Abeyratne, W.Freeden, Wavelet Applications generated by layer potentials and vector spherical harmonics for solving elliptic boundary value problems in linear elasticity and their applications in geoscience- present state of knowledge and future directions, Abstract, International conference on current trends in industrial and applied mathematics January 16-18, 2007, Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, The M.S. University of Baroda, Gujarat, India.

M.K.Abeyratne, Cauchy-Navier Wavelet Solvers for the First Boundary Value Problem of Elastostatics. Proceedings of the 42^th annual conference on Earth System Processes related to Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanic Eruptions, Indian Geophysical Union, Barkathullah University, Bhopal, India, 2005.

M.K.Abeyratne, P.L.J.S.S. Liyanage, W.L.Asanthi, Nonparametric Regression Models for Fitting Data with Applications in Fisheries Biology. 3^rd Science Symposium, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, 2005.

L. W. Somathilake, J.M.J.J. Peiris, K. C. N. Shanthidevi, M.K.Abeyratne Pattern formation by Reaction Diffusion Systems, abstract on SLAAS, 60^th Annual session, 2004.

L. W. Somathilake, J.M.J.J Peiris, K. C. N. Shanthidevi, M.K.Abeyratne, On some mathematical models arising in chemical kinetics, abstract on SLAAS, 60^th Annual session, 2004.

M.K. Abeyratne, W. Freeden, C. Mayer, Multiscale Deformation Analysis by Cauchy-Navier Wavelets, Journal of Applied Mathematics, 5, 105-128, 2003.

Head of the Department of Mathematics, University of Ruhuna (2003-2006)

Student Counsellor of the University of Ruhuna (2006-08 and 2010)

Course coordinator (Faculty of Science) / Course Unit Advisor (Department of Mathematics)

Proposal Writer of the Faculty of Science, 3-5 year University Development Grant (UDG) 2011

Faculty coordinator for the soft skills developments projects under Quality Innovation Grant (QIG) Higher Education for the Twenty-First Century (HETC) project funded by World Bank (2011/2014)

Member of the development team of the Industrial Training and Research coordination Center (ITRCC) Faculty of Science,

Coordinator, German Language, Center for International Affairs, University of Ruhuna (2010-2014)

Committee Member of National and International Conferences organized by the Faculty of Science (Ruhuna Science Symposium 2013, 2014 , RISTCON 2014)

Member of Advisory Board, Ruhuna National College of Education, Sri Lanka (2011/12)

Honorary senior academic position at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sri Lanka, for the revision of the mathematics curricula of the faculty and to conduct lectures on Mathematics and Mathematical Modelling for Engineers (2008/09). Continuously working there as a visiting lecturer for mathematical modelling course of the faculty and as external examiner/moderator for many mathematics course units for B.Sc. (Eng) programme.

Evaluation of Ph.D./M.Phil Thesis
An examiner Evaluation of M.Phil. thesis titled "A Complex Type Number System for Higher Dimensional Spaces and Analysis" submitted at the Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2015).
An examiner Evaluation of Ph.D. thesis titled "Classical Solution of Non-linear equation arising in Fluid Flow Through Homogeneous porous media" submitted at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Deemed University Gujarat, India (2009)

Reviewer in refereed Journals.
Ruhuna Journal of Science, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Journal of National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka

Familiar with Linux based operating systems and have a sound knowledge of MATLAB and C,C++.

Adequate knowledge of German in reading, writing and speaking

Followed a certificate Course in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) conducted by the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Chief examiner of evaluation panels for Combined Mathematics (Pure and Applied Mathematics) for G.C.E. (Advance Level) Examination, Sri Lanka. (2005-2015)

The Educational Support Foundation - Ruhuna Mathematics (ESFoRuM)
In December 2004, just after the Tsunami, an organization has been formed by the members of the Department of Mathematics with the approval of the Council of the University of Ruhuna, named EsFoRuM. I have been working as the Co-Secretary of EsFoRuM. Under the ESFoRuM mainly the following activities were conducted:

• Rehabilitation of more than 40 school libraries affected by Tsunami utilizing the funds received from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Luxemburg Government. (Total budget : 48896 Euro)
• Monthly Scholarship programme for school children who lost either father or mother due to Tsunami which is being financially supported by West Japan Scholarship Foundation, a group of Academics of the Department of Mathematics, University of Kaiserslautern and Rotary Club, Kaiserslautern, Germany, and many well-wishers in Germany and Japan.(about 400 scholarships, Rs. 1000 per month per student covering a period of 5 years)
• Coordinate to award two gold medals to best Mathematics and Industrial Mathematics Graduates under the financial support of CIMPA France.(since 2005)