Sirimali Fernando, a Fellow weNational Academy of Sciences yeSri Lanka, ndiye Purofesa uye Sachigaro weMicrobiology paFaculty of Medical Sciences yeYunivhesiti yeSri Jayewardenepura.
Akatanga basa rake seakapedza kudzidza zvekurapa muna 1982, akatamira kune imwe dzidzo uye basa rekutsvagisa muna 1985. Akashanda seResearch. Fellow uye Honorary Senior Registrar muVirology paSt George's Hospital Medical School muLondon, UK, kubva muna 1989 - 1993.
Akatora hutungamiri hweScience nekugadzwa kwake saSachigaro weNSF-Sri Lanka muna 2004 kwaakashanda kusvika 2013, uye akagadzwazve pachinzvimbo ichocho muna Chikumi 2015. Muna 2006 akagadzwa zvakare seChipangamazano weSainzi kuGurukota reSainzi uye Technology, Sri Lanka.
Akatamba mabasa akakosha muNational Nanotechnology Initiative iyo yakatanga Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC) mu2008, uye mukugadzira yekutanga National Science Technology uye Innovation Strategy yeSri Lanka mu2010.
Ndiye muvambi weSTI Advisory Board kuMunyori Mukuru weUN Economic and Social Commission yeAsia nePacific (UN-ESCAP).
Iyo peji yakagadziridzwa muna Chivabvu 2024.
