Background

Dr Tharindu Wickramaarachchi is a health modeller specialising in infectious diseases. He has over 8 years of experience in modelling vector borne diseases, with focus on the transmission of dengue. Dr Wickramaarachchi joined the Burnet Institute in 2020 to support COVID-19 modelling in lower-middle income country settings.

Dr. Tharindu has a background in mathematics and computing with expertise in non-linear differential equations, mathematical formulation of real-world systems, and uncertainty quantification in multi-factor driven systems and computing.

Positions

• Mathematical Modeller in Public Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia, 2020 to present
• Lecturer in Mathematics, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Colombo, 2015 to 2020
• Research Assistant in Mathematical Modeling, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2012 to 2015

Qualifications

• PhD in Mathematical Modeling, University of Colombo, 2015
• BSc Hons, First Class, Mathematical Finance, University of Colombo, 2011

Projects (1)

Current (1)

• 

  COVASIM: Modelling COVID-19