EDUCATION
Ph.D. Mathematics, Auburn University, Auburn, AL USA (August 03, 2013).
B.S. Mathematics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (May 01, 2005).
EMPLOYMENT
PRESENT:
Lecturer/Academic Program Associate, The University of Kansas, USA.
PAST:
Visiting Assistant Professor, Auburn University, USA.
Senior Lecturer in mathematics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Instructor in mathematics, Auburn University, USA.
AFFILIATIONS
Director/National Coordinator, Sri Lanka Olympiad Mathematics Foundation.
Leadership member: The Council of International Faculty and Staff at the University of Kansas.
Adviser: Sri Lankan Student Association at the University of Kansas.
SELECTED TEACHING INTERESTS
UNDERGRADUATE: Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Algebra, Group theory and Ring Theory, Calculus with Business, Pre-Calculus Trigonometry and Algebra, College Algebra.
GRADUATE: Abstract Algebra, Commutative Algebra, Category Theory, Linear Algebra, Vector Spaces.
Also have an interest in teaching graduate courses in mathematics education.
SERVICE:
Teaching Mentor: Graduate Teaching Assistants
Teaching Mentor: New Visiting Assisting Professors
Supervisor of the junior academic staff, department of mathematics
Course and exam coordinator, department of mathematics
Student counselor, college of science
Student advisor, career guidance unit, college of science
Academic mentor, department of mathematics
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
Preparing Future Faculty(PFF), Auburn University
GTA Training program, Department of Mathematics, Auburn University
Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Representation Theory, Linear Algebra
PUBLICATIONS:
Avantha Kodithuwakku (with Randall R. Holmes): Symmetry classes of tensors associated with
principal indecomposable characters and Osima idempotents, Linear and Multilinear Algebra, 2016, Vol 64, No. 4, 574-586.
Avantha Kodithuwakku (with Randall R. Holmes): Orthogonal bases of Brauer symmetry
classes of tensors for the dihedral group, Linear and Multilinear Algebra, 2013, Vol 61, No. 8,
1136-1147.
PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCES:
Orthogonal bases of Brauer symmetry classes of tensors for the dihe-
dral group, Southern Regional Algebra Conference, Southeastern Louisiana University.
Generalized orthogonality relation of blocks of a finite group, Graduate Student Council Scholars Forum, Auburn University.
Orthogonal bases of Brauer symmetry classes of tensors for the dihedral group (part 2), AMS, Fall Southeastern Section Meeting, Tulane University
Orthogonal bases of Brauer symmetry classes of tensors for the dihedral group, Linear Algebra Seminar, Auburn University.
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