Dr. Madushika Perera obtained her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Microbiology from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2021 and BSc. in Agriculture from Wayamba University of Sri Lanka in 2014, majoring in Biotechnology. She has been studying biofilm bioremediation, biodegradation of alkanes/petroleum oils by fungal-bacterial biofilms, microbial long-chain alkane oxidation.