Thilini A. Perera is a Lecturer attached to the Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo. She has obtained her PhD in Plant Biotechnology from the University of Colombo in 2019. Her Research interests include broadly, Nitrogen fixers, Microbial biofertilizers- Biofilm biofertilizer, in particular, and Soil Biotechnology. Dr. Perera has won the Senate Award for Research excellence awarded by the University of Colombo in 2017. She has also become the Gold medalist and 1st runner up in 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition organized by Sri Lankan Academy of Young Scientists in 2017.