Dr Ajani De Vas Gunasekara

Lecturer in Mathematics
PhD(Aus), MSc (USA) , BSc Hons. (SL)

Email: ajani.de.vas.gunasekara@nd.edu.au

  • Biography

    Dr Ajani De Vas Gunasekara is a Lecturer in the School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Notre Dame Australia (Sydney Campus).

    She earned her PhD in Mathematics from Monash University, Australia, in 2022, along with an MSc in Mathematics from the University of Central Florida, USA, in 2018, and a BSc Hons. in Mathematics from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2015.

    Her research interests primarily focus on combinatorial design theory and graph decomposition problems within the domain of discrete mathematics.

  • Teaching areas

    • Algebra
    • Discrete Mathematics
    • Calculus
    • Statistics

  • Research Expertise and Supervision

    Dr. De Vas Gunasekara's research centers around discrete mathematics, with a focus on graph decomposition problems, graph coloring problems, and their applications in group theory, network science, and finance.

    Additionally, she has a keen interest in mathematics education at the high school and undergraduate levels as well as the intrinsic beauty of mathematics.

  • Journal articles and proceedings

    • A. De Vas Gunasekara, Completion and embedding problems for combinatorial designs, https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Completion_and_Embedding_Problems_for_Combinatorial_Designs/20444115
    • A. De Vas Gunasekara and D. Horsley, Smaller embeddings of partial k-star decompositions, Electron. J. Combin. 30(1) (2023), 1.19–. 05C51 (05C70).
    • A. De Vas Gunasekara and D. Horsley, An Evans-style result for block designs, SIAM J. Discrete Math. 36(1) (2022), 47–63.
    • D. Bryant, A. De Vas Gunasekara and D. Horsley, On determining when small embeddings of partial Steiner triple systems exist, J. Combin. Des. 28 (2020), 568–579.
    • A. De Vas Gunasekara, Weierstrass Vertices and Divisor Theory of Graphs (2018), Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 6248., https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/6248.

  • Professional affiliations

    Member of the Australian Mathematical Society.

  • Awards

    • WIMSIG Cheryl E. Praeger Travel Awards - 2023.
    • Australian Mathematical Society Lift-off Fellowship - 2022.
    • Monash University Postgraduate Publications Award - 2022.
    • University of Central Florida Mathematics Master’s thesis award - 2019
    • University of Peradeniya University Award for academic Excellence in - 2015

  • Others

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