Nimesha Didulani Dantanarayana

I am Nimesha Didulani Dantanarayana. I am a first-year PhD student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently, I am working as a Project Assistant at the Binaural Hearing and Speech Lab at the Waisman Center in Madison.

I have completed a B.Sc.(Hons) in Speech and Hearing Sciences (Audiology) at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Further, I have completed a Master of Applied Psychology at the Coventry University in the UK and a Master of Audiology at Flinders University in Australia.

I have received a Gold Medal for the highest GPA for my bachelors degree and I am a recipient of the Australia Awards: Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship from the Department of Education and Training of the Commonwealth of Australia when I was completing Master of Audiology in Australia.

I worked as a Lecturer and a Clinical Audiologist for 7 years at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka and I have involved in many research studies related to hearing science and paediatric developmental disabilities. I published my research studies in national and international conferences and also in journals.

Further, I would like to teach for university students and develop community projects related to ear health.

Further, I love to travel to different countries to experience different cultures and environments and at the moment I have been to many different countries including European countries, USA, Australia and etc.