• Lecturer (Probationary), Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya

• Medical Laboratory Scientist, Department of Virology, National Hospital, Kandy (2019- February 2021)

• Trainee Medical Laboratory Scientist, Teaching Hospital Peradeniya (2018-2019)

• Demonstrator, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya (2016- 2018)

• Registered MLT in College Medical Council, Sri Lanka

• Member in Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology

• Infectious diseases

Research publications

• Dheerasekara K, Sumathipala S., Muthugala R. Hantavirus Infections—Treatment and Prevention. Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases. 2020. doi:10.1007/s40506-020-00236-3

• Dheerasekara, WKH., Attanayake, WPDS., Raziya, MS., Jayawardhana, BDS., Rajamanthri,RGLS., & Muthugala, MARV. (2020). Alpha herpes virus infections in a group of patients clinically suspected of central nervous system infections in Sri Lanka. A brief laboratory report. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 10(1), 72. https://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v10i1.8277

• Muthugala MARV, Dheerasekara WKH, Manamperi AAPS, Gunasena S, Galagoda GCS. (2021)Clinical Features & Epidemiology of Hantavirus Hemorrhagic Fever with RenalSyndrome in Sri Lanka, March 2013 to March 2021. The Bulletin of The Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 19(1):17-18

• Samarakoon P. S. M. J. U., Karunanayake Lilani, Muthugala M. A. R. V., Dheerasekara W. K. H., Karunanayake S. A. A. P. (2021) Leptospirosis and Hanta virus infection in patients with acute dengue fever in the Western Province, Sri Lanka. European Leptospirosis Society Meeting (ELS virtual meeting), May 2021.

• Sulochana WBM, Dheerasekara WKH, Karunarathna HMTK, & Muthugala R. (2020). Detection of Clinically Inapparent Dengue Infection among Patients who were Presented to the Kandy Virology Laboratory for Infective Screening. Proceedings, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine & Animal Science, University of Peradeniya, 01:07.

• Dheerasekara, WKH., Attanayake, WPDS., Raziya, MS., Jayawardhana, BDS., Rajamanthri, RGLS., & Muthugala, MARV. Alpha herpes virus infections in a group of clinically suspected patients with central nervous system. (2019). Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists Bulletin , 17(1):13.

• Dheerasekara K, Edirisinghe EMA, Jayanethi SR, Bandara DRLN, Yatawara L, & Wickramasinghe S. (2016). Detection of Leishmania DNA and identification of human blood in female sand flies from selected areas in Anuradhapura district in Sri Lanka. Book of Abstracts of the Fifth Annual Conference and Scientific Sessions of SSM, 04:06