Ms. Nadheera Premadasa obtained her BSc Engineering (Hons) Degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, in January 2018. After graduation, she joined the University of Moratuwa as a Temporary Instructor. In 2019, she was granted a scholarship to pursue her PhD degree program at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, as a Research Scholar. Also, she was the Editor of IET Young Professionals – Sri Lanka Network for 2019. She also worked as a visiting instructor during her research studies. 

Her research interests include renewable energy, microgrid energy management & optimization, energy storage and power electronic converters.  

Research and Publications: 

• P. N. D. Premadasa, C. M. M. R. S. Silva and D. P. Chandima, “An optimal configuration of diesel generator and battery storage system for off-grid residential applications,” 2021 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/EPEC52095.2021.9621711. 
• Premadasa, P. N. D., & Chandima, D. P. (2020). An innovative approach of optimizing size and cost of hybrid energy storage system with state of charge regulation for stand-alone direct current microgrids. Journal of Energy Storage, 32, 101703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.101703 
• Silva, C. M. M. R. S., Premadasa, P. N. D., Dassanayake, D. M. C. T., Pradeep, R. A. H., Sirithunge, C., Chandima, D. P., & Prasad, W. D. (2018). Integrated Control Strategy for Grid Connected Photovoltaic Array, Battery Storage and Supercapacitors. 2018 2nd International Conference on Electrical Engineering (EECon), 51–57. https://doi.org/10.1109/EECon.2018.8541009