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MAC 2311-011 Calculus I • MWThF 9:05AM-9:55AM
MAC 2312-004 Calculus II • MWThF 11:15AM-12:05PM
STA 2023-007 Introduction to Probability and Statistics • MWF 1:25PM-2:15PM
MTG 4212-001 Modern Pure Geometry • TuTh 2:00PM-3:15PM

I obtained my undergraduate degree in Mathematics in Sri Lanka, where I later served
as a faculty member at the same university for more than five years. During that time,
I pursued a Master of Science program and earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial
Mathematics.
I then joined Eastern Illinois University as a graduate student and obtained a Master
of Arts degree in 2016. Subsequently, I attended the University of Toledo for my Ph.D.,
which I completed in 2021. In the same year, I joined Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
University (FAMU) as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics.
My research primarily focuses on Lie theory, particularly on constructing and classifying
new Lie algebras of higher dimensions. This work involves extensive use of mathematical
software, especially Maple. In addition to my research and teaching responsibilities,
I actively serve on several departmental committees, including the Graduate Committee,
Scheduling Committee, and the Undergraduate Mathematics Majors Committee.

- Lie Theory
- Algebra
- Number Theory

- Ph.D. in Mathematics • 2021
University of Toledo
- M.A. in Mathematics • 2016
Eastern Illinois University
- Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial Mathematics • 2012
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- B.S. in Mathematics • 2009
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka


- N.M.P.S.K. Bandara and G. Thompson, Ten-dimensional Lie algebras with sl(2,R) semi-simple
factor, Journal of Lie Theory 34(2024), No. 2.
- N.M.P.S.K. Bandara, Ryad Ghanam and G. Thompson, Lie subalgebras of so(3,1) up to
conjugacy, Arabian Journal of Mathematics 10(2022), No. 2.
- N.M.P.S.K. Bandara and G. Thompson, Representations of Ten-Dimensional Levi Decomposition
Lie Algebras, Advances in Pure Mathematics 12(2022), No. 4, 283 − 305.
- N.M.P.S.K. Bandara and G. Thompson, Ten-dimensional Lie algebras with so(3) semi-simple
factor, Erratum, Journal of Lie Theory 31(2021), No. 4, 1025 − 1030.
- N.M.P.S.K. Bandara and G. Thompson, Ten-dimensional Lie algebras with so(3) semi-simple
factor, Journal of Lie Theory 31(2021), No. 1, 093 − 118.
- Bandara, Sarada, ”An Exposition of the Eisenstein Integers” (2016). Masters Theses.
2467. https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/2467
- N.M.P.S.K. Bandara and A.A.I. Perera, Construction of new Graphs using Steiner Triple
Sys tems and their Decompositions, Peradeniya University Research Sessions, Sri Lanka,Vo1.14.
(3rd December 2009)(589-591).

- May 2021: Distinguished Graduate Student- Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of Toledo
- May 2016: Distinguished Graduate Student- Department of Mathematics, Eastern Illinois
University
- April 2016: Dr. Morton B. and Mary F. Harris Family Scholarship, Department of Mathematics,
Eastern Illinois University

- MAC 2311 - Calculus I
- MAC 2312 - Calculus II
- MAC 1105 - College Algebra
- MAC 1147 -Pre-Calculus Mathematics
- STA 2023 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics
- MAD 2120- Finite Mathematics
- MTG 4212- Modern Pure Geometry
- MTG 4302 -Elementary Topology