Lourdes S. M. Alwis obtained a First Class (Hons) degree in Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering from City University London, U.K., in 2005. She completed her Ph.D. thesis in the field of grating-based fiber optic sensors in 2013 at the same establishment, while working for R&D at Alcatel-Lucent Ltd., a company specializing in design, implementation, building, and testing of optical fiber telecommunications products. Completing her PhD and industrial experience in 2013, she joined Edinburgh Napier University, U.K., as a Lecturer in Electronic Engineering. Her current research focuses on avenues where optical fiber sensors can be utilized, such as civil infrastructure monitoring, chemical and biomedical sensing, and wearable technology.
