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Jayasinghe started his academic career at Brunel University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He obtained B.Eng (Hon), M.Eng degrees and subsequently joined the Department of Materials Sciences at Queen Mary, University of London, where he earned his PhD. His PhD research findings earned him top medals, including the De Montfort Leonardo Da Vinci prize, which he presented at the House of Parliament. After completing his PhD, he was awarded the five-year Robert's Fellowship funded by the RCUK. During this fellowship, Jayasinghe pioneered the ability to electrospray and electrospin living cells in whole organisms, receiving wide press coverage from learned societies, periodicals, and popular scientific media, including television interviews. In 2006, he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UCL. In 2009, he received the SMOLUCHOWSKI Award from the Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung (GAeF), which is the highest honor bestowed upon younger aerosol scientists. In 2010, he was awarded the prestigious Sir George Beilby FRS memorial medal by the Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals for his seminal contributions to healthcare materials. Jayasinghe has published over 170 scientific papers focusing on fine-tuning platform technologies for broader applications in basic biology and clinical evaluation.