With a background in statistical and computational genomics, Gerry has developed highly used algorithms for analysing microbial genomics data. These algorithms have been applied to a wide range of microbes, including parasites, viruses, and bacteria. Prior to starting at Peter Mac, Gerry completed a PhD in Mathematical Genomics and Medicine at the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Sanger Institute, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology.

Sudaraka received his B.Sc. (Eng.) from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and worked as a Lecturer at the same institute for two years. He received his Ph.D (Eng.) from Monash University and started working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in statistical genetics at Melbourne Integrative Genomics (MIG), University of Melbourne. In 2022, he received a Marie Curie Fellowship to conduct research in computational pathogen genomics at the University of Oslo. His research interests are in genomics, data science, machine learning, computational physics and biomedical engineering.