Dr. Samintha Perera is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, working as a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne. Her primary research focuses on rock-fluid interactions in deep underground reservoirs during various gas storage and extraction processes (e.g. CO2, H2, CH4). Her research led her to win major internationally competitive awards, including the Dorothy Hill Medal from the Australian Academy of Science in 2022, the ROCHA Medal from ISRM in 2014, and the Philip Law Medal from the Royal Society of Victoria in 2016. She has been featured among the "top 2% scientists in the world in the Energy field” in the Stanford University Review from 2020 to 2025. She serves as an Executive Editor for the Journal of Gas Science and Engineering, Associate Editor for the International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, and editor for Minerals, G4, and Deep Resources Engineering. She contributes to developing/modifying Australian Standards for soil and rock testing as a member of the Standards Australia Soil and Rock Testing Committee (CE-009).