Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences

Prof. D D Wickramasinghe

• Biodiversity Conservation
• Herpetology, Wetland Ecology
• Water and Sanitation
• Pollution Management
• Disaster risk reduction
• Biosecurity and biosafety

Prof. Preethi Udagama

• Immuno-molecular epidemiology of vivax malaria
• Ecto and Endoparasites of vertebrates of Sri Lanka
• Bioprospecting (of plants and sponges for immuno-modulatory properties)
• Immunology of noncommunicable diseases
• Reproductive Immunology
• Development of Immunologic and Molecular Diagnostics
• Eco-Immunotoxicology & Nanotoxicology
• Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) etiology in head and neck, lung and esophageal cancers
• Stem cell research

Prof. Devaka K Weerakoon

• Conservation of threatened animals
• Ecology and behaviour of Asian Elephants
• HUman-animal conflict management
• Impact of development on the ecology and conservation of animals
• Management of invasive alien species
• Wildlife management

Prof. Mayuri R Wijesinghe

• Ecotoxicology

Prof. P Nihal Dayawansa

• Behavioural Ecology (Elephants, Small Mammals, Birds, Amphibians & Reptiles, Butterflies)
• Wildlife Management (Designing Protected Areas, Park Planning, Interpretation)
• Environment Management (Pollution, Sustainability and Green Business)
• Human Wildlife Conflict
• Wetland Ecology
• Ornithology

Prof. Wipula B Yapa

• Ecological studies of small mammals, particularly bats
• Ecosystem services of bats
• Social behaviour of small mammals
• Acoustic communication
• Flash communication in fireflies
• Zoonotic diseases associated with bats & small mammals

Dr. Erandathie Lokupitiya

• Climate change
• Greenhouse gas inventorying
• Carbon cycle research

Dr. Gayani Harendra Galhena

• Population genetics
• Medical Genetics
• DNA fingerprinting in forensic and kinship analysis

Dr. Sampath S Seneviratne

• Patterns of speciation (evolution) in an island biogeographic framework
• Causes and consequences of endemicity in Sri Lankan biota
• Resolving phylogenetic, ecological and phenotypic affinities of rainforest birds
• Using molecular and phylogenetic tools to set priorities in conservation
• Genetic basis of animal vocalization
• Fragmentation and genetic connectivity patterns in suburban tropical rainforests
• Ecology of bird migration in the Central Asian Flyway
• The role of genome and phenome in incipient speciation events
• Reflectance spectrometry and pigment biochemistry of birds in Sri Lanka
• Evolutionary deep-history of gwandwanan lineages in Sri Lanka

Dr. Devanmini Halwatura

• Hydro meteorology
• Environmental flows
• Drought frequency analysis

Dr. Inoka C Perera

• Transcriptional regulation in microorganisms
• Synthetic Biology

Dr. Ayomi Witharana

• Water and wastewater treatment
• Pollution prevention and environmental management

Dr. Sachini Amarasekara

• Gut inflammation and autoimmune disorders
• Osteoimmunology
• Reproductive immunology
• Mouse models in cancer

Dr. Vindhya Kulasena Fernando

• Heavy metal pollution
• Microplastic pollution

Dr. Chandima Dangalle

• Taxonomy and ecology of Coleoptera
• Molecular entomology and phylogeny
• Invertebrate biology