I graduated from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, with a B.Sc. Special Degree in Zoology with First Class Honors, and have been working as an academic staff member in the Department of Zoology since 2001. For my graduate degrees, I have carried out my research in the field of ecology, specifically avian ecology. My research interests include population ecology of birds, especially waterbirds, rare species and species with limited distributions, and bird behavior. I am also interested in the ecology of large mammals. I teach courses in ecology, ornithology, mammalogy, and wildlife management.
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Education, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya - (Academic Year 2016/2017 & 2017/2018)
Teaching Assistant, Biology Program, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. - (August 1, 2007 – July 31, 2010)
Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. - (January 01, 2007 – June 30, 2007)
Lecturer (on contract basis), Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka - (May 02, 2000 - February 18, 2001)
Secretary of the Board of Study in Zoological Sciences of the Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka - (April 19, 2017 – April 18, 2020)
Secretary of the Zoology Departmental Committee, University of Peradeniya, - (since May 25, 2016)
Member of the Board of Study in Zoological Sciences of the Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka - (April 19, 2014 – April 18, 2017 and April 19, 2017)
Program Coordinator for the M.Sc. Program in Biodiversity, Ecotourism, and Environment Management of the Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka - (September 2, 2012 – to date)
Co-coordinator of the International Symposium on Water Quality and Human Health (2013 – 2016), organized by the Board of Study in Environmental Science of the Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya
Executive Committee Member of the University of Peradeniya Science Teachers’ Association - (2014/2015)
