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2023-to date Member of the Board of Management of the Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.- 
The Bird 10,000 genome (B10K) project- Island wide survey on birds (excluding wildlife protected areas
Dean’s Award for academically exceptional student (Queen’s University, Kingston Canada) - 2004
Commonwealth Scholarship offered by the Government of Canada - 1999-2004
Invitation Fellowship for research in Japan, awarded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 2012
Life member of Canadian Limnologists AssociationLake and Reservoir Management
Ranathunga, H.,
Ileperuma, O. A., Yatigammana, S. K.,
& Chandrajith, R. (2025). Ecological risk
assessment of heavy metal pollution in reservoir sediments from major climatic
zones of Sri Lanka. Lake and Reservoir Management, 41: 1-14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10402381.2025.2509224
Ceylon Journal of Science
Weerasinghe, H.,
Kumarihamy, M., & Yatigammana, S. K. (2025). Water pollution and quality
assessment of Meda Ela (Mid Canal), a tributary of the Mahaweli River in Kandy,
Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science, 54(4): 1057-1064.
DOI: 10.4038/cjs.v54i4.8421
Taprobanica The Journal of Asian Biodiversity
P.H. Liyanagedara,
W.M.C.S. Wijesundara, M.W.S.K.
Yatigammana & S. Kumburegama, (2023). Freshwater
gastropod composition and the key environmental determinants in Hulu
ganga and Ma oya river basins of Sri Lanka. . Taprobanica The Journal of Asian Biodiversity, 12 (1): 14-22.
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.296
Environ Geochem Health
Shyamalie Balasooriya , Saranga Diyabalanage ,
Sudharma K Yatigammana , O A Ileperuma and Rohana Chandrajith (2022). Major and trace elements in rice paddy soils in
Sri Lanka with special emphasis on regions with endemic chronic kidney disease
of undetermined origin. Environ Geochem Health, 44(6): 1841-1855.
doi: 10.1007/s10653-021-01036-4
Wildlanka
Atapattu A.M.P.E.K and Yatigammana, S.K. (2021). Diversity, abundance and habitat preference of odonata in relation to habitat quality in Daliwala oya, Rattota, Matale district, Sri Lanka. Wildlanka, 9: Vol.9, No.3, pp. 317 -330.
Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences
Senanayake,
P.A.A.P.K., Kumburegama, S., Wijesundara, C.S. and Yatigammana, S.K., (2021). What
drives the dominance and distribution of Cyanobacteria and Dinoflagellata in
reservoirs of Sri Lanka?. . Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 26(1): 5–24..
DOI: DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljas.v26i1.7
Tropical Agricultural Research
Wijesundara, C.S., Yatigammana, S.K. and Silva, P., (2020). Changes in Population Densities of Two White-Eye
Species (Passeriformes: Zosteropidae) Along an Altitudinal Gradient in Sri
Lanka. Tropical Agricultural Research, 31(2),: 29–40.
DOI: 10.4038/tar.v31i2.8365
Tropical Ecology
Hansika R. V. H. and Yatigammana S. K. (2019). Distribution of diatom assemblages in the surface
sediments in Sri Lankan reservoirs located in the main climatic regions and
potential of using them as environmental predictors. Tropical Ecology, 60(3),: 415-425..
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-019-00045-w
Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences
Warusawithana,
A.L. and Yatigammana, S.K., (2019). Ecology
and Diversity of Plankton in Kotmale Reservoir, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 24(1) pp.25–40: 25–40.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljas.v24i1.7565
. Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment
Abeysekara A. M. S. K., Yatigammana S.K. and K.T.Premakantha (2018). Biomass and carbon
stock estimation of Udawattakele forest reserve in Kandy district of Sri Lanka. . Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment, 8(2): 13-28.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31357/jtfe.v8i2.3760
Journal of Water and Health
H.M.Ayala S. Herath,Tomonori kawakami, Shiori
nagasawa, Ayuri Motoyama, G. G. Tushara Chaminda, S. K. Weragoda, S. K. Yatigammana, A. A. G. D. Amarasooriya (2018). Arsenic, cadmium, lead, and chromium in well water, rice, and human urine
in Sri Lanka in relation to chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology. Journal of Water and Health, 16(2): 212-222.
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2018.070
Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management
Yatigammana, S. K. and Cumming B.F. (2017). Cladocera assemblages from reservoirs in Sri
Lanka and their relationship to measured limnological variables. Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management, 22(3): :247-261.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/lre.12183
Ceylon Journal of Science
Yatigammana S. K. and Perera M. B. U (2017). . Distribution of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (
Cyanobacteria) in Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science, 46(3): 65-80.
DOI: 10.4038/cjs.v46i3.7444
Ceylon Journal of Science
Senanayake P.A.A.P.K. and Yatigammana S.K. (2017). Distribution of Cyanobacteria and Dinoflagellata
in reservoirs of Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science, 6(1).
DOI: 10.4038/sljas.v26i1.7585
Environmental Forensics
H.
M. Ayala S. Herath, Kazusa Kubota, Tomonori Kawakami, Shiori Nagasawa, Ayuri
Motoyama, S. K. Weragoda, G. G. Tushara Chaminda & S. K. Yatigammana (2017). Potential risk of
drinking water to human health in Sri Lanka. . Environmental Forensics, 18(3): 241-250.
DOI: 10.1080/15275922.2017.1340364
Fundam. Appl. Limnol.
Yatigammana, S. K. and Cumming B.F. (2017). Detecting recent limnological changes in two ancient reservoirs from Sri
Lanka’s dry zone using Cladocera. Fundam. Appl. Limnol., 189(4): 351–363.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/48875536
Ceylon Journal of Science
Yatigammana,
S. K. and Wickramasinghe, N.K. (2017). Detection of suitable
zooplankton from three taxonomic groups for application in biomanipulation. Ceylon Journal of Science, 46 (1) 27-35.: 27-35.
DOI: 10.4038/cjs.v46i1.7415
Fundam. Appl. Limnol.
Yatigammana, S. K. and Cumming B.F. (2016). Physical and chemical characteristics of ancient
and recent reservoirs of Sri Lanka. 3. Fundam. Appl. Limnol., 188(3).: 249-263.
DOI: 10.1127/fal/2016/0920
Ceylon Journal of Science.
Kalana, U.L.D.I.,
Kalpage, C.S. and Yatigammana, S. K. (2016). Evaluation of the suitable environmental conditions
for selected freshwater microalgae species with the potential for the
production of biodiesel. Ceylon Journal of Science., 45(3): 93-101.
DOI: 10.4038/cjs.v45i3.7405
J. Env. Sci. & Health. (Part B)
Aravinna P, Priyantha, N, Pitawala, A. and Yatigammana, S. K (2016). Use
pattern of pesticides and their predicted mobility into shallow groundwater and
surface water bodies of paddy lands in Mahaweli river basin in Sri Lanka. . J. Env. Sci. & Health. (Part B), 52(1): 37-47.
DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2016.1229445
International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering. 8(2). 417-423.
Perera, P.A.I.U.T and Yatigammana, S. K. (2015). Freshwater diatoms as proxies of assessing environmental changes in reservoirs in Sri Lanka. . International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering. 8(2). 417-423., 8(2).: 417-423.
International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering 8(2). 485-490.
Yatigammana, S.K. and Gamage, I. (2015). Selection of Cladocera species for applications in biomanipulation. . International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering 8(2). 485-490., 8(2). 485-490.: 485-490.
International Journal of Earth and Engineering.
Aravinna, A.G.P., Priyantha, N., Pitawala, H.M.T.G.A. and Yatigammana, S. K. (2015). Variation of trace metals in liquid and suspended phases of water in middle and lower catchments of river Mahaweli, Sri Lanka. . International Journal of Earth and Engineering., 8(2).: 343-353.
International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering
Kalana, U.L.D.I., Kalpage, C.S. and Yatigammana, S. K. . 465-470. (2015). Assessment of the growth kinetics of selected microalgae species in synthetic wastewater for the production of biodiesel. ). International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering, 8(2): 465-470.
Journal of Ecotechnology Research.
Yatigammana, S. K., Perera, B., and Atukorala, N. (2013). Seasonal water quality changes in reservoirs in different climatic regions of Sri Lanka. Journal of Ecotechnology Research.17(1). 17-22. Journal of Ecotechnology Research., 17(1).: 17-22.
International Journal of Biological Sciences and Engineering.
Aravinna, A.G.P., Priyantha, N., Pitawala, H.M.T.G.A. and Yatigammana, S. K. 111-120. (2013). Seasonal variations of water quality of downstream catchment of river Mahaweli. . International Journal of Biological Sciences and Engineering., 4(4): 111-120.
International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering.
Perera, M.B.U., Yatigammana, S. K. & Athukorala, N.P. (2012). Seasonal Water Quality Variation in Two Different Cascade Systems in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. . International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering., 4(1).: 877-881..
Journal of National Science Foundation
S. K. Yatigammana, O.A. Ileperuma and M.B.U Perera (2011). Water pollution due to a harmful algal bloom: A preliminary study from two drinking water reservoirs in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Journal of National Science Foundation, 39(1).: 91-94..
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v39i1.2930
Economic Review
C.M. Madduma Bandara , Sudharma Yatigammana & Ganila Paranavithana (2010). Scientific Validation of Some Traditional Land and Water Management Practices under Village Tank Cascade Systems Peoples Bank of Sri Lanka,. Economic Review, 36(1): 21-28.
Tiger paper
Makuloluwa, S., T. Alagoda & C. Santiapillai, (1997). Avifaunal diversity in the highlands of Sri Lanka. Tiger paper, 24(3): 17-21.