Research on Endangered fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
Research on coral reef fish distribution, diversity and abundance
Research on ornithophilic mosquitoes in Sri Lanka
Research on Acaricide resistance and genetic diversity of Rhipicephalus sanguineus
In addition to teaching, emphasis is also given to research. Undergraduate students are given the opportunity to conduct research in a field of interest during their final year and they are encourage to share their findings at local and international forums. In addition, at present the department caters to 24 postgraduate students either registered for an M.Phil. or Ph.D. These students carryout their research in their chosen field of study related to topics in environment and biodiversity conservation, forensic entomology, parasitology, taxonomy and systematics, and vector borne diseases and vector control with the help and guidance from the academic staff of the Department.
Postgraduate Research Topics
Postgraduate Research Activities
- Dengue Vector Control In Sri Lanka Occurrence Of 'Kdr' Type Mutation And Wolbachia In Aedes Vector Mosquito Population And The Effect Of Insecticide Fogging On Insect Pollianators
Supervisors : Prof. S.H.P.P. Karunarathne
Student : N.W.N.P. Nugapola - Ecology of sambar in Horton plains National park
Supervisors : Prof. K.B. Ranawana, Dr S.J. Perera
Student : W.M.D.S. Weerasekera - Role of small mammals as reservoir hosts of rickettsiosis and leptospirosis inSri Lanka
Supervisors : Prof. R S Rajakaruna, Prof. S Boyagoda, Prof. M Meegaskumbura
Student : S. Yathramullage - Species Diversity Spatial Feeding Preferences And The Vector Status Of Ornithophilic Mosquitoes In Sri Lanka
Supervisors : Dr W A P P De Silva, Prof. S.H.P.P. Karunarathne
Student : W.G.D. Chathuranga
- Abundance, diversity & distribution of commercial sea cucumber species in southern coast, Sri Lanka and taxonomic identification of commercially harvested sea cucumber species in Sri Lanka
Supervisors : Dr D.C.T. Dissanayake, Dr M P Kumara
Student : V.T.K. Dayarathna - Acaricide resistance status and genetic diversity of Rhipicephalus sanguineus in Kandy, Colombo and Kurunagala Police Kennels, Sri Lanka
Supervisors : Prof. S.H.P.P. Karunarathne, Dr W.A.P.P. de Silva
Student : K.M.U.J. Bandara - Behavioural responses of coconut mites and biochemical analysis of coconuts in relation to varietal tolerance to the pest
Supervisors : Dr N.S. Arachchi , Prof. W.A.I.P. Karunarathne
Student : N.T.P. Wijewardana - Canine vector borne diseases; prevalence, diversity and phylogenetics of species infecting dogs in Sri Lanka
Supervisors : Prof. R.S. Rajakaruna, Prof. A. Dangolla
Student : Mr. P S Jayatilaka - Distribution of terrestrial gastropod pests, their seasonal abundance and degree of damage to crops in agricultural lands in the Nuwara Eliya District
Supervisors : Dr N.P.S. Kumburegama, Prof. K.B. Ranawana
Student : K.G.D.D. Thilakarathne - factors affecting the nest success and sex ratio of hatchery relocated green turtle and olive ridely eggs
Supervisors : Prof. R.S. Rajakaruna
Student : N.S. Hewapathiranage - Geographic distribution, acaricide resistance and vector capacity of dog ticks I Sri Lanka
Supervisors : Prof. R.S. Rajakaruna
Student : U.I. Dissanayake - Impact of Tropical Forest Fragmentation on Figs and their Wasp-pollinator Interaction
Supervisors : Prof. W.A.I.P. Karunarathne, Dr A.M.T.A. Gunarathne
Student : W.M.G.A.S.T. B. Wijetunga - Molecula phylogeny and taxonomic revision of selected jumping spider genera (Family: Salticidae) Sri Lanka
Supervisors : Prof. S.P. Benjamin , Prof P.Samaraweera
Student : A. Satkunanathan - Monitoring population size, home range and behaviors of endangered fishing cat (Prionailurusviverrinus) in the Minneriya National Park and Minneriya Girithle Nature Reserve
Supervisors : Prof K.B. Ranawana
Student : A.N. Thudugala - Risk factors for consuming an unbalanced diet among 2 to 5 years old children and creation, administration and assessment of the effectiveness of a one year community based health promotion intervention in improving diet in selected MOH areas of Puttalam District
Supervisors : Prof. S Tennakoon, Dr M Chandrathilake
Student : D.S. Dheiyanthuduwage - Species composition ,distribution and abundance of dengue vector aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus in kurunegala district and efficacy of larvicide novaluron as a control measure
Supervisors : Dr W.A.P.P. De Silva, Dr T.C. Weeraratne, Prof. S.H.P.P. Karunarathne
Student : J.M.M.K. Herath - Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic of selected genera of cobweb spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae) of Sri Lanka based on morphology and molecular markers
Supervisors : Prof. S.P. Benjamin, Prof P.Samaraweera
Student : M. Tharmarajan - Taxonomic revisions of jumping spider Tribe Ballini and subtribe Sparaeina of Sri Lanka based on morphology and DNA barcodes
Supervisors : Prof S.P. Benjamin, Prof. W.A.I.P. Karunarathne
Student : D.P. Bopearachchi - Trematode and ultraviolet radiation induced deformities and toxicity to agrochemicals in amphibians
Supervisors : Prof. R.S. Rajakaruna, Prof. M. Meegaskumbura
Student : D.A.G.N.B. Karunarathna
Undergraduate Research Topics
- Avifaunal diversity along an urbanization gradient
Student: S.N. Rathnasiri (S/17/132)
Supervisor(s): Dr. Chaminda Wijesundara and Prof. Sudharma K. Yatigammana - Effect of host blood meal on fecundity of female mosquitoes
Student: R.P. Harshana Wimalarathna (S/17/171)
Supervisor(s): Dr. T. C. Weeraratne - Effect of laced formalin on blowfly colonization maggot mass and rate of decay of fish carcasses
Student: T.D. Danushka Heshan (S/17/064)
Supervisor(s): Prof. Inoka Karunaratne - Fishery bycatch and impact of long term fisher awareness program in Kalpitiya
Student: R.M.P. Abeywickrama (S/17/002)
Supervisor(s): Prof. Rupika Subashini Rajakaruna - Molecular investigation of Theileria spp. In Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Student: T.M. Chathuri Sandamali (S/17/145)
Supervisor(s): Dr. Piyumali K. Perera - Phenotypic plasticity of tadpoles with environmental stress
Student: D.C.M. Peiris (S/17/116)
Supervisor(s): Prof. Suyama H. Boyagoda - Skin bacterial volatiles of vertebrates and host preferences of mosquito vectors
Student: B.V.D. Supun Baddevithana
Supervisor(s): Prof. W.A. Priyanka .P. de Silva - Species composition and DNA barcoding of fish in Negombo and Puttalam lagoons, Sri Lanka
Student: H.M.T.Priyadarshika (S/17/125)
Supervisor(s): Dr. N. P. Shalika Kumburegama
Recent Research Publications
- Cuticular
modifications of insecticide-resistant Culex quinquefasciatus larvae in
Sri Lanka.
Publication : International Journal of Tropical Insect Science
Year : 2026
Members : Palliyaguru, S. N., Weeraratne, T. C., & de Silva, W. P. P. - Insecticide resistance and underlying mechanisms in Sitophilus oryzae
and Callosobruchus maculatus in Sri Lanka: challenges for stored
grain pest management
Publication : International Journal of Tropical Insect Science
Year : 2026
Members : Anuradha, G. N. P. V., Rajapaksha, W. R. G. W. N., de Silva, W. A. P. P., Karunaratne, S. H. P. P. and Weeraratne, T. C. - Effects of intermittent water supply on disinfection by-product formation
and water quality deterioration: A review
Publication : Cleaner Water
Year : 2026
Members : Gunawardana, W., Merah, O., Kalupahana, R.S., Weragoda, S.K., Gamage, A. Makehelwala, M., Karunaratne, P., Weerasooriya, R. - Knowledge, attitudes, and awareness of leishmaniasis in selected MOH areas in Sri Lanka: Perspectives from the public and healthcare officials.
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2026
Members : Piumali, G. D. S. R., Weeraratne, T. C., Chathuranga, W. G. D., Herath, J. M. K., & de Silva, W. A.
- Larvicidal
potential of Pseudomonas mosselii isolated from Aedes (Diptera:
Culicidae) egg surfaces against dengue vector mosquitoes and its impact on
non-target organisms.
Publication : Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Year : 2025
Members : Wijesundara SH, Piumali SR, Weeraratne TC, Noordeen F, de Silva W A PP. - A Case Report on Natural Control of Eggplant Powdery
Mildew Disease by Illeis cincta (Fabricius, 1798) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2025
Members : Ekanayake, E. M. D., Jayasuriya, K. G., Hemachandra, K. S., Karunarathna, A. K., Athukorala, A. D. S. N. P., Edirisinghe, E. S. M., & Karunaratne, W. A. I. P. - A Preliminary Morphological
and Molecular Investigation of Haemo
and Gastrointestinal Parasites of Pigeons (Columba livia) from the Jaffna District, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Proceedings of Peradeniya University International Research Symposium and Exposition 2025, Sri Lanka
Year : 2025
Members : Tharveena, S., Perera, P.K., Gajavathany, P., Pathmathas, J. - First record of gastrointestinal parasites in the Indian
Little Swift (Apus affinis singalensis)
in Sri Lanka.
Publication : Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress, Sri Lanka
Year : 2025
Members : Ranahewa, D.K., Perera, P.K. - First report of highly pathogenic Theileria luwenshuni in Sri Lanka: Are Jaffna sheep resistant to theileriosis?
Publication : Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports
Year : 2025
Members : Sandamali, T.M.C., Gajavathany, P., Rajeshwaran, M., Rajakaruna., R.S., Jabbar, A., Perera, P.K. - Insecticide resistance and kdr mutation
profiling in Culex mosquitoes across different climatic regions in Sri
Lanka,
Publication : International Journal of Mosquito Research
Year : 2025
Members : Palliyaguru, S. N., Nugapola, N. N. P., Weeraratne, T. C., & De Silva, W. P. P. - Novel kdr mutations and spatial
variations in insecticide resistance profiles of Culex
mosquitoes in Sri Lanka
Publication : International Journal of Mosquito Research
Year : 2025
Members : Palliyaguru, S. N., Nugapola, N. W. N. P., Weeraratne, T. C., & de Silva, W. A. P. - Preimaginal development of Aedes aegypti L.
(Diptera: Culicidae) in brackish water gives rise to adult mosquitoes with
thicker cuticles and greater insecticide resistance.
Publication : Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Year : 2025
Members : Sivabalakrishnan, K., Hemphill, A., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P., Naguleswaran, A., Roditi, I., Surendran, S.N. & Ramasamy, R. - Subclinical infections of Babesia and
Dirofilaria in dogs presented to a Veterinary Teaching Hospital: evidence
for a silent reservoir of infection in Sri
Lanka.
Publication : Acta Parasitologica
Year : 2025
Members : Ranahewa, D.K., Dangolla, A., Rajakaruna, R.S., Dewasmika, W.A.P.M., Pathirana, N.U.K., Chandrasekara, C.M.B.M.K., Perera, P.K. - DDT: last mile in the
global phase-out of its use for disease vector control?
Publication : The Lancet Planetary Health
Year : 2025
Members : Berg, H.V.D., Amwele, H.R., Brook, B.D., Fortelius, L.E., Jain, T., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P., Munyinda, N.S., Rubio-Palis, Y., Yadav, R.S., and Kleinschmidt, I. - Detection of bovine theileriosis in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, using
Pooled molecular analysis.
Publication : Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress, Sri Lanka: 7th-8th November 2025
Year : 2025
Members : Kumari, M.M.M.M.S., Amarasingha, T.H.P.S., Gajavathany, P., Rajeshwaran, M., Rajakaruna, R.S., Perera, P.K. - Divergent Genetic Pathways Underlying Convergent Parasitic Behaviours in Blowflies
Publication : Molecular Ecology
Year : 2025
Members : Cardoso, G. A., Mariano‐Martins, P., Faria, G. A., Karunaratne, I., Thyssen, P. J., & Torres, T. T. - Ecological risk
assessment of heavy metal pollution in reservoir sediments from major climatic
zones of Sri Lanka
Publication : Lake and Reservoir Management
Year : 2025
Members : Ranathunga, H., Ileperuma, O. A., Yatigammana, S. K., & Chandrajith, R. - High Asymptomatic
Cases of Canine Filariasis and Babesiosis Among Dogs Brought to a Veterinary
Teaching Hospital: Do Crossbred Dogs Show Tolerance to Filariasis?
Publication : Proceedings of Peradeniya University International Research Symposium and Exposition 2025
Year : 2025
Members : Ranahewa, D.K., Dangolla, A., Rajakaruna, R.S., Dewasmika, W.A.P.M., Pathirana, N.U.K., Chandrasekara, B.M.K., Perera, P.K. - Larvicidal potential of Pseudomonas mosselii
isolated from Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) egg surfaces against dengue vector
mosquitoes and its impact on non‐target organisms
Publication : Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Year : 2025
Members : Wijesundara, S. H., Piumali, S. R., Weeraratne, T. C., Noordeen, F., & de Silva WA, P. P. - Microbiome and physicochemical properties of breeding waters of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in Sri Lanka
Publication : Parasitology International
Year : 2025
Members : Wijesundara, S. H., Weeraratne, T. C., Noordeen, F., & de Silva, W. P. P. - Molecular
detection of the spotted fever group rickettsial DNA in ticks in the Central
Province of Sri Lanka.
Publication : Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases
Year : 2025
Members : Ariyarathne, S., Eremeeva, M. E., Kularatne, S. A. M., Nazeem, A. M., Perera, P.K., Dangolla, A., & Rajakaruna, R. - Short- and long-read
metagenomics uncover the mobile extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and
carbapenemase genes in hospital wastewater in Sri Lanka
Publication : Water Research
Year : 2025
Members : Guruge, S.K., Han, Z., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P., Chandrajith, R., Cooray, T., Hua, C., Zhang, Y., Yang, M. - Small Ruminant Theileriosis in Jaffna, Sri
Lanka
Publication : Proceedings of Peradeniya University International Research Symposium and Exposition 2025, Sri Lanka
Year : 2025
Members : Kumari, M.M.M.M.S., Amarasingha, T.H.P.S., Gajavathany, P., Pathmathas, J., Rajakaruna, R.S., Perera, P.K. - Spatio-temporal
variation of microbial indicators of river water and treatment efficiencies of
drinking water treatment plants along the upper Mahaweli River segment of Sri
Lanka.
Publication : Environmental Pollution
Year : 2025
Members : Thilakarathna, P.T.A., Fareed, F., Athukorala, S.N.P., Jinadasa, R., Premachandra, T., Noordeen, F., Gamage, C.D., Makehelwala, M., Weragoda, S.K., Fernando, B.R., Zhang, Y., Wei, Y., Yang, M. and Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Water pollution and quality
assessment of Meda Ela (Mid Canal), a tributary of the Mahaweli River in Kandy,
Sri Lanka
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2025
Members : Weerasinghe, H., Kumarihamy, M., & Yatigammana, S. K.
- Breeding Habitat Preference of the Dengue Vector Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from Urban, Semiurban, and Rural Areas in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka
Publication : Journal of Tropical Medicine
Year : 2024
Members : Herath, J.M.M.K., De Silva, W.A.P.P., Weeraratne, T.C. and Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Efficacy of the insect growth regulator novaluron in the control of dengue vector mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus
Publication : Scientific Reports
Year : 2024
Members : Herath, J.M.M.K., De Silva, W.A.P.P., Weeraratne, T.C. and Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Persistence and potential risks of tetracyclines and their transformation products in two typical different animal manure composting treatments
Publication : Environmental Pollution
Year : 2024
Members :Wu, D., Dai, S., Feng, H., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P., Yang, M. and Zhang, Y. - Prevalence and Molecular Characterisation of Ovine Theileria in Jaffna Sheep, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Peradeniya University International Research Symposium and Exposition 2024 (iPURSE 2024), Sri Lanka, 29-30 August.
Year : 2024
Members : Sandamali, T.M.C., Gajavathany, P., Rajeshwaran, M., Rajakaruna, R.S., Perera, P.K. - Stage-specific insecticide susceptibility and life-table analysis of the dengue vector mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2024
Members : Herath, J.M.M.K., Weeraratne, T.C. and Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Taxonomy, Bio-Ecology and Insecticide Resistance of AnophelineVectors of Malaria in Sri Lanka
Publication : International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Year : 2024
Members : Surendran, S.N. and Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Cryptosporidium infections in Sri Lanka: A Systematic Review
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2024
Members : Fareed, F., Thilakarathna, A.T.P., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P., Noordeen, F. - Breeding habitat preference
of the dengue vector mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes
albopictus from urban, semiurban, and rural areas in Kurunegala
District, Sri Lanka. Journal of Tropical Medicine,
2024(1), 4123543.
Publication : Journal of Tropical Medicine
Year : 2024
Members : Herath, J. M. K., de Silva, W. A. P. P., Weeraratne, T. C., & Karunaratne, S. P. - Breeding Habitat Preference of the Dengue Vector
Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from Urban,
Semiurban, and Rural Areas in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka
Publication : Journal of Tropical Medicine
Year : 2024
Members : Herath, J.M.M.K., W.A.P.P. de Silva, Weeraratne, T.C., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Comparative evaluation of the effect of
phytochemicals of garlic (Allium sativum) ethanolic extract against Aedes
albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in Sri Lanka.
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2024
Members : Rajapaksha, W. R. G. W. N., De Silva, W. A. P. P., & Weeraratne, T. C. - Effect of soil temperature on canine soil-transmitted
nematodes in Kandy District with the first record of hookworm, Ancylostoma tubaeforme from Sri Lanka.
Publication : Acta Parasitologica
Year : 2024
Members : Amarasingha, S., Anupama, N. M. T., Rajakaruna, R. S., Rajapakse, R. P. V. J., & Perera, P. K. - Efficacy of the insect growth regulator novaluron in the control of
dengue vector mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus
Publication : Scientific Reports
Year : 2024
Members : Herath, J.M.M.K., W.A.P.P. de Silva, Weeraratne, T.C., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - First report of oriental
theileriosis in the Intermediate Zone, Sri Lanka: Is Theileria orientalis type 7 always apathogenic?
Publication : Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports.
Year : 2024
Members : Subhasinghe, J., Mahakapuge, T.A.N., Madusanka, K. S., Rajakaruna, R.S., Jabbar, A., Perera, P.K. - Stage-specific insecticide susceptibility and
life-table analysis of the dengue vector mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Ae.
albopictus
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2024
Members : Herath, J.M.M.K.., Weeraratne, T. C. and Karunaratne, S.H.P. P. - Are volatile organic compounds the secret to visitations by pollinators in the food deceptive orchid Vanda tessellata (ROXB.) HOOK. EX G. DON. (Orchidaceae)?
Publication : Taprobanica
Year : 2024
Members : Gunasekara R.S., Yakandawala K., Jayakody S. Wijesundara D.S.A., Dharmadasa R.M. and Karunaratne W.A.I.P. - Biodiversity dynamics of terrestrial gastropods in the tropical
montane rainforests of Nuwara Eliya, Sri
Lanka
Publication : Archives of Biological Sciences
Year : 2024
Members : Thilakarathne, D.D., Ranawana, K.B. and Kumburegama, S. - Comparative evaluation of the effect of phytochemicals of garlic (Allium sativum) ethanolic extract against Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in Sri Lanka
Publication : . Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2024
Members : Rajapaksha, W. R. G. W. N., de Silva, W. A. P. P., & Weeraratne, T. C - Conservational significance of the Upper Hanthana secondary
forest in the Central Province of Sri Lanka based on avifaunal diversity and
endemism
Publication : Current Science
Year : 2024
Members : Bandara, S. and Wijesundara, C.S. - Diversity of Waterbirds and Potential for
Promoting Avitourism in Selected Regions in the Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka.
Publication : International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies
Year : 2024
Members : Jayarathna, D. and Wijesundara, C.S. - Efficacy of the insect growth regulator
novaluron in the control of dengue vector mosquitoes Aedes
aegypti and Ae. albopictus.
Publication : Scientific Reports
Year : 2024
Members : Herath, J. M. M. K., de Silva, W. A. P. P., Weeraratne, T. C., et al. - First record of feline urinary bladder worm (Capillaria syn. Pearsonema) in Sri Lanka: Clinical, histopathological and molecular characterization.
Publication : Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports
Year : 2024
Members : De Silva, T.K., Wijeratne, S., Perera, P.K., Wijesundera, K., Jayaweera, W.R., Rajakaruna, R.S. - Land-Use
Pattern-Based Spatial Variation of Physicochemical Parameters and Efficacy of
Safe Drinking Water Supply along the Mahaweli River, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Water
Year : 2024
Members : Thilakarathna, P.A.; Fareed, F.; Makehelwala, M.; Weragoda, S.K.; Fernando, R.; Premachandra, T.; Rajapakse, M.; Wei, Y.; Yang, M.; Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Molecular Epidemiological Investigation of Theileriosis in Dairy Cattle in
Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Peradeniya University International Research Symposium and Exposition 2024 (iPURSE 2024), Sri Lanka, 29-30 August, 2024.
Year : 2024
Members : Subhasinghe, J.N. Anupama, N.M.T., Madusanka, K. S., Rajakaruna, R.S., Perera, P.K. - Molecular epidemiological investigations of bovine theileriosis in Jaffna, Sri
Lanka.
Publication : Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress, Sri Lanka: 1st-2nd November 2024.
Year : 2024
Members : Amarasingha, T.H.P.S., Gajavathany, P., Rajeshwaran, M., Rajakaruna, R.S., Perera, P.K. - Ovicidal and oviposition deterrence properties of Tabernaemontana divaricata (Apocynaceae) against Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus in Sri Lanka.
Publication : Arthropod-Plant Interactions
Year : 2024
Members : . Wijesundara, W. M. S. H., Weeraratne, T. C., & de Silva, W. A. P. P. - Phylogenetic and phylogeographic insights into Sri Lankan killifishes (Teleostei: Aplocheilidae)
Publication : Journal of Fish Biology
Year : 2024
Members : Hiranya Sudasinghe, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Kumudu Wijesooriya, Lukas Rüber, Madhava Meegaskumbura - Terrestrial pest gastropod diversity and
spatiotemporal variations in highland
agricultural lands of Sri Lanka
Publication : Journal of Ecology and Environment
Year : 2024
Members : Thilakarathne, K.G.D.D., Hirimuthugoda, G.N., Ranawana, K.B. and Kumburegama, S.
- Pseudophilautus pardus,
a junior synonym of P. viridis (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae).
Publication : Zootaxa
Year : 2023
Members : Wijayathilaka N, Perera U, Manamendra-Arachchi K, et al.. - Associations of Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis with skin bacteria and fungi on Asian amphibian hosts.
Publication : ISME Communications
Year : 2023
Members : Sun, D., Herath, J., Shipeng, J., Ellepola, G. et al - Insecticide
Resistance, Resistance Mechanisms, and Phylogeny of Three Myzus persicae
Populations in Cabbage from Three Agroclimatic Zones of Sri Lanka
Publication : Tropical Agricultural Research
Year : 2023
Members : Marasinghe, J. P., Karunarane, S.H.P.P., Surendran S.N., Hemachandra K.S. and Nugaliadde L. - Ovicidal and oviposition deterrence properties
of Tabernaemontana divaricata (Apocynaceae) against Aedes albopictus
and Culex quinquefasciatus in Sri Lanka
Publication : Arthropod-Plant interactions
Year : 2023
Members : Wijesundara, W.M.S.H., Weeraratne, T.C. and de Silva, W.A.P.P. - Association of helminth infestation with childhood asthma: a nested case-control study.
Publication : International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Year : 2023
Members : Senaratna, C.V., Perera P.K., Arulkumaran, S., Abeysekara, N., Piyumanthi, P., Hamilton, G.S., Nixon, G.M., Rajakaruna, R.S., Dharmage, S.C. - Breeding site
selection and co-existing patterns of tropical mosquitoes
Publication : Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Year : 2023
Members : Chathuranga W. G. D., Weeraratne, T.C., Abeysundara, S.P., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. and de Silva, W.A.P.P - Breeding site selection and co-existing patterns of tropical mosquitoes.
Publication : Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Year : 2023
Members : Chathuranga, W. G. D., Weeraratne, T. C., Abeysundara, S. P., Karunaratne, S. H. P. P., & de Silva, W. A. P. P. - Breeding site selection and co‐existing
patterns of tropical mosquitoes
Publication : Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Year : 2023
Members : Chathuranga, W. G. D., Weeraratne, T. C., Abeysundara, S. P., Karunaratne, S. H. P. P., & de Silva, W. P. P. - Diversification and biogeography of Rhacophoridae – a model testing approach
Publication : Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Year : 2023
Members : Ellepola G. and Meegaskumbura M. - Ecological barriers for an amphibian pathogen: a narrow ecological
niche for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in an Asian Chytrid hotspot.
Publication : Journal of Fungi
Year : 2023
Members : Sun, D., Ellepola, G., Herath, J. et al. - Effects of Triclosan
on the Development of Antimicrobial Resistance
in the Environment: A Review
Publication : Current Pollution Reports
Year : 2023
Members : Wang, C., Liu, S., Feng, H., Barrett, H., Peng, H., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P., Zhang, Y. and Yang, M. - Emerging threat of Ranavirus: prevalence, genetic diversity, and
climatic drivers of Ranavirus (Iridoviridae) in ectothermic vertebrates of Asia.
Publication : Frontiers in Veterinary siences
Year : 2023
Members : Herath, J., Sun, D., Ellepola., G. et al. - Filariasis in dogs brought to the Peradeniya Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Parasitology Research
Year : 2023
Members : Thilakarathne S.S., Perera P.K., Wijayawardhane N., Mallawa, C., Rajakaruna, R.S. - Freshwater
gastropod composition and the key environmental determinants in Hulu
ganga and Ma oya river basins of Sri Lanka.
Publication : Taprobanica The Journal of Asian Biodiversity
Year : 2023
Members : P.H. Liyanagedara, W.M.C.S. Wijesundara, M.W.S.K. Yatigammana & S. Kumburegama, - Freshwater gastropod composition and the key
environmental determinants in Hulu Ganga and Ma Oya river basins of Sri Lanka
Publication : Taprobanica
Year : 2023
Members : Liyanagedara, P. H., Wijesundara, W. M. C. S., Yatigammana, M. W. S. K., and Kumburegama, S. - Freshwater Gastropod Composition and the Key Environmental Determinants in Hulu Ganga and Ma Oya River Basins of Sri Lanka
Publication : Taprobanica
Year : 2023
Members : P.H. Liyanagedara, W.M.C.S. Wijesundara, M.W.S.K. Yatigammana & S. Kumburegama - Taxonomic review of the enigmatic Sri Lankan land snail genus Acavus (Eupulmonata:Acavidae)
Publication : Molluscs of South Asia
Year : 2023
Members : Kumudu Wijesooriya, Lakshani Weerasekara, Dinarzarde Raheem, Kithsiri Ranawana - The Ecology and Social Structure of the Asian Colobines. In Sussman RW.
Hart D, Calquhoun IC (Eds.) (pp.481-532).Rowman
and Littlefield
Publication : The Natural History of Primates: A Systematic Survey of Ecology and Behavior
Year : 2023
Members : Rajnish Vandercone, Camille Coudrat, and Patricia Ormond - The loach genus Lepidocephalichthys (Teleostei: Cobitidae) in Sri Lanka and peninsular India: multiple colonizations and unexpected species diversity
Publication : Hydrobiologia
Year : 2023
Members : Hiranya Sudasinghe, Neelesh Dahanukar, Rajeev Raghavan, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Kumudu Wijesooriya, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Lukas Rüber, and Madhava Meegaskumbura - The two chytrid pathogens of amphibians in Eurasia-climatic niches
and future expansion.
Publication : BMC Ecology and Evolution
Year : 2023
Members : Sun D, Ellepola G, Herath J, Meegaskumbura M. - Tiny spies: mosquito antennae are sensitive sensors for eavesdropping on frog calls.
Publication : The Journal of Experimental Biology
Year : 2023
Members : Pantoja-Sánchez, H., Leavell, B. C., Rendon, B., de Silva, W. A. P. P., Singh, R., Zhou, J., Menda, G., Hoy, R. R., Miles, R. N., Sanscrainte, N. D., & Bernal, X. E. - Transgenic mosquitoes: Is that a reality?
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2023
Members : Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Zoonotic gastrointestinal parasites in peridomestic toque macaques and
free-roaming community dogs in the central province, Sri Lanka.
Publication : 33rd ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Copenhagen, Denmark (17.04.2023)
Year : 2023
Members : Perera, P.K., Thilakarathne, S.S., De Silva, T. K., Sepalage, C.S., Rajakaruna, R.S.
- Morphological variations in male
genitalia of seven mosquito genera (Diptera: Culicidae) in Kandy, Sri Lanka. ,
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2022
Members : Anuradha, G. N. P. V., de Silva, W. A. P. P., Chathuranga, W. G. D., Karunaratne, S. H. P. P., & Weeraratne, T. C. - Adapting to Novel Environments Together: Evolutionary and Ecological Correlates of the Bacterial Microbiome of the World’s Largest Cavefish Diversification (Cyprinidae, Sinocyclocheilus)
Publication : Frontiers in Microbiology
Year : 2022
Members :Shipeng Zhou, Amrapali P. Rajput, Tingru Mao, Yewei Liu, Gajaba Ellepola, Jayampathi Herath, Jian Yang and Madhava Meegaskumbura - The role of climate and islands in species diversification and reproductive-mode evolution of Old World tree frogs
Publication : Communications Biology
Year : 2022
Members :Gajaba Ellepola, Marcio R. Pie, Rohan Pethiyagoda, James Hanken & Madhava Meegaskumbura - Impacts of Bambusa
bambos spread on seedling recruitment, mortality and regeneration potential
of native species in tropical moist evergreen forests of Sri Lanka.
Publication : Journal of Tropical Forest Science
Year : 2022
Members : Wijewickrama, T., Karunaratne, I., Wijesundara, S. and Madawala, S. - Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss spread influences litter-dwelling
arthropod communities in native forests: A case study from Sri Lanka.
Publication : Ecological Entomology
Year : 2022
Members : Wijewickrama, T., Karunaratne, I., Wijesundara, S. and Madawala, S. - Behavioral characterization
of musth in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Defining progressive
stages of male sexual behavior in in-situ and ex-situ populations
Publication : Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Year : 2022
Members : LaDue CA, Vandercone RPG, Kiso WK, Freeman WA - Distinct Frizzled
receptors independently mediate endomesoderm specification and primary
archenteron invagination during gastrulation in Nematostella.
Publication : Developmental Biology
Year : 2022
Members : Wijesena, N., Sun, H., Kumburegama, S. and Wikramanayake, A. H. - Feline urinary bladder worm Capillaria (syn. Pearsonema) in Sri Lanka.
Publication : Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress, Sri Lanka: 28th-30th October 2022.
Year : 2022
Members : De Silva, T. K., Wijeratne, S., Perera, P.K., Wijesundera, W.R., Perera, V., Rajakaruna, R.S. - First molecular identification of Ancylostoma species in dogs in a rural tea estate community in Sri Lanka and the detection of other zoonotic gastro-intestinal parasites.
Publication : Acta Parasitologica
Year : 2022
Members : De Silva, T.K., Rajakaruna, R.S., Mohotti, K.P., Rajapakse, R.P.V.J., Perera, P.K. - Native Sri Lankan bees enhance pollination of sesame, Sesamum indicum.
Publication : Ceylon journal of Science
Year : 2022
Members : Ekanayake, E.M.D. and Karunaratne, W.A.I.P. - Social Behavior and
Group Formation in Male Asian Elephants (Elephas
maximus): The Effects of Age and Musth in Wild and Zoo-Housed
Animals
Publication : Animals
Year : 2022
Members : LaDue CA, Vandercone RPG, Kiso WK, Freeman WA - Weather-Based Prediction
Models for the Prevalence of Dengue Vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus.
Publication : Journal of Tropical Medicine.
Year : 2022
Members : Herath, J.M.M.K., Abeyasundara, H.T.K., De Silva, W.A.P.P., Weeraratne, T.C., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. (2022). - A mini-review on the impact of common gorse
in its introduced ranges.
Publication : Tropical Ecology
Year : 2022
Members : Galappaththi, H. S. S. D., de Silva, W. A. P. P., & Clavijo Mccormick, A. - Agamid lizard predation by
Macaca sinica (Toque Macaque) in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Publication : Natural history note
Year : 2022
Members : Wijesooriya, K., Weerasekara, L and Ranawana, K - Agamid Lizard Predation by Macaca sinica (Toque Macaque) in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Mammalia
Year : 2022
Members : Wijesooriya K., Weerasekara L. and Ranawana, K. - Bio-efficacy of Selected Novel Insecticides for the
Management of Whiteflies and Aphids in Bitter Gourd and
Brinjal in Sri Lanka
Publication : Annals of Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture
Year : 2022
Members : J.P. Marasinghe, R.J.K.N.P. Samarasinghe, S.R.K. Madugalla, L. Nugaliyadde, K.S. Hemachandra, S.H.P.P. Karunaratne - Canine geohelminth in Digana and Pussellawa areas in Kandy District: Investigation with Special reference to Ancylostoma.
Publication : Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 28-30 October, 2022.
Year : 2022
Members : Amarasingha, T.H.P.S., Anupama, N.M.T., Rajapakse, R.P.V.J., Perera, P.K. - Community-level awareness and perspective towards human-monkey conflict in
Polonnaruwa district, Sri Lanka. Primates
Publication : Original research article
Year : 2022
Members : Poornima, A.M.N.S., Weerasekara, W.M.L.S., Vinobaba, M and Karunarathna, K.A.N.K - Dirofilariasis in dogs brought to the Veterinary Teaching, Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress, Sri Lanka: 28th-30th October 2022.
Year : 2022
Members : Thilakarathne, S.S, Wijayawardhane, N., Perera P.K., Mallawa, C., Rajakaruna, R.S. - Estimating
colonization time of maggots infesting wounds in dogs: three case studies
Publication : Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal
Year : 2022
Members : Bandara W. R. U. A., Karunaratne W. A. I. P., Fuward R. M., Dangolla A. and Yasakeerthi A. D. H. - Evolving in the darkness: phylogenomics of Sinocyclocheilus cavefishes highlights recent diversification and cryptic diversity.
Publication : Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution
Year : 2022
Members : Mao, TR., Liu, YW., Vasconcellos, MM., Pie, MR., Ellepola, G., Fu, C., Yang, J. and Meegaskumbura, M. - Major and trace elements in rice paddy soils in
Sri Lanka with special emphasis on regions with endemic chronic kidney disease
of undetermined origin
Publication : Environ Geochem Health
Year : 2022
Members : Shyamalie Balasooriya , Saranga Diyabalanage , Sudharma K Yatigammana , O A Ileperuma and Rohana Chandrajith - Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthydae: Oryzias) in Sri Lanka.
Publication : Ecology and Evolution
Year : 2022
Members : Sudasinghe, H., Ranasinghe, T., Wijesooriya, K., Pethiyagoda, R., Rüber, L. and Meegaskumbura, M. - Morphological variations in male genitalia of seven mosquito genera
(Diptera: Culicidae) in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2022
Members : Anuradha, G. N. P. V., de Silva, W. A. P. P., Chathuranga, W. G. D., Karunaratne, S. H. P. P., & Weeraratne, T. C. - Mosquito Control: A Review on the Past, Present and Future Strategies
Publication : Journal of National Science Foundation Sri Lanka
Year : 2022
Members : S.H.P.P. Karunaratne and S.N. Surendran - Physical and behavioral indicators associated with hormonal changes during musth in zoo-housed and free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
Publication : Theriogenology Wild
Year : 2022
Members : LaDue CA, Hunt KE, Samaraweera MGSM, Vandercone RPG, Kiso WK, Elizabeth W. Freeman, EW. - Same-sex sexual behaviour (SSB) in free-ranging Toque acaques (Macaca sinica aurifrons) in the lower Hanthana region, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Postgraduate Institute of Science Annual Research Congress, Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Year : 2022
Members : Weerasekra, W.M.L.S., Wijesooriya, W.M.K.B., Ranawana, K.B. - Spatial distribution pattern of
ornithophilic mosquitoes along the vertical axis in forest habitats of Sri
Lanka.
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2022
Members : Chathuranga, W. G. D., Weeraratne, T. C., Karunaratne, S. H. P. P., & de Silva, W. A. P. P. - Spatial distribution pattern of ornithophilic mosquitoes along
the vertical axis in forest habitats
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2022
Members : Chathuranga, W. G. D., Weereratne, T. C., Karunaratne, S. H. P. P., & De Silva, W. A. P. P. - Spatial distribution pattern of ornithophilic mosquitoes along the vertical axis in forest
habitats
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2022
Members : W.G.D. Chathuranga, T.C. Weereratne, S.H.P.P. Karunaratne and W.A.P.P. De Silva - The 2014-17 Global Coral Bleaching Event: The Most Severe and
Widespread Coral Reef Destruction
Publication : Biological Sciences
Year : 2022
Members : Mark Eakin and others (including Munasinghe Chathurika) - Troop composition of free-ranging Toque macaque in dry and wet zones of Sri Lanka: reviewed by multivariate method using R.
Publication : International Conference on Applied and Pure Sciences. Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Year : 2022
Members : Weerasekara, W.M.L.S., Wijesooriya, W.M.K.B., Britto C. S. A., and Ranawana, K.B. - Weather-Based Prediction Models for the Prevalence of Dengue
Vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus
Publication : Journal of Tropical Medicine
Year : 2022
Members : J. M. Manel K. Herath, Hemalika T. K. Abeyasundara, W. A. Priyanka P. De Silva, Thilini C. Weeraratne and S. H. P. Parakrama Karunaratne - Weather-based prediction models for the prevalence of dengue vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus
Publication : . Journal of Tropical Medici
Year : 2022
Members : Herath, M. K., Abesundara, H., de Silva, W. A. P. P., Wene, T. C., & Karunaratne, S. H. P. P. (2022).