Department of Zoology

Dr. Nuwandi U. Pathirana

Lecturer (Probationary)

B.Sc. (Hons.) (Perad.), M.Phil. (Perad.), Ph.D. (Murdoch University, Australia)

About Me

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Contact Details

Positions Held

Lecturer (Probationary)- (2023 to date)

Co-coordinator/ Biomedical Sciences Degree Programme (BMS), Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya- (2023 to date)

Temporary demonstrator, Department of Zoology, Open University Nawala- (2018)

Visiting Demonstrator at Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya- (July 2015-October 2015)

Temporary demonstrator, Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya- (2014-2015)

Member-Student Academic Advisory Committee, Faculty of Science- (Aug 2023-)

Ongoing Research and Projects

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Awards, Scholarships, Memberships & Fellowships

National Science Foundation (NSF) SUSRED (Support Scheme for Supervision of Research Degrees) award (2019) for the MPhil dissertation

Research Training Program Scholarship (RTP) (2018) - Department of Education and Training, Commonwealth Government of Australia

Murdoch Ph.D. top-up Scholarship (2018)- Murdoch University, Australia

Hilda Obeysekera Postgraduate Research Fellowship (2016)- University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Prof. F.P. Amerasinghe Memorial Gold Medal for Excellence in Zoology (2013/2014)- University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

University Award for Academic Excellence (2013/2014)-University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2017-2025

Sri Lankan Amphibian Specialist Group 2017-2025

My Teachings

BMS3022: Anatomy and Physiology 2

BMS3052: Laboratory Safety and Risk Management

My Publications

2019 2 2018 1

2019 2

Ecology and Evolution

Pathirana, N.U.K., Meegaskumbura, M. and Rajakaruna, R.S. (2019). Effects of the sequential exposure of two larval trematodes to Polypedates cruciger tadpoles. Ecology and Evolution, .

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Pathirana, N.U.K., Meegaskumbura, M. and Rajakaruna, R.S. (2019). Host resistance and tolerance to parasitism: age dependent fitness consequences in common hourglass tree frog Polypedates cruciger exposed to two larval trematodes. Canadian Journal of Zoology, .

2018 1

Ceylon Journal of Science

Pathirana, N.U.K. and Rajakaruna, R.S. (2018). Trematode infections in frogs: Do all cercarial morphotypes infect and induce effects on the common hourglass tree frog, Polypedates cruciger? . Ceylon Journal of Science, .

Conferences

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Research Interests (Research Fields/ Projects)

Parasitology, Physiology, Behaviour

Higher Education Qualifications

PhD
Murdoch University - Australia (2023)

MPhil
University of Peradeniya - Sri Lanka (2018)

BSc
University of Peradeniya - Sri Lanka (2015)

Key Publications

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