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Biosafety Expert
(EXP)
last updated: 30 Nov 2020
Professor Sudheera Ranwala has pioneered in academic achievements, research, publications and contribution to the national development. She is a recipient of research projects funded by the National Science Foundation, National Research Council, Ministry of Environment and University of Colombo, and an author of peer reviewed and indexed international and national journal articles, conference proceedings, technical papers, book chapters, books and magazine articles. Sudheera has also organized seminars, conferences, and workshops. She has served as a member of the National Environment Council of Sri Lanka, National Working Committee on Biodiversity and Environment of the National Science Foundation and currently a member of the National Invasive Species Specialist Group (NISSG- Sri Lanka) and National Forestry Research Committee. Sudheera is an aluminus (scholar and fellow) of Commonwealth Commission of the United Kingdom, a Chartered and Fellow member of the Institute of Biology Sri Lanka, and also a consultant Plant ecologist at national level.
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Person:Prof. Sudheera RanwalaDepartment of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, PO Box 1490Colombo,
, Sri LankaPhone: +94 (0)11 258 5038,Fax: +94 (0)11 258 5038,Email: ranwala@pts.cmb.ac.lk,Website:
1965
- Sri Lankan
University of Colombo)
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Academic or research institute
Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Science
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2017-01
Academic or research institute
Teaching, research, administration, dissemination of knowledge and contribution to national development
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- Sri Lanka
The Vice Chancellor)
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University of Colombo
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Academic or research institute
Teaching, research, administration, dissemination of knowledge and contribution to national development
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B.Sc. special degree in Botany
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University of Colombo
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1992-01
1996-01
Ph.D. in Plant Ecology
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University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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1998-01
2001-01
B. Other professional qualifications
- Training in Science Journalism
- Environmental Impact Assessment Methodology
- Geographic Information Systems
- Public awareness, education and participation, including access to information
- Environmental risk assessment
- Risk management
- Biodiversity
- Ecological and environmental sciences
- Policy and regulatory expertise
- Biosafety systems development and implementation expertise
- Environmental Biology
- Plant Ecology
- Customs/border control
- Plant protection/ quarantine
- Biodiversity policy
- Ranwala S., Marambe B., Wijesundara S., Silva P., Weerakoon D., Atapattu N., Gunawardena J., Manawadu L. and Gamage G. (2012): Post-entry risk assessment of invasive alien flora in Sri Lanka - Present status, gap analysis and the most troublesome alien invaders. Pakistan Journal of Weed Science Research 18: 863- 871
- HOW Peiris, SSN Perera, S. Chakraverty and SMW Ranwala (2018). Development of a mathematical model to evaluate the rate of aggregate risk of invasive alien plant species: Fuzzy risk assessment approach. International Journal of Biomathematics, 11 (4),1850049 1-18
- Sudheera Wadisinha Ranwala (2011). Invasive Alien Plants of Sri Lanka- (in Sinhala ) published by the National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka ISBN: 978-955-590-090-4
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SRI LANKA ASSOCIATION OF ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE membership since 1994:
i) COUNCIL MEMBER (2014)
ii) SECTION D (Life Sciences): President 2014, Vice President 2013, Secretary 2008
Committee member- 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012
iii) COMMITTEE FOR POPULARIZATION OF SCIENCE- Member- 2012
iv) COMMITTEE FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION Member- 2010
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INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY (SRI LANKA)
i) President - 2008/09 , Vice President - 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08
ii) Joint Secretary- 2003/04 and 2004/05
- Fellow member of Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka from 2013
- Member of the Editorial Board of Taprobanica, the Journal of South Asian Biodiversity published by the Nature Conservation Society of Sri Lanka (2009-2014)
- Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Tropical Forestry & Environment Published by University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka (from 2012)
- Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Sustainable Forestry published by Taylor & Francis online (from 2015)
- Singhalese
| Language | Level |
|---|---|
| English | excellent |
Nomination Type
Roster of Experts
Birth Place
Sri Lanka
Relevant Awards
President’s Award for Scientific Research Publications (2010)
University of Colombo Senate Award for Scientific Research Publications (2016)
Commonwealth Fellowship - Competitive Academic Award tenable in UK, Commonwealth Commission, UK (2009)
