Awards and Grants

Awards

  • 2014
    University of Colombo Senate Commendation for Research 2022
  • 2021
    University of Colombo Senate Award for Research excellence 2021
  • 2020
    University of Colombo Senate Award for Research excellence 2020
  • 2022
    University of Colombo, Faculty of Science Faculty Award for Research Excellence 2020
  • 2021
    The National Research Council (NRC) Merit Award for Scientific research published in the year 2018
  • 2018
    University of Colombo Faculty of Science Award for Research Excellence
  • 2018
    University of Colombo Sri Lanka Senate Award for Research excellence
  • 2018
    The National Research Council (NRC) Merit Award for Scientific Publication - 2016
  • 2016
    University of Colombo Sri Lanka Senate Award for Research excellence
  • 2015
    President’s Award for Scientific Publication. 2013. by President, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  • 2005
    Outstanding Graduate Student 2005- Awarded by the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, USA - 2005
  • 2004
    Francis Clark Soil Biology Scholarship for Academic Year 2004- 2005- Awarded by the College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, USA - 2004
  • 1999
    The President’s Research Bonus 1999- Awarded by President, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  • 1998
    1997- 1998 John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award (Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award), by University of Wyoming, USA - 1998
  • 1997
    Outstanding General Biology Teaching Assistant Award for the 1996-1997 Academic Year by University of Wyoming, USA -1997
  • 1995
    International Student Scholarship for the 1995/1996 Academic Year by University of Wyoming, USA - 1995
  • 1986
    Scholarship for the performance at the First Year examination in Science by the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka - 1986
  • 1986
    Mahapola Higher Education (Merit) Sholarship awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka - 1984
  • 1979
    Best All-Round Student in the District (Certificate) by the Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka -1979.

Grants

  • 2019
    Co-I ‘Research Programme on Meditation, Mindfulness and Health’ - A research grant under the Development Oriented Research (DOR) – Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-Humanities, Education, Management, Social Sciences (HEMS) Grant scheme of the Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) project funded by World Bank `{`Ongoing`}`
    2019. Co-I ‘Research Programme on Meditation, Mindfulness and Health’ – A research grant under the Development Oriented Research (DOR) – Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-Humanities, Education, Management, Social Sciences (HEMS) Grant scheme of the Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) project funded by World Bank [Ongoing]
  • 2017
    Principal Investigator (PI) ‘Assessment of climatic and socioeconomic benefits of converting degraded tea land in Sri Lanka to timber plantations’ University of Colombo (under Collaborative Research grant) `{`Ongoing`}`

    1. Principal Investigator (PI) ‘Assessment of climatic and socioeconomic benefits of converting degraded tea land in Sri Lanka to timber plantations’ University of Colombo (under Collaborative Research grant) [Ongoing]

  • 2016
    PI ‘Identification of the best agricultural management practices with better greenhouse gas benefits in salinity affected areas of South Asia’; Asia Pacific Network (APN), Japan (Only 10 regional projects have been selected within Asia Pacific region). `{`Ongoing`}`
    PI ‘Identification of the best agricultural management practices  with  better greenhouse gas benefits in salinity affected areas of South Asia’; Asia Pacific Network (APN), Japan (Only 10 regional projects have been selected within Asia Pacific region). [Ongoing]
  • 2014
    PI ‘Identification of the best agricultural management practices with better greenhouse gas benefits in salinity affected areas of South Asia’; Asia Pacific Network (APN), Japan (seed grant award for conducting a scoping workshop for development of a regional proposal with regional collaborators from South Asia)
    2014: PI ‘Identification of the best agricultural management practices  with  better greenhouse gas benefits in salinity affected areas of South Asia’; Asia Pacific Network (APN), Japan (seed grant award for conducting a scoping workshop for development of a regional proposal with regional collaborators from South Asia)
  • 2014
    PI ‘Development of a carbon neutral action plan for Colombo tea factory of Dilmah Conservation’; Dilmah Conservation
    2014: PI ‘Development of a carbon neutral action plan for Colombo tea factory of Dilmah Conservation’; Dilmah Conservation
  • 2014-2017
    Co-I ‘Using insects as indicators of environmental health: Applications with Tiger beetles (Coleoptera-Cicindelidae) of Sri Lanka’ funded by University of Colombo (under Collaborative Research grants)
    2014-2017: Co-I ‘Using insects as indicators of environmental health: Applications with Tiger beetles (Coleoptera-Cicindelidae) of Sri Lanka’ funded by University of Colombo (under Collaborative Research grants)
  • 2013
    PI ‘Carbon footprint analysis for Colombo tea factory of Dilmah Conservation’; Dilmah Conservation
    2013: PI  ‘Carbon footprint analysis for Colombo tea factory of Dilmah Conservation’; Dilmah Conservation
  • 2013-2016
    PI ‘Assessment of the life cycle carbon footprints of main agricultural export products of Sri Lanka for macro level decision support in relation to climate change’; University of Colombo (under Collaborative Research grant)
    2013-2016: PI ‘Assessment of the life cycle carbon footprints of main agricultural export products of Sri Lanka for macro level decision support in relation to climate change’; University of Colombo (under Collaborative Research grant)
  • 2013-2016
    PI ‘Strengthening of capacity for assessment of life cycle carbon footprints of main agricultural export products of Sri Lanka in relation to climate change’; National Research Council (NRC) of Sri Lanka
    2013-2016: PI ‘Strengthening of capacity for assessment of life cycle carbon footprints of main agricultural export products of Sri Lanka in relation to climate change’; National Research Council (NRC) of Sri Lanka
  • 2013-2017
    Co-I ‘Estimation of carbon fluxes for the South Asian region using Maximum Likelihood Ensemble Filter (MLEF)’; National Research Council (NRC) of Sri Lanka
    2013-2017: Co-I ‘Estimation of carbon fluxes for the South Asian region using Maximum Likelihood Ensemble Filter (MLEF)’; National Research Council (NRC) of Sri Lanka