Recent Awards received for our research
- Best Student Presentation Award: 7th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC) 2023 (MA Gunawardene & Lokupitiya E. Life cycle assesment of conventionally and organically grown pineapple in Gampaha district)
- Overall Best Presentation Award: 7th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC) 2023 (Somarathne EASK, Gunathunga MW & Lokupitiya E. Prediction of Carbon footprint through mindfulness)
- Gold Medal for the Best Final Year Research Project in Environmental Sciences: University of Colombo, Faculty of Science 2022. (Perera, N., Lokupitiya, E., Halwatura, D.)
- The Best Oral Presenter Award: 6th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC) 2021/2022 (Perera, N., Lokupitiya, E., Halwatura, D., & Udagedara, S.The Untold Capacity of Tropical Salt Marshes in Carbon Capture and Storage – A Case study Wedithalathivu Nature Reserve)
- The Best Oral Presenter Award: Section D, 77th Annual Scientific Sessions, SLAAS 2021 (Perera, N., Lokupitiya, E., Halwatura, D., & Udagedara, S. The Determination of Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in Salt Marshes at Northwest Coast of Sri Lanka)
- University of Colombo, Faculty of Science Faculty Award for Research Excellence 2020 (E. Lokupitiya)
- Best Student Presentation for the oral presentation: International Conference on Climate Change 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2019. (Dayathilake, D.D.T.L., Lokupitiya,E., 2019. Estimation of Aboveground, Belowground, and Soil Carbon Stocks in Urban Freshwater Wetlands of Sri Lanka)
- Best Student award for the poster presentation: in the session impact on eco system services and climate change adaptation at the Symposium on Agrobiodiversity for climate change adaptation, food and nutrition, Peradeniya 2019. (Opatha, K.N., Lokupitiya, E. 2019. Study of salinity levels and impact of salt water intrusion in coastal paddy fields of the wet zone of Sri Lanka)
- Best presenter of the session,Climate change and agriculture: International Conference on Climate Change, 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Somarathne, E. A. S. K., & Lokupitiya, E. Impacts of climate change on paddy yields and fate of rice residues in different climatic zones of Sri Lanka)
- The National Research Council (NRC) Merit Award for Scientific Publication– 2018 (C. Pathmeswaran and E. Lokupitiya; for publication in European Journal of Agronomy 96: 47-53)
- Best Student Presentation for the oral presentation: International Conference on Climate Change 2017, Colombo, 2017.(Pathmeswaran, C., Lokupitiya,E.,2017. Impact of extreme weather events on coconut productivity in selected locations of Sri Lanka)
- Best presenter of the session: International Conference on Climate Change, Colombo, 2017. (Vidanagama, J., Lokupitiya, E., 2017. Comparison of Energy Usage and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Tea and Rubber Manufacturing Processes in Sri Lanka)
- University of Colombo Sri Lanka Senate Award for Research excellence 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021 (E. Lokupitiya)
- University of Colombo Faculty of Science Award for Research Excellence 2018, 2020, 2021 (E. Lokupitiya)
- The National Research Council (NRC) Merit Award for Scientific Publication- 2016 (E. Lokupitiya; for publication in Biogeochemistry 2016, Vol 129, Iss 2-Jun, pp53-76)
- President’s Award for Scientific Publication-2013. by President, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (E. Lokupitiya; for publications in Biogeosciences 2013, Vol 10, Iss 6893-6909 and Global Change Biology Vol 19, Iss 5, pp 1424-1439)
Grants
- 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
- 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)
- 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).
- 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
- 2014-2017: Co-PI ‘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
- 2013-2016: 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
- 2013-2017: Co-PI ‘Estimation of carbon fluxes for the South Asian region using Maximum Likelihood Ensemble Filter (MLEF)’; National Research Council (NRC) of Sri Lanka
