{"id":8,"date":"2020-01-25T03:18:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T03:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/sachini-amarasekara\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2024-02-03T05:38:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T11:08:00","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/sachini-amarasekara\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;117&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_border&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Dr. Sachini Amarasekara<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"small-text\"><strong>\u00a0LECTURER<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences<br \/>\nUniversity of Colombo<br \/>\nColombo 00300<br \/>\nSri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Office: Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences &#8211; Room No.<br \/>\nWork Phone:<br \/>\nWork Fax:<br \/>\nEmail: <span dir=\"auto\">sachini@zoology.cmb.ac.lk<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=olz8CJcAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;authuser=1\">\u202aA D Dulshara Sachini Amarasekara\u202c &#8211; 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