{"id":18,"date":"2018-09-12T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/sampath-seneviratne\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2021-12-01T01:17:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T06:47:25","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/sampath-seneviratne\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953458083{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Research Interests<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\">\n<li>My research interests are rooted in the studies of island biogeography, causes of endemicity and the evolution of novel traits. My approach uses both field- and laboratory-based research grounded in a strong conceptual framework to address processes underlying trait divergence and species (trait) boundaries. I use various methods to understand these processes such as Behavioral studies, basic counts, field experiments, genetic and genomic tools, Satellite Tags, Illumina NGS genomic platforms and bioinformatic tools. Sri Lanka in particular offers a great assortment of species assemblages to study critical questions related to speciation in island biogeographic framework.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/evolution.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php\/research\/\">https:\/\/evolution.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php\/research\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Ongoing projects<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD project 1 \u2013 Speciation and evolutionary ecology in Asian Flamebacks<\/li>\n<li>PhD project 2 \u2013 Island endemicity and colonization patterns in birds<\/li>\n<li>PhD project 3 \u2013 Ecology and evolution of Migratory Birds in the Central Asian Flyway (CAF)<\/li>\n<li>PhD project 4 \u2013 Genetic basis of vocalization in songbirds<\/li>\n<li>PHD project 5 \u2013 Ecology and evolutionary affinities of the Sri Lankan Jackal<\/li>\n<li>Undergrad Project \u2013 Phylogeny and evolution in conservation prioritization<\/li>\n<li>Undergrad Project \u2013 Rainforest ecology and characterization<\/li>\n<li>Undergrad Project \u2013 Genetic fragmentation and associated effects in urban forests<\/li>\n<li>Undergrad Project \u2013 Phylogenetics of tree snakes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953458083{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text] Research Interests [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] My research interests are rooted in the studies of island biogeography, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/sampath-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/sampath-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/sampath-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/sampath-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/sampath-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/sampath-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/sampath-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/sampath-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}