Dr. Uthpala A. Jayawardena

I am currently working as a senior lecturer at the Department of Zoology of the Faculty of Natural Sciences in the Open University of Sri Lanka. I gained my B.Sc (Hon’s) degree in Zoology, with a First class and M.Phil degree in Ecotoxicology and Parasitology in 2008 from the University of Peradeniya. I completed my […]

Dr. Chanika D. Jayasinghe

Dr. (Mrs.) Jayasinghe holds BSc (honours) in Zoology from the University of Colombo and an MSc in Epigenetics from Osaka University, Japan and PhD from the University of Colombo. The thrust of her research work is rooted in Parasitology and pharmacognosy, a journey which commenced in 2005 during her undergraduate studies at the Department of […]

Dr. Kithsiri H. Jayawardana

Dr Kithsiri Hector Jayawardana holds a B.Sc. (special) degree from the University of Kelaniya. He has studied fish parasites and fish transport methods for his special degree. He joined with Filariasis research project sponsored by the World Health Organization at the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo and earned a Degree of Master of […]

Prof. Subadra Wijesekera

I have obtained a B.Sc. (Special) degree in Zoology from the University of Peradeniya, Department of Zoology. For my Ph.D., I studied the immunological events associated with the paroxysms of Malaria Disease. As a fellow researcher, I have worked at Aberdeen University, Section of Immunology and Infection Institute of Medical Sciences Foresterhill. My research areas […]

Professor Gaya R. Ranawaka

Gaya read for her BSc Degree at the University of Colombo and then proceeded to the Imperial College, London for postgraduate research studies relating to malaria transmission blocking antibodies, on scholarships awarded by the President’s Fund, Sri Lanka and the Beit Fellowship, UK, and earned her PhD in Parasitology from the University of London, UK. […]