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PB TERNEY PRADEEP KUMARA (Ph.D.) P.B. TERNEY PRADEEP KUMARA (Ph.D.) (General Manager / Senior lecturer / Marine ecologist / PADI Dive master) CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DETAILS Name with initials: P.B. TERNEY PRADEEP KUMARA (Ph.D.) Name in full : Pransiscu Baduge Terney Pradeep Kumara Residence : 346/A/12, Kumarathunga Mawatha, Matara 81000, Sri Lanka. Mobile +94 71 5 169 820 Office : General Manager/Chief Executive Officer Marine Environment Protection Authority (Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment) No 758, Baseline Road, Colombo 09, Sri Lanka. Tel. 00 94 11 2687520, 2690604-5 Senior Lecturer/ Former Head Department of Oceanography and Marine Geology University of Ruhuna Matara 81000, Sri Lanka. Tel. 00 94 41 22 22681 (Ext – 4509), 22 27026 Fax. 00 94 41 22 22683 e-mail [email protected] [email protected] Date of birth : 05th November 1969 Nationality : Sri Lankan School attended : MR/Mirissa Methodist Vidyalaya MR/ St. Servatious College, Matara MR/ Rahula College, Matara. 1 | P a g e EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Institute Year completed Qualification University of Kalmar, Sweden 28th Nov 2008 Ph.D. (Patterns of Coral Reproduction and Distribution in Southern Sri Lanka: reef resilience in an environment affected by major disturbances) University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka 25th April 1997 B.Sc. Special (Zoology) 2nd class (Upper division, Hons.) Subsidiary subject - Chemistry Open University of Sri Lanka 1991 Computer awareness program University of Warwick, England 1991 English for communication MEMBERSHIPS 1. Life member - Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) 7295/D LM 2. Life member - Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (SLAFAR) 3. SLAFAR Secretary (2006 – 2007) 4. SLAAS - Executive committee member (Section D) 5. SLAAS - Environmental Committee member (2006) 6. SLAFAR Executive committee member (2008-2009) 7. SLAAS - Science popularization Committee member (2013) 8. Life member - Institute of Env. Professionals Sri Lanka (IEPSL) Since 2016 452M AWARDS 1. Science Popularization Award (English medium) 2005 from Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) at 61st SLASS annual sessions. 2. Ruhuna University vice chancellor’s award for the most outstanding young scholar of the year 2006 2 | P a g e POSITIONS HELD 1. Temporary Demonstrator - Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna from 01st July 1997 2. Temporary Assistant Lecturer - Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna from 01st June 1998 3. Scientific Assistant - Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine from 01st January 1999 4. Lecturer - Fisheries Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna from 22nd September 1999 5. Lecturer – Department of Oceanography and Marine Geology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna 6. Senior Lecturer Grade II – Department of Oceanography and Marine Geology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna Since 7. Head of the Department - Department of Oceanography and Marine Geology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna from 01st May 2008 8. General Manager - Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA), Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy from 2014.08.04 onwards. PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH Abstracts - International 1. Terney P.B.P.K., Linden O., Souter D.W., Cumaranathunga P.R.T. (2004) Coral transplantation: an additional tourist attraction in Polhena reef of southern Sri Lanka. Proceedings of 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, 2005: p38. http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jcrs/icrs/Oral0628.pdf 2. Terney Pradeep Kumara P.B., Cumaranathunga P.R.T, Souter D.W.(2005) Spatio- Temporal patterns of coral larval settlement in three selected reefs in Southern Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the IMarEST 2006’ World Maritime Technology Conference, London 2005 http://www.wmtc2006.com.wmtc2006prgrammefinal.pdf 3. Terney Pradeep Kumara P.B. (2007) ‘Reef related resource exploitation of the coral reefs in the Southern Sri Lanka’ Western Indian Ocean Marine Symposium (WIOMSA) 2007 - special sessions. Durban, South Africa, October 2007 3 | P a g e 4. Terney Pradeep Kumara P.B., & Bandara W.M.D.K., (2010) Climate change implications on marine and coastal ecosystems of Sri Lanka: present situation and the information gap. Proceedings of the 3rd international symposium on the Indian Ocean and South China Sea. Guangzhou, China, November 2010 http://ledweb.scsio.ac.cn/ioscs2010/article-an.asp?id=287 5. Terney Pradeep Kumara P.B. (2011) Restoration of coral reefs to mitigate climate change and environmental impacts along the southern coastal belt of Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 6th International workshop on Marine Environment Change of South China Sea (MEC2011), Guangzhou, China, December 2011 http://ledweb.scsio.ac.cn/download/abstract%20mec2011.pdf 6. Jerker Tamelander, Arjan Rajasuriya, JK Patterson Edward, Sarang Kulkarni, Rohan Arthur, Alasdair Harris, Terney Pradeep Kumara, Vineeta Hoon, Zahirul Islam, Hussein Zahir, M.F.M. Fairoz, K. Venkataraman. N (2008) Status of Coral Reefs in South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Chagos (BIOT). Abstracts of the 11th International coral reef symposium 2008. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, July 7 -11 649pp http://www.nova.edu/ncri/11icrs/11icrs_abstractbook_final.pdf 7. James Howard, Sandra Bell, Terney Pradeep Kumara. (2013). Co-management of the ornamental fishery in southern Sri Lanka: who controls access and manages the coastal sea? International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) 2013 11th Congress: Tartu, Estonia. 30 June - 4 July, 2013. http://www.nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2013/panels.php5?PanelID=2410 8. Joyashree Roy, Preeti Kapuria, Satabdi Datta, Suman Dutta, Indrila Guha, Rajarshi Banerji, Sandhya Rao, Giasuddin Miah, Shang Chen, Jingmei Li, Tao Xia, Janaka Ratnasiri , P.B. Terney Pradeep Kumara, Chinthaka Samarawickrama Lokuhetti (2013) Coastal ecosystem and changing economic activities: Challenges for sustainability transition along Chinese and South Asian Coasts. 6th annual international ESP conference, Bali, Indonesia, 26-30 August, 2013 http://www.google.lk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCIQFjA B&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.espconference.org%2Fdownloadattachment%2F81455 %2F81132%2FESP%25202013%2520Book%2520of%2520Abstracts%2520- %2520all%2520presentation%2520abstracts.pdf&ei=hsOtU7LfEtOcugT6yIKQBQ&us g=AFQjCNFs089Y-Aa2OiBk-cJHPnuGECFtEQ&bvm=bv.69837884,d.c2E 9. U.S.C Udagedara and P.B. Terney Pradeep Kumara, 2013- Present status of Seagrass ecosystems in the Puttalam lagoon, Sri Lanka, The 11th International Seagrass Biology workshop, 6-10th November 2014, Sanya, China, pp 62. http://research.jcu.edu.au/tropwater/publications/The11thInternationalSeagrassBiology Workshop.pdf 4 | P a g e 10. Ranasinghe, P.N., Ambillapitiya, T., Amarasinghe, C., Vithana, M.V.P., Rajapaksha, R.P.S.K., Kopalakrishnan, K., Wijesundara, Terney Pradeep Kumara P.B., D.T.D.S., Jayaratne, Y.N., (2015) Holocene Sea level variability in Central Indian Ocean. Marginal Seas 2015 - International workshop ‘Marginal Seas and their coastal areas – transit and buffer zones incontinent – ocean interaction’. September 17-19, Yantai, China. P 26 11. Guruge, K.P.G.K.P., Terney Pradeep Kumara P.B., (2016) Vertical distribution and Diversity of Mollusks in intertidal habitats of Pigeon Island National Park, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. 3rd International Conference on Fisheries and Aquaculture ICFA – 2016. p. 12. Guruge, K.P.G.K.P., Terney Pradeep Kumara P.B., (2017) Community perception on the present status of Hikkaduwa Marine National Park. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Agriculture and Environment. 19th January 2017. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka. P. 66-68 13. Terney Pradeep Kumara, P.B., Kushlani N. Dissanayake P.A., Aziz Hasan., (2017) CORAL REEFS AT RISK: SRI LANKAN CONTEXT European conference of tropical ecology. The Society of Tropical Ecology. Feb 6 – 10, 2017, Brussels, Belgium. P. 236 http://www.gtoe-conference.de/download/170113_gtoe_Tagungsband_2017_WEB.pdf 14. Udagedara, U.S.C., Dahanayaka, D.D.G.L., Terney Pradeep Kumara, P.B., (2017) CURRENT STATUS OF THE SEAGRASS OF SRI LANKA AND THEIR RESEARCH NEEDS RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE. International Conference on Climate Change 2017, Colombo Sri Lanka. P. 46 Abstracts - Local 1. Terney Pradeep Kumara P.B. & Cumaranathunga P.R.T. (2005) Impacts of the Tsunami on coral reef ecosystems along the Southern coast of Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the workshop on ‘Impact of the Tsunami and Post-Tsunami Recovery in the Southern Region of Sri Lanka’ University of Ruhuna: p 11. 2. Terney Pradeep Kumara P.B., Cumaranathunga P.R.T., Souter D.W. (2005) Larval settlement patterns of stony coral Pocillipora damicornis at Polhena reef of Southern Sri Lanka – Proceedings of 11th SLAFAR (Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources) sessions. p.29 3. Terney Pradeep Kumara P.B. (2005) Impact of tsunami on Coastal Resources; A case from Sri Lanka. Proceedings of ITDG workshop “Impact of the Tsunami and the Sethusamudram on small scale fishery industry” BMICH, Colombo, August 2005 http://practicalaction.org/tsunami_sethusamudram 5 | P a g e 4. Terney Pradeep Kumara P.B., Cumaranathunga P. R.T., Linden O. (2006) Low cost coral transplantation for the restoration of degraded coral reefs - A case study in Polhena reef lagoon. Proceedings of 12th SLAFAR (Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources)
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