RESUME OF CURRICULUM VITAE ENOKA PRIYADARSHANI KUDAVIDANAGE 30C, Temple Road Hadigama, Piliyandala, Sri Lanka [email protected] Tel. +94 718221727 th DATE OF BIRTH: 10 January 1975 NATIONALITY: Sri Lankan ADDRESS 30C, Temple Road Department of Natural Resources Hadigama, Piliyandala, Faculty of Applied Sciences Sri Lanka Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka [email protected], [email protected] Belihuloya, Sri Lanka Tel. +94 718221727 Tel: +94 45 3454528 TIMELINE 1979-1985 Primary education: Sujatha Vidyala, Colombo and Sirimavo Bandaranayake Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka 1986-1993 Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka 1994 London Tech International-Higher diploma in computer software engineering 1996-2000 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo Sri Lanka Law College Associated Newspapers Ceylon Ltd (Lake house) -Freelance journalist (Science) 2001 Demonstrator – Department of Zoology, University of Colombo Instructor, Diploma programme in Conservation and Wildlife Management, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka 2001-2004 Lecturer (temporary), Faculty of Applied Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka 2004-2012 Lecturer, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka 2006 August – 2012 January PhD candidate- Lab of Conservation Ecology, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore (NUS) Teaching assistant (Terrestrial Ecology, Biodiversity, Applied plant ecology, Natural Heritage, International field course in Ecology), Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore Interpreter – Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, NUS 2012 January to date- Senior lecturer, Department of Natural Resources, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (responsibilities: conducting lectures, lab and field practical and training, examinations, research, research supervision, outreach, knowledge dissemination and administrative duties) UNIVERSITY EDUCATION National University of Singapore (NUS) - PhD, Biological Sciences, 2012 University of Colombo- M Sc, Environmental Sciences, 2004-2006 University of Colombo-B.Sc. (honours), Zoology, 1996-2000 OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING London-Tec International- Diploma in computer software engineering, 1997 Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science –Media division- Trained in Environmental Journalism 1997-1999 Cleaner production auditor – 2004, National Cleaner Production Center MEMBERSHIPS Life Memberships in Sri Lanka Institute of Biology; Field Ornithologists group; Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science; Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (regional coordinator); Royal Asiatic Society International Memberships Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC): Asia Chapter-Country coordinator for Sri Lanka (2010 to date) Scarabaeinae Research Network (ScarabNet) Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) British Ecological Society (BES) VOLUNTARY POSITIONS Tropical Ecosystem Research Network – Founder member / Director (www.ternlanka.org) Administrative Committee member – Committee for popularization of Science – SLAAS (2014-2015) Administrative Committee members –Association for the Advancement of Science Section (SLAAS) D (Earth and Life Sciences: 2012-2015) Task Force Member (Biodiversity)- National REDD + program University representative- Academic task force to the Minister of Wildlife and Sustainable Development University Representative – Forestry Research Committee- Forest Department- Sri Lanka Resource person: Sobadhara Wildlife Documentary series produced by the National Television and The Department of Wildlife Conservation (2017 to date) Resource Person: SMART Patrolling forum for a better protection of wildlife resources and to combat wildlife crime within and outside Wildlife Protected Areas (WLPAs)- DWC ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS CURRENTLY HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY Coordinator – Biodiversity Conservation - Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences Degree Program Secretary – Board of studies in Natural Resources Management, Physical Sciences and Food Science and Technology / Faculty of Graduate Studies Coordinator – Curriculum Revision Committe – Faculty of Applied Sciences – SUSL Member – Ethical Clearance Committee- Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka Member of the Editorial Board- Sabaragamuwa University Research Journal Board Member- International Relations Division- Sabaragamuwa University Board Member – University Research Grant Committee VISITING/ GUEST LECTURER / RESOURCE PERSON Sir John Kothalawala Defense academy of Sri Lanka Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore Visiting Scientist – Crop and Environmental Division- International Rice Research Institute- Philippines. (2011-2015) National Wildlife Training Center, Department of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka Forestry Training School, Forest Department, Sri Lanka University of Western Australia- Department of Biology OTHER POSITIONS Sri Lankan coordinator for the collaborative research programme and the field course in Ecology for the National University of Singapore Knowledge management and capacity building expert for the UNDP/ GEF/ SGP OP V programme and the UN REDD CBR+ programme (2014-2018) SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL PEER REVIWED JOURNALS 1) Satischandra S.H.K., Kudavidange E.P., Kotagama S.W. & Goodale E. 2007. The benefits of joining mixed-species flocks for a sentinel nuclear species, the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus. Forktail 23:145-148. 2) Sodhi N.S., Astuti D., Diesmos A.C., Ericson P., Fernandopulle N., Kotagama S., Kudavidanage E., Lim H.C., Lee B., Lim S.L.H., Lin Y., Lohman D.J., Meckvichai W., Miranda H., Moyle R.G., Ong P., Pan K.A., Prawiradilaga D., Rahman M.A., Rahmani A., Sheldon F.H., Stoeckle M.Y., Sulandari S., Wang L.K. & Winker K. 2007. Barcoding Indo-Malayan birds. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55:397-398. 3) Chandrajith R., Kudavidanage E., Tobschall H.J. & Dissanayake C.B. 2009. Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of elephant geophagic soils in Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 31:391-400. 4) Bickford D., Ng T.H., Qie L., Kudavidanage E.P. & Bradshaw C.J.A. 2010. Forest fragment and breeding habitat characteristics explain frog diversity and abundance in Singapore. Biotropica 42:119-125. 5) Kudavidanage E.P., Wanger T.C., de Alwis C., Sanjeewa S. & Kotagama S.W. (2012). Amphibian and butterfly diversity across a tropical land-use gradient in Sri Lanka; implications for conservation decision making. Animal Conservation DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00507.x 6) Friess D., Kudavidanage E.P., and Webb E.L. (2011) The Digital Globe is our oyster. Frontiers in Ecology, 13, 542 7) David Bickford, Mary Rose C. Posa, Lan Qie, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Enoka P. Kudavidanage. (2012). Science Communication for Biodiversity Conservation. Biological Conservation, DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.016. 8) Enoka P. Kudavidanage, Lan Qie, Janice Ser Huay Lee, Linking biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of dung beetles in South and Southeast Asian tropical rainforests. Raffles Bulletin for Zoology 2012 Supplement No. 25: 141–154 9) Laurance, W. F., Useche, D.C., Rendeiro, J., Kalka M., [….], Kudavidanage, E. P. et al. Long-term ecological changes and threats in tropical protected areas. Nature. 2012; DOI: 10.1038/nature11318 10) A Study on Geophagy by Asian Elephants at Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka EP Kudavidanage, R Chandrajith - 地学前缘, 2015- S1 11) Finbarr G. Horgan, Alexander M. Stuart, Enoka P. Kudavidanage. Impact of invasive apple snails on the functioning and services of natural and managed wetlands – -a review. Acta Oecologia, 2014; 54, 90-100 12) Keeragalaarachchi, KAGP. Dharmadasa, RM. Wijesekara, RGS. Kudavidanage, EP. Natural Antidiabetic Potential of Salacia Chinensis. World Journal of Agricultural Research vol.4 No 2. 2016 13) Traditional ‘maavee’rice production in Sri Lanka: environmental, economic and social pressures revealed through stakeholder interviews, FG Horgan, EP Kudavidanage, A Weragodaarachchi, D Ramp, Paddy and Water Environment, July 2017, Issue 3, Pages 1-17 14) Exposure of Judo 40 alters DNA integrity and sperm function of rat and human spermatozoa, E Kudavidanage, D Peiris, International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) 2 (9), 12-19 SCIENTIC COMMUNICATION- International Effects of land use change on the Dung beetles fauna of the lowlands of Sri Lanka. ScarabNet annual meeting, 2008, New York, USA Forest fragment and breeding habitat characteristics explain frog diversity and abundance in Singapore. Association for Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation, Annual sessions, 2008, Kuching, Malaysia Effects of selective logging and land use change on the diversity of amphibians and butterflies in the Sinharaja rainforest, Sri Lanka. Society for Conservation Biology, Annual sessions, 2009, China Dung removal by Scarabaeinae beetles in the lowland rainforests of Sri Lanka (Best presenter of the session award). Association for Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation, Annual sessions, 2011, Bangkok, Thailand Tea plantations alter community structure and ecosystem functioning of Scarabanaienae dung beetles in Sri Lanka. Society for Conservation Biology, Annual sessions, 2012, Bangalore, India Effects of land use change on the Scarabaeinae dung beetles of the lowland wet zone of Sri Lanka. Association for Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation, Annual sessions,