• Ph.D., University of Manitoba, Canada 2004; Biological control of Insect Pests
• M.Phil., University of London, UK Biological control of insect pests
• B.Sc (Agriculture) Special, University of Peradeniya, 1987

APPOINTMENTS

• Served as the Head in the Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya for a period of three years (2010-2012) and (2018 Sep. to 2020 Oct.)
• Serving as the Secretary, Board of Study in Plant Protection, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya since 2011 to date.
• Served as a member of Board of Study in Plant Protection, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya since 1997-2000.
   
• Served as a member of the Board of Management, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya (2011-2012).
   
• Serving as a member of the Board of Management, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya (2016-2018) for a period of three years.
  
  Served as the Representative of Faculty of Agriculture to the Senate, University of Peradeniya, 2009.
• Serving as a Programme coordinator for the MSc in Plant Protection Technology Programme, offered by Board of Study Plant Protection, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya. 2005-todate
   
• Serving as a member, Board of Study in Agricultural Biology, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya in 2015-16.

JOURNAL PAPERS

• Hemachandra KS and MCD Perera (2016). Assessment of egg parasitoid guild of rice leaf folder, Cnaphlocrocis medinalis (Guenee): A search for biocontrol agents. Journal of National Science Foundation 44(2): 185-192.
• Hemachandra, KS., Polazek, A., Sirisena, UGAI., Singhamuni, SAA., and Perera, MCD (2015) Trichogrammatid egg parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) of rice leaf folder and cabbage caterpillars in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Food and Agriculture 1(1): 1-8.
• Singhamuni, SAA, Jayasuriya, M., Hemachandra, KS., and Sirisena, UGAI (2015) Evaluation of the potential of Trichogramma chilonis ishii (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) as a bio-control agent for Trichoplusia ni, Cabbage Semi-looper Tropical Agricultural Research 26 (2): 223-236
• Hemachandra, K.S., Holliday, N.J., Mason, P.G., Soroka, J.J. & Kuhlmann, U. 2007. Comparative assessment of the parasitoid community of Delia radicum in the Canadian prairies and Europe: a search for classical biological control agents. Biological control. 43: 85
• Hemachandra, K.S., Kuhlmann, U., Mason, P.G., and Holliday, N.J. 2007. Spatial patterns of Trybliographa rapae parasitism of Delia radicum larvae in oilseed rape and cauliflower Journal of Applied Entomology 131 (5): 338

BOOK CHAPTERS, BOOKS & MONOGRAPHS

• Hemachandra K.S. (2020) A Cross Section of Century-Long Experiences in Entomological Research in Crop Sectors: Directions for Future Research. In: Marambe B., Weerahewa J., Dandeniya W. (eds) Agricultural Research for Sustainable Food Systems in Sri Lanka. Springer, Singapore. pp: 249-276. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2152-2_11
   
• Hemachandra, KS., Nugaliyadde, L. 2007. Rice black bug, Scotinophara lurida (Burmeister) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), in Sri Lanka In. Rice black bugs: taxonomy, ecology, and management of invasive Species. Eds. Ravindra C. Joshi, Alberto T. Barrion and Leocadio S. Sebastian. Science City of Mu
• Hemachandra, KS (2015) Field guide for insect damages in major crops in Sri Lanka. HETC (QIG), ATM, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya. ISBN: 978-955-81730-2-2
• Sirisena, UGAI., GW Watson, KS Hemachandra, HNP Wijayagunasekara (2016) Diversity of soft scale insects (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Cocoidea) in Sri Lanka. In: Arthropod Diversity and Conservation in the Tropics and Sub-tropics (Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy and Shakunthala Sridhara (Eds). Springer, Singapoore. 285-296
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