Prof. B.M.L.D.B. Suriyagoda

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Academic and Professional Qualifications

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Ph.D. The University of Western Australia (2011)

M.Sc. Bio-Statistics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2008)

M.Sc. Agriculture, Saga University, Japan (2006)

B.Sc. Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2003)

Appointments :

Professor, Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2016-todate)
Senior Lecturer, Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2011-2016)
Adjunct Researcher, School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia (2011-to date)
Lecturer, Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2004-2011)
Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Export Agriculture, Uwa Wellassa University of Sri Lanka (2018 to date)
Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Open University of Sri Lanka (2007-2008)
Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (2011)
Member of the teaching panels, Boards of Study in Biostatistics and Crop Science, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2011-to date)
President, Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka-IASSL (2019-2020)
Secretary, Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka-IASSL (2017-2018)
Chairman, Board of Study Bio-Statistics, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya (2018-to date)
Secretary, Board of Study Bio-Statistics, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya (2013- 2015)

Memberships :

Consulting Editor- Journal of Plant and Soil
Editorial Board Member: Annals of the Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture (ASDA) 2016, 2020, 2021
Editorial Board Member: Tropical Agriculturalist (2022 to date)
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
Member of the scientific committee of the PMA'12, the Fourth International Symposium on Plant Growth Modelling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications, Shanghai, China
Life member of the Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka
Life member of the Soil Science Society of Sri Lanka
Steering Committee Member, Young Scientist Forum, National Science and Technology Commission, Sri Lanka (2014-2015)

Professional level

Annual Research Excellence Award- 2020; awarded by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Research Excellence Award under tier 4* category in 2020; awarded by the University of Peradeniya under the criteria developed by the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka
Endeavour post-doctoral research fellowship to UWA, Australia-2019
Presidential Awards in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 for excellence in research- awarded by the President of Sri Lanka and organized by the National Research Council, Sri Lanka
Merit Award for Scientific Publications in 2011, 2013- awarded by the National Research Council, Sri Lanka
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship- 2016 to Georg-August University, Gottingen
Young Scientist Award- offered by the Conference organizers of the Sustainable Phosphorus Summit held in 2014 at Montpellier, France
Young Scientist Award- offered by the Young Scientist Forum (YSF) of the National Science and Technology Commission (NASTEC) of Sri Lanka-2017

Graduate level

Japanese Government (MONBUKAGAKUSHO) Scholarship in 2004 to follow the Masters’ studies at the Saga University, Japan.
SIRF and UIS scholarships to follow the PhD studies at the University of Western Australia, Australia in 2008. Also received several competitive travel awards offered by different funding sources.

Undergraduate level

D.S. Senanayake Gold Medal offered by the D.S. Senanayake Memorial Society of Sri Lanka, C. de S.W. Siriwardena Scholarship, Prof. R.R. Appadurai memorial Scholarship, E.M.R.B. Ekanayake memorial price, Prof. Y.A.D. Senanayake Gold Medal, Prof. H.P.M. Gunasena Gold Medal and the Golden jubilee Gold Medal offered by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya for the most outstanding performance (Batch top-1^st out of 196 students) in the 97/98 batch.