Soil Microbiology/Biology
Programme Coordination:
M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences
Course Coordination:
BYU5304, BYU5318, BYP9503, BYD3607, BYD3309
Research Supervision:
Undergraduate
Postgraduate Diploma
(Supervision of the following postgraduate research projects of Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Science).and all the students have been awarded the degree.
M.Sc. Supervision (All of these students have completed their Masters Programmes)
Ph.D.Supervision
Lekamge,G.D., Tamara Weerasinghe, Rohana Rathnayake(2006) –A tracer study of cohort of undergraduate students in OUSL; Perceived benefits from participation in degree programmes, Building Knowledge based society through Open and Distance Education. AAOU Journal, Vol 6 pp 12 – 21
Williams, E. S. R., and Weerasinghe,T.K. (2008) – A Preliminary Study on the Effects of Soil Amendments on Rubber Plantation soil in the low country wet zone in Sri Lanka, RESEARCH JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY (2008): 123-125
Wijesinghe,L.P. and Weerasinghe, T.K.(2010) – A study on the bactericidal efficiency of selected chemical disinfectants and antiseptics, OUSL Journal, Vol 6, pp 42 – 56
Weerasinghe T.K.(2012) – Impact of land use changes to a natural forest on some soil microbiological properties, International Journal of Research in Bio Sciences (IJRBS), Vol 1, Issue 2, pp. 20 – 26 October 2012, ISSN 2319-2844
Wickramathilake,B.A.K., Weerasinghe, T.K. and Ranwala, S.M.(2013) – Impacts of woody invader Dillenia Suffruticosa (Griff.) Martelli on physico-chemical properties of soil and, below and above ground flora, Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment, Vol 3, No. 02, pp 66-75
Nazar,F.N, Weerasinghe,T.K. and Perera,S (2013) – A preliminary study on the resistance of paints against the growth of Algae and Fungi , Advanced Materials Research Vol. 746 (2013) pp 186-191© (2013) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.746.186 (ISSN: 1022-6680),
Malwana, C, Weerasinghe,T.K.and Pilapitiya, S(2013) – Determination of Optimal Pile Dimensions during Thermophillic Windrow Composting of Municipal Solid Waste (Msw) in Sri Lanka, International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics, Vol. 3, No. 6, November 2013 pp 552 – 556
Perera, K.T.G.K. and Weerasinghe, T.K.(2014) – A Study on the Impacts of Corn cultivation (Zea mays (L.) Family- Poaceae) on the properties of Soil, International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 4, Issue 7, July 2014 pp 1 – 5ISSN 2250-3153
Weerasinghe,T.K. & Perera, K.T.G.K. (2015) – Soil Quality Dynamics during Different Growth Stages of Corn(Zea mays.L) Cultivation in Sri Lanka, Annual Research & Review in Biology, 7(5): 343 – 351 (Article No. ARRB.2015.135) ISSN:2347-565X DOI : 10.9734/ARRB/2015/18892
Zoysa, D.S.S.& Weerasinghe, T.K.(2016) – Study on the chemical and biological status of Malwatu Oya basin, Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, British Journal of Environmental Sciences,Vol.4, No.1, pp.1-10 Published by European Centre for Research Training and Development UK (www.eajournals.org) ISSN 2055-0219(Print), ISSN 205-0227(online)
Sooriarachchi Nadeesha and Weerasinghe T.K, 2016. Effects of oil palm cultivation on the properties of soil in some selected areas of Nagoda Divisional Secretariat in the Galle district, Sri Lanka, International Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Planataion(IJAFP), Vol. 3, June 2016 pp 114-118
De Silva, I.H.W.K. and Weerasinghe,T.K.(2016) Assessing the quality of composts available in the open market in Sri Lanka through plant growth studies, International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research, Volume 02 Issue 05, pp 1256 – 1268: ISSN:2455-6939
Prasad Senadheera, Malinda Kumarasinghe, Pradeepa Perera, Jayantha Wattevidanage, T.K.Weerasinghe (2016) User- friendly bioinformatics tools for courses in Open and Distance Learning, The International Journal on Open and Distance e-Learning (IJODeL), Vol 2, No. 2 pp 31 – 38
Weerakkody, A.P., Weerasinghe, T.K., Gamage, N.S., Dilrukshi, R.P.P.M., Weerasinghe, K.G.N.H(2016) Effectiveness of Environmental Pollution control measures implemented in metal crushing sites at Kaduwela Municipality, Sri Lanka. International Journal of Environment and Pollution Research Vol.3, No.5, pp.24 – 30,, Published by European Centre for Research Training and Development UK (www.eajournals.org).
Weerasinghe, T.K. and De Silva I.H.W.K. (2017) Effect of applying different ratios of compost made of municipal solid waste on the growth of Zea mays L.(Corn), Journal of Soil science and Environmental Management, Vol 8(3), pp 52 – 62. DOI:10.5897/JSSEM2016.0609 ISSN 2141-2391
Perera,P.L.A.P., Weerasinghe, T.K. and Narangoda, S.U. (2017) Potential drivers, Limitations and Benefits in Implementing ISO14001 Environmental Management Systems for Organizations in Sri Lanka, International Journal of Development Research, Vol. 07, Issue, 03, pp.11903-11911, March, 2017
Kumara, K.M.S.C. and Weerasinghe, T.K.(2017) The Effectiveness of implementing Environmental Management System-ISO 14001 in Food Manufacturing Companies: A Case Study of a Sri Lankan Food Manufacturing Company, Environmental Management and Sustainable Development. Vol 6, No. 2 ISSN 2164-7682
Rajapaksha, C.T. and Weerasinghe, T.K.(2018) – Validating the Collecting Efficiency Factors of Wet Chemical Method for determination of Sulphur Dioxide and Nitrogen Dioxide in ambient air under Sri Lankan situation, International Journal of Environmental Science, Vol 3 , 56 – 62, ISSN: 2367-8941, http://www.iaras.org/iaras/journals/ijes
Weerasinghe,T.K. , P.M.Manoja Priyadharshani and Kulasena,R.M.(2010) – Comparative study of the effectiveness of chemical coagulants used in the effluent treatment of garment washing industry in Sri Lanka, Full paper was published in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications(ICEEA 2010) held in Singapore from 10 -12 September 2010
Weerasinghe,T.K. and Tantrigoda,R.U.(2012) – Employer views on the current skills of OUSL(Open University of Sri Lanka) graduates and their expectations , Extended abstract was published in the proceedings of 26th International Conference of Asian Association of Open Universities(AAOU2012) held in Chiba, Japan, 16th to 18th August 2012 pp 115 – 116 (Full paper is in the electronic version of the same conference).
Weerasinghe,T.K., Edirisinghe, E.A.D.N. & Nazar,F.N(2013) Preliminary study on the impacts of land use changes through some properties of soil, Full paper was presented in the proceedings of the National Soil Symposium 2013, Biodiversity Secretariat, Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka
Madurapperuma T.K., Widanapathirana G.S.(1982) – Some aspects of Bacterial Ecology in the Negombo Estuary – Proceedings of the 38th annual sessions of the Sri Lanka Association of the advancement of Science(SLAAS)
Lekamge, Dayalatha, Weearsinghe Thamara and Rathnayake, Rohana(2004) – Perceived benefits by students from participation in degree programmes of the OUSL, Second Annual Academic Sessions, Open University of Sri Lanka(2004)
Weerasinghe, T. and De Silva, S.D.(2004) – A tracer study of a cohort of undergraduate students in the Faculty of Sciences, OUSL; Perceived benefits from participation in degree programmes- Annual Academic Sessions, OUSL 2004.
Weerasinghe ,A and Weerasinghe, T.K.(2005) – A preliminary study on some soil characteristics in a disturbed ecosystem in the low country wet zone in Sri Lanka, Abstract is published in the proceedings of the 61st Annual sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science.
Gamage,N.S., Muthukuda Arachchi, K.H.& Weerasinghe, T.K. (2005) – Estimation of Liquid Emission Loads From Industries within the Kelani River Basin –Abstract was published in the Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Forestry & Environmental Symposium, Department of Forestry & Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
Weerasinghe,T.K. and Weerasinghe,H.A.S.(2007) – The impact of a monoculture plantation(Rubber Plantation) on soil quality degradation, Full paper was published in the IUFRO conference on Forest Landscape Restoration, 14-19 May 2007, Grand ball room, COEX, Seoul, Korea
Wickramathilake,B.A.K., Weerasinghe, T.K. and Ranwala, S.M.(2012) – Impacts of woody invader Dillenia Suffruticosa (Griff.) Martelli on physical, chemical and biological properties of soil. Abstract was published in the proceedings (Part 1) of 17th International Forestry and Environment Symposium held in November 2012, Pegasus Reef Hotel, SRI LANKA. Pp 28
P.M.Manoja Priyadharshani and Weerasinghe,T.K. (2013) – Evaluating the efficiency of a waste treatment process in a textile manufacturing company in Sri Lanka, Abstract was published in the proceedings of International Symposium on Water Quality and Human Health: Challenges ahead, Held on the 15 -16 March 2013, University of Peradeniya, SRI LANKA.
Nissanka N.M.J, Weerasinghe T.K. and Premasiri, H.D.S. (2013) – A preliminary study on the air pollution in Kandy city through acid rain studies. Abstract was published in the Proceedings of the Institute of Biology held on 27th September 2013 at SLIDA, SRI LANKA.
Wickramasinghe,W.V., Weerasinghe, T.K. and Jayarathe,R.N.R.(2016) Comparison of Particulate Matter, Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Dioxide in ambient air at selected locations in and around Sapugaskanda industrial area, Abstract was published in sixth national symposium on Air resource Management in Sri Lanka “Air that we breathe-2016” held in Waters Edge, SRI LANKA from 5th to 6th May 2016
Weerakkody, A.P., Weerasinghe, T.K., Gamage, N.S., Dilrukshi, R.P.P.M., Weerasinghe, K.G.N.H(2016) Effectiveness of Environmental Pollution control measures implemented in metal crushing sites at Kaduwela Municipality, Abstract was submitted to the proceedings of International Research Symposium on Blue Green Era and Environment held in BMICH, Colombo, SRI LANKA from 17th to 19th October 2016 pp 36
Wijerathna,W.A.D., Perera J.S. and Weerasinghe, T.K.(2008) – Effects of refrigeration on the detection methods of Salmonella in some selected food, Full paper was published in the proceedings of the Fifth Annual Academic Sessions of the OUSL, 18-19th December 2008
Ranasinghe, S.S and Weerasinghe, T.K.(2009) Preliminary study on the impacts of sand mining on the water quality of kalu Ganga, Sri Lanka. Extended abstract was published in the proceedings of the Fifth Annual Academic Sessions of the OUSL, 15 the October 2009
Fernando, W.A.S.R., Weerasinghe, T.K. and Pathirana, R.U.(2011) – Viability of lactic acid bacteria in commercially prepared and homemade buffalo curd during refrigeration storage, Extendedn Abstract was published in the proceedings of Eighth Annual Academic Sessions of the OUSL, 24 – 25th August 2011
Chinthaka, E.H.M., and Weerasinghe, T. K(2013) – Investigation on the Importance of Maintaining a Proper Waste Water Treatment Plant at the Auto mobile Service Stations, Extended abstract was published in the proceedings of Annual Academic Sessions of the OUSL 2013
Lakruwan K.A.S. and Weerasinghe T.K. (2013) – A study of petrol vehicle emission levels in Sri Lanka Extended abstract was published in the proceedings of Annual Academic Sessions of the OUSL 2013
Pathirana Ruvani Udyangani, Bamunuarachchi, Authur and Weerasinghe,Tamara (2009) – A Study on the possibility of preserving vegetable blends by fermentation – Poster/Abstract Presentation at the Value Creation through Innovation in Food Technology, Food innovation Asia Conference(11th Agro-Industrial Conference) held from 18-19 June 2009, BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand.
Significant contributions to other bodies:
Contributions to other Universities:
· Examiner-Viva voce(Level 4-Special Degree) B.Sc. in Plant Science, University of Colombo 2013/14
UNESCO/UNDP Fellowship tenable in the OUSL in 1984