Rupika Subashini Rajakaruna
Senior Professor
Department of Zoology
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka
Biography
President’s Awards for Research 2014, 2011, 2010 & 2008 Membership-Award National Research Council Merit Award for Scientific Publications 2013 Membership-Award Award for Excellence in Scientific Research, Young Scientists Forum (YSF), National Science and Technology Commission (NASTEC) Sri Lanka 2010. Membership-Award Merit Certificate for Research, Young Scientists Forum (YSF), National Science and Technology Commission (NASTEC) Sri Lanka 2009. Membership-Award Fellow of the Graduate School, School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland in recognition of continued academic excellence throughout the Ph.D. 2002.
Research Interest
Parasites.
Publications
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Ariyaratne, S., Apanaskevich, D., Amerasinghe, P.H. and Rajakaruna, R.S.; (2016). Diversity and distribution of tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with human otoacariasis and socio-ecological risk factors of ticks infestations in Sri Lanka. Experimental and Applied Acarology, .
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Diversity and distribution of tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with human otoacariasis and socio-ecological risk factors of ticks infestations in Sri Lanka. (2016)
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Combined effect of Pesticides and trematode infections on amphibian survival, growth and malformations in hourglass tree frog Polypedates cruciger. (2016)
