S.h.p. Parakrama Karunaratne
Professor
Department of Zoology
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka
Biography
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Perad.), Ph.D, (Lond.); Director & Senior Research Professor/ National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka (2015 – to date); Senior Professor & Chair of Zoology (2001 to date), Former Dean, Faculty of Science (2007-2013) University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences Sri Lanka ( since 2006) & Elected Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, London, UK (since 1997)Member of the DDT expert group, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland (2015 – 2019); Research publications 61 in peer reviewed Journals, 1965 citations (September 2017); Google Scholar h-index of 23;. Several National and International Awards for Excellence in Research; Research interest on Mosquito control, Insecticide resistance in insects, Molecular mechanisms of insecticide resistance, Control of insect pests in agriculture and insect vectors of human and livestock diseases, DNA barcoding and phylogeny of insects, Insect ecology, behavior and molecular biology.
Research Interest
Mosquito control, Insecticide resistance in insects, Molecular mechanisms of insecticide resistance, Control of insect pests in agriculture and insect vectors of human and livestock diseases, DNA barcoding and phylogeny of insects, Insect ecology, behavior and molecular biology.
Publications
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Nugapola, N.W.N.P., De Silva, W.A.P.P. & Karunaratne, S.H.P.P.; (2017). Distribution and phylogeny of Wolbachia strains in wild mosquito populations of Sri Lanka. Parasites & Vectors, 10: 230.
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Insecticides and mosquito-borne diseases: Insecticide resistance in mosquitoes can also interfere with developing parasites. (2000)
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Pathogenomics of Culex quinquefasciatus and meta-analysis of infection responses to diverse pathogens. (2010)
