OWSD PhD Fellowship
OWSD Early Career
2020
Hanchapola Appuhamilage Chandima Kumudini Ariyarathna
February 2019
Chandima Kumudini Ariyarathna Hanchapola Appuhamilage > Other Awards
Full fellowship to conduct teaching activities at the Cluj-Napoca, North University Centre, Baia Mare, Rumania for two weeks
March 2018
Chandima Kumudini Ariyarathna Hanchapola Appuhamilage > Other Awards
to follow the course "Contemporary approaches to genetic resource conservation and use" at the Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, Netherlands.
December 2015
Chandima Kumudini Ariyarathna Hanchapola Appuhamilage > Other Awards
to participate and present a research paper in the “Plant Genomics and Biotechnology- 2015” conference at the Cold Spring Harbor (CSH) Laboratory, USA.
March 2015
Chandima Kumudini Ariyarathna Hanchapola Appuhamilage > Other Awards
Competitive merit based scholarship to complete the PhD during the last 6 months of the PhD
March 2012
Chandima Kumudini Ariyarathna Hanchapola Appuhamilage > Other Awards
Full scholarship to read for a PhD at the University of Western Australia, Australia
January 2011
Chandima Kumudini Ariyarathna Hanchapola Appuhamilage > Other Awards
Awards for Scientific Publications organized by the National Research Council (NRC) under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Research, Government of Sri Lanka.
October 2008
Chandima Kumudini Ariyarathna Hanchapola Appuhamilage > Other Awards
General Research Committee Postgraduate Research Awards (Commendation Award), Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science [SLAAS] in recognition of postgraduate research carried out in Sri Lanka
Full Member
Dr. Chandima Kumudini Ariyarathna Hanchapola Appuhamilage
Membership since:
2020
Field of activity:
Awards
Other Memberships/Affiliations
None
Degrees:
2016
Doctorate
Agricultural Sciences
2007
Master
Agricultural Sciences
2001
Undergraduate
Biological Systems and Organisms
Publications resulting from Research
1. Weerasinghe P.R., Ariyarathna, H. A.C.K. (2017). Protein structure variability of OsHKT1;5 Homologous Transporters in Grasses. Proceedings of Internatioal Conference on Computational Modelling and Simulation, 158-161
2. Ariyarathna, H. A. C. K., & Francki, M. G. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships and protein modelling revealed two distinct subfamilies of group II HKT genes between crop and model grasses. Genome, 59(7), 509-517.
3. Ariyarathna, H. A. C. K., Oldach, K. H., & Francki, M. G. (2016). A comparative gene analysis with rice identified orthologous group II HKT genes and their association with Na+ concentration in bread wheat. BMC plant biology, 16(1), 21.
4. Ariyarathna, H.A. C. K., Ul-Haq, T., Colmer, T. D., & Francki, M. G. (2014). Characterization of the multigene family TaHKT 2;1 in bread wheat and the role of gene members in plant Na+ and K+ status. BMC plant biology, 14(1), 159.
5. Ariyarathna, H. A. C. K., Gunasekare, M. T. K., Kottawa-Arachchige, J. D., Paskarathevan, R., Ranaweera, K. K., Ratnayake, M., & Kumara, J. B. D. A. P. (2011). Morpho-physiological and phenological attributes of reproductive biology of tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) in Sri Lanka. Euphytica, 181(2), 203-215.
6. Ariyarathna, H.A.C.K., Kottawa Arachchi, J.D., Paskarathevan, R., Bandara, Y.G.S.C., Gunasekare, M.T.K. (2010). Genetic Analysis of Cultivar Response to Dry Weather Induced Stress Conditions in Tea (Camellia Sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze). Sri Lanka Journal of Tea Science 75 (1), 123-125
7. Ariyarathne, H.A.C.K., & Gunasekare, M.T.K. (2009). Pistil related morphological traits reflect genetic diversity of tea in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Tea Science, 74(1), 1-8.
8. Ariyarathna, H.A.C.K., Arachchi, T.D.K., & Gunasekere, M.T.K. (2007). Floral Biology and Breeding System of Tea [Camellia sinensis (L.)]: Implications on the Tea Breeding Programme. Sri Lanka Journal of Tea Science, 72(2), 31-43.
9. Ariyarathna, H.A.C.K., Everard, J.M.D.T., & Karunanayake, E.H. (2007). Diseased sugarcane in Sri Lanka is infected with sugarcane grassy shoot and/or sugarcane white leaf phytoplasma. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 2(1), 123-125.
9. Ariyarathna, H.A.C.K., Everard, J.M.D.T., & Karunanayake, E.H. (2007). Diseased sugarcane in Sri Lanka is infected with sugarcane grassy shoot and/or sugarcane white leaf phytoplasma. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 2(1), 123-125.
- Ariyarathna H.A.C.K., Everard J., Karunanayake E.H (2008). Molecular analysis of phytoplasmas associated sugarcane diseases in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Plantation Crop Research, 208-211
Ariyarathna, H. A. C. K., Arachchi, T. D. K., & Gunasekere, M. T. K. (2007). Floral Biology and Breeding System of Tea [Camellia sinensis (L.)]: Implications on the Tea Breeding Programme. Sri Lanka Journal of Tea Science, 72(2), 31-43.
Ariyarathna, H. A. C. K., Everard, J. M. D. T., & Karunanayake, E. H. (2007). Diseased sugarcane in Sri Lanka is infected with sugarcane grassy shoot and/or sugarcane white leaf phytoplasma. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 2(1), 123-125.
11. Ariyarathna, C., & Gunasekare, K. (2007). Genetic base of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) cultivars in Sri Lanka as revealed by pedigree analysis. Journal of applied genetics, 48(2), 125-128.
Sixth International Conference on Plants and Environment Pollution (ICPEP-6),
2025
Lucknow, India.
Phylogenetic analysis of HKT homologs in grasses identified conserved domains and potential functional sites.
ERASMUS+ Teaching Mobility Program,
2025
Cluj-Napoca, North University Centre, Baia Mare, Rumania
Contemporary approaches to genetic resource conservation and use
2025
Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, Netherlands.
Introduction to University Teaching
2025
Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. University of Western Australia