2017 June ResCV-Priyanie · CV of P. H. Amerasinghe, June 2017 International Water Management Institute, 127 Sunil Mawatha, Pelawatte, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka. Phone: +94-11-2880000

CV of P. H. Amerasinghe, June 2017 International Water Management Institute, 127 Sunil Mawatha, Pelawatte, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka. Phone: +94-11-2880000

Email: [email protected]

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name : P. H. AMERASINGHE

First Name : PRIYANIE

Year of Birth : 1955

Nationality : SRI LANKAN

Key Qualifications

Priyanie is a Senior Researcher attached to the International Water Management Institute, at its Head Quarters in Sri Lanka. She was the Office Head at Hyderabad Office, India, from 2012 to 2016. She is a public health specialist by training and has over 35 years of teaching and research experience in the broad area of human and environmental health. She has carried out multidisciplinary research studies on water borne diseases of human and veterinary importance, community health and nutrition, human health impacts of wastewater agriculture, and policy advocacy and action planning linked to urban/peri-urban agriculture, in a number of countries. More recently, her focus has been on urban and peri-urban ecosystems and ecosystem services, with special reference to natural resources utilization by underserved communities. She has worked in different cultural settings and has provided academic supervision and guidance to a large number of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Prior to joining the International Water Management Institute, she was in the University system for 25 years, and brings with her extensive academic and administrative experiences. Her projects have been funded by WHO, NSF, NOAA, EU, SDC, BMGF, ESPA, RUAF and IFAD. She has over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles; around 130 peer reviewed conference abstracts, proceedings, book chapters and technical reports.

Education

1987 Ph.D. in Zoology (Veterinary Parasitology), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

(ODA-SAREC funded split-program with University of Cambridge, UK).

1978 B.Sc. (Honours), Zoology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Language Skills

Written Spoken Sinhala Good Good English Good Good

Professional Experience

2017 March to present

Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka.

2016 January to 2017 March

Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute, Delhi, India.



2012 (April) - 2016 (September

Head of Office/Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute, Hyderabad, India. Interim Head of Office Delhi (August 2015 – April 2016)

2006 (Feb) - 2012 (March)

Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute, Hyderabad, India

2005–2006 (Jan)

Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute, Head Quarters Sri Lanka

1997-2004 (April)

Head, Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. (2002-2004 on sabbatical leave)

1992-1996 Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

1990-1992 Research Associate, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.

1989-1990 Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

1987-1989 Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

1979-1986 Assistant Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Postgraduate studies in University of Cambridge, UK.

Professional Affiliations

2004 - present The Lucy Cavendish College Alumnae Association, University of Cambridge, UK

2004-2005 Chairperson, Committee on Biotechnology. National Science Foundation (NSF), Sri Lanka.

2003-2004 Member, Research Committee on Zoology. National Science Foundation (NSF), Sri Lanka.

2002 - present Allergy and Immunology Society of Sri Lanka

2002-2004 Member, Committee on Biotechnology. National Science Foundation (NSF), Sri Lanka.

2002-2004 Member, Board of Study in Zoological Sciences, Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS), Sri Lanka.

2001- present Life Member, Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka

1999 – 2004 Member, Board of Study in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS), Sri Lanka.

1999 – 2004 Member, Working Committee on Biotechnology. National Science Foundation (NSF), Sri Lanka.

1996 -1999 Secretary, Board of Study in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS), Sri Lanka.

1994 – present Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

1990 – present Reviewer of NARESA journal (Sri Lanka), SLASS (Sri Lanka), CJS journal (Sri Lanka), WHO, BioMed Central (Public Health), Malaria Journal, ESPA, IWA.

1985 - present Life Member, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)



List of Assignments and Projects

2015 - present Resource Person: Restoring the Ganges: Healthier Rivers for Safer Water and More Productive Agro‐ecosystems. Funds from WLE flagship program. Stakeholder engagement and institutional analysis.

2015 - present Project Leader: Improving Rural Livelihoods through Innovative Scaling up of Science‐led Participatory Research for Development in Karnataka” under Government of Karnataka‐CGIAR Initiative ‐ Boochethana plus.

2015 (April) Resource Person: Ecosystem’s Perspective on Land, Water Livestock and Livelihoods. IWMI-TATA Phase III program.

2014 -2015 Optimizing water resource development for poverty alleviation: combining built and natural infrastructure. Funds from WLE flagship program

2014 - present Project Leader (IWMI component). Risks and Responses to Urban Futures: Understanding peri-urban dynamics for enhanced ecosystem service benefits. Jointly with University of Sussex (Lead Institution) Funded by ESPA, UK.

2012 – 2014 Resource person: Monitoring impacts of urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry on climate change adaptation and mitigation (RUAF/CDKN). Stakeholder engagement and policy document.

2012 - 2014 Contributions to IFAD/SDC projects with case studies on RRR business cases from India. Uptake links established with WSP, ADB and Ministry of Urban Development of India. IWMI invited by WSP to contribute to city sanitation plans. One state incorporates co-composting as part of their city sanitation plans.

2011 - 2014 Project Leader: Enhancement of natural water systems and treatment methods for safe and sustainable water supply in India. Jointly with a consortium of partners from India and other countries (Saph Pani Project). Project funded by EU 7th Framework program. Wetlands for wastewater treatment has been accepted by government stakeholders and willing to pilot in peri-urban spaces for agriculture use.

2011 – 2014 Project Leader: Fertile Soils for Peri-Urban Agriculture in Hyderabad: business opportunities from waste. Jointly with FiBL (Organic Agriculture Institute, Switzerland). Project funded by Lonza, Switzerland. Community-based organic waste recycling unit was established to build a community-based entrepreneurship program.

2010 - 2011 Project Leader: Project: CN# 43 Urban Agriculture: A Sustainable Solution to Alleviating Urban Poverty, Addressing the Food Crisis, and Adapting to Climate Change. Implemented by the RUAF Foundation, with financial support from the World Bank. Project Report.

2009 - 2010 An initiative to provide support (emergency phase and beyond) to the IDP welfare centers in the Vavuniya Distirict, Sri Lanka: Capacity building and training on vertical gardens as a source of complementary food supply during the emergency phase.



2008 – 2011 Regional Coordinator: Resource Centers on Urban Agriculture and Food Security – South and South East Asia. Implementing Cities Farming for the Future and From Seed to Table Programs. Evidence-based uptake of knowledge to develop policies to support urban agriculture in western province. Evidence-based uptake of knowledge by national stakeholders and influencing the Planning Commission to support urban agriculture.

2008 – 2009 Project Leader: “Ensuring Health and Food Safety from Rapidly Expanding Wastewater Irrigation in South Asia: (BMZ) project.

2008 Dissemination of BMZ and RUAF activities through the BBC World Service radio productions. i. Urban agriculture in Hyderabad - 'One Planet' series, 24th July 08. ii. Science in Action Series – 23rd August 08. Produced by Andrew Luck-Backer.

2007 - 2008 Project Leader. Analysis of impacts of climate variability on malaria transmission in Sri Lanka and the development of an early warning system - NOAA Project.

2006 - 2007 Assessment of status of drinking water, hygiene practices, sanitation and quality of water used for agriculture, through learning alliances. WASPA project.

2006 - 2008 Coordinator for health component on the project “Ensuring Health and Food Safety from Rapidly Expanding Wastewater Irrigation in South Asia: (BMZ) project.

2006 Coordinator: Workshop on NOAA project (IWMI HQ) August 2006– Dissemination of project findings to local partners and feed back on malaria prediction models. [Local partners - Anti Malaria Campaign, Director and Regional Malaria Officers (RMOs)]

2006 Coordinator: Training Program on Field Techniques (IWMI HQ): Ground Water

and Health Project, IWMI – IFRC initiative, February 2006. The workshop was to train field personnel from tsunami affected areas of Batticaloa and Matara, on water quality testing for physical parameters microbiology and mosquito vector identification in ground water bodies.

2005 – 2007 Focal point person for Community of Practice on Health at IWMI. Compilation of health research studies at IWMI. Represented IWMI at the Agriculture – Health Platform: IFPRI/WHO initiative. Compilation of Annual WHO Collaboration Center Reports.

2005 - 2006 Reviewer for Comprehensive Assessment Synthesis Book: incorporating health into relevant chapters. Health Brief.

2005 - 2006 An ex-post assessment of the impact of water management for malaria control in tank cascade irrigation systems (Huruluwewa, Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka) – Coordinated the field activities in the experimental and control sites.



2005 - 2006 Tsunami Impacts on Shallow Groundwater and Associated Water Supply on the East Coast of Sri Lanka: A post-Tsunami well recovery support initiative and an assessment of groundwater salinity in three areas of Batticaloa and Ampara District in Eastern Sri Lanka. Tsunami project coordination

2005 Malaria Risk mapping project for the Volta Basin, Ghana and Burkina Faso: Development of Risk Maps.

2005 Proposal and protocol development for the CP 51 project in Ghana: Microbiological and Nutrition studies.

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2002- 2005 Editor for MSc course in Medical Entomology and Applied Parasitology lessons. Resource person for curriculum development.

2001-2004 Member, ADB Technical Evaluation Committee for Science & Technology Personnel Development Project. Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of Sri Lanka.

2001-2004 Coordinator, Master of Science Program in Experimental Biotechnology. Post-Graduate Institute of Science (PGIS), Sri Lanka.

2001 Resource Person, Regional Workshop on Management of Natural Resources. Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS), Sri Lanka. Sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Sri Lanka.

2000 Resource Person. Tissue Culture Workshop. Organized through Board of Study in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Post-Graduate Institute of Science, Sri Lanka.

2000 Resource Person. Stakeholders Meeting on Regional Training Program on Food and Nutrition. Ministry of Plan Implementation & Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Sri Lanka & UNICEF, Sri Lanka Office.

2000

Coordinator, Training Workshop for Regional Malaria Officers on use of ELISA for the detection of malarial antigens, antibodies and vector blood meals. Funded by World Bank through the Ministry of Health. Conducted at the Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology.

1999 Coordinator, Training Program and field study on nutrition. Sponsored by UNICEF, Post-Graduate Institute of Science (PGIS), Sri Lanka, and the Science Education Unit (SEU), University of Peradeniya. Conducted at the Departments of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology and Botany.

1999 Coordinator, Regional Workshop on Biotechnology. Funded by UNESCO. Conducted at the Departments of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology and Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya.

1999 - 2004 Assessment of Nutrition status in a rural community (Kandy) – UNICE/FAO Collaboration A questionnaire based study.



1999 - 2004 Development of a novel method for the control of dengue mosquito larvae using porphyrin derivatives (Collaboration with Department of Chemistry, University of Peradeniya).

1999 - 2002 Molecular Taxonomic studies of cattle ticks. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka.

1998 - 1999 Immunological studies on Salmonella typhimurium (Host: mouse) (in collaboration with the Medical Faculty, University of Peradeniya). Funded by the Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS), University of Peradeniya

1998 Coordinator, Workshop on Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in Infectious Diseases, 4th International Medical Congress, University of Peradeniya. Organized by Peradeniya Medical Student’s Alumni Association. Conducted at the Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology.

1998 Coordinator, Training Programme for Malaria Microscopists from the North–East Province. Sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO).

1997-2000 Coordinator, Master of Science Program in Parasitology. Post-Graduate Institute of Science (PGIS), Sri Lanka.

1997-2002 Founding Head of the Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology at the University of Peradeniya. Tasks carried out were formulation of course syllabi to internationally acceptable standards, directing physical infrastructure development (a new teaching/research facility funded by the ADB, working in close collaboration with architects, engineers and administrators of both ADB and Sri Lankan government counterparts), and implementing the teaching program. The academic program was lead with the support of a network of colleagues both within and external to the University. This was the first fully fledged undergraduate level molecular biology program in the country that provided high quality training in this technologically important field of science.

1996 - 2002 Establishment and running of a malaria treatment centre at Meegaswewa village (with AMC collaboration) for treatment of malaria and disease surveillance. Collaborative project with IWMI in Support of the SCOR project.

1996 - 2000

Studies on Acephaline gregarines of earth worms.

1996 - 1998 Malaria transmission dynamics in a malaria endemic village in Matale. Funded by the National Foundation of Sri Lanka.

1996 - 1998 Development of a diagnostic test for typhoid fever. Funded by the WHO.

1995 - 1997 Principal Investigator, Parasitology component. Health and Irrigation - Phase II. Design of Environmental Management Interventions for Vector Control in Small-scale Irrigation Systems. Funded by NORAD.

1994 - 1998 Principal Investigator Parasitology component. Baseline study of malaria at Meegaswewa village, Anuradhapura districit. Epidemiological, Parasitological and Immunological aspects. Collaborative project with IWMI in Support of the SCOR project. Funded by DANIDA.



1994 - 1996 Multiple feeding in two Anopheline vectors of Malaria in Sri Lanka (Matale District). Funded by the Natural Resources, Energy and Science Authority of Sri Lanka (NARESA).

1991 – 1995 Assessment of feeding behavior of Aedes aegypti, vector of dengue fever (Thailand and Puerto Rico). Collaborative project with University of California, Davies, USA.

1990-1992 Research Associate, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.

1987 - 1990 Ecology of mosquito vectors and vector-borne diseases in a new irrigation project. Prevalence of arthropod borne viruses. Funded by the Board on Science and Technology for International Development (BOSTID), United States National Academy of Sciences, USA.

1979 - 2004 Studies on the biology and taxonomy (classical and molecular) of protozoan and metazoan parasites: Nematode parasite Toxocara vitulorum of the water buffalo Bubalus bubalus. Human Malaria. Gastrointestinal parasites of the Toque monkey. Acephaline gregarines of earthworms. Lice of poultry. Tick species of dogs, cats and cattle. Fleas of cats and dogs. Erlichia sp. in dogs. Gastrointestinal parasites of Ramanella sp. (frog).

Fellowships and Awards 2014 PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR RESEARCH – 2011-Presidential merit awards - Democratic

Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

2009 PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR RESEARCH – 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Presidential merit awards - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

2004 DESHAMANYA S RAMACHANDRAN AWARD, Sri Lanka Medical Association for research on Chronic Renal Disease in Anuradhapura District (jointly with co-authors).

2002 Asian Development Bank Fellowship to Sweden and Denmark for B.Sc. and postgraduate curriculum development in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Training program in Bioinformatics and postgenomic studies.

2001 RESEARCH BONUS AWARD for 1999. Awarded by H.E. The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, for excellence in research publications.

1999 MERIT AWARD FOR RESEARCH, National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka (Jointly with co-worker), for project on insecticide resistance in malaria vector mosquitoes.

1999 MERIT AWARD FOR RESEARCH, National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka (Jointly with co-worker) for project on feeding behaviour of malaria vector mosquitoes.

1992 HONORARY FACULTY AWARD, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.

1995 COMMONWEALTH FELLOWSHIP AWARD to the Department of Medical Parasitology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK (January – June, research on DNA profiling of host blood meals of haematophagous insects).

1989 SIR NICHOLAS ATTYGALLE AWARD, Sri Lanka Medical Association (102nd Annual Sessions), for research presentation (jointly with co-authors).

1988 WILSON PEIRIS MEMORIAL AWARD, Sri Lanka Medical Association (102nd Annual Sessions), for research presentation (jointly with co-authors).

1988 OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY / BRITISH COUNCIL FELLOWSHIP, to University of Cambridge, UK (June-July).



1981 - 1982 COLOMBO PLAN FELLOWSHIP to the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK (PhD research training in cellular immunity).

Peer-reviewed Publications

1. UA JAYAWARDENA, JR ROHR, AN NAVARATNE, PH AMERASINGHE, RS RAJAKARUNA 2016. Combined Effects of Pesticides and Trematode Infections on Hourglass Tree Frog Polypedates cruciger. EcoHealth 13 (1), 111-122

2. 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. 70(1):99-123. DOI 10.1007/s10493-016-0056-z

3. AMERASINGHE, P., JAMPANI, M., SONKAMBLE, S., WAJIHUDDIN, MD., BOISSON, A. FAHIMUDDIN MD. AND AHMED S. 2015. Characterization and Performance Assessment of Natural Treatment Systems in a Wastewater Irrigated Micro-watershed: Musi River Case Study. In: Wintgens, T.; Nättorp, A.; Elango, L; Asolekar, S. R. (Eds.) Natural Water Treatment Systems for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply in the Indian Context: Saph Pani. IWA publishing, London, UK. Pp. 177-190.

4. AMERASINGHE, P., SONKAMBLE, S., JAMPANI, M., WAJIHUDDIN, MD., ELANGO L., STARKL, M., SARAH, S. FAHIMUDDIN MD. AND AHMED. S. 2015. Developing Integrated Management Plans for Natural Treatment Systems in Urbanised Areas – Case Studies from Hyderabad and Chennai. In: Wintgens, T.; Nättorp, A.; Elango, L.; Asolekar, S. R. (Eds.) Natural Water Treatment Systems for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply in the Indian Context: Saph Pani. IWA publishing, London, UK. pp. 251-264

5. STARKL, M., AMERASINGHE, P., ESSL, L., JAMPANI, M., KUMAR, D., AND ASOLEKAR, S. R. 2015.

Rapid Assessment and SWOT Analysis of Non-technical Aspects of Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems. In: Wintgens, T.; Nättorp, A.; Elango, L.; Asolekar, S. R. (Eds.) Natural Water Treatment Systems for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply in the Indian Context: Saph Pani. IWA publishing, London, UK. pp. 283-300

6. KLOPPMANN, W.; SANDHU, C.; GROESCHKE, M.; PANDIAN, R. S.; PICOT-COLBEAU, G.; FAHIMUDDIN, M.; AHMED, S.; ALAZARD, M.; AMERASINGHE, P.; BHOLA, P.; BOISSON, A.; ELANGO, L.; FEISTEL, U.; FISCHER, S.; GHOSH, N. C.; GRISCHEK, T.; GRUTZMACHER, G.; HAMANN, E.; NAIR, I. S.; JAMPANI, M.; MONDAL, N. C.; MONNINKHOFF, B.; PETTENATI, M.; RAO, S.; SARAH, S.; SCHNEIDER, M.; SKLORZ, S.; THIERY, D.; ZABEL, A. 2015. Modelling of natural water treatment systems in India: Learning from the Saph Pani case studies. In Wintgens. T.; Nattorp, A.; Elango, L.; Asolekar, S. R. (Eds.). Natural water treatment systems for safe and sustainable water supply in the Indian context: Saph Pani, London, UK: IWA Publishing. pp. 227-250.

7. SALDÍAS, C., SPEELMAN, S., AMERASINGHE, P. AND VAN HUYLENBROECK, G. 2015. Institutional and policy analysis of wastewater (re)use for agriculture: case study Hyderabad, India Reference No: WST-EM15182R1. Water Science & Technology Vol 72 No 2 pp 322–331 doi:10.2166/wst.2015.220

8. STARKL, M., BRUNNER, N., AMERASINGHE, P., MAHESH, J., KUMAR, D. AND ASOLEKAR, S. R. 2015.

Stakeholder Views, Financing and Policy Implications for Reuse of Wastewater for Irrigation: A Case from Hyderabad, India Water 7 (1), 300-328



9. MAHESH, J., AMERASINGHE, P. AND PAVELIC, P. 2015. An integrated approach to assess the dynamics of a peri-urban watershed influenced by wastewater irrigation. Journal of Hydrology 523, 427-440

10. QADIR, M., BOELEE, E., AMERASINGHE, P. AND DANSO, G. 2015. Costs and benefits of using wastewater for aquifer recharge. In Drechsel, P.; Qadir, M.; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.153-167.

11. SCHOUSBOE, M.L, RANJITKAR, S., RAJAKARUNA, R. S., AMERASINGHE, P. H., KONRADSEN, F., MORALES, F., ORD, R., PEARCE, R., LESLIE, T., ROWLAND, M., GADALLA, N., BYGBJERG, I. C. ALIFRANGIS M. AND ROPER, C. 2014. Global and local genetic diversity at two microsatellite loci in Plasmodium vivax parasites from Asia, Africa and South America. [ISI] [3.49] Malaria Journal, 13:392

12. AMERASINGHE P. AND RAMAN R. 2014. Perspectives on urban sanitation, liveability and periurban futures of Indian cities. In: B.L. Maheshwari, R.C. Purohit, H.M. Malano, V.P. Singh and P. Amerasinghe (Eds.) Securing Water, Food, Energy and the Liveability of Cities: Challenges and Opportunities for Peri-urban Futures. Series: Water Science and Technology Library, Vol. 71. Pp 489. Springer, Science+Business Media, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

13. AMERASINGHE, P., COFIE, O., LARBI, T. O., AND DRECHSEL, P. 2013. Facilitating outcomes: multi-stakeholder processes for influencing policy change on urban agriculture in selected West African and South Asian cities. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 38p. (IWMI Research Report 153)

14. AMERASINGHE, P., BHARDWAJ, R. M., SCOTT, C., JELLA, K. AND MARSHALL, F. 2013. Urban wastewater and agricultural reuse challenges in India. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 28p. (IWMI Research Report 147)

15. STARKL, M., AMERASINGHE, P., ESSL, L., JAMPANI, M., KUMAR, D., AND ASOLEKAR, S. R. 2013. Potential of natural treatment technologies for wastewater management in India. J. Water Sanit. Hyg. Dev. 3, 500-511

16. BRIET, O. J. T., AMERASINGHE, P. H., AND PENELOPE VOUNATSOU. 2013. Generalized Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Models for Count Data with Application to Malaria Time Series with Low Case Numbers. PLOS ONE. Volume 8. Issue 6 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065761

17. AMERASINGHE, P., JAMPANI, M., AND DRECHSEL, P. 2013. Cities as sources of irrigation water: an Indian scenario. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight. http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/iwmi-tata/PDFs/2012_Highlight-53.pdf

18. UTHPALA A. JAYAWARDENA, VASYL V. TKACH, AYANTHI N. NAVARATNE, PRIYANIE H.

AMERASINGHE, RUPIKA S. RAJAKARUNA. 2013. Malformations and mortality in the Asian Common Toad induced by exposure to pleurolophocercous cercariae (Trematoda: Cryptogonimidae). Parasitology International Volume 62, Issue 3, June 2013, Pages 246–252

19. AMERASINGHE, P., DRECHSEL, P. AND BHARDWAJ, R. 2012. Reuse applications for treated

wastewater and fecal sludge in the capital city of Delhi, India. In US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); National Risk Management Research Laboratory; USAID. 2012 Guidelines for water reuse. Appendix E - International case studies and international regulations. Washington, DC, USA: US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Cincinnati, OH, USA: National Risk Management Research Laboratory; Washington, DC, USA: USAID. pp.E43-E46.



20. WELDESILASSIEA A. B., AMERASINGHE P. AND DANSO G. 2011. Assessing the empirical challenges of evaluating the benefits and risks of irrigating with wastewater. Water International. [ISI][1.1] Vol. 36, No. 4, 441–454

21. ATHURALIYA, N. T. C.; ABEYSEKERA, T. D. J.; AMERASINGHE, P.H.; KUMARASIRI, R.; BANDARA, P.; KARUNARATNE , U.; MILTON, A. H.; JONES, A. L. 2011. Uncertain etiologies of proteinuric-chronic kidney disease in rural Sri Lanka. Kidney International [ISI] [IF 6.105], 80(11):1212-1221

22. SCHOUSBOE, M. L.; RAJAKARUNA R. S; AMERASINGHE, P. H.; KONRADSEN, F.; ORD, R.; PEARCE,

R;. BYGBJERG, I. C; ROPER, C.; ALIFRANGIS, M. 2011. Analysis of Polymorphisms in the Merozoite Surface Protein -3α Gene and Two Microsatellite Loci in Sri Lankan Plasmodium vivax : Evidence of Population Substructure in Sri Lanka. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. [ISI] [IF 2.795], 85(6), 2011, pp. 994–1001. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0338

23. GUMMA, K. M.; VAN, ROOIJEN, D.; NELSON, A.; THENKABAIL, P. S.; AKURAJU, R. V.; AMERASINGHE, P. (2011). Expansion of urban area and wastewater irrigated rice area in Hyderabad, India. Irrigation and Drainage Systems Vol 25 (3) 135-149

24. S ARIYARATHNE, P R M P DILRUKSHI, P H AMARASINGHE, R S RAJAKARUNA. 2011. Intra-aural ecdysis of Dermacentor auratus Supino, 1897, in a human Host. Ceylon Medical Journal 56: 133-134

25. JAYAWARDENA, U. A., RAJAKARUNA, R.S., NAVARATNE, A., AND AMERASINGHE, P.H. (2011) Acute and chronic toxicity of four commonly used agricultural pesticides on the common toad, Bufo melanostictus. Journal of the National Science Foundation. 39(2):267-276

26. KERAITA, B., P. DRECHSEL, R. SEIDU, P. AMERASINGHE, O. COFIE, F. KONRADSEN (2010).

Harnessing farmers’ knowledge and perceptions for health risk reduction in wastewater irrigated agriculture. Chapter 17. In: Drechsel, P., C.A. Scott, L. Raschid-Sally, M. Redwood and A. Bahri (eds.) Wastewater irrigation and health: Assessing and mitigation risks in low-income countries. Earthscan-IDRC-IWMI, UK pp 404

27. JAYAWARDENA, U. A., RAJAKARUNA, R.S., NAVARATNE, A., AND AMERASINGHE, P.H. (2010)

Trematode induced malformations in amphibians: effect of infection at pre limb bud stage tadpoles of Polypedates cruciger Blyth. Journal of the National Science Foundation 38 (4):241-248

28. JAYAWARDENA, U. A., RAJAKARUNA, R. S., NAVARATNE, A. N. AND AMERASINGHE, P. H. 2010

Toxicity of agrochemicals to common hourglass tree frog (Polypedates cruciger, Anura: Ranidae) in acute and chronic exposure. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 12: 641–648

29. RAJAKARUNA, R. S., ALIFRANGIS, M., AMERASINGHE, P. H. AND KONRADSEN, K. 2010. Pre-

elimination stage of malaria in Sri Lanka: assessing the level of hidden parasites in the population. Malaria Journal 9:25 doi:10.186/1475-2875-9-25 (ISI)

30. GUNAWARDENA S, KARUNAWEERA N, FERREIRA M, PHONE-KYAW M, POLLACK R, ALIFRANGIS M,

RAJAKARUNA R, KONRADSEN F, AMERASINGHE P, GALAPATHTHY G, ABEYSINGHE R, HARTL D AND WIRTH D. 2010. Geographic structure of Plasmodium vivax: microsatellite analysis of parasite populations from Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Ethiopia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. Volume 82, Number 2 pp 235-242 (ISI)

31. ATHURALIYA, T. N. C.; ABEYSEKERA, D. T. D. J.; AMERASINGHE, P. H.; KUMARASIRI, P. V. R.;

DISSANAYAKE, V. 2009. Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in two tertiary care hospitals: high proportion of cases with uncertain aetiology. Research letters. Ceylon Medical Journal, 54(1):23-25



32. BRIËT OJT, VOUNATSOU P, GUNAWARDENA DM, GALAPPATHTHY GNL, AMERASINGHE PH 2008. Models for short term malaria prediction in Sri Lanka. Malar J 7:76. (ISI)

33. BRIËT OJT, VOUNATSOU P, GUNAWARDENA DM, GALAPPATHTHY GNL, AMERASINGHE PH 2008.

Temporal correlation between malaria and rainfall in Sri Lanka.2008. Malar J 7:77 (ISI) 34. BRIËT OJT, VOUNATSOU P, AMERASINGHE PH Malaria seasonality and rainfall seasonality in Sri

Lanka are correlated in space. Geospatial Health 2, 183-190. 35. LAREEF ZUBAIR, GAWRIE N GALAPPATHTHY, HYEMIN YANG, JANAKI CHANDIMALA, ZEENASYAHIYA,

PRIYANIE AMERASINGHE, NEIL WARD, STEPHEN J CONNOR 2008. Epochal changes in the association between malaria epidemics and El Nino in Sri Lanka Malar J 7:140 (ISI)

36. ANJANI M. KARUNARATNE P.H. AMERASINGHE, V.M. SADAGOPA RAMANUJAM, H.H. SANDSTEAD

AND P.A.J. PERERA. 2008. Zinc, iron and phytic acid levels of some popular foods consumed by rural children in Sri Lanka. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 21: 481-488 (ISI)

37. RAJAKARUNA, R.S., PIYATISSA, P.M.J.R., JAYAWARDENA, U.A., NAVARATNE, A.N. AND

AMERASINGHE, P.H. 2008. Trematode infection induced malformations in the common hourglass tree frogs. Journal of Zoology (London Society) 275 (1), 89–95 (ISI)

38. REGASSA E. NAMARA, MEREDITH GIORDANO, PRIYANIE AMERASINGHE, ELINE BOELEE, PARAKRAMA

WELIGAMAGE, ANANDA WEERASINGHE, S.R. JAYANETTI AND A.M.G. MANEL YAPABANDARA. 2008. An Impact Assessment of Malaria Control through Environmental and Irrigation Water Management. Cey. J. Sci. (Bio. Sci.) 37 (1): 107 - 128

39. RUPIKA S. RAJAKARUNA, PRIYANIE H. AMERASINGHE, GAWRIE N.L. GALAPPATHTHY, OLIVIER, J.T.

BRIET, FLEMING KONRADSEN AND MICHAEL ALIFRANGIS. 2008. Current status of malaria and anti-malarial drug resistance in Sri Lanka. Cey. J. Sci. (Bio. Sci.) 37 (1): 15-22

40. METTE L SCHOUSBOE, RUPIKA S RAJAKARUNA, ALI SALANTI, HAPUARACHCHIGE C, HAPUARACHCHI,

GAWRIE NL GALAPPATHTHY, IB C BYGBJERG, PRIYANIE H AMERASINGHE FLEMMING KONRADSEN AND MICHAEL ALIFRANGIS 2007. Island-wide diversity in single nucleotide polymorphisms of the Plasmodium vivax dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthetase genes in Sri Lanka. Malaria Journal, 6:28

41. RAJAKARUNA, R.S., WEERASINGHE, M., ALIFRANGIS, M., AMERASINGHE, P.H. AND KONRADSEN, F.

2006. Role of private drug vendors in malaria treatment in Sri Lanka. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases 43, 58-65

42. BRIET O. J. T., G. N. L. GALAPPATHTHY, P. H. AMERASEINGHE & F. KONRADSEN. 2006. Malaria i in Sri Lanka: one year post-tsunami. Malaria Journal 5:42 http://www.malariajournal.com/content/5/1/42/

43. AMERASINGHE P. H., M. ALIFRANGIS, W. VAN DER HOEK, F. P. AMERASINGHE, R. A. WIRTZ & F. KONRADSEN. 2005. Optimizing malaria epidemiological studies in areas of low transmission. Southeast Asian J Trop Med and Pub Health. 36 (5), 68-73

44. PIYARATNE M.K., F. P. AMERASINGHE, P. H. AMERASINGHE, & F. KONRADSEN. 2005. Physico-chemical characteristics of Anopheles culicifacies and Anopheles varuna breeding water in a dry zone stream in Sri Lanka. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases 42, 61- 67.

45. PIYARATNE M.K., AMERASINGHE P.H., F. P. AMERASINGHE, & F. KONRADSEN. 2005. Food of larval Anopheles culicifacies and Anopheles varuna in a stream habitat in Sri Lanka. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association: Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 387–394.



46. BRIET O.J., G.N. GALAPPATHTHY, F. KONRADSEN, P. H. AMERASINGHE, & F. P. AMERASINGHE. 2005. Maps of the Sri Lanka malaria situation preceding the tsunami and key aspects to be considered in the emergency phase and beyond. Malaria Journal. 4: 1-11.

47. DILRUKSHI P. R. M. P., A. D. K. S. N. YASAWARDENE, P. H. AMERASINGHE, F. P. AMERASINGHE. 2004. Human otoacariasis: a retrospective study from an area of Sri Lanka. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 98: 489-495.

48. VAN DER HOEK, W., F. KONRADSEN, P. H. AMERASINGHE, D. PERERA, M. K. PIYARATNE, F. P. AMERASINGHE (2003). Towards a risk map of malaria for Sri Lanka: the importance of house location relative to vector breeding sites. International Journal of Epidemiology 32: 280-285

49. KONRADSEN, F., P.H. AMERASINGHE, W. VAN DER HOEK, F.P. AMERASINGHE, D. PERERA & M. K.

PIYARATNE. 2003. Strong association between house characteristics and malaria vectors in Sri Lanka. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 68(2) 177-181

50. AMERASINGHE, F.P., F. KONRADSEN, W. van der HOEK, P.H. AMERASINGHE, J.P.W. GUNAWARDENA, K.T. FONSEKA & G. JAYASINGHE. 2001. Small irrigation tanks as a source of malaria mosquitoe vectors: A study in north-central Sri Lanka. Research Report No. 57, International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 28 pp.

51. SCOTT, T. W., P.H. AMERASINGHE, A.C. MORRISON, L.H. LORENZ, G.G. CLARK, D. STRICKMAN, P. KITTAYAPONG & J.D. EDMAN. 2000. Longitudinal studies of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand and Puerto Rico: Blood feeding frequency. Journal of Medical Entomology 37(1) 89-101.

52. KONRADSEN, F., P.H. AMERASINGHE, D. PERERA, W. VAN DER HOEK & F.P. AMERASINGHE. 2000. A village treatment center for malaria control: community response in Sri Lanka. Social Science & Medicine 50: 879-889.

53. AMERASINGHE, P.H. & F.P. AMERASINGHE. 1999. Multiple feeding in a field population of Anopheles culicifacies and Anopheles subpictus in Sri Lanka. Medical & Veterinary Entomology 13: 124-131.

54. KONRADSEN, F., P. STEELE, D. PERERA, W. VAN DER HOEK, P.H. AMERASINGHE & F.P.AMERASINGHE. 1999. Cost of malaria control in Sri Lanka. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 77: 301-309.

55. MATSUNO, Y., F. KONRADSEN, M. TASUMI, W. VAN DER HOEK, F.P. AMERASINGHE & P.H. AMERASINGHE. 1999. Control of malaria mosquito breeding through irrigation water management. Water Resources Development 15: 93-105.

56. AMERASINGHE, P.H., F.P. AMERASINGHE, F. KONRADSEN, K.T. FONSEKA & R.A. WIRTZ. 1999. Malaria vectors in a traditional dry zone village in Sri Lanka. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 60: 421-429.

57. DE SILVA, A.M., W.P.J. DITTUS, P.H. AMERASINGHE, F.P. AMERASINGHE & R. RICO-HESSE. 1999. Serological evidence for an epizootic dengue virus infecting toque macaques at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 60: 300-306.

58. KONRADSEN, F., Y. MATSUNO, F.P. AMERASINGHE, P.H. AMERASINGHE & W. VAN DER HOEK. 1998. Anopheles culicifacies breeding in Sri Lanka and options for control through water management. Acta Tropica 71: 131-138.

59. VAN DER HOEK, W., F.P. AMERASINGHE, F. KONRADSEN & P.H. AMERASINGHE. 1998. Characteristics of malaria vector breeding habitats in Sri Lanka: relevance for environmental management. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine & Public Health 29(1): 168-172.



60. VAN DER HOEK, W., F. KONRADSEN, D. DIJKSTRA, F.P. AMERASINGHE & P.H. AMERASINGHE. 1998. Risk factors for malaria: a microepidemiological study in a village in Sri Lanka. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 92: 265-269.

61. VAN DER HOEK, W., F. KONRADSEN, D. PERERA, P.H. AMERASINGHE & F.P. AMERASINGHE. 1997. Correlation between rainfall and malaria in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 91(8): 945-949.

62. KONRADSEN, F., W. van der HOEK, P.H. AMERASINGHE & F.P. AMERASINGHE. 1997. Measuring the economic cost of malaria to households in Sri Lanka. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 56(6): 656-660.

63. AMERASINGHE, F.P., F. KONRADSEN, K.T. FONSEKA & P.H. AMERASINGHE. 1997. Anopheline (Diptera: Culicidae) breeding in a traditional tank-based village ecosystem in north central Sri Lanka. Journal of Medical Entomology 34(3): 290-297.

64. KONRADSEN, F., W. van der HOEK, P.H. AMERASINGHE, F.P. AMERASINGHE & K.T. FONSEKA. 1997. Household responses to malaria and their costs: a study from rural Sri Lanka. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 91: 127-130.

65. PEIRIS, J.S.M., P.H. AMERASINGHE, F.P. AMERASINGHE, C.H. CALISHER, L.P. PERERA, C.K. ARUNAGIRI, N.B. MUNASINGHA & S.H.P.P. KARUNARATNE. 1994. Viruses isolated from mosquitoes collected in Sri Lanka. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 51(2): 154-161.

66. AMERASINGHE, P.H., V.W.S.M. VASANTHATHILAKE, S. LLOYD & S.T. FERNANDO. 1994. Periparturient reduction in buffalo of mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation and antibody to Toxocara vitulorum. Tropical Animal Health and Production 26: 109-116.

67. SCOTT, T.W., G.C. CLARK, L.H. LORENZ, P.H. AMERASINGHE, P. REITER & J.D. EDMAN. 1993. Detection of multiple blood feeding in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) during a single gonotrophic cycle using a histological technique. Journal of Medical Entomology 30: 94-99.

68. AMERASINGHE, P.H., R.P.V.J. RAJAPAKSE, S. LLOYD & S.T. FERNANDO. 1992. Antigen-induced protection against infection with Toxocara vitulorum larvae in mice. Parasitology Research 78: 643-647.

69. PEIRIS, J.S.M., F.P. AMERASINGHE, P.H. AMERASINGHE, C. RATNAYAKE, S.H.P.P. KARUNARATNE & T.F. TSAI. 1992. Japanese encephalitis in Sri Lanka: The study of an epidemic - vector incrimination, porcine infection and human disease. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 86: 307-313.

70. AMERASINGHE, P.H., F.P. AMERASINGHE, R.A. WIRTZ, N.G. INDRAJITH, W. SOMAPALA, L.R. PEREIRA & A.M.S. RATHNAYAKE. 1992. Malaria transmission by indoor resting Anopheles subpictus Grassi in a new irrigation project in Sri Lanka. Journal of Medical Entomology 29: 577-581.

71. AMERASINGHE, F.P., P.H. AMERASINGHE, J.S.M. PEIRIS & R.A. WIRTZ. 1991. Anopheline ecology and malaria infection during the irrigation development of an area of the Mahaweli Project, Sri Lanka. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 45(2): 226-235.

72. LLOYD, S., P.H. AMERASINGHE & E.J.L. SOULSBY. 1983. Periparturient immunosuppression in the bitch and its influence on infection with Toxocara canis. Journal of Small Animal Practice 24: 237-247.

Abstracts (peer-reviewed), Conference Proceedings and Posters

1. JINDAL, A., MAJUMDER, R. K., BHATTACHARYA, P., AMERASINGHE P., RAMAN, R., JAIN S. AND JOSEPH RAVIKUMAR, R. 2015. Septage Management: An Option for Improved Sanitation in Urban Tripura? 3rd International Feacal Sludge Management Conference 2015, 18-22



2. AMERASINGHE, P., DEY, D., GOPICHANDRAN, R., KAYAL, B., SADAMATE, V., KUMAR S. AND MATTHEW MCCARTNEY. 2014. Institutional mechanisms to conserve ecosystem services in the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW): A case for the bio-rights approach. Presentation and full paper for the Workshop on Institutions for Ecosystem Services held at IFPRI – October 27-29, 2014.Washington DC.

3. AMERASINGHE, P. 2014. Peri-urbanization of rural India. Is this the future? Periurban 14 conference, 8-11 July 2014, Sydney, Australia. Presentation and submission of full paper for Periurban 14 conference technical session. Key note speaker.

4. AMERASINGHE, P., AHMAD, W., AND SIMMONS, R. 2014. Household sewage disposal systems and their impact on groundwater quality in periurban Faisalabad, Pakistan. Periurban 14 confernece, 8-11 July 2014, Sydney, Australia. Presentation and submission of full paper for the technical session

5. SCHARNOWSKI, P. DANSO, G., AMERASINGHE, P. AND DRECHSEL, P. 2014. Farmers’ demand for groundwater recharge from wastewater in Bangalore, India. Periurban 14 confernece, 8-11 July 2014, Sydney, Australia. Presentation and submission of full paper for the technical session

6. AMERASINGHE, P. 2012. Urbanizing India and River Health. 15 International RiverSymposium. Rivers in a rapidly urbanizing world. October 8-11, 2012. Melbourne Australia. (Abstract). Key note speaker.

7. AMERASINGHE P., AND VAN KOPPEN, B. 2012. Women’s Access to Multiple-use Water Services (MUS): An agenda for African and South Asian countries. “Global Conference on Women in Agriculture” 13-15 Mar 2012, Delhi. (Proceedings Abstract)

8. AMERASINGHE, P., WIJENAYAKE, K. AND YADAVA, C. G. 2012. Periurban challenges and opportunities for agriculture and water management: Case study from Magadi (Karnataka State), India. International Workshop on Urbanisation of Peri-urban Regions: Challenges and Opportunities for Security of Water, Food and Liveability of Future Cities February 21 - 22, 2012, Udaipur, India (Proceedings Abstract)

9. STARKL, M., AMERASINGHE, P., ESSL, L., JAMPANI, M., KUMAR, D. and ASOLEKAR, S. R. 2012. Potential of natural technologies for decentralised wastewater management in India, Proceedings of IWA Conference on Decentralised Wastewater Management in Asia, Nagpur India, November 2012

10. SCHMITT, V. A., AMERASINGHE, P., FORSTER, D., VADLOORI, B. AND NIGGLI, U. 2012. Urban sanitation: Entrepreneurships among the urban poor for waste recycling in Patancheru, AP, India. Poster presentation. 3rd International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD 2012) Research for Global Transformation, 20 - 22 August 2012, Bern, Switzerland.

11. SCHMITT, V. A., AMERASINGHE, P., FORSTER, D., VADLOORI, B. AND NIGGLI, U. 2012. Improving periurban soils with recycled organic city waste: A case study from India "Resilience of agricultural systems against crises" Tropentag, September 19 - 21, 2012 in Göttingen. Abstract: http://www.tropentag.de/abstract.php?code=9j46M0L9

12. AMERASINGHE, P.,YADAVA CG, DUBBELLING M. AND DE ZEEUW, H. 2011 A community approach to innovative agriculture production and marketing among urban/periurban, small, and marginal farmers in growing cities: A case study from Magadi, Bangalore, India. Sustaining Commons: Sustaining Our Future. 13th IASC Biennial International Conference, 10-14 January 2011.

13. ZIMMERMANN, T.; AMERASINGHE, PRIYANIE H.; DRECHSEL, PAY. 2011. Farmer perceptions of economic costs of wastewater irrigation in Hyderabad, India. Poster presented at the Conference



on Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural and Natural Resource Management. (TROPENTAG), Development on the Margin, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 5-7 October 2011

14. SCHOUSBOE, M.L., RAJAKARUNA, R.S., AMERASINGHE, P.H., KONRADSEN, F., ORD, R., PEARCE, R., BYGBJERG, I.C ROPER C. AND ALIFRANGIS, M. (2010) Analysis of polymorphisms in the merozoite surface protein-3α gene and two microsatellite loci in Sri Lankan Plasmodium vivax: evidence of population sub-structure in Sri Lanka. Danish Society for Parasitology and Danish Society for Tropical Medicine and International Health. Denmark. Pp 5-6

15. ARIYARATHNE, S., RAJAKARUNA, R.S. EKANAYAKE D.H., DILRUKSHI PRMP, BALASOORIYA, P.S. AND AMARASINGHE, P.H. (2010) Occurrence and geographic distribution of tick species associated with human otoacariasis in selected districts of Sri Lanka. Peradeniya University Research Sessions PURSE.

16. SCHMITT R., AMERASINGHE, P., PERRIN, J., DINIS, L., AHMED, S. PAVELIC, P. 2010. Assess Hydrological Impacts of Wastewater Irrigation on Groundwater: A Case Study from Hyderabad, India. “World Food System - A Contribution from Europe” Tropentag, September 14-16, 2010, Zurich – Poster Presentation

17. AMERASINGHE, P., YADAV, CG, AND DUBBELING M.2010 Edible and eco-friendly landscaping towards livelihood enhancement in cities. National Consultation on Landscape Gardening for Aesthetic Values and Environmental Services. 29-30 April, 2010. Indian Institute of Horticultural Research Bangalore. ISOH and IIHR, Bangalore. P 85

18. MILLER, L., AMERASINGHE, P., AND A. RAMASWAMI. 2010. Energy Assessment of Wastewater Treatment Plants with Water Reuse for Urban Agriculture in India. Oral Presentation given at 7th annual American Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation Student Conference, Boulder, CO.

19. ATHURALIYA, T. N. C.; ABEYSEKERA, D. T. D. J.; AMERASINGHE, P. H.; KUMARASIRI, P. V. R.; DISSANAYAKE, V. 2009. Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in two tertiary care hospitals: high proportion of cases with uncertain aetiology. Research letters. Ceylon Medical Journal, 54(1):23-25

20. BRIET, O., VOUNATSOU, P. AND AMERASINGHE, P. 2009. 5th MIM Pan-African Malaria Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 2-6 November 2009. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MI) Secretariat. Abstract Proceedings, pp 80-81

21. JACOBI J, A DRESCHER, P AMERASINGHE 2009. Crop Diversity as a Livelihood Strategy? The of Wastewater Irrigated Vegetable Cultivation Along the Musi River in Periurban Hyderabad, India. Biophysical and Socio-economic Frame Conditions for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources. October 6 - 8, 2009, Hamburg, Germany, http://www.tropentag.de.

22. WECKENBROCK P, DRESCHER A, AMERASINGHE P AND SIMMONS R. 2008. Wastewater irrigation

and crop diversity in Pakistan. Water for Development; Prospects for integrated water resources management. North South Center; Research for Development Annual Conference June 2008. (poster) http://www.northsouth.ethz.ch/news/past_events/ann_conf_08/posters

23. WECKENBROCK P, AMERASINGHE P, SIMMONS R, DRESCHER A, JACOBI J AND GORJI S. 2008. Wastewater irrigated agriculture along the Musi River, India. Water for Development; Prospects for integrated water resources management. North South Center; Research for Development Annual Conference June 2008. (poster) http://www.northsouth.ethz.ch/news/past_events/ann_conf_08/posters



24. JACOBI J, DRESCHER A W, WECKENBROCK P, SIMMONS R AND AMERASINGHE P. 2008. Mapping wastewater irrigated vegetables in periurban Hyderabad, India Water for Development; Prospects for integrated water resources management (2008) North South Center; Research for Development Annual Conference June 2008. (poster) http://www.northsouth.ethz.ch/news/past_events/ann_conf_08/posters

25. MOLDEN D., NAOYA FUJIMOTO, REBECCA THARME, PRIYANIE AMERASINGHE 2006. Managing Paddy

Fields for Ecosystem Services: Some Insights from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture; Technical Paper. Fourth World Water Forum, Mexico City, Mexico. 15 pp

26. SIMMONS R.W., P. H. AMERASINGHE AND J. ENSINK, 2006. Wastewater use in agriculture and

implications for public health and livelihoods: A Case Study of the Musi River, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. IWMI TATA, Research Sessions, March 2006,

27. MUTERO C. AND P. AMERASINGHE. MARCH 2006. System-wide initiative on malaria and agriculture

(SIMA): Report on progress review and synthesis workshop held in Tanzania 28. AMERASINGHE P.H., FP AMERASINGHE, CNB BAMBARADENIYA & D MOLDEN 2005. Comprehensive

Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture: Assessing environmental benefits, costs and future directions in paddy cultivation INWEPF 2nd Steering Meeting and Symposium on the water and environment in paddy fields, 2-4th November 2005. Seoul, Korea (presentation)

29. SCHOUSBOE ML, RAJAKARUNA RS, SALANTI A, HAPUARACHCHI HC, GALAPPATHTHY GN,

AMERASINGHE PH, BYGBJERG IC, KONRADSEN F AND ALIFRANGIS M. Island-wide differences in single nucleotide polymorphisms in the P. vivax dihydrofolate reductase gene (Pvdhfr) in samples from Sri Lanka. 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Atlanta, GA, USA 12-16/11 (Abstracts peer reviewed)

30. RAJAKARUNA R.S., P.M.J.R. PIYATISSA, A. NAVARATNE, AND P.H. AMERASINGHE. 2006. Are

parasites wiping out frogs? Humid Tropical Ecosystems conference 2006, Sri Lanka. 31. KAREN G. VILLHOLTH, PRIYANIE H. AMERASINGHE AND P. JEYAKUMAR 2006. Salinity Impacts of

the Tsunami on Shallow Groundwater and Water Supply Wells on the East Coast of Sri Lanka. “Groundwater for Sustainable Development: Problems, Perspectives and Challenges” International conference on Groundwater. New Delhi (1-4th February 2006)

32. KARUNARATNE V., ANURA WICKRAMASINGHE, AJITH M. C. HERATH, PRIYANI H. AMERASINGHE, S. H. P. P. KARUNARATNE AND GAMINI RAJAPAKSE. 2005. Phototoxic Effect of Some Porphyrin Derivatives Against the Larvae of Aedes aegypti, a Major Vector of Dengue Fever. Current Science, 89(1).

33. JAYAWARDENA U.A., RS RAJAKARUNA, AN NAVARATNE AND PH AMERASINGHE 2006. Biocides enhance the severity of parasite induced abnormalities in the hour glass tree frog (Anura:Ranidae). Proceedings of Peradeniya University Research Sessions, Sri Lanka. Volume 11, 131 p

34. JANANANDA B. RS RAJAKARUNA PH AMERASINGHE 2005. Identification of amphistomes in neat

cattle in the Kandy slaughter house. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research sessions Sri Lanka, Vol 10. p106

35. WIJESENA NM RS RAJAKARUANA PH AMERASINGHE 2005 Protozoan gut parasites from three anuran species from a natural pond in the Gannoruwa forest reserave. Proceedings of the Peradeniay University Research sessions Sri Lanka, Vol 10. p109



36. JAYAWARDENA U.A., R.S. RAJAKARUNA, PH AMERASINGHE 2005. Prevalence of cercariae of digenetic trematodes in freshwater snails in sarasavioya. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research sessions Sri Lanka, Vol 10. p101

37. BOELEE E., A WEERASINGHE, P. AMERASINGHE, M. PIYARATHNE, D. PERERA AND F. AMERASINGHE. 2005. Bulldozers against mosquitoes: Environmental management options for malaria control in North Central Sri Lanka. Acta Tropica 95S pp S487-488 (poster)

38. KARUNARATNE, AM, PAJ PERERA, PH AMERASINGHE, HH SANDSTEAD, S RAMANUJAM, RE SERFASS,

S SAMITA. 2006. Protein, energy, iron, zinc and vitamin A nutriture of 3-5 yr group of children of low-socio-economic status in Kandy, (Sri Lanka) and its outcome. 10th Anniversary Celebrations of the Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS) 1996-2006. Poster Session-Abstracts, 28th April, 2006, PGIS, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

39. BRIËT O.J., GAWRIE NL GALAPPATHTHY, FLEMMING KONRADSEN, PRIYANIE H AMERASINGHE AND FELIX P AMERASINGHE. 2005. Maps of the Sri Lanka malaria situation preceding and post the tsunami; Poster presented at the fourth pan-african meeting of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

40. KARUNARATNE A.M., PH AMERASINGHE, HH SANDSTEAD AND PAJ PERERA 2004. A micronutrient

intervention trial to assess the effect of zinc on anthropometric variables in preschool children. Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 60: 15

41. ATHURALIYA, T.N.C., D.D.T. ABEYSEKARA, P.H. AMERASINGHE, R. KUMARASIRI, C. ABEYSEKERA & P. BANDARA (2004). Towards understanding renal disease in Sri Lanka: A preliminary community based study from medawachchiya, North Central Province. Proceedings of Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka Medical Association.

42. KARUNARATNE, A.M., P.H. AMERASINGHE, V.M.S. RAMANUJAM, H.H. SANSTEAD & P.A.J. PERERA.

(2003). Bioavailability of Zinc in rice-based meals of pre-school children: A study from rural Sri Lanka. Proceedings and Abstracts of the Annual Research Sessions, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Purse 2003 P. 162

43. WEERASINGHE, W.A.S.M.D., S.H.P.P. KARUNARATNE, P. H. AMERASINGHE, A. WICKRAMASINGHE &

N. L V. V. KARUNARATNE (2003). Phototoxicity of porphyrin compounds on 4th instar larvae of Aedes aegypti, Culex quinquefasciatus and some selected fauna. Proceedings and Abstracts of the Annual Research Sessions, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Purse 2003 P. 145

44. ABEYSEKERA, T., T. N. C. ATHURALIYA & P. H. AMERASINGHE. (2003). Chronic renal failure:

Towards understanding the current trend. Proc. Academic Sessions, Kandy Society for Medicine Association.

45. VAN DER HOEK W., KONRADSEN, F., P. H. AMERASINGHE, D. PERERA, M. PIYARATNE AND F.P.

AMERASINGHE. 2003. A risk map of malaria for Sri Lanka: The importance of house location relative to vector breeding sites and the significance of house construction for abundance of indoor resting vectors. Third European congress on tropical medicine and international health. September 8 – 11, 2002. Lisbon Portugal.

46. SAMARAKOON U., P.H. AMERASINGHE AND I D SILVA. 2002. A preliminary study on Ehrlichia sp.,

Moshlovsky 1945, (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) of dogs: Light microscopic studies of the parasite. Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 58:



47. LOKUHEWAGE S., P.H. AMERASINGHE AND WJITHA SOMAPALA. 2002. Gut parasites of Ramanella obscura (Günther, 1864) (Anura: Microhylidae): A preliminary study. Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 58:

48. LOKUHEWAGE S., P.H. AMERASINGHE, WV LAKSHMAN KUMARA. 2002. Some aspects of the biology of Ramanella obscura (Gunther, 1864) (Anura: Microhylidae). Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 58: Poster presentation

49. PIYARATNE, M.K., P.H. AMERASINGHE, F.P. AMERASINGHE & F. KONRADSEN. 2000. Food of Anopheles culicifacies and Anopheles varuna in a dry zone stream in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 56: 183.

50. PIYARATNE, M.K., F.P. AMERASINGHE, P.H. AMERASINGHE & F. KONRADSEN. 2000. Physico-chemical characteristics of Anopheles culcifacies and Anopheles varuna breeding habitats in a dry zone stream in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 56: 184.

51. AMERASINGHE, P. H., V. KARUNARATNE, S.H.P.P. KARUNARATNE, C.D. EKANAYAKE & W. M. D. BANDARA 2000. Evaluation of a novel method for the control of Aedes aegypti larvae, using porphyrin derivatives. Proceedings and Abstracts of the Annual Research Sessions, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. D 261. P.185.

52. DILRUKSHI, P. R. M. P. & P.H. AMERASINGHE 2000. A study on the abundance, distribution and protein profiles (SDS-PAGE) of cattle ticks (Acarina: Ixodidiae). Processings and Abstracts of the Annual Research Sessions, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. D 262. P.184.

53. AMERASINGHE, F.P., F. KONRADSEN, P.H. AMERASINGHE, W. VAN DER HOEK, K.T. FONSEKA & D. PERERA. 1998. Malaria vectors and transmission dynamics in a “purana” village ecosystem. Proceedings and Abstracts of the 1998 Annual Research Sessions, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. P. 22.

54. HERATH, H.M.T.U., P.H. AMERASINGHE, V. THEVANESAM & E.W.M.A. EKANAYAKE. 1998. A preliminary report on salivary IgA by ELISA in the diagnosis of Typhoid. p. 41. Abstracts - The Kandy Society of Medicine, 20th Annual Conference.

55. AMERASINGHE, P., F. AMERASINGHE, F. KONRADSEN, K. FONSEKA & R. WIRTZ. 1998. Malaria epidemiology in a dry zone village in Sri Lanka. Parasitology International (Vol. 47, Supplement): Abstracts of the 9th International Congress of Parasitology, Paper No. O-0184. Elsevier Publisers.

56. KONRADSEN, F., F.P. AMERASINGHE, P.H. AMERASINGHE, Y. MATSUNO & W. VAN DER HOEK. 1998. Vector control linked to small-scale irrigation in Sri Lanka. p.3-4. In: F. Konradsen & W. Van der Hoek (Eds.), Health and Irrigation. Proceedings of the Copenhagen Workshop on Health and Irrigation. International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI).

57. BOYAGODA, S.H. & P.H. AMERASINGHE. 1997. Acephaline gregarines (Apicomplexa: Aseptatina) of earthworms. Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 52: 237.

58. PRIYANKA HEMAMALA, K.M.A.R. & P.H. AMERASINGHE. 1997. A study on seasonality and abundance of fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) on domestic cats. Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 52: 236.

59. KARUNARATNE, S.H.P.P. & P.H. AMERASINGHE. 1996. Seasonal abundance, parasite carriage and insecticide resistance in two anopheline vectors of malaria. Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 52: 8-9.

60. AMERASINGHE, F., P. AMERASINGHE & F. KONRADSEN. 1996. Mosquito vector studies in irrigation systems in Sri Lanka. p.103. Abstracts of the XIVth International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria. 17-22 November, Nagasaki, Japan.

61. KONRADSEN, F., W. van der HOEK, F.P. AMERASINGHE, P.H. AMERASINGHE & K.T. FONSEKA. 1995. Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices survey of malaria in the Huruluwewa watershed,



Anuradhapura District. Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 51: 39-41.

62. AMERASINGHE, P.H. & F.P. AMERASINGHE. 1995. Multiple feeding in the malaria vector Anopheles culicifacies in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 15th Annual Sessions of the Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka. p. 3.

63. BALASURIYA, C, P.H. AMERASINGHE & F.P. AMERASINGHE 1995. Distribution of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on dogs. Proceedings and Abstracts of the 1995 Annual Research Sessions, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

64. FONSEKA, K.T., F.P. AMERASINGHE, F. KONRADSEN & P.H. AMERASINGHE 1995. Abundance of potential mosquito vectors of Japanese encephalitis in a traditional dry zone village. Proceedings and Abstracts of the 1995 Annual Research Sessions, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

65. RAJAKARUNA, R., P.H. AMERASINGHE & F.P. AMERASINGHE. 1994. Preliminary study of the peritrophic membrane and midgut epithelium in field-caught mosquitoes. Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 50: 169.

66. AMERASINGHE, P.H., G.M. YAPABANDARA, W. SOMAPALA & F.P. AMERASINGHE. 1994. Incrimination of malaria vectors in a gem mining area (Elahera, Matale District) during the wet season. Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 50: 13.

67. F.P. AMERASINGHE, P.H. AMERASINGHE, J.S.M. PEIRIS & R.A. WIRTZ.1992. Forest to irrigation: malaria vectors in transition. Proceedings and Abstracts of the 1992 Annual Research Sessions, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

68. AMERASINGHE, F.P., P.H. AMERASINGHE, M. de S. WIJESUNDERA & J.S.M. PEIRIS. 1989. A study of malaria in Mahaweli System C. II. Vector aspects. Proceedings of the 102nd Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka Medical Association. pp. 47.

69. AMERASINGHE, F.P., P.H. AMERASINGHE, N.G. INDRAJITH, A.M.S. RATHNAYAKE, Y.G. ARIYARATNE, W. SOMAPALA, J.S.M. PEIRIS, C. RATNAYAKE & S. WICKREMARATNE. 1989. Japanese encephalitis activity in Anuradhapura during the 1988/89 northeast monsoonal period. Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 45: 19-20.

70. FERNANDO, S.T., V.K. GUNAWARDENA, R.P.V.J. RAJAPAKSE, P. AMERASINGHE, B.T. SAMARASINGHE & M.A. MASOODI. 1989. Immunological responses of buffaloes, rabbits and mice to Toxocara vitulorum infection. pp. 36-40. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Buffalo Research in Sri Lanka . Sponsored by the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SAREC) / Natural Resources, Energy and Science Authority of Sri Lanka (NARESA).

71. AMERASINGHE, F.P., J.S.M. PEIRIS, S.H.P.P. KARUNARATNE & P.H. AMERASINGHE. 1988. Epidemiology of the 1987 Japanese encephalitis outbreak in the Anuradhapura area. II. Entomological aspects. Proceedings of the 101st Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka Medical Association. pp. 22-23.

72. AMERASINGHE, P., M.A. MASOODI, B. TENNAKOON, S. SIVANATHAN, V.K. GUNAWARDENA & S.T. FERNANDO. 1984. Immunological responses of pregnant swamp and murrah buffalo cows and calves to Toxocara vitulorum infection. pp.161-170. In: Proceedings of the Final Research Coordination Meeting, FAO/IAEA Division of Isotope and Radiation Applications of Atomic energy for Food and Agricultural Development.

Books, Book Chapters, Working and Discussion papers, and other publications



1. Why Peri-urban Ecosystem Services Matter for Urban Policy. Policy brief 2017. URL: https://steps-centre.org/publication/peri-urban-ecosystem-services-matter-urban-policy/



2. AMERASINGHE, P.; MARSHALL, F. 2017: Towards sustainable periurban ecosystems. Impact, Volume 2017, Number 1, January 2017, pp. 80-82(3)

3. World Bank. Water and Sanitation Program (WSP); International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2016. Recycling and reuse of treated wastewater in urban India: a proposed advisory and guidance document. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 57p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 08) [DOI]

4. MAHESHWARI, B. L., PUROHIT, R. C., MALANO, H. M., SINGH V. P AND AMERASINGHE, P. (Editors). 2014. Securing Water, Food, Energy and the Liveability of Cities: Challenges and Opportunities for Peri-urban Futures. Series: Water Science and Technology Library, Vol. 71. Pp 489. Springer, Science+Business Media, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

5. NOBLE, A., AMERASINGHE, P., MANTHRITHILAKE, H. AND ARASALINGAM, S. 2014. Review of Literature on Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka. - IWMI Working paper 158.

6. AMERASINGHE, P., HETTIGE, V. AND WIJENAYAKE, K. 2013. Guarantee Loans for Urban Agriculture in Gampaha Sri Lanka. In: Sustainable Financing for WASH and Urban Agriculture. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 26:21-23.

7. AMERASINGHE, P. (Contributing author).2012 In: Pierre Horwitz, C. Max Finlayson, Philip Weinstein 2012. Healthy wetlands, healthy people. Ramsar Technical Report No. 6. Published jointly by the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) and the World Health Organization. P 106 http://www.ramsar.org/pdf/lib/rtr6-health.pdf

8. AMERASINGHE, P.; GAMMANPILA, U.; KODIKARA, S.; MAHINDAPALA, R. 2011. Developing institutional synergies for effective urban agriculture development in Sri Lanka. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 25:25-27.

9. GAUR, A. AND AMERASINGHE, P. 2011. A River Basin Perspective of Water Resources and Challenges. Water: Policy and Performance for Sustainable Development. India Infrastructure Report 2011. Section I, 3-17. Oxford University Press, India.

10. VILLHOLTH, KAREN G.; JEYAKUMAR, P.; AMERASINGHE, PRIYANIE H.; MANAMPERI, SANJEEWA P.; VITHANAGE, M.; GOSWAMI, R. R.; PANABOKKE, C. R. 2011. Tsunami impacts and rehabilitation of groundwater supply: lessons learned from eastern Sri Lanka. A case study. In Vrba, J.; Verhagen, B. T. (Eds.). Groundwater for emergency situations: a methodological guide. Paris, France: UNESCO. International Hydrological Programme (IHP). pp. 296-308. (UNESCO IHP-VII Series on Groundwater No. 3)

11. AMERASINGHE, P. 2011. Urban agriculture: A sustainable solution to alleviating urban poverty, addressing the food crisis and adapting climate change - Case study, Bangalore, India. RUAF/World Bank project Report.

12. DRECHSEL, PAY; COFIE, OLUFUNKE; KERAITA, BERNARD ; AMOAH, PHILIP; EVANS, ALEXANDRA; AMERASINGHE, PRIYANIE. 2011. Recovery and reuse of resources: enhancing urban resilience in low-income countries. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 25:66-69.



13. AMERASINGHE, P., P WECKENBROCK, R SIMMONS, S ACHARYA, A DRESCHER AND M BLUMMEL, 2009. An Atlas of Water Quality, Health and Agronomic Risks and Benefits Associated with “Wastewater” Irrigated Agriculture: A Study from the Banks of the Musi River, India. http://wwiap.iwmi.org/Data/Sites/9/DOCUMENTS/PDF/bmz_india_finalatlas_27oct09.pdf

14. AMERASINGHE, P. 2010. Building synergies to promote urban agriculture in Gampaha, Sri Lanka. In Cities, Poverty and Food Multi-Stakeholder Policy and Planning in Urban Agriculture. (Eds) Marielle Dubbeling, Henk de Zeeuw and René van Veenhuizen, 2010. Practical Action Publishing, UK. 184 p

15. VILLHOLTH, K.G., P. JEYAKUMAR, P.H. AMERASINGHE, A.S.P. MANAMPERI, M. VITHANAGE, R.R.

GOSWAMI AND C.R. PANABOKKE, 2010: Tsunami impacts and rehabilitation of groundwater supply: Lessons learned from Eastern Sri Lanka. In: Jha, M.K. (Ed.): Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters: Vulnerability, Preparedness and Mitigation. Capital Publishing Company, New Delhi, India and Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 82 - 99. ISBN: 978-90-481-2497-8.

16. VILLHOLTH, V., AMERASINGHE P. AND JEYKUMAR, P. 2008. Tsunami Impacts of Shallow Ground Water ground water and associated water supplies on the east coast of Sri Lanka. 20 p 211- 222 Groundwater for sustainable development: Problems, Perspectives and Challenges. Eds: Bhattacharya et al CRC Press/Balkema -Taylor and Francis

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18. PRIYANIE AMERASINGHE, SABA ISHAQ, VENKET RADHA AND KB SULEMAN 2009. Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security – Cities farming for the future pp 113

19. PRIYANIE AMERASINGHE, ROBERT SIMMONS, ALEX EVANS, MICHAEL BLUMMEL, AXEL DRESCHER, SRINIVASAN JT AND V RATNA REDDY 2009. “Ensuring Health and Food Security in Rapidly Expanding Wastewater Irrigation in South Asia” pp 24

20. JACOBI J., AXEL W. DRESCHER, PRIYANIE H. AMERASINGHE, PHILIPP WECKENBROCK 2009.

Agricultural Biodiversity Strengthening Livelihoods in Periurban Hyderabad, India. In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 22 - Building Resilient Cities pp. 45-47

21. AMERASINGHE P., C. DEVENISH AND KB SULEMAN. 2008. Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture: A Case

for Rainwater Harvesting in India. UA Magazine 20: 34-36 22. VILLHOLTH, K.G. P. AMERASINGHE AND P. JEYKUMAR. 2008. Tsunami Impacts of Shallow Ground

Water and Associated Water Supplies on the East Coast of Sri Lanka. 20 p 211- 222 Groundwater for sustainable development: Problems, Perspectives and Challenges. Eds: Bhattacharya et al CRC Press/Balkema -Taylor and Francis

23. AMERASINGHE P.H. CA health issue brief 2007. Jointly with ROBERT BOS, ELINE BOELEE, WIM VAN

DER HOEK AND FLEMMING KONRADSEN – as part of the CA Synthesis Book

24. Villholth K.G., Priyanie H. Amerasinghe, P. Jeyakumar, C. R. Panabokke, O. Wolley, M. D. Weerasinghe, N. Amalraj, S. Prathepaan, N. Burgi, D. M. D. S. Lionelrathne, N. G. Indrajith and S. R. K. Pathirana. 2005. Tsunami impacts on shallow ground water and associated water supply on the east coast of Sri Lanka. A Post-Tsunami well recovery support initiative and an Assessment of Groundwater Salinity in three areas of Batticaloa and Ampara District in Eastern Sri Lanka. International Water Management Institute. 68 p. http://www.IWMI.org



25. 2004: “Promoting the development of biotechnology industries in Sri Lanka” jointly with

committee members of the NSF special committee in biotechnology. NSF publication. 26. 2002/2003: “Guidelines for the safe use of Recombinant DNA Technology in the Laboratory”

jointly with committee members of the NSF special committee in biotechnology. NSF publication.

27. KONRADSEN F., F.P. AMERASINGHE, W. VAN DER HOEK & P.H. AMERASINGHE. 2000. Malaria in Sri Lanka: Current knowledge on transmission and control. Colombo, Sri Lanka. International Water Management Institute. ISBN 92-9090-406-2.

28. P.H. AMERASINGHE & A.M. KARUNARATNE. 1999. Training Program in Nutrition and Food

Security for School Teachers. (UNICEF / FAO / Post-Graduate Institute of Science / Science Education Unit, University of Peradeniya).

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