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Department of Plant Sciences
University of Colombo
P.O.Box 1490, Colombo 03
Sri Lanka

 Phone : +94(0)11 2585038
 Fax : +94(0)11 2585038
 Email: office@pts.cmb.ac.lk

Address: Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo,Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.

E-mail: pradee@pts.cmb.ac.lk or sapu72@hotmail.com

Phone: +94 (0)11 2585038 ext. 80-33          Fax: +94 (0)11 2585038

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

• Senior Lecturer, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Colombo.( Nov 2007 to present)
• Lecturer, Department of Botany, University of Colombo (March 2000 to Nov 2007)
• Assistant Lecturer (Temporary), Department of Botany, University of Colombo (April 1999 to March 2000)
• Demonstrator (Temporary) , Department of Botany, University of Colombo (August 1998 to April 1999)

AWARDS AND PRIZES

• Commonwealth full-scholarship, U.K. (January 2003 to April 2006)) to read for a PhD at the University of Bath, U.K.
• Prof. B.L.T. de Silva memorial prize for proficiency in Botany, University of Colombo (1998)
• University of Colombo, Department of Botany staff prize for proficiency in Botany (1997)

TRAINING

• The Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) Course conducted by the Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo (2001): obtained accreditation by the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA), UK and UGC Sri Lanka certification as a teacher in higher education.
• Participated in a Regional Training Program in Plant Breeding, May 2001, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, held at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Saputhanthri, P.S. and Hooley, R. (2005) Characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant purple patch inflorescence (ppi) with a reduced number of flowers. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Vol. 141/A (3): S293
2. Saputhanthri, P.S., Beachamps, K., Gaynor, S-M. and Hooley, R. (2004) Characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant with a reduced number of flowers. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Vol. 137/A (3): S219
3. Saputhanthri, P.S., Sanjeevani, H.H.V.M., Nandadasa, H.G. and Seneviratne, A.S. (2002) A Comparative Study of the Vegetation in Two Serpentine Sites of Sri Lanka: Proceedings of the 22 nd Annual Sessions of the Institute of Biology , Sri Lanka . 

COMMUNICATIONS

Poster presentations in International Conferences:

• Annual General Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB): 11 th to 15 th July 2005- Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
• Annual General Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB): 29 th March to 2 nd April 2004- Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.