Department of Veterinary Pathobiology

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

Academic Staff

Dr.A. W. Kalupahana
BVSc (Peradeniya) , MSc (Anglia,UK)PhD(UPEI, Canada)
Head of the Department
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Virology
Field of Interest - Molecular Virology
anilwkalupahana@yahoo.com

Dr.A. Arulkanthan
BVSc (Peradeniya), MSc (WSU)
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology
Field of Interest - Veterinary Parasitology
aarul@yahoo.com

Dr.S.S.S de S. Jagoda
BVSc (Peradeniya),MVM (Massey), PhD (Tokyo)
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Pathobiology
Field of Interest - Aquatic Animal Healtht
samanthikavet27@yahoo.co.uk

Prof. H.R.N. Jinadasa
Rasika Jinadasa, BVSc (Peradeniya), MSc (Nebraska), PhD (Cornell)
Professor in Veterinary Microbiology
Fields of Interest - Molecular diagnosis of animal diseases, Zoonotic diseases
rnjinadasa@pdn.ac.lk

Prof. K.K.Wijesundara
BVSc (Peradeniya),PhD(Osaka Prefecture,Japan)
Professor in Veterinary Pathology
Fields of Interest - Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology, Molecular pathogenesis of toxic-induced diseases
kavindra77@gmail.com

Dr.N.M.T. Anupama
BVSc (Peradeniya),PhD (University of Melbourne- Australia)
Senior Lecturer in Immunology and Parasitology
Fields of Interest - Molecular and cellular immunology, Vaccinology and vaccine development
thilinianupama1984@gmail.com

Dr. D.P.Himali Wijesekera
Senior Lecturer
BVSc (Peradeniya), PhD (Japan)
Fields of Interest - Veterinary immunology, Cancer immunotherapy, Microbiology
himsiya84uni@gmail.com /himpat84@gmail.com

Dr. Thushari A Gunawardana
Senior Lecturer(On sabbatical leave)
BVSc (Peradeniya), PhD (Canada)
Fields of Interest - Poultry disease pathogenesis and preventive methods
thusharigunawardana@yahoo.com

Dr. D. S. Thilakarathne
Senior Lecturer
BVSc(Peradeniya),PhD(University of Melbourne)
Fields of Interest - Intracellular pathogens, Vector-borne and Zoonotic pathogens
dulari@vet.pdn.ac.lk,das@pdn.ac.lk

Dr. P.G.A.S. Palkumbura
Lecturer (Probationary)
BVSc (Peradeniya), MPhil (Reading)
Fields of Interest -Veterinary Pathology
ashani@vet.pdn.ac.lk /ashanivet@pdn.ac.lk