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Awardees of Scholarships for MSc and PhD under Memorandum of Understanding between South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO) and University of Ruhuna (UoR)

No Enrollment Year Graduation Year Name Registration Number Gender Supervisor Degree Scholarship Thesis Title Published Research Papers
12013.92019.9ANUSHIKA IROSHANIE RUPPEGODA GAMAGE2013A8006907079FemaleDongxiao WangPh.D.CAS-TWASMarine Environmental Dynamics of Sri Lankan Waters
22015.92018.6CHARITH MADUSANKA WIDANAGE2015B8006907370MaleDongxiao WangM.ScUCASThe Automated Weather Station (AWS): Configuration and Performance of High-Quality Meteorological Data Acquisition System, Matara, Sri LankaLuo Y., D. Wang, T. P. Gamage, F. Zhou, C. M. Widanage, and T. Liu. Wind and wave dataset for Matara, Sri Lanka. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 2018, 10: 131-138. Widanage C. M., D. Wang, F. Zhou, T. P. D. Gamage, S. Wang, C. H. Wickramage, G. R. G. Geegana Gamage, D. Li. Quality assessment of Automated Weather Station (AWS) data for abrupt weather changing during Cyclone Roanu. Journal of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (Natural Science Edition), 2018,(3): 324~333
32016.92019.1ULLALA PATHIRANAGE GAYAN PATHIRANA2016B8006907015MaleDongxiao WangM.ScUCASThermal situation in the Bay of Bengal and its consequences on the air-sea interactionHeat storage variability in the Bay of Bengal: Importance of using altimetry data , CLIVAR Exchanges, 2019 Late Summer Intrusion of Arabian Sea Waters into the Bay of Bengal: Observations in 2015, International Journal of Science and Research, 2020 Anomalous Propagation of the Sri Lanka Dome during 2014: Forcing Mechanisms, Academic Sessions: University of Ruhuna, 2020 A mini warm pool during spring in the Bay of Bengal, Journal of the National Science Foundation, 2020 Water Mass Intrusion from Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal during summer; Experimental Observations in August 2015, Ocean Science Meeting, 2020 6. Monsoonal Impact on Circulation Pathways in the Indian Ocean, Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2020 7. Effect of spring mini-warm pool on two tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, JNUIST, 2020
42016.92019.6ANJULA UMESH MARASINGHE MARASINGHE ARACHCHIGE2016B8006907006 MaleDongxiao WangM.ScUCASDynamics and thermodynamics of the upper mixed layer in the Arabian Sea mini warm pool on the seasonal and interannual time scalesInterannual variability of mixed layer salinity in the Arabian Sea mini warm pool, NUIST, 2018
52016.92019.9DILANKA NIMANTHI DUNUSARA SAMARAWEERA2016B8016508002FemaleGan ZhangM.ScUCASAntibiotics in two municipal sewage treatment plants in Sri Lanka: Occurrence, consumption and removal efficiency Antibiotics in two municipal sewage treatment plants in Sri Lanka: Occurrence, consumption and removal efficiency. Emerging Contaminants. Volume 5, 2019, Pages 272-278
62016.92019.6ERANDANI LAKSHANI WIDANA ARACHCHIGE2016B8006907007FemaleXin WangM.ScUCASImpact of anomalous sea surface temperature in the tropical Indian-western Pacific on precipitation in Sri Lanka during summer monsoonThe interdecadal and interannual variations of Sri Lankan precipitaion during southwest nonsoon and their connections with the tropical Indian Ocean SST, NUIST, 2018
72016.92019.6K BASNAYAKA SUBASINHAGE SRI JANARANJANA EKANAYAKA2016B8006907008MaleWeiqiang WangM.ScUCASMechanisms of the Sri Lanka Dome and its evolutionary aspectsMechanisms of the Sri Lanka Dome and evolutionary aspects, NUIST, 2018
82016.92019.6SHARANI NISHAMIKA KODITHUWAKKU RAYIGAM KORALE KODITHUWAKKU ARACHCHIGE2016B8006907010FemaleShiqiu PengM.ScUCASA Statistical Analysis of Tropical Cyclones in the North Indian Ocean during 1990-2017 and a case study of Tide-Surge Interaction around Sri LankaCharacteristics of tide-surge interaction along Sri Lanka coast: a case study,NUIST, 2018
92016.92019.6S ARACHCHILLAGE HARSHANIE KANCHANAMALA DASANAYAKA2016B8006907012FemaleShuhua QiM.ScUCASStudies on the Secondary Metabolites of three Marine-Derived Fungal StrainsNew dibenzodioxocinone and pyran-3,5-dione derivatives from the deep-sea-derived fungus Penicillium canescens SCSIO z053, Journal of Asian natural products research, 2019
102016.92019.6PAVANI VITHANA MADUGETA VIDANAMESTHRIGE2016B8006907013FemaleMin XuM.ScUCASGeophysical Signatures of the East Pacific Rise 8?-10?N and Seismic Detection of the Hydrothermal PathwaysGeological and geophysical signatures of the East Pacific Rise 8??10?N, Solid Earth Sciences, Elsevier, 2019
112016.92019.6DHANUSHKA DEVENDRA2016B8006907016MaleRong XiangM.ScUCASThe Late Quaternary paleoceanographic changes in the northeastern Indian Ocean based on foraminiferal and stable isotopic recordsPalaeoproductivity and associated changes in the north-eastern Indian Ocean since the last glacial: Evidence from benthic foraminifera and stable isotopes. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 181, 2019 Late Quaternary deep and surface water mass evolution in the northeastern Indian Ocean inferred from carbon and oxygen isotopes of benthic and planktonic foraminifera, Journal of Palaeoworld, Elsevier, 2020 Paleoproductivity changes in the Southern South China Sea from the Last Glacial to the Holocene: Evidence from Stable Isotopes and Total Organic Carbon, International Journal of Geology and Earth Sciences, 2019
122016.92019.6VIDUSANKA THILAKANAYAKA THILAKANAYAKA ADIKARI MUDIYANSELAGE2016B8006907018MaleChuanxiu LuoM.ScUCASStudies on Paleovegetation and other Paleoenv?ronmental Aspects Since 50ka B.P. In Indian Ocean and the South China Sea: Phytolith EvidencesSediment Provenance of the Nansha Trough Since 40 ka BP in the South China Sea: Evidence From ?13Corg, TOC and Pollen Composition.?Frontiers in Earth Science,?7, p.110. 2019.
132016.92019.6CHATHURIKA HEMAMALI WICKRAMAGE 2016B8006907020FemaleWeiqiang WangM.ScUCASDynamics of westward coastal current during the southwest monsoon in southern Sri LankaWickramage, C.H., W. Wang, K. Arulananthan et al., Dynamics of counter wind current along the south Sri Lanka coast during the Southwest Monsoon. Ocean Dynamics, 2021, 71, 1051?1067. Wickramage C. H., and W. Wang. Dynamics of westward coastal current during the southwest monsoon in southern Sri Lanka, Journal of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (Natural Science Edition), 2018, 10(3): 290-298.
142016.92019.6DUSHANTHA SANDARUWAN JAYARATHNA WIJENDRA NAIDHELAGE2016B8006907005MaleYan DuM.ScUCASSeasonal and inter annual variability of Sea Surface Salinity in the north Arabian SeaSeasonal and interannual variability of sea surface salinity in the central north Arabian Sea based on satellite and Argo observations, NUIST, 2018
152016.92019.6THUSHANI SULEKA MADHUBHASHINI ELEPATHAGE2016A8006908022FemaleDanling TangPh.D.CSCEnvironment regime impact on Black Marlin and Yellowfin tuna distribution in the Indian and Sri Lankan waters Abundance of? marlins in relation to sea surface temperature in Sri Lanka ocean,?Journal of Nanjing University of information Science and Technology?(Natural Science Edition ), 2018,10 (3). DOI: 10.13878/j.cnki.jnuist.2018.03.001????? Relationships Among SST Variability, Physical, and Biological Parameters in the Northeastern Indian Ocean?ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN?iFirst article, 2020, 1?14 The Pelagic Habitat of Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Changing Environment of the North Indian Ocean[J]. Sustainability, 2019, 11(24): 7070.?SCIE?? Hydro-Climatic Variations Analysis with Remote Sensing Data on Sri Lankan Ocean Waters[J]. J Mar Biol Oceanogr 8, 2019, 1: 2 Hydroclimatic changes analysis with remote sensing data in Sri Lankan waters, Journal of marine biology and oceanography.?2019, 8:1
162016.92020.9LASITHA PERERA GONADUWAGE2016A8006907003MaleDongxiao WangPh.D.CAS-TWASEddy-induced heat/salt transport in the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea: Seasonal and interannual modulationsLasitha Perera, G., Chen, G., McPhaden, M. J., Priyadarshana, T., Huang, K., & Wang, D. (2019). Meridional and Zonal Eddy?Induced Heat and Salt Transport in the Bay of Bengal and Their Seasonal Modulation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124, 8079?8101. Gonaduwage, L. P., Chen, G., Priyadarshana, T. et al. Interannual variability of summertime eddy-induced heat transport in the Western South China Sea and its formation mechanism. Clim Dyn., 2021, 57, 451?468.
172017.92020.9AMALI NADEESHANI WICKRAMASINGHE LIYANA ARACHCHILAGE2017B8006912002FemaleWeiqiang WangM.ScBRISeasonal variations of mass transport and its related salinity change in the Eastern Indian OceanSeasonal variations of mass transport and its related salinity change in the Eastern Indian Ocean, NUIST, 2020
182017.92020.6WARNAKULASURIYA DANUSHKA DILSHAN FERNANDO2017B8006912004MaleDanling TangM.ScUCAS?Wind Pump? influences on phytoplankton bloom formation and dissemination in the central north Indian oceanThe propensity of chlorophyll-a , sea surface temperature and wind speed in the Bay of Bengal?Journal of Nanjing University of information Science and Technology.DOI: 10.13878/j.cnki.jnuist.2018.03.009?
192018.92021.6JAYAMINI BIMALI KOONGOLLA 2018B8006937003FemaleXiangrong XuM.ScBRIMicroplastics pollution in surface water, sediment and marine fish from Beibu Gulf, South China SeaHansani, K.U.D.N., Thilakarathne, E.P.D.N., Koongolla, J.B., Gunathilaka, W.G.I.T., Perera, B.G.D.O., Weerasingha, W.M.P.U., Egodauyana, K.P.U.T., 2023. Contamination of microplastics in tropical coral reef ecosystems of Sri Lanka. Marine Pollution Bulletin 194:115299. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115299. Huang, L., Li, Q.P., Li, H.X., Lin, L., Xu, X.R., Yuan, X.J., Koongolla, J.B., Li, H.W., 2023. Microplastic contamination in coral reef fishes and its potential risks in the remote Xisha areas of the South China Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 186: 114399. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114399. Koongolla, J.B., Lin, L., Yang, C.P., Pan, Y.F., Li, H.X., Liu, S., Xu, X.R., 2022. Microplastic prevalence in marine fish from onshore Beibu Gulf, South China Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science 9. DOI10.3389/fmars.2022.964461 Huang, J.-S., Koongolla, J.B., Li, H.X., Lin, L., Pan, Y.-F., Liu, S., He, W.H., Maharana, D., Xu, X.R., 2020. Microplastic accumulation in fish from Zhanjiang mangrove wetland, South China. Science of the Total Environment 708: 134839. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134839. Koongolla, J.B., Lin, L., Pan, Y.F., Yang, C.P., Sun, D.R., Liu, S., Xu, X.R., Maharana, D., Huang, J.S., Li, H.X., 2020. Occurrence of microplastics in gastrointestinal tracts and gills of fish from Beibu Gulf, South China Sea. Environmental Pollution 258: 113734. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113734. Maharana, D., Saha, M., Dar, J.Y., Rathore, C., Sreepada, R.A., Xu, X.R., Koongolla, J.B., Li, H.X., 2020. Assessment of micro and macroplastics along the west coast of India: Abundance, distribution, polymer type and toxicity. Chemosphere 246: 125708. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125708.
202018.92021.6RAJITHA SANKALPA DISSANAYAKE MUDIYANSELAGE2018B8018812001MaleSonghai LiM.ScBRIThe cetacean occurrence, diversity and photo identification to investigate the identity of blue whale in whale-watching waters off Mirissa, Southern Sri LankaSankalpa DMR, Thilakarathne EPDN, Lin W et al. (2021). Cetacean occurrence and diversity in whale-watchingwaters off Mirissa, Southern Sri Lanka. Integrative Zoology 00, 1?15
212018.92022.1CHANAKA ISURANGA PREMARATHNE MAHA RANVILAGE2018B8006937001MaleZhijiang JiangM.ScBRIEffect of nutrient enrichment and light on seagrass Halophila beccariiC Premarathne, ZJ Jiang*, JL He, Y Fang, QM Chen, LJ Cui, YC Wu, SL Liu, CY Zhao, P Vijerathna, XP Huang*. Low light availability reduces the subsurface sediment carbon content in Halophila beccarii from the South China Sea. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021, 12: 664060. ZJ Jiang, LJ Cui, SL Liu, CY Zhao, YC Wu, QM Chen, S Yu, JL Li, JL He, Y Fang, C Premarathne, XP Huang*. Historical changes in seagrass beds in a rapidly urbanizing area of Guangdong Province: Implications for conservation and management. Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020, 22: e01035. ZJ Jiang#, DL Huang#, Y Fang, LJ Cui, CY Zhao, SL Liu, YC Wu, QM Chen, C Premarathne, JL He, XP Huang*. Home for marine species: seagrass leaves as vital spawning grounds and food source. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020, 7: 194. Y Fang, ZJ Jiang*, CY Zhao, LL Li, C Premarathne, SL Liu, YC Wu, XP Huang*. Efficient heat dissipation and cyclic electron flow confer daily air exposure tolerance in the intertidal seagrass Halophila beccarii Asch. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020, 11: 571627.
222018.92022.12NALAKA HASITH MADURANGA BALA GAMAGE2018B8006912002MaleDongxiao Wang????M.ScBRIBiophysical Variability of Chlorophyll in Indian Ocean over last two decades
232018.9StudyingCHATHURIKA PIUMI KUMARASINGHE2018B8006912003FemaleYoushao WangM.ScBRI
242018.9StudyingIMALKA NAYANAMALI PODDIWELA MARAGE2018B8006912004FemaleXin WangM.ScBRI
252018.9StudyingTHILINI ROSHANTHIKA MUTHUGAL PEDIGE2018B8006912006FemaleYoushao WangM.ScUCAS
262018.92022.8KALANI RANDIMA LAKSHANI PATHIRA ARACHCHILAGE2018B8006937002FemaleDanling TangM.ScBRIResearch on marine plastics detection based on multi-source remote sensing dataKalani Lakshani, DanLing Lingzis Tang, J. Yu, Sufen Wang, 2022. A Preliminary Analysis towards Detecting Floating Marine Macro Plastics Using an Index Developed for Sentinel 2 ACOLITE and Sen2Cor Images. Journal of Geospatial Surveying 2(2):1 Spatial Distribution and Composition of Surface Microplastics in the Southwestern South China Sea. 2022. Frontiers in Marine Science 9
272018.92022.12SAMADHI WATHSALA LAKMINI WIJESOORIYA ARACHCHILAGE2018B8006937004FemaleDajun QiuM.ScBRIBased on morphological and molecular evolutionary characteristics to analyze the evolutionary history of the top sulcus of gymnodinoidea
282019.92022.6GAYAN SALUKA SENARATHNA BANDARA WAGAGE2019B8006912001MaleChuanxiu LuoM.ScBRISedimental palynological and lithological records in the northern South China Sea and their paleoenvironmental significanceBandara, G., Chuanxiu, L., Chen, C., Xiang, R., Herath, B.D., Yang, Z., Thilakanayaka, V., 2022. Sedimental pollen records in the northern South China Sea and their paleoenvironmental significance. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 241, p.105457. Zhang, M., Lu, H., Chen, Q., Bandara, G., Zhang, H., Luo, C., and Wu, N., 2021. Clay Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Pockmarked Surface Sediments from the Southwestern Xisha Uplift, South China Sea: Implications for Weathering and Provenance. Geosciences, 11(1), p.8. Herath, B.D., Chuanxiu, L., Chen, C., Du, S., Xiang, R., Thilakanayaka, V., Bandara, G., Devendra, D., Yang, Z., Munasinghe, T., 2022. High-resolution palynology signals in the surface sediments of coastal Hainan Island of China, Marine Micropaleontology, p.102210.
292019.92022.8THILINA MADHUSHAN MUNASINGHE2019B8006912002MaleShuhong WangM.ScUCASGeochemical analysis and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the sedimentary source area of the northern continental slope of the South China Sea
302019.92023.9MADUGETA VIDANA MESTHRIGE DIANI VITHANA2019B8006912003FemaleTingting ZuM.ScBRIA new dipole mode of interannual upper-ocean salinity varibility in the tropical Indian Ocean
312019.92022.8DILEEP BANDARA HERATH HERATH MUDIYANSELAGE2019B8006912005MaleShuhuan Du Chuanxiu LuoM.ScBRIPaleoenvironment reconstruction based on pollen data in the western South China SeaHerath, B.D., Chuanxiu, L., Chen, C., Du, S., Xiang, R., Thilakanayaka, V., Bandara, G., Devendra, D., Yang, Z., Munasinghe, T., 2022. High-resolution palynology signals in the surface sediments of coastal Hainan Island of China, Marine Micropaleontology, p.102210. Bandara, G., Chuanxiu, L., Chen, C., Xiang, R., Herath, B.D., Yang, Z., Thilakanayaka, V., 2022. Sedimental pollen records in the northern South China Sea and their paleoenvironmental significance. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 241, p.105457. Du, S., Xiang, R., Liu, J., Yan, H., Sha, L., Liu, J.P., Chen, Z., Islam, G.A. and Herath, H.D.B., 2021. Variable Kuroshio Current intrusion into the northern South China Sea over the last 7.3 kyr. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 562, p.110093.
322019.9StudyingSHASHIKALA HARSHANI WEERABAHU MUDIYANSELAGE2019B8006937002FemaleDajun QiuM.ScBRI
332019.9StudyingTHILINI THARUSHIKA SAMARAWARDHANE HENAKA RALALAGE2019B8006937003FemaleQian LiM.ScBRI
342020.9StudyingUDITHA THEJAN EGODAUAYANA KANDE PAHALAGEDARA2020B8006937001MaleZhijiang JiangM.ScANSO
352021.9StudyingUDANA PRAMODYA RAJAKARUNA WANIGASEKARA WASALA MUDI2021B8006912002MaleGang PanM.ScANSO
362021.9StudyingMALDENIYAGE USANGI SUPUN CHAGA MALDENIYA2021B8006912001FemalePeng LuoM.ScANSO
372022.9StudyingRANJAN PRADEEP KUMARA RAJAPAKSHA WEDA GEDARA2022B8006937001MaleMeilin WuM.ScANSO
382022.9StudyingDASUN THARANGA SENANAYAKA2022B8006912002MaleMinghui ZhaoM.ScANSO
392022.9StudyingJEEWANI SANDAMALI GALWADU ACHARIGE2022B8006912005FemaleXiaoqing ChuM.ScANSO
402023.9StudyingPARAKKRAME DANANJAYA BANDARA WIJERATHNA BASNAYAKE MUDIYANSELAGE2023A8006912002MaleXuefeng ZhouPh.D.ANSO
412023.9StudyingDUMUDU OJITHMA PERERA BATAGODA GAMAGE2023B8006937001FemaleLanlan ZhangM.ScANSO
422023.9StudyingWIJENDRA GAMLATHGE INDUNIL THARAKA GUNATHILAKA2023B8006912001MaleYan DuM.ScCSC