Visiting Professor, UBC, 2016
Supported by a Royal Society Commonwealth Grant
Ph.D. Natural Products Chemistry, University of Colombo, 2015
B.Sc. Zoology, University of Colombo, 2007
Current Position:
Department of Science and Technology, Uva Wellassa University, Sri Lanka
Publications:
Pamoda B. Ratnaweera, David E. Williams, Brian O. Patrick, E. Dilip de Silva and Raymond J. Andersen (2015). Solanioic acid, an antibacterial degraded steroid produced in culture by the fungus Rhizoctonia solani isolated from tubers of the medicinal plant Cyperus rotundus. Organic Letters 17:2074-2077.
Pamoda B. Ratnaweera, E. Dilip de Silva, David E. Williams, Raymond J. Andersen (2015). Antimicrobial activities of endophytic fungi obtained from the arid zone invasive plant Opuntia dillenii and the isolation of equisetin, from endophytic Fusarium sp. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 15:220.
Pamoda B. Ratnaweera, David E. Williams, E. Dilip de Silva, Ravi L. C. Wijesundera, Doralyn D. Dalisay and Raymond J. Andersen (2014). Helvolic acid, an antibacterial nortriterpenoid from a fungal endophyte, Xylaria sp. of orchid Anoectochilus setaceus endemic to Sri Lanka. Mycology: An International Journal of Fungal Biology 5(1): 23-28.
Mark S. Harvey, Pamoda B. Ratnweera, Preethi V. Udagama and Mayuri R. Wijesighe (2012). A new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Megachernes (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) associated with a threatened Sri Lankan rainforest rodent, with a review of host associations of Megachernes. Journal of Natural History 46:2519-2535.
Pamoda B. Ratnaweera, Mayuri R. Wijesinghe, & Preethi V. Udagama-Randeniya (2010). Parasitic associations of a threatened, endemic rainforest rodent Mus mayori pococki (Sri Lanka spiny rat). Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(6): 901-907
Pamoda B. Ratnaweera & Mayuri R. Wijesinghe (2009). Effect of food quality and availability on rainforest rodents of Sri Lanka. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(12): 581-588.