Buddhika Abeyrathne

Focus: Biological Systems Engineering, Ecological Engineering, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Remediation, Sustainable Water Treatment Solutions

Buddhika's research focuses on developing sustainable remediation technologies to address emerging contaminants in water systems, with an emphasis on nutrient recycling. This work integrates microbial processes and environmental engineering approaches to create innovative and eco-friendly solutions for water quality improvement and resource recovery.

Abeyrathne, B., Ranatunga, N., Chandrasiri, S., & Madola, I. (2024). Faunal diversity and the ecological aspects of a Community-Based fragmented lowland rainforest patch in Western Province, Sri Lanka. Environment and Natural Resources Journal/, 22(2), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.32526/ennrj/22/20230220

Abeyrathne, P.A.B.P., Imanthi, K.P.A., Abeysiri, H.A.S.N., Liyanage, G.Y., Pathmalal, M.M., Kulasooriya, S.A. (2023). Risk Assessment of Microcystin in Water Resources. In: Thajuddin, N., Sankara narayanan, A., Dhanasekaran, D. (eds) Protocols for Cyanobacteria Sampling and Detection of Cyanotoxin . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4514-6_24

Imanthi, K.P.A., Abeyrathne, P.A.B.P., Wijerathna, P.A.K.C., Liyanage, G.Y., Manage, P.M., Kulasooriya, S.A. (2023). Extraction of Cyanotoxins Using Filtration and Other Methods. In: Thajuddin, N., Sankara narayanan, A., Dhanasekaran, D. (eds) Protocols for Cyanobacteria Sampling and Detection of Cyanotoxin . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4514-6_39

Liyanage, G. Y., Kulasooriya, S. A., Manage, S. P., Dissanayake, D. M. P. I., Bandara, K. R. V., Prabhath, B., & Manage, P. M. (2023). Screening of Polyketide Synthase Genes in the Anatoxin-a-Producing Cyanobacteria. In Protocols for Cyanobacteria Sampling and Detection of Cyanotoxin (pp. 375–379). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4514-6_51

Subsanguan, T., Jungcharoen, P., Khondee, N., Buachan, P., Abeyrathne, B. P., Nuengchamnong, N., Pranudta, A., Wannapaiboon, S., & Luepromchai, E. (2023). Copper and chromium removal from industrial sludge by a biosurfactant-based washing agent and subsequent recovery by iron oxide nanoparticles. Scientific Reports, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45729-5

Abeyrathne, P. A. B. P., Ranatunga, R. A. G. N., & Madola, G. K. I. S. (2020). A revealing study of Faunal Diversity in a Fragmented Lowland Evergreen Rain Forest Patch: Wawekele Reserve Forest, Avissawella, Sri Lanka. Loris JOURNAL OF THE WILDLIFE AND THE NATURE PROTECTION SOCIETY OF SRI LANKA, 29(1), 18–25. https://www.wnpssl.org/publications/

Abeyrathne, P. A. B. P., Ranatunga, R. A. G. N., Abayaratne, S. S., Bandara, S. K. (2023). New records of hump-nosed viper Hypnale nepa from the Horton Plains, Sri Lanka. TAPROBANICA, 12(1), 28. https://doi.org/10.47605/tapro.v12i1.300

Abeyrathne, P. A. B. P., Nawavimarn, P., Khondee, N., Sonthiphand, P., & Luepromchai, E, (2021, May), Removal of Arsenic from Contaminated Soil by Biosurfactant-based Washing Agent, 30 th Thai Institute of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Conference (TIChE 2021), 380–388. http://tiche2021.tiche.org/

Jayasinghe, J. A. S. M., Amunugoda, P. N. R. J., Arawwawala, L. D. A. M., Abeyrathne, P. A. B. P., Bandara, U. W. S. K., & Karunaratne, V. (2021). Mitigation of post-Covid-19 disorders and secondary infections by direct targeting of organ persisting pathogens and stimulation of human immunity via immunomodulatory nano-carriers enriched food formulations. COVID-19: Impact, Mitigation, Opportunities and Building Resilience from Adversity to Serendipity, 1, 199–210. National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka: ISBN 978-624-5896-00-4