GrowCod Project

Hiruni Kumaratunga

P. Hiruni Kumaratunga is a Sri Lankan presently pursuing her Master’s degree in Aquaculture at the Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland. For her master  research, she is studying the circadian genes in Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. Her fields of interest include molecular biology and genomics. She has also knowledge on fish physiology and nutrition.

Master of Science in Aquaculture – Marine Genomics  (University of Nordland, Norway, 2010-2012)

 

Bachelor of Science - Fisheries Biology (University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 2008)

 

 

Academic  degrees

Research Involvements

15/09/2010 to date, Circadian genes in Atlantic cod in Norway

 

10/03/2010 to date, Determination of heavy metal concentrations in otolith of freshwater fish species in Sri Lanka

 

12/02/2010 to date,  Seasonal abundance of phytoplankton in seasonal tanks of Sri Lanka

 

07/09/2009 to date,  Seasonal abundance of zooplankton in seasonal tanks of Sri Lanka

 

06/09/2009 to date, Diversity of sea cucumbers and sea urchins in Mirissa and Weligama in Sri Lanka

 

Kumaratunga, P.H.S., Radampola, K. “Effect of three different commercial diets on the growth performance, reproductive performance of Guppy, Poecilia reticulata” delivered at Academic session of University of Ruhuna 2010, Sri lanka, April 3-10, 2010 (presenter).

 

Scientific Presentations