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Curriculum Vitae

Name: Rohan Harindra Wickramasinghe

Address: Institute for Tropical Environmental Studies,

41 Flower Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka

(Tel.: 094-1-2691986,

email: rohan_wickramasinghe@yahoo.com)

Related link: http://www.oocities.org/rohan_wickramasinghe/index.html

Date of Birth: 27 July 1939

Secondary

Education: Royal College, Colombo (1951 - 1958)

University

Education: (a) Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, England

B.A. (Hons) (Natural Sciences Tripos) 1961, M.A. 1965

(b) Medical School, Edinburgh University, Scotland

Ph.D. (Biochemistry) 1972

Work Experience:

1987 to present: Director, Institute for Tropical Environmental Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka

1998 to 1999: Consultant (Environmental Protection and Landscaping), Central Cultural Fund,

Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka

1981 to 1990: Working (Executive) Member of the Board , Central Environmental

Authority, Colombo, Sri Lanka

1978 to 1980: Scientist, Institut fuer Staublungenforschung und Arbeitsmedizin, (Institute

for Pneumoconiosis Research and Occupational Medicine), University of

Muenster, West Germany

1976 to 1977: Research Associate, Laboratory of Chemical Evolution, Department of

Chemistry, University of Maryland at College Park, USA

1974 to 1976: Research Associate, Laboratory of Human Reproduction

and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, USA

1972 to 1974: Research Fellow (1972-1973), Research Associate (1973-1974),

Department of Population Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, USA

Aug to Oct 1972: Visiting Scientist, Department of Pediatrics, The University

of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, USA

1968 to 1972: Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry, Medical School,

Edinburgh University, Scotland

1966 to 1968: Research Student, Laboratoire de Biochimie generale et comparee,

(Laboratory of General and Comparative Biochemistry),

College de France, University of Paris, France

1962 to 1966: Production Chemist, Glaxo-Allenbury’s (Ceylon) Ltd.,

Colombo, Sri Lanka

1961 to 1962: Teacher, Thurstan College, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Languages Studied: Include Sinhalese, English, French, German and Latin (five years)

Selected

Consultancies: Include (1) Chief Environmental Consultant (for Sri Lanka) on the

Asian Development Bank Project by Marga Institute on

“ Economic Policies for Sustainable Development :

Implementing the Brundtland Commission

Recommendations in Selected DMCs “, 1989/90

(2) Environmental Planner (Sri Lankan), Tourism Master Plan

for Sri Lanka, UNDP/WTO for Ceylon Tourist Board,

Sri Lanka, 1992

Membership of Professional and Technical Associations:

Include Fellow, National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka

Life Member, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science

Life Member, Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka

Member, Orchid Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission,

IUCN-The World Conservation Union