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W.M.P.B Weerasinghe

Also known as: Piyatilak Bandara Weerasinghe

Veterinary Research Institute, Bairaha Farms PLC, Harper Adams University, University of Peradeniya Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture

ORCID iD 0000-0001-9025-2508
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WMPB Weerasinghe (Tilak Weerasinghe) is currently a Principal Scientist and the head of the Pasture and Forage Research division of the Veterinary Research Institute (VRI) of Sri Lanka. He obtained his PhD from the University of Harper Adams, United Kingdom in 2008. Before being appointed to a permanent post at the VRI in 2000, he briefly worked as a Veterinary Surgeon in a commercial poultry breeder farm. Over the past decade, Tilak has worked in two externally funded research projects targeted mainly on ruminant nutrition, which were funded by the National Research Council and the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. His current research includes agronomy studies on high yielding fodder varieties, mineral nutrition of ruminants and rumen microbiology, which are funded by the Council of Agriculture Research Policy of Sri Lanka and the Department of Animal Production and Health. He is currently a visiting academic at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and also serves an editor for the Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition and Wayamba Journal of Animal Science.

Employment

  • Veterinary Research Institute Principal Scientist
    2000 - Present
  • Bairaha Farms PLC Veterinary Surgeon (Poultry Breeder Farms)
    1999 - 2000

Education

  • Harper Adams University PhD (Ruminant Nutrition)
    2005 - 2008
  • University of Peradeniya Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture MSc (Dairy Science and Technology)
    2003 - 2005
  • University of Peradeniya Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science BVSc
    1993 - 1998

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