Profile

• Time Zone

  (GMT +5.5) Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, New Delhi

  
  
• Organization

  Guangxi University

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  My research interests are wildlife conservation and management and nature-based tourism. In my immediate past line of work as a Public Health Inspector at the Ministry of Health, I pioneered the ten-step process for establishing ‘Smoke-Free cities’ against second-hand smoking in Sri Lanka. My publications include reasons for visitor dissatisfaction with tourism experiences, human-elephant conflict, and illegal capture and internal trade of wild Asian elephants. I am currently reading for a Ph.D. focusing on the feeding ecology of Asian elephants in Sri Lanka.

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  When and why did you decide to go into a science career?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):

  2005 - to protect nature

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What is best about being a scientist?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):

  Protect nature

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  What is tough about being a scientist?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 3 here (300 words):

  Protect nature

  
  
• Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?

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