Eric D. Wikramanayake is a
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n
conservationist.
Early life and education
Born to
Elanga Wikramanayake
Deshamanya Elanga Devapriya Wikramanayake (known to many as ''E.D. Wikramanayake'') was a Sri Lankan lawyer who served as the Solicitor General of Sri Lanka.
Early life and education
His father was E. B. Wikramanayake, QC the Minister of Justice ...
, a lawyer. His brothers are
Arittha R Wikramanayake
Arittha R Wikramanayake is an attorney at law specialising in corporate law, securities law and trade law.
Family
Wikramanayake's family association with law can be traced back to Crown Proctorship in Galle in 1848.
Education school
Like his br ...
and
Athula Wikramanayake
Athula H. Wikramanayake is a Sri Lankan American developmental biologist and Professor at the University of Miami.
Early life and education
Wikramanayake was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and like his brothers Arittha R Wikramanayake and Eric Wikra ...
. His grandfather was
E. B. Wikramanayake Eric Bird Wikramanayake, QC was a Ceylonese statesman and lawyer. He was the Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala and a member of the Senate of Ceylon. A successful lawyer he was appointed a King's Counsel ...
. Educated at
S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia
, motto_translation = Be Thou Forever
, song = Thomian Song
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, sports = Yes
, nickname = Thora
, denomination = Anglican
, patron ...
.
Wikramanayake represented the school in Cricket and captained the second XI cricket team coached by
Quentin Israel and was a school prefect. Class mates included
Saliya Ahangama
Franklyn Saliya Ahangama (born 14 September 1959) is a Sri Lankan Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who played in 3 Tests and one ODI
ODI may refer to:
* Object Design, Incorporated, a defunct database software company ...
,
Guy de Alwis
Ronald Guy de Alwis (February 15, 1959 - January 12, 2013) was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 11 Tests and 31 ODIs from 1983 to 1988.
De Alwis was married to Sri Lankan Women's cricketer Rasanjali Silva
Sendapperuma Archchige Rasanjal ...
,
PL Munasinghe
Priyaraj Lakmal Munasinghe, (also known as PL) is a Sri Lankan rugby player.
Education
Munasinghe was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia Sri Lanka, where as Head Prefect he was awarded the Victoria Jubilee Gold Medal, winning c ...
,
Paul R. Mather, Stefan D'Silva,
Uthum Herat
Amal Uthum Herat (15 September 1957 - 23 October 2009) born in Colombo, Sri Lanka was Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund.
School education
Uthum Herat received his e ...
,
Chanaka Amaratunga
Chanaka Amaratunga (19 April 1958 – 1 August 1996) was the founder of the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka.
Early life
Schooled at St Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia where he was a prominent member of the Debating, Drama and Parliamentary societie ...
and
Devaka Fernando
Devaka Fernando is a Sri Lankan physician and academic. He was president of the Osteoporosis Society of Sri Lanka and the Founding Professor of Medicine at the University of Sri Jayawardanapura.
Education
Fernando was educated at Dean Row Sch ...
.
He obtained a
BS in Biology (Summa Cum Laude) and
M.S.
A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...
in Biology from
Slippery Rock University
Slippery Rock University, formally Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (The Rock or SRU), is a public university in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. SRU is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). The university ...
, Pennsylvania and a
PhD PHD or PhD may refer to:
* Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), an academic qualification
Entertainment
* '' PhD: Phantasy Degree'', a Korean comic series
* ''Piled Higher and Deeper'', a web comic
* Ph.D. (band), a 1980s British group
** Ph.D. (Ph.D. albu ...
in Ecology from
University of California
The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, ...
, Davis, California.
Career
He has worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant/Visiting Scientist
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded ...
, Washington, D.C., USA a Senior Conservation Scientist at
World Wildlife Fund
The World Wide Fund for Nature Inc. (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment. It was formerly named the Wo ...
, Asia, USA. He is currently a research associate at Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA and a Trustee at th
Centre for Conservation and Research, Sri Lanka
His work has included mammalian biology, ecological structure and conservation of fish assemblages in tropical wet-zone streams of Sri Lanka and the thermal ecology and behavior of monitor lizards, including the largest lizard in the world, the Komodo dragon that lives on three small islands in eastern Indonesia.
He has provided technical assistance and advice to WWF's ecoregion-based conservation program and flagship species (elephant, rhino, and tiger) programs in Asia.
He is the former Executive Director and the current Chairperson of
Environmental Foundation Limited, a public interest litigation organization that aims to conserve and protect the environment.
See also
*
Environmental Foundation Limited
References
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Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
University of California, Davis alumni
Sri Lankan environmentalists
Sri Lankan activists
Living people
Conservationists
Year of birth missing (living people)