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Nadeesha Ukwattage
Country of origin: Sri Lanka Currently in: Sri Lanka, Colombo General field of specialization: Agricultural Sciences-
Degrees
2015 Doctorate Engineering sciences2011 Master Agricultural Sciences2009 Undergraduate Agricultural Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural soil amendment, contaminated soil remediation, soil and water quality are my main areas of research.
Publications resulting from Research:
Ukwattage NL, Li Y, Gan Y, Li T and Ranjith PG. 2020. Effect of
biochar and coal fly ash soil amendments on the leaching loss of
Phosphorus in subtropical sandy Ultisols. Water Air and Soil
Pollution. 231: 56 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-4393-5
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Ukwattage NL, Ranjith PG and MSA Perera. 2016. Effect of
accelerated carbonation on the chemical properties and leaching
behaviour of Australian coal ash to improve its use as a compost
amendment. Environmental Earth Sciences. 75:1398.
Ukwattage NL, Ranjith PG and Bouazza M. 2013. The use of coal
combustion wastes as a soil amendment in agricultural lands (with
comments on its potential to improve food security and sequester
carbon). Fuel 109(0):400-408.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:TeachingI am currently working as a Senior Lecturer at University of Colombo Sri Lanka.