Rohan Pethiyagoda
Sri Lankan scientist and conservationist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rohan David Pethiyagoda is a Sri Lankan biodiversity scientist, amphibian and freshwater-fish taxonomist, author, conservationist and public-policy advocate.
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Born | Tilak Rohan David Pethiyagoda (1955-11-19) 19 November 1955 (age 68) |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Education | BSc, M.Phil. |
Alma mater | S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, King's College, London, University of Sussex |
Occupation | Taxonomist |
Years active | 1990–present |
Employer | Australian Museum |
Notable work | Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka (1990) Pearls, spices and green gold: an illustrated history of biodiversity exploration in Sri Lanka (2007) Horton Plains: Sri Lanka's cloud-forest national park (2012) The Ecology and Biogeography of Sri Lanka: A Context for Freshwater Fishes (2021) |
Awards | Vadamarachchi Medal, 1987, Rolex Award for Enterprise, 2000, The Linnean Medal, 2022 |
Website | The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka[dead link] |
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