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I am an agriculture/environmental scientist with broad research interests in increasing the productivity, profitability and sustainability of agricultural production systems and natural ecosystems in Australia and elsewhere and tackling emerging issues including climate change.
I work across multiple spatial scales which includes paddock to continental scale and use modern data science and process-based/simulation modelling approaches to analyse collated datasets. Such modelling approaches are essential component hence;
- better undertand drivers of complex inherent variablity in agro-ecosystems that limits the production capababilites
- manage agro-ecosystems in an effective manner in changing enviromental conditons
- use input resources in sustainable and economical manner
Education
2010-2014: PhD in Agriculture Sciences
2006-2009: MSc in GIS & Remote Sensing
2002-2006: BSc in Agriculture (Hons)
The University of Sydney
University of Peradeniya
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
Work Experiences
Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Agriculture and Food
(2020 – onwards)
Senior Research Scientist at Agriculture Victoira Research
(2018 – 2020)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Sydney
(2018)
Senior Soil Carbon Scientist/Modeller at Department of Environment, Australian Government
(2016 – 2018)
Research Associate at Hawkesbury Institute of the Envirnoment, Western Sydney University
(2015)
Lecturer at Faculty of Agriculture and Plantation Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
(2008 – 2015)
Senani Karunaratne 