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• Plant taxonomy
• Molecular systematics
• Ecology
• Lecturer (on contract) –Department of Botany, Faculty of Natural sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka (2025 May to present)
• Visiting lecturer at the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2024 July- present)
• Research assistant on restoration of riparian buffer zones in Quebec, Canada Laval University, Canada (2022 October-2024 April)
• Junior scientist on seagrass research in Blue Resources Trust (2021 December-2022 October)
• An expert to floristic data in Environmental Sensitive Area (ESA) project under Ministry of Environment (2021 May to 2021 November)
• Teaching assistant, Department of Botany, Open University of Sri Lanka (2018 February-2018 December)
• Teaching assistant, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Colombo (2017 February-2018 January)
• ACS 2513- Advanced Certificate in Science (Biology)
• BYU 3301- Organisation of Cells & Plant Biochemistry
Ongoing Research:
• Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Niche Dynamics of Memecylon (Melastomataceae) Species in Sri Lanka: An Integrative Approach for Conservation and Ecological Implications.
• Floristic diversity and vegetation composition of Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve & Sanctuary, Sri Lanka: implications for conservation.
• Bellanthudawa, B. K. A., Pawuluwage, S. M., Nawalage, N. M. S. K., Rathnasooriya, D. D. K. N., Dissanayake, O. D. I. P., Perera, I. J. J. U. N., … & Tennakoon, A. (2025). Climate Change, Sustainable Food Systems, and Community-Based Adaptation: Resilience Strategies in the Global South. In Climate Change, Food Security, and Land Management: Strategies for a Sustainable Future (pp. 1-30). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
• Rathnayake, R.M.N., Bellanthudawa, B.K., Pawuluwage, S.M. et al. Unlocking the potential: an exploratory analysis of knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions (KAP) of University students towards sustainable mangrove conservation.Environ Dev Sustain (2024). https://doi-org.acces.bibl.ulaval.ca/10.1007/s10668-024-04691-6
• Pawuluwage, S.M., Kathriarachchi, H.S. and Attanayake, A.M.A.S. (2017), Floristic diversity of Kuruwita-Erathna trail of the Adam’s Peak mountain in Sri Lanka, Proceedings of the 37th annual sessions of the Institute of Biology 2017, Abstracts, p.22.
• Pawuluwage, S.M., A.T.N. De Silva, Kathriarachchi, H.S. and Attanayake, A.M.A.S. (2018), Floristic diversity of Kikiliyamana mountain in Sri Lanka, Proceedings of the 38th annual sessions of the Institute of Biology 2018, Abstracts.
• Pawuluwage, S.M., Kathriarachchi, H.S. and Attanayake, A.M.A.S. (2018), Determination of floristic diversity in Adam’s Peak mountain along the altitudinal gradient, Proceedings of the 74th annual sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 2019, Abstracts.
• H.T. Gamhewa, Pawuluwage, S.M., Kathriarachchi, H.S. and Attanayake, A.M.A.S. (2019), Patterns of plant richness, abundance and endemism of different life forms along an altitudinal gradient in Erathna-Kuruwita and Hatton-Nallathanniya trails of the Adam’s Peak Wilderness, Proceedings of the 39th annual sessions of the Institute of Biology 2019, Abstracts, p.71.
• Pawuluwage, S.M., P. Marchand, N. Fenton, M. Roy and B. Lafleur. (2019), Below- ground facilitation between tree species in the re-vegetalization of a degraded site, Proceedings of the 01st annual sessions of the Plant Canada conference 2019, Abstracts.
• Pawuluwage, S.M., P. Marchand, N. Fenton, M. Roy and B. Lafleur. (2020), Are mycorrhizal fungi shared between trees recolonizing a post-mine site? Canadian Botanical Association annual meeting 2020, Abstracts.
• Pawuluwage, S.M., P. Marchand, N. Fenton, M. Roy and B. Lafleur. (2019), Below- ground facilitation between tree species in the re-vegetalization of a degraded site, The first annual conference of the CRSNG – UQAT Industrial Chair on biodiversity in mining 2019, Oral presentation.
• Pawuluwage, S.M., P. Marchand, N. Fenton, M. Roy and B. Lafleur. (2020), Are mycorrhizal fungi shared between trees recolonizing a post-mine site? The second annual conference of the CRSNG – UQAT Industrial Chair on biodiversity in mining 2020, Oral presentation.
• Pawuluwage, S.M., P. Marchand, N. Fenton, M. Roy and B. Lafleur. (2021), Mycorrhizal
• communities and their impact on trees growing in a post-mining site? The third annual conference of the CRSNG – UQAT Industrial Chair on biodiversity in mining 2021, Oral presentation.
• Neththipola,M.M.T.D., Bellanthudawa,B.K.A., Nawalage,N.M.S.K., Pawuluwage,S.M., Manorathne, M.L.I. (2021), Application of biochemical and biophysical feature extraction to assess flood Impacts on mangrove ecosystems in Kalu Ganga river basin, Sri Lanka, International Conference on Environmental Governance- ICEG 2021, Abstracts.
• Dassanayake, D.MJ.L., Bellanthudawa, B.K.A., Neththipola, M.M.T.D., Darshana, W.D., Nawalage, N.M.S.K., Pawuluwage, S.M. (2022), Insights of school water consumption and sanitation and hygiene practices among school children in Dehiovia, Kegalle district, Sri Lanka, Twenty-sixth International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2022, Abstracts.
• Abeywickrama, S. D., Pawuluwage, S.M., & Bellanthudawa, B. K. A. (2022). Mycelium- based Material Properties and 3D Printing for the Grow Fossils Structures and Crafts; A Bibliographical Review. In Annual Research Session – 2022, Faculty of Technology, Eastern University, Sri Lanka.
• Bourgeois B, Balzer J, Felipe-Lucía M, Henry A, Herrmann V, Martínez-Fernández V, Pawuluwage S, Syammach A, González-Sargas E. 2023. River restoration in the world: strategies and monitoring. RE3 conference: Reclaim, Restore, Rewild. Society for Ecological Restoration – Eastern Canada (SER-EC) and Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA). Quebec, Canada, 11-15 June 2023.
• Martínez-Fernández, V., Balzer, J., Bourgeois, B., Felipe-Lucía, M., Henry, A. L., Pawuluwage, S., Syammach, A., & González-Sargas, E. (2023, June 20). IV Congreso Ibérico de Restauración Fluvial. RestauraRíos. Restauración de ríos y riberas en el mundo: estrategias y monitorización. Toledo, Spain.
• Best Presenter award (Botany Section)- Proceedings of the 38th annual sessions of the Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka (2018).
• Mahapola Scholarship for four-year undergraduate degree based on high performance on GCE Advanced Level (2013-2017).