Principal investigator
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Dr. Malinda Thilakarathna Assistant Professor in Agronomy and Plant-microbial InteractionsPhD (Biology), Dalhousie University, NS, Canada PDF (Plant Microbial Interactions, Agronomy), University of Guelph, Canada MSc (Crop Science), Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka BSc (Agriculture), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Awards ALES Faculty Research and Innovation Award (2023) Early Career Agronomist Award (2021) – Canadian Society of Agronomy Editorial Associate Editor in Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2021 – present) |
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Dr. Pramod Rathor Project: Effect of soil amendments on plant growth and stress tolerance |
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Dr. Dhanuja Abesinghe Project: Plasma-assisted biological nitrogen fixation in pulses |
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Chathuranga De Silva PhD Student Project: Belowground nitrogen transfer from legumes no non-legumes |
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Michele Tran MSc student Project: Effect of Cicer milkvetch on soil carbon, nutrient availability, and soil microbiome in mixed prairie grassland |
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Danielito Dollete MSc student Project: Biotic and abiotic factors on nitrogen rhizodeposition of forage legumes |
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Tianyi Zhao MSc Student Project: Effect of soil amendments on alleviating drought stress |
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Research Assistant
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Keshav Bhattarai MSc Student (Co-supervision) Project: Cropping systems diversification with forage seed crops in terms of productivity, profitability, soil health, nitrogen use efficiency, and greenhouse emission using holos modeling |
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Oshadhi Athukorala ArachchigeMSc Student |
Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Dr. Rhea Lumactud – Currently position: Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University
Graduate Students
Dilrukshi Liyanage (MSc student) – Currently position: PhD student at the University of Guelph
Undergraduate Students
Michele Tran – Currently position: MSc student at the University of Alberta
Zachary Akitt
Vianne Rouleau (NSERC USRA scholar)
Aug 2022
May 2022