The Asian Scientist 100
Shirani Manel Kumari Widana Gamage
Institution
University of Ruhuna
Country
Sri Lanka
Field
Environmental Sciences & Geology
Shirani won the 2024 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World for her innovative research in identifying and detecting harmful cyanobacterial blooms and developing biological control methods that degrade the bacteria’s toxins.
(Photo: OWSD-Elsevier Foundation)
AWARDS
- 2024 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award
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