Prof. BC Walpola Professor Department of Soil Science Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna
	Ms. B. C. Walpola, is a professor attached to the Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, specializes in soil microbiology with particular emphasis on phosphate solubilizing soil microorganisms. Her research areas include carbon and nitrogen mineralization, and phosphate solubilization in soil. She completed her B.Sc. in Agriculture at University of Ruhuna, M.Sc. degree in Industrial and Environmental Chemistry at University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, and Ph.D. degree in Soil Microbiology at Chungnam National University, South Korea.