Dr. NP Ranathunga Professor Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna
	Nalika Ranathunge is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Biology at the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. She has expertise in Plant Pathology and Microbiology. She completed her B.Sc (Agriculture) and M.Sc. (Biotechnology) degrees at the University of Peradeniya and PhD at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She has been engaged in research related to the biological control of plant pathogens and has published many research articles and several book chapters in this field of study.