研究方向：
I am interested in ecology & evolution of organismal interactions and their conservation. My past research focused on animal-animal interactions such as predation and predation prevention strategies i.e., aposematism, mimicry, and camouflage. Currently I am working on plant-animal interactions, mainly herbivory and pollination. I use insects as focal taxa, and birds as a predator with specific attention to butterflies and moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera). I am extending the ideas to multitrophic and multi taxa interactions including parasitoids and microbiota of insects and plants relating to their interactions.学习经历EDUCATION
2011.09-2017.06, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ecology; PhD
2004.09-2010.06, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Information Technology; BSc (IT)
2003.09-2008.06, University of Peradeniya, Biological Science, BSc
工作经历ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2021.11-to date, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Post-doctoral scholar
2018.11-2021.10, Guangxi University, Research fellow
社会兼职SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES & SERVICE and OTHER POSITIONS
SERVICE and OTHER POSITIONS
2012 - Present Expert and member of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) South Asian Invertebrate specialist group, and Member of Species Survival Commission.
2012 - Present Reviewer and contributor to IUCN and IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) assessments, criteria, and reports.
2012 – 2022 Contributor for the preparation of National Invertebrate Red List and Biodiversity Conservation Action Plans of Sri Lanka.
2011 - 2020 Editor: Journal of Tropical Entomology. Editor: Checklists-Journal of biodiversity distribution
2016 Symposium Chair for the session ‘Adaptations’, Annual symposium of ATBC (Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation)
2012 - Present Reviewer for Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences), Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Nature Conservation, Journal of Threated Taxa, Malayan Nature Journal, Journal of Agricultural Policy and Research, and Journal of Sustainable Forestry.
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2020 – present Member of Botanical Society of America.
2012 – present Member of Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.
2010 – present Member of Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science.
代表论著PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Aluthwattha, S.T. *, Jayawardana, N.C., Panthee, S., Agnihotri, A. (2022) A provisional checklist of moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Sri Lanka. Journal of Tropical Entomology 11: 1–62.
2. , , Wang, Ma, Luo, Aluthwattha, McKey, Pujol, Chen, and Zhang* (2022). High outcrossing rates in a self-compatible and highly aggregated host-generalist mistletoe. Molecular Ecology, 00, 1– 16. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16720
3. Sarathchandra, C., Y.A. Abebe, I.L. Wijerathne., S.T. Aluthwattha, S. Wickramasinghe, and Z. Ouyang* (2021) An overview of ecosystem service studies in a tropical biodiversity hotspot, Sri Lanka: Key perspectives for future research. Forests 2021, 12, 540. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12050540.
4. Konta, S., Hyde, K.D., Eungwanichayapant, P.D., Karunarathna, S.C., Samarakoon, M.C.; Xu, J., Dauner, L.A.P., Aluthwattha, S.T., Lumyong, S., Tibpromma*, S. (2021) Multigene Phylogeny Reveals Haploanthostomella elaeidis gen. et sp. nov. and Familial Replacement of Endocalyx (Xylariales, Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota). Life 2021, 11, 486. https://doi.org/10.3390/ life11060486.
5. Luo, F., L.Z. Meng, S.T. Aluthwattha, M.Y. Lin, W.F. Zhang, J.H. Qi, Y.H. Liu, A. Weigel, and J. Chen* (2021) Scale-dependent contribution of host-specificity and environmental variation to wood-boring longhorn beetle community assemblage in SW China. Scientific Reports (2021) 11:51000 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84511-3.
6. Martini, F., S.T. Aluthwattha, C. Mammides, M Armani, and U.M. Goodale* (2020) Abiotic resources indirectly shape herbivory by mediating plant apparency in seedling communities of four subtropical forests. Oecologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04804-8.
7. Aluthwattha, S.T., R. D. Harrison, K. B. Ranawana, X. Chen, R. Lai and J. Chen* (2017) Does spatial variation in predation pressure modulates the selection on aposematism? Ecology and Evolution 07: 7560–7572.
8. Aluthwattha, S.T., (2014) Ecology, biology, and conservation status of old-world butterfly-moth genus Tetragonus Geyer (Lepidoptera: Callidulidae). Journal of Tropical Asian Entomology 03: 23–32.
9. Aluthwattha, S.T. (2013) Family Saturniidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Sri Lanka: An overview. Journal of Tropical Asian Entomology 02: 1–12.
承担科研项目情况GRANTS:
1. Research Fund for International Young Scientists from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Snacking vs feasting: Phenotypic and genetic adaptations of native phyllophagous Lepidopteran larvae to exotic host plants, 2023-2024, 40 万元, P.I.
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Associational effect and its underlying mechanism of mistletoe-host defenses on insect herbivores, 2023-2026, 56 + 16.8万元, Collaborator
3. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, Herbivore-plant co-adaptations and the role of herbivory in forest regeneration, 2018-2020, 5万元, P.I.
4. Postdoctoral Fund from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical garden, CAS, Unveiling novel insect herbivore-plant interactions: Ecological dynamics and evolutionary implications, Startup funding, 2021-2023, 15万元, P.I.
5. Open fund of Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, CAS, Unveiling novel insect herbivore-plant interactions: Ecological dynamics and evolutionary implications, 2022-2023, 5万元, P.I.