Dr. Naleen Indika Pussella
Position: Senior Lecturer
pgrnip@geo.sab.ac.lk
Office: +94-0453453019
Fax: +94-0452280010
Qualifications
- B.Sc. in Surveying Sciences Degree (Second Class Upper Division) (SUSL)
- MPhil in Earth Sciences, University of Peradeniya
- PhD in Cartography and Geographic Information Engineering (Wuhan University, China)
- Passed the Foundation Examination, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka
Profile
Name in Full: Pussella Gamaathi Ralalage Naleen Indika Pussella
Address: 168/2, Kendalanda 2nd Lane, Kendalanda, Homagama, Sri Lanka
Date of Birth: 30th November, 1977
Sex: Male
Civil Status: Married
- “Wuhan University Scholarship for Excellent International Students - 2016” for academic performance and research conduct. This was organized by the School of International Students among all the International students in Wuhan University, China PR
- “Wuhan University Scholarship for Excellent International Students - 2017” for academic performance and research conduct. This was organized by the School of International Students among all the International students in Wuhan University, China PR
- Chinese Scholarship Council Scholarship in 2015 to study a PhD in China
- Indian Government Scholarship to participate for the Special Course on Geo-Informatics and Spatial Information for Disaster Management Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (National Remote Sensing Center), Department of Space, India in 2008
- ITC Scholarship to participate for the short course on Innovative Approaches to Multi-Scale Landslide Hazard and Risk Assessment in 2008
- University Grants Commission Postgraduate Research Grants for University Lecturers (UGC/ICD/RPC/2008/03)
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
- Registered student in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.
- Life Member- Geo Informatics Society of Sri Lanka
Research Interests
- Urban Green Space
- Automatic Generalization
- Coastal Vulnerable Zoning
- Coastal Management and GIS
- Land Use Planning
- Land related problems of Indigenous People
- Poverty Mapping
- Land Slides Modeling
- Disaster Management
Current Research Projects
- Urban Green Spaces
Recent Publications
Scientific Citation Indexed Journals
- Li, L., Pussella, PGRNI, (2017), Is Colombo City, Sri Lanka Secured for Urban Green Space Standards? Journal of APPLIED ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 15(3):1789-1799 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15666/aeer/1503_17891799 (IF- 0.7)
- Lin L, Pussella PGRNI Assessment of vulnerability for coastal erosion with GIS and AHP techniques case study: Southern coastline of Sri Lanka. Natural Resource Modeling. 2017;00:e12146. https://doi.org/10.1111/nrm.12146
Peer Reviewed Journal Papers
- Pussella PGRNI, Jagath Gunathilake, KRMU Bandara, JAS Jayakody, TL Dammalage, Coastline Changes: Vulnerability and Predictions - A Case Study of the Northwestern Coastal Belt of Sri Lanka, Tourism, Leisure and Global Change, volume 2 (2015), p.TOC-125.
- PGRNI Pussella, DS Munasinghe, MDEK Gunathilake and CA Karadana, (2015), Land Valuation Systems Using GIS Technology: Case Study in Matara Urban Council Area, Bhumi, The Planning Research Journal, ISSN 2012-5720, pp 07-16.