In this membership spotlight, we talk to Dishan Fonseka, an Environmental Scientist and PhD candidate at Massey University, who has over 6 years of experience in the industry setting
Dishan is an Environmental Scientist who has specialised in the area of solid and hazardous waste management for over six years at Lakvijaya Coal Power Plant, Sri Lanka.
It is Sri Lanka's first and largest coal-fired thermal power plant, which has operated as the nation's base-load provider since 2011.
Dishan is currently doing his PhD in Environmental Science at Massey University, finding the soil health under coniferous shelterbelts in the New Zealand pastoral system.
Tell us about your organisation
The topics that we are most passionate about are contaminated land management and resource recovery.
What are you reading or listening to right now?
Currently, I'm working on estimating soil health and key functional gene abundance under shelterbelt soils in New Zealand's Pastoral system. This research aims to inform farmers and policymakers on how to optimise fertiliser application to their pasture, thereby reducing nutrient loss to the environment.
