Ganesha Borala Liyanage
Ganesha is a Plant Conservation Scientist at the Australian PlantBank and has over nine years
of experience in seed ecology and ex situ seed conservation. She has long been passionate
about the natural environment and biodiversity conservation. Her research interest in
conservation began during her Honours research on the seed biology of invasive species in Sri
Lanka. Ganesha later moved to Australia to undertake a PhD at the University of Wollongong,
where she studied variation in seed dormancy and its ecological importance in fire-prone
ecosystems. Following completion of her PhD, she joined the Australian PlantBank in 2018. Her
current research focuses on understanding seed dormancy mechanisms (how to promote
germination) and investigating seed storage behaviour in ex situ seedbanks. This work helps
identify species suitable for long-term seedbank conservation and those that may require
alternative storage strategies.
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