Dr Sahan Jayasinghe

Research Technician

https://people.csiro.au/J/S/sahan-jayasinghe

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Biography

Sahan is an early career researcher with an underlying passion in experimental and technical aspects of molecular biology and expanding its limits to answer difficult questions. He has joined CSIRO as a research technician to help the ANFC team to understand the taxonomic diversity and population structures of Australia’s threatened and endangered fishes and sharks, and how this information can be used for biodiversity assessments, management, and conservation. Sahan previously completed a PhD at the University of Tasmania in the field of astrobiology, studing polar extremophilic microbes and the sea ice environment to explore the potential for life to exist elsewhere in our Solar System and beyond.

Academic Qualifications

2022

PhD in Biological Sciences
University of Tasmania
2016

Master of Marine and Antarctic Science
University of Tasmania
2014

Bachelor of Science
The University of Melbourne

Professional Experiences

2023-present

Research Technician
CSIRO
2022-2023

Senior Marine Parks Officer
Parks Australia
2018-2021

Antarctic Microbe Culture Collection Manager
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
2018-2020

Teaching Assistant
University of Tasmania

Publications

ORCID 0000-0002-0073-5301

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