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Udaya DeSilva
Associate Professor-Animal Molecular Genetics


Office: 206 ANSI
Phone: (405) 744-8847
Email:  udaya.desilva@okstate.edu

Education
 PhD: Washington University, St. Louis, MO 1998
Field of Study: Molecular Genetics
MS: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 1992
Field of Study: Animal Genetics
B.V.Sc: University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 1986
Field of Study: Veterinary Medicine

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Teaching:

ANSI 3423- Animal Genetics
ANSI 4843 - Applications of Biotechnology in Animal Science
 

 

Professional Experience:

Associate Professor 2006 - Present, Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
Adjunct Graduate Faculty 2004 - 2006, Facultad de Zootecnia, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
Chihuahua, Mexico
Assistant Professor 2001 – 2006, Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
Research Scientist 2000-2001, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
(CSIRO)Sydney, Australia
Postdoctoral Fellow 1998-2000, CSIRO, Sydney, Australia
Graduate Assistant 1992-1998, Washington University, St. Louis, MO & NHGRI, NIH
 Bethesda, MD
Graduate Student 1990-1992, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Veterinary Research Officer 1989-1990, Veterinary Research Institute, Sri Lanka
Assistant Lecturer 1989, Ruhuna University, Sri Lanka
Veterinarian 1986-1989, Mahaweli Authority, Sri Lanka
 
 

Research Interests:

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Honors and Awards:

2006     Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award
2001     Sigma Xi Research Honor Society
1991     Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
1989     Fulbright Higher Education Fellowship
1989     Postgraduate Scholarship by the Sri Lanka President’s Scholarship Fund
1987     Cuba - Sri Lanka Bilateral Scientific Exchange Scholarship
1986     Second Class Upper Division Honors Degree in Veterinary Medicine
1980     Government of India Cultural Exchange Scholarship