Eric Wikramanayake

Eric D Wikramanayake
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Occupation	Conservation Scientist
Known for	Contributions to conservation in Sri Lanka

Eric D. Wikramanayake is a Sri Lankan conservationist.

Born to Elanga Wikramanayake, a lawyer his brothers are Arittha R Wikramanayake and Athula Wikramanayake. His grandfather was E. B. Wikramanayake. Educated at S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia. Wikramanayake represented the school in Cricket and captained the second XI cricket team coached by Quentin Israel and was a school prefect. Class mates included Saliya Ahangama, Guy de Alwis, PL Munasinghe, Paul R. Mather, Stefan D'Silva, Uthum Herat, Chanaka Amaratunga and Devaka Fernando.

He obtained a BS in Biology (Summa Cum Laude) and M.S. in Biology from Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania and a PhD in Ecology from University of California, Davis, California.

He has worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant/Visiting Scientist Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA a Senior Conservation Scientist at World Wildlife Fund, Asia, USA. He is currently a Research Associate at Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA and a Trustee at the Centre for Conservation and Research, Sri Lanka.