Jayasekara Subsinghe Arachchige Hasitha Nethupul Laboratory of Environmental DNA Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences Powstańców Warszawy 55 81-712 Sopot Poland Tel.: +48 505 263 872 e-mail: hnethupul@gmail.com ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/ Hasitha- Nethupul

• Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
  Doctor of Philosophy (English medium/three year) – present.
  Project: Atlantification of the European Arctic across geological times: new insights from Sedimentary Ancient DNA (LEAD) February 2024-
  
  
• Institute of Deep-sea Sciences and Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  Master of Natural Science (English medium/three-year degree)
  Field of Specializations: Marine Biology (Taxonomy and Ecology of Deep-sea Ophiuroids) August 2019–June 2022
  GPA: 3.63
  Dissertation: Deep-sea Ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the Chinese waters and Northwest Pacific region with integrated morphological and molecular approach
  
  
• Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
  Bachelor of Science Honors in Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology (English medium/Four-year degree)
  Field of Specialization: Specialized in Oceanography and Marine Geology February 2015–February 2019
  Class: Second Class (Lower Division) Honors (GPA 3.16)
  Dissertation: Defining a buffer zone for offshore drilling operation on sensitive marine environment in C2 and C3 hydrocarbon exploration blocks in the Cauvery basin, offshore Sri Lanka, based on sediment dispersion modeling

• Nethupul H, Stöhr S, Zhang H (2022). New species, redescriptions and new records of deep-sea brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the South China Sea, an integrated morphological and molecular approach. European Journal of Taxonomy, 810 (1), 1-95. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.810.1723.
• Nethupul H, Stöhr S, Zhang H (2022). Order Euryalida (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea), new species and new records from the South China Sea and the Northwest Pacific seamounts. ZooKeys 1090: 161–216. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292.
• Nethupul H, Stöhr S, Zhang H (2022). Review of Ophioplinthaca Verrill, 1899 (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Ophiacanthidae), description of new species in Ophioplinthaca and Ophiophthalmus, and new records from the Northwest Pacific and the South China Sea. ZooKeys 1099: 155–202. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1099.76479.
• Ruoyu Liu, Li Chen, Site Luo, Xinglong Zhu, Zhengwei Jiang, Hasitha Nethupul & Xinhua Chen (2022) The complete mitochondrial genome of snailfish Liparis tanakae Gilbert & Burke, 1912 (Perciformes: Cottioidei: Liparidae), Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 7:4, 649-651, https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2022.2060767
• Nethupul H., Stöhr S. & Zhang H. 2023. Deepest known novel species of the genus Ophiuroglypha Hertz, 1927(Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the central rift zone, Philippine Sea. European Journal of Taxonomy 891:167–185. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.891.2281

• Practical knowledge of DNA extraction, and PCR analysis
• Morphological analysis of Echinoderms
• Taxonomy of ophiuroids
• Mapping & Data analysis software. (ArcGIS & QGIS, Ocean Data View), process and analyze geospatial image software.

• Intern at Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat. (Jan. 2019 to Apr. 2019)
• Seismic Interpretation. (PSDM 2D seismic data in the Mannar Basin)
• Management, Disaster causes and Emergency response planning in the Oil & Gas Industry.

• 2022 Excellent International Graduates (University of Chinese Academy of Science)

• NIC number: 932920093V
• Date of birth: October 18, 1993
• Nationality: Sri Lankan