Asso. Prof. Amila P. Henagamage currently is the Head of the Department/Associate Professor in Biotechnology, Department of Science and Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka. Further, he is a member of the Bio Fertilizer Technical Advisory Committee under the State Ministry of Agriculture, Sri Lanka since 2022. He obtained B.Sc. special degree in Plant Biotechnology from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2006 and Ph.D. in Plant Sciences from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka collaborated with University of Sydney, Australia in 2015. His fields of specialization are possible uses of microbial consortia on bioremediation and plant-microbe interactions on crop enhancement. Prof. Henagamage has obtained several research grants including National Science Foundation (NSF) Sri Lanka research grant and published number of research articles in many reputed international/local journals on his field of expertise.