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himasha.g@sliit.lk
Ms. Himasha Gunathilaka
Assistant Lecturer
Faculty of Humanities & Sciences | Department of Applied Sciences
Career Summary
- July 2019 - now: Assistant Lecturer– School of Natural Sciences, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
- Feb 2019 – July 2019: Instructor–School of Natural Sciences, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
- 2018 March -2019 February: Temporary Demonstrator, Department of Chemistry, University of Colombo
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry (Special) -First Class Honors, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Research Interests and Memberships
Research Interests
- Wastewater purification, Synthesis of porous materials, Synthesis of metal nanoparticles, Synthetic organic Chemistry, Natural Product Chemistry
Memberships
Ongoing Research
- Wastewater purification by using different porous materials
- Synthesis of transition metal doped ilmenite, Rutile, and zircon and their applications
My Publications
Conference Proceedings
- Gunathilaka, K. A. L. H., Arulanandan, S., Abeytunga, D. T. U. and Dissanayake, D. P. Investigation of the mechanism of C (aryl) - O and C (aryl) - N coupling in modified Ullmann condensation in Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, year 2018, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, pp.161, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, 26/10/2018,
- Himasha Gunathilaka, Charitha Thambiliyagodage, Leshan Usgodaarchchi, Sajeevan Angappan Effect of surfactants on morphology and textural parameters of silica nanoparticles derived from paddy husk and their efficient removal of methylene blue in International Conference on Innovations in Energy Engineering & Cleaner Production IEECP21, year 2021, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, CA-USA, pp.168-173, International Conference on Innovations in Energy Engineering & Cleaner Production IEECP21, 30/07/2021,
Journal Publications
- Charitha Thambiliyagodage, Shanitha Mirihanaa, Himasha Gunathilaka " "Porous Carbon Materials in Biomedical Applications" " Biomedical Journal of Scientific and Technical Research, vol.22, Issue 4, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.26717/BJSTR.2019.22.003798,