Current position:
Senior Lecturer Grade II, Instrument Center, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Education:
PhD, Department of Bioconvergence Science and Technology, Kangwon National University, South Korea, 2012/2015 “Biochar impacts on behaviour of antibiotics and heavy metals in soil and water”
MPhil, Chemical Sciences, Post Graduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2009/2012 “Natural dissolution mechanisms of serpentinite soils from Sri Lanka: Leaching of chromium, nickel and manganese to the environment”
BSc Special Degree in Chemistry 2nd Class Upper Division, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2004/2008
Professional Experience / Employment:
Senior Lecturer Grade II, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Senior Lecturer (On Contract), Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka (Jan 2016 – June 2017)
Secretary, Korea Biochar Research Center, Environmental Remediation and Restoration Laboratory, Kangwon National University, Korea (Aug 2012 – Aug 2015)
Research Assistant, Chemical and Environmental Systems Modeling Laboratory, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka (Sep 2009- Aug 2012)
Visiting Student, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea (Oct. 2011-Jan. 2012)
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physical Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (Sep 2008-Sep 2009)
Coordinating Editor: Environmental Geochemistry and Health (Springer Journal)
Professional Activities:
Cordinating Editor : Environmental Geochemistry and Health – Sci (Springer Journal)
Associations
Member – American Geophysical Union, USA
Member – Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
Member – American Chemical Society, USA
Conference Secretary – International Conference on Contaminated Land, Ecological Assessment and Remediation (CLEAR 2014)-Chuncheon, Korea Oct 5-8, 2014
International Conference Organization
10/2016 Convener, Session (SMART Biochar Technology - A Shifting Paradigm towards Advanced Materials and Healthcare Research) 3rd Asia Pacific Biochar Conference (APBC), Gangwon, Korea
International Organizing Committee, 3rd Asia Pacific Biochar Conference (APBC), Gangwon, Korea, 2016
Secretary (2012-2015), Korea Biochar Research Center, Kangwon National University, Korea
Supervision of Postgraduate students
G.Y.A. Nayomi Sarathchandra (2016 – MSc in Environmental Science; Post Graduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya)