AC Dr. Buddhika Sampath Chamara Bio – Department of Biosystems Technology

Dr. Buddhika Sampath Chamara

Senior Lecturer Grade II
Focus Area: Industrial Biosystems Technology

Contact

Academic Building (B3)-Room 231
Department of Biosystems Technology
Faculty of Technology
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Mahenwatte, Pitipana North
Homagama 10200
Sri Lanka

Email: @sjp.ac.lk

Education

2015-2018
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas Tech University, USA

2009-2014
Ph.D., Kent Ste University, USA

2004-2008
B.Sc. (Hons)(Chemistry), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Personal Profile

Research Keywords: Nanobiomaterials, CO₂ sequestration,

Other Activities: Watching Movies and Travelling

Positions Held

Since 2021 Associate Editor, Advances in Technology journal
2020-2021Coordinator (Industrial Biosystems Technology (IBST) Focus Area), Department of Biosystems Technology, Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Ongoing Research and Projects

2021-2023Serve as PI on University of Sri Jayewardenepura Research Council funded project entitled “Facile Recycling of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Species from Industrial Organic Dyes using Cotton-Derived Nanocrystalline Cellulose /Nanocrystalline Chitin-MnO2 Nanocomposites”, LKR 3M, Project Duration: 2 Years
2021-2023Serve as Co-PI on University of Sri Jayewardenepura Research Council funded project entitled “Fabrication of Stable Organometal Halide Perovskite Solar Cell; Perovskite Film Deposition and Surface Passivation Using Chemical Vapor Deposition Technique”, LKR 3M, Project Duration: 2 Years

Awards, Distinctions, and Memberships

2021Awarded the Highest H-index Researcher of the Faculty of Technology for the year 2019 from the Research Council, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
2016Research article on “Amidoxime-Functionalized Microcrystalline Cellulose-Mesoporous Silica Composites for Carbon Dioxide Sorption at Elevated Temperatures“ has been included in the Hot Article 2016 web collection for Journal of Materials Chemistry A (J. Mater. Chem. A. 2016, 4, 4808)

Research Interests

Removal of toxic chemicals and sorption of greenhouse gases (GHGs) using biomaterials and biomaterials-derived composites There is significant interest in research that enables the new means of adapting to future challenges in wastewater treatment and controlling industrial gas emissions. The presence of excessive amounts of toxic contaminants in water resources and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will have an imme

Publications

Research Articles

Removal of Pb(II) Ions from Aqueous Solution Using Modified Starch, Gunawardene, O. H. P., Gunathilake, C. A., Amaraweera A. P. S. M., Fernando, N. M. L., Manipura, A., Manamperi, W. A., Kulatunga, K. M. A. L., Rajapaksha. S. M., Gamage, A., Dassanayake, R. S., Weerasekara, B. G. N. G., Fernando. P. N. K., Fernando, C. A. N., and Jayasinghe, J. A. S. C. J. Compos. Sci. 2021, 5(2), 46

Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies on the Reactions of the Reduced Vitamin B₁₂ Complex, Cob(I)alamin, with Nitrite and Nitrate, Plymale, N. T.; Dassanayake, R. S; Hassanin, H. A. and Brasch, N. E. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 913-921

Book Chapters

Cellulose Aerogels: Preparation, Characterization, and Applications, Dassanayake, R. S and Abidi, N. In book: Cotton Fibres: Characteristics, Uses and Performances, Eds. Gordon, S. and Abidi, N. NOVA Science Publishers, chapter 10, 2017, pp 207-230

Newspaper Articles

Benefits of Studying Technology Stream At an Advanced Level, Dassanayake R. S., Daily News, 2020, Sep 23, pp. 4

Newspaper Article: Should Sri Lanka Be Worried About Nanoplastics?, Dassanayake R. S., the Sunday Times 2, 2019, Dec 29, pp. 6

Teaching

Dr. xxx teaches the following course modules:

BTI 2103
Industrial Bioprocess Technology