Name : Dhammika Weerathunga
Position : Senior Lecturer
Contact information : Email Address: dhammikaweerathunga@sjp.ac.lk
Office location: Room No-505, Department of Polymer Science, 5th floor, New Faculty Complex.
Office hours : 9.00 am – 04.00 pm
Teaching : Polymeric Materials, Polymer Technology, Polymer Processing & Product Testing, Introduction to Wastewater Treatment Processes in Polymer Industry, Polymer Nanotechnology, Biological Macromolecules.
Work experiences :
- Senior Chemist – Ansell Lanka (PVT) Ltd.,
- Post Doc. Researcher I2CNER, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Research interests : Carbon nano materials, Renewable energy, Electrochemical characterization, Electrocatalysis, Fuel cells, Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, Natural Rubber Chemistry, Synthetic Rubber Chemistry, Dipped products chemistry.
Selected Recent Research Publications:
- Weerathunga D T D, Fujigaya T, the relationship between inherent properties of carbon nanotubes and electrochemical durability of supported-Pt catalysts, Diamond and related materials, 2019, 97, 107459.
- Weerathunga D T D, Jayawickrama S M, Phua Y K, Nobori K, Fujigaya T, Effect of polytetrafluoroethylene particles in cathode catalyst layer based on carbon nanotube for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, Bulletin of the chemical society of Japan, 2019, 92, 2038.
Awards :
- Inventor Recognition Award, by Ansell Healthcare.
- Best Presenter Award (PhD), by Kyushu University (Department of Molecular Systems Engineering).