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The department of chemistry would like to inform all the chemistry students that the registration for the SLAAS poster competition is coming soon. The SLAAS Poster competition is an annual poster competition organized by the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS). This is an all-island inter-university competition, which allows you to showcase your presentation, communication as well as inter-personal skills. This will be an excellent opportunity for the career advancement.

To represent our university in this poster competition, the Department of Chemistry, FAS, USJ is selecting one student team for each of the following themes given below.

§ Theme 1 – Nutraceuticals – Chemistry and applications
§ Theme 2 – Post-harvest technologies – Chemistry and applications

We would like to invite student teams (composed of 05 students for each team) to register for the selection rounds conducted by the Chemistry Department. The student teams who are interested can submit a dualy completed registration forms to Dr. Chandima Narangoda (narangoda@sjp.ac.lk) indicating the poster theme and the team details on or before July 03rd, 2023. All teams will be accepted until this deadline. The submissions after this date, incomplete forms and forms which are not comply with the criteria will not be accepted.

Download the Registration form for the SLAAS poster competetion selection rounds

Download the Criteria for the eligibility and team composition

Mr. Damith D. Lekamge, a student of the Department of Chemistry, University of Sri Jayewardenepura,
is the recipient of the Prof M. U. S. Sultanbawa Award for Research in Chemistry – 2022 for the unique,
distinguished, and significant contribution made to the cause of Science, Chemistry, Education and
Research in Sri Lanka. This prestigious award is awarded by the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon (IChemC)
for the best research paper presented at the 51 st Annual Sessions titled, “Synthesis and characterization of inclusion complexes of Ageratum conyzoides L. essential oil in β-cyclodextrin”.

His work was supervised by Dr. Isurika Fernando, Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. This research project was focused on the synthesis and characterization of Ageratum conyzoides L. essential oil in β-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes towards their potential applications. The award was presented at the Inaugural Ceremony of the 52 nd Annual Sessions of the IChemC on the 14 th of June 2023, at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI).

Dr Imalka Munaweera from the Department of Chemistry has been honoured and included in the top Asian Scientist 100 for the year 2023. The most accomplished scientists in Asia are highlighted in this illustrious list, which the renowned science and technology publication Asian Scientist put together.

Dr Imalka Munaweera is one of the winners of the 2021 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World. She was recognized for her research that focused on fabricating different functionalized materials, nanoparticles and nanocomposites for industrial applications—ranging from drug delivery to water filtration and even minimizing the post-harvest losses of fruits and vegetables.

Read more: https://www.asianscientist.com/as100/#sri-lanka