{"id":1279,"date":"2022-02-05T15:06:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T15:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/?page_id=1279"},"modified":"2024-02-15T15:33:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:33:03","slug":"dr-isuri-weeraratne","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/dr-isuri-weeraratne\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. A. D. K. Isuri Weeraratne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/DrIsuriWeerarathne.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1276 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/DrIsuriWeerarathne-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"drisuriweerarathne\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/DrIsuriWeerarathne-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/DrIsuriWeerarathne.jpg 556w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Senior Lecturer<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>B.Sc. (Honors)\u00a0(USJP), Ph.D. (Wayne State University, USA)<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><a style=\"background-color: #00b4d8;border: none;color: white;padding: 15px 32px;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;font-size: 16px;margin: 4px 2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/Isuri-Weeraratne-CV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Download Full CV &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Biosketch:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>B.Sc. Special Degree (Chemistry) (Honors) \u2013 University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Ph.D. \u2013 Wayne State University, USA \u2013 2021<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Divisions:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Inorganic Chemistry<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Research interest:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Synthesis of redox-innocent metal complexes to develop corrosion inhibition coatings.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Selected publications and patents:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Weeraratne, A. D. K. I.; Hewa-Rahinduwage, C. C.;Luo, L.; Verani, C. N., Electrochemical Quantification of Corrosion Mitigation on Iron Surfaces with Gallium(III) and Zn(II) Metallosurfactants. Langmuir, 2020, 36(47), 14173-14180.<\/li>\n<li>Weeraratne, A. D. K. I.; Hewa-Rahinduwage, C. C.; Gonawala, S.; Luo, L.; Verani, C. N., A Molecular Approach for Mitigation of Aluminum Pitting based on Films of Zinc(II) and Gallium(III) Metallosurfactants. Chemistry \u2013 A European Journal, 2019, 25 (62), 14048-14053.<\/li>\n<li>Weeraratne, A. D. K. I.; Baydoun, H.; Shakya, R.; Niklas, J.; Xie, L.; Mao, G.; Stoian, S.; Poluektov, O.; Verani, C., Observation of Current Rectification by the New Bimetallic Iron (III) Hydrophobe [Fe<sup>III<\/sup><sub>2<\/sub> (L<sup>N4O6<\/sup>)] on Au| LB-Molecule| Au Devices. Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47, 14352-14361.<\/li>\n<li>Weeraratne, A. D. K. I., Rani, N., Amunugama, S., Perera, S. S., Kpogo, K. K., Mazumder, S. and Verani, C. N., Influence of Electronic Configurations on the Modulation of Fermi\/Orbital Junction Energies for Directional Electron Transport through 3d1, 3d3, and 3d5 Metallosurfactants. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2022, 126(49), pp.21010-21021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Esther and Stanley Kirschner Graduate Award (Top overall graduate student in Inorganic Chemistry) &#8211; Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, USA (2021)<\/li>\n<li>Summer Dissertation Fellowship Award &#8211; Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, USA (2020)<\/li>\n<li>Thomas C. Rumble Graduate Fellowship Award &#8211; Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, USA (2019)<\/li>\n<li>High Distinction at Australian National Chemistry Quiz \u2013 Sri Lanka (2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Affiliations:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer of NOBCChE Organization, Wayne State University, 2019\/2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Contact information:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Web:<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=WIouEYgAAAAJ\"> https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=WIouEYgAAAAJ<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/a-d-k-isuri-weeraratne\/\">www.linkedin.com\/in\/a-d-k-isuri-weeraratne<\/a><br \/>\nEmail:<a href=\"mailto:isuriwe@wayne.edu\"> isuriwe@sjp.ac.lk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Lecturer B.Sc. (Honors)\u00a0(USJP), Ph.D. (Wayne State University, USA) Download Full CV &gt;&gt; Biosketch: B.Sc. 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