{"id":328,"date":"2015-08-25T11:03:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T11:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/?page_id=328"},"modified":"2022-08-23T05:09:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T05:09:56","slug":"dr-nilwala-kottegoda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/dr-nilwala-kottegoda\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Nilwala Kottegoda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professor\u00a0<\/strong>
\n<\/em>B.Sc. (Peradeniya), Ph.D.(University of Cambridge,UK)<\/p>\n

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Biosketch:<\/strong><\/p>\n

B.Sc. – University of Peradeniya\/Sri Lanka\/ 2000
\nPh.D. – University of Cambridge\/UK\/2006
\nVisiting scholar – Department of Materials Science and Nano
\nScience, Rice University, USA \/ 2018<\/p>\n

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Research interest :<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nanotechnology for agricultural applications water purification\/desalination, rubber nano-composites, encapsulation of natural\/synthetic drug molecules using nanotechnology, converting natural resources into useful nano-materials.<\/p>\n

Selected Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abayaweera, G., Amaratunga, G., Fernando, N., Karunaratne, V., Kottegoda, N.<\/strong> and Ekanayake, R. Method of producing Titanium from Titanium Oxide through Magnesium vapour reduction: US patent application<\/strong> 15\/226\/763, 2016. Granted March 2019<\/p>\n

Veranja Karunaratne, Gayan Priyadarshana, Nilwala Kottegoda<\/strong>, Sunanda Gunasekara, Athula Senaratne, Process For Preparation Of Nanoparticles From Magnetite Ore, US 10192660B2, 29th<\/sup> Jan 2019.<\/p>\n

Nilwala Kottegoda<\/strong>, Gayan Priyadarshane, Chanaka Sandaruwan, Damayanthi Dahanayake, Sunanda Genesekara, A J Gehan Amaratunge, Veranja Karunaratne, Composition and Method for Sustained Release of Agricultural Macronutrients, 1-2015-501297, July 2018.<\/p>\n

Nilwala Kottegoda<\/strong>, Gayan Priyadarshane, Chanaka Sandaruwan, Damayanthi Dahanayake, Sunanda Genesekara, A J Gehan Amaratunge, Veranja Karunaratne, Composition and Method for Sustained Release of Agricultural Macronutrients, a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 12\/794,741 filed June 5, 2010,\u00a0 US 8 696 784 B2<\/strong>, 15th<\/sup> April 2014.<\/p>\n

Nilwala Kottegoda<\/strong>, Guest Editorial, Winning Back the Nation Through Chemistry, Chemistry in Sri Lanka, Jan 2019.<\/p>\n

Nilwala Kottegoda<\/strong>, Nanofertilizer: Seeds of Change in Fertilizer Innovations (invited Review Article), Vidyodaya Journal of Sri Lanka, April 2019 (in press)<\/p>\n

Wijesinghe G, Dilhari A, Gayani B, Kottegoda N, Samaranayake L, Weerasekera M. Influence of Laboratory Culture Media on In-vitro Growth, Adhesion and Biofilm Formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Medical Principles and Practice. 2018 Oct.<\/p>\n

Buddhika Gayani, Ayomi Dilhari, Gayan Wijesinghe, Sajeewani Kumarage, Sammera Samarakoon,\u00a0\u00a0 Inoka Perera, Nilwala Kottegoda, Manjula Weerasekera, Effect of Natural Curcuminoids Intercalated Layered Double Hydroxide Nanohybrid against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis: A Bactericidal, Anti-biofilm and Mechanistic Study, Microbiology Open, Sep 2018.<\/p>\n

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