{"id":23,"date":"2019-06-18T05:08:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T05:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2024-12-14T01:37:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T01:37:22","slug":"dr-k-m-thilini-d-gunasekera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/dr-k-m-thilini-d-gunasekera\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. K. M. Thilini. D. Gunasekera"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-single\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/prof-thilini.jpg\" alt=\"prof-thilini\" width=\"228\" height=\"248\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name : K M Thilini D Gunasekara<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Position\u00a0 :\u00a0<\/strong>Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=0PlfDfgAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-81 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/06\/google-scholar.png\" alt=\"google-scholar\" width=\"149\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information :\u00a0<\/strong>Email Address: <a href=\"mailto:thilinidg@sjp.ac.lk\">thilinidg@sjp.ac.lk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Office location:<\/strong> Room No-504, Department of Polymer Science, 5th floor, New Faculty Complex.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office hours :\u00a0<\/strong>Monday \u2013 Friday 1.00-3.00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teaching :\u00a0<\/strong>Polymer degradation, polymer characterization, hydrogels, polymer chemistry<\/p>\n<p><strong>Work experiences :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Senior lecturer grade I\/ Professor\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Present\u00a0\u2013 August 2011)<br \/>\n<\/strong>University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Postdoctoral Fellow\u00a0 \u00a0(June 2009-July 2011)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Petroleum &amp; Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX, USA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Industrial Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 (<strong>November 2008-June 2009)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Spectra Group Limited, Inc. Millbury, OH, USA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Graduate Research Assistant\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(2004-October 2008)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Center for Photochemical Science, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research interests :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hydrogels for water purification<\/li>\n<li>Smart materials<\/li>\n<li>Degradable Polymers<\/li>\n<li>Oil absorbing polymers<\/li>\n<li>Hydrogels for agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Plastic pollution<\/li>\n<li>Micropalstics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected Recent Research Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Impact of Hydrogels on Early Growth of Maize in Sandy Regosols: Progress towards Improving Growth Performance by Enhancing Water and Nutrients Retention Capacity of the Soil, T.S. Rasadaree, H.M.I.K. Herath, H.T. Dedduwakumara, N. Kottegoda, T. Kuruwita- Mudiyanselage Journal of Food and Agriculture 2021, 14(I): 36 &#8211; 48<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Thermo-responsive poly (N-isopropyl acrylamide) hydrogel with increased response rate, MB Dharmasiri, TK Mudiyanselage &#8211; Polymer Bulletin, 2020<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Highly porous, fast responding acrylamide hydrogels through emulsion polymerization using coconut oil, Mihisirini Bhagya Dharmasiri, Thilini Kuruwita Mudiyanselage Journal of Polymer Engineering Published Online: 2020-02-21 | DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/polyeng-2019-0290<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A novel tri-metal composite incorporated polyacrylamide hybrid material for the removal of arsenate, chromate and fluoride from aqueous media, S.K.T. Thathsara, Asitha T. Cooray, Dilru R. Ratnaweera , Thilini Kuruwita Mudiyanselage. Environmental Technology &amp; Innovation, 14 (2019) 100353.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Synthesis, photodegradable and antibacterial properties of polystyrene-cinnamaldehyde copolymer film, Umeka Nayanathara, Nilwala Kottegoda, Inoka C. Perera, Thilini Kuruwita Mudiyanselage. Journal of Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2018, 155,195.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A Novel Fe- La-Ce tri-metallic composite for the removal of fluoride ions from aqueous media, S. K. T. Thathsara, P. L. A. T. Corray, A.; Thilini Kuruwita Mudyanselage, Nilwala Kottegoda, Dilru R. Ratnaweera, Journal of Environment Management, 2018, 207, 387<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A New Process for Manufacturing and Stabilizing High-Performance EOR Surfactants at Low Cost for High-Temperature, High-Salinity Oil Reservoirs, Stephanie Adkins, S., Pathma J Liyanage,\u00a0 Gayani W P Pinnawala Arachchige, Thilini Mudiyanselage, Uplai\u00a0 Weerasooriya, Gary A. Pope, SPE journal, 129923, 2010.<strong>Mudyanselage, T<\/strong>.; Adkins, S.; Liyanage, J.; Pinnawela, G.; Weerasooriya, U.; Pope, G.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dual responsive poly (N\u2010isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels having spironaphthoxazines as pendant groups, Erandimal U. Kulawadana, Thilini Kuruwita &#8211; Mudyanselage, Douglas C Neckers, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2009, 47(13), 3318-3325.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Photochromic superabsorbent polymers, Thilini K. Mudiyanselage, Douglas C Neckers, Soft Matter, 2008, 4(4), 768-774.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Assessing the Impact of Hydrogels on Early Growth of Maize\u00a0 Grown in Sandy Regosols<br \/>\nT.S. Rasadaree, H.M.I.K. Hearath, H.T. Dedduwakumara, N. Kottegoda\u00a0 And T. Kuruwita- Mudiyanselage, Proceedings of 18th Agricultural Research Symposium (2019) 612-616<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mechanical Properties of Double Network Poly (Acrylic Acid) Based Hydrogels for Potential Use as a Biomaterial, Ruwan Udayanandana, Pujitha Silva and Thilini K Mudiyanselage, The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 41st International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC 2019), Berlin, Germany, 24th July 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Compression Fatigue and Stress Relaxation Properties of Single Network Polyacrylamide Hydrogels., Ruwan Udayanandana, Pujitha Silva and Thilini Gunasekara, Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,4th July 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Hydrogel Based Material for Diabetic Insole. Ruwan Udayanandana, Pujith Silva,\u00a0 Thilini Gunasekara, Supun Sankapla, 8th World Congress of Biomechanics, Dublin, Ireland, 12th July 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Awards :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SUSRED award\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>McMaster Junior Fellow, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA.\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>2006-2008<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>McMaster\u00a0<strong>Outstanding Doctorial Fellow<\/strong>, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>2006<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>McMaster Academic Fellow, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>2005<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Name : K M Thilini D Gunasekara Position\u00a0 :\u00a0Professor Contact information :\u00a0Email Address: thilinidg@sjp.ac.lk Office location: Room No-504, Department of Polymer Science, 5th floor, New Faculty Complex. Office hours :\u00a0Monday \u2013 Friday 1.00-3.00 p.m. Teaching :\u00a0Polymer degradation, polymer characterization, hydrogels, polymer chemistry Work experiences : Senior lecturer grade I\/ Professor\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Present\u00a0\u2013 August 2011) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/dr-k-m-thilini-d-gunasekera\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Prof. K. M. Thilini. D. 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