{"id":35,"date":"2019-06-18T05:50:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T05:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2024-12-14T01:33:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T01:33:40","slug":"dr-madhubhashini-maddumaarachchi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/dr-madhubhashini-maddumaarachchi\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. M.A. Madhubhashini Maddumaarachchi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Name: <\/strong>M. A. Madhubhashini Maddumaarachchi, phD<\/p>\n

Position\u00a0 :\u00a0<\/strong>Senior Lecturer, Head – Department of Polymer Science<\/p>\n

Contact information : <\/strong>Email Address: madhubh@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\n

Office location: <\/strong>Room No-502, Department of Polymer Science, 5th<\/sup> floor, New Faculty Complex.<\/p>\n

Office hours :\u00a0<\/strong>8.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Teaching\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fundamentals of Polymer Chemistry<\/p>\n

Polymer Coating and Paint Industry<\/p>\n

Advanced Polymer Synthesis<\/p>\n

Polymer Kinetics<\/p>\n

Analysis of Macromolecules<\/p>\n

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Work experiences :<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senior Lecturer, Department of Polymer Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 2019-Present<\/p>\n

Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 2016- 2019<\/p>\n

Teaching assistant, Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, USA, 2011-2015<\/p>\n

Research assistant, Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, USA, 2011-2015<\/p>\n

Assistant lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2010<\/p>\n

Teaching assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2009-2010<\/p>\n

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

Polymer synthesis and characterization<\/p>\n

Polymer composites preparation and characterization<\/p>\n

Dynamics of polymers at interfaces<\/p>\n

Structure and dynamics in surfactant systems<\/p>\n

Development of superhydrophobic surfaces<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0<\/strong>Madhubhashini Maddumaarachchi and Frank D. Blum, \u201cThermal analysis and FT-IR studies of adsorbed poly(ethylene-stat-vinyl acetate) on silica\u201d.\u00a0J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys<\/em>.\u00a02014<\/strong>, 52 (10), 727-736.<\/p>\n

Tan Zhang, Gu Xu, Zhe-Fei Li, Oren Regev, Madhubhashini Maddumaarachchi, and Frank D. Blum, \u201cPS\/CTAB\/silica composites from room temperature polymerization of high internal phase emulsion gels\u201d.\u00a0J. Colloid Interface Sci<\/em>.\u00a02015<\/strong>, 451, 161-169.<\/p>\n

Madhubhashini Maddumaarachchi, Yohan L. N. Mathota Arachchige, Tan Zhang, and Frank D. Blum, \u201cDynamics of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide Head Groups in Bulk by Solid-State Deuterium NMR Spectroscopy\u201d.\u00a0Langmuir\u00a0<\/em>2018<\/strong>\u00a034 (37), 11058-11065.<\/p>\n

Ambegoda, VT,\u00a0Egodage, SM,\u00a0Blum, FD,\u00a0Maddumaarachchi, M.\u00a0Enhancement of hydrophobicity of natural rubber latex films using diatomaceous earth.\u00a0J Appl Polym Sci<\/em>.\u00a02021<\/strong>;\u00a0138:e50047.<\/p>\n

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

Research Award, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2018 and 2019<\/p>\n

Skinner chemistry fellowship, 2015 Johnston chem sch\/fellowship, 2014 and 2015<\/p>\n

O.C. Dermer Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, 2014<\/p>\n

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2013<\/p>\n

2 nd place, Interuniversity chemistry competition, Royal Society of Chemistry of Sri Lanka, 2009 Gold medal winner for the best chemistry student, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2009<\/p>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Name: M. A. Madhubhashini Maddumaarachchi, phD Position\u00a0 :\u00a0Senior Lecturer, Head – Department of Polymer Science Contact information : Email Address: madhubh@sjp.ac.lk Office location: Room No-502, Department of Polymer Science, 5th floor, New Faculty Complex. Office hours :\u00a08.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m. Teaching\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Fundamentals of Polymer Chemistry Polymer Coating and Paint Industry Advanced Polymer Synthesis Polymer … Continue reading Dr. M.A. Madhubhashini Maddumaarachchi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4273,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/4273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}