{"id":4258,"date":"2024-12-02T11:18:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T11:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/?page_id=4258"},"modified":"2024-12-02T11:20:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T11:20:04","slug":"dr-jayantha-amarasekera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/dr-jayantha-amarasekera\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jayantha Amarasekera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Name:<\/strong> Jayantha Amarasekera, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Position:<\/strong> Honorary Fellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Information<\/strong>: jayantha1@comcast.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work Experience<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Senior Consultant to Chemical Industry, USA, 2023 \u2013 Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Technology Manager, Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) Ventures, USA, 2012 \u2013 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Manager, Technology Innovation, External Networks and Ventures. SABIC, Saudi Arabia and USA, 2011-2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director, Technology and Sustainability, Performance Chemicals, SABIC, Saudi Arabia, 2011 -2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technology Manager, SABIC Innovative Plastics, General Electric (GE) Plastics, China and USA 2000-2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Product Line Design Leader, Elastomer Technologies, General Electric (GE) Silicones, USA, 1995 \u2013 2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Chemist, BASF Corporation, USA, 1992 – 1995<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Expertise<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Consultant to the chemical industry in commodity and specialty chemicals, polymers, materials and composites<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Led investments in startups and new technologies in chemicals, materials, polymers, composites and fertilizers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driven sustainability initiative to develop green chemicals, polymers, composites and green manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Managed global technology teams driving new product development, manufacturing support, application development and customer support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expertise in product and application developments in thermoplastics, elastomers and their composites, coatings, surfactants, pigments and colorants  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected US Patents<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

20090247039 Intrinsically conductive thermoplastics compositions and compounding processing for making conductive fiber. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

20070213455 Silicone compositions for high voltage insulator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20060235117 Thermoplastic blends and articles made therefrom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6,689,835 Conductive plastic compositions and method of manufacture thereof <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6,582,825 Hydrophobicity imparting particulate <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6,395,815 Silicone composition with improved high temperature tolerance <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5,908,612 Oral care compositions comprising liquid polyoxyalkylene compounds as solubilizers\/gelling agents<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Natural Fibers Plastic Composites for Automotive Applications, Society of Plastic Engineers, 8th, Automotive Composites Conference; ACCE 2008; 2008; Troy, MI, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conductive plastics for electrical and electronic applications, Reinforced Plastics 49(8):38-41 \u00b7 September 2005<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New trends in silicone elastomer technology, Rubber World, June 2001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional Memberships<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society in USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Post Doctoral Fellow, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S in Chemistry, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S in Chemistry, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Name: Jayantha Amarasekera, Ph.D. Position: Honorary Fellow Contact Information: jayantha1@comcast.net Work Experience Senior Consultant to Chemical Industry, USA, 2023 \u2013 Present Senior Technology Manager, Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) Ventures, USA, 2012 \u2013 2023 Senior Manager, Technology Innovation, External Networks and Ventures. SABIC, Saudi Arabia and USA, 2011-2012 Director, Technology and Sustainability, Performance Chemicals, … Continue reading Dr. Jayantha Amarasekera<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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\/4258"}],"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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4258"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4262,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4258\/revisions\/4262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}