Prof. M.Thanihaichelvan
Professor in Electronics
BEng (Hons.) (Anna)
MSc (East London)
PhD in Physics (Victoria, Wellington)
CEng (UK)
SMIEEE, MIET, MInstP
thanihai@univ.jfn.ac.lk
Research interests
Biosensors and Bioelectronics,
Biomedical engineering,
Lab on a Chip,
Graphene and Carbon nanotubes,
Microelectronic fabrication,
Soral energy materials and solar cells.
Key Publications
PhD in Physics (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) [2019] (Thesis title: Carbon nanotube and graphene field effect transistors for aptamer and odorant receptor-based biosensors
MSc (Telecommunication, United Kingdom) (with distinction) [2010] (Thesis title: Coupling matrix synthesis method for cross coupled quasi-elliptical microwave filters)
BSc. Eng. (Hons.) in Electronics and communication engineering (Anna university, Chennai, India) (OGPA: 3.84) [2008]
Academic and Research Experience
Since November 2023 | Professor in Physics, |
July 2019 – November 2023 | Senior Lecturer (II), Department of Physics, University of Jaffna. |
April 2016 – March 2019 | PhD researcher, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand |
November 2012 – June 2019 | Lecturer (Probationary), Department of Physics, University of Jaffna. |
November 2011 – October 2012 | Lecturer (On Contract), Department of Physics, University of Jaffna. |
- Member: Faculty board of Science, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
- Member: Biosafety subcommittee, Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna
- Member: Career guidance cell, Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna
- Member: Internal quality assurance cell, Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna
- Student Counselor: University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Academic Year 2019
- PHY103G2: Waves vibration and AC theory
- PHY106G2: Electronics
- PHY107G2: Electricity & Electromagnetic Fields
- PHY304M3: Advanced Electronics
- ELE301G3: Basic Electricity and Electronics
- ELE302G3: Analogue and Digital Electronics
- PHY423XS3: Semiconductor processing technology
MCET10103: Essential Science for Energy Technology
- MCET10303: Instrumentation and Characterization techniques
Academic Year 2018
- PHY105G3 : Electricity, Electromagnetic Fields & Electronics
- PHY204G2 : Electromagnetism
- PHY304MC3 : Advanced Electronics
- PHY421ME3 : Instrumentation and Characterization Techniques
- PHY422ME3 : Nanotechnology and Nanoscience
- PHY423XS3 : Semiconductor processing technology
Research Grants (Ongoing)
Principal investigator; LKR 1.5 million, RG/COVID/2020/HS/02: Developing an electronic detection system for rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2, National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka
Research Grants (Completed)
Co-investigator; LKR 0.5 million “URG/2015/18: Feasibility study of storage free hybrid renewable energy system for Northern Sri Lanka”, University research grant: University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Aug 2015 – Dec 2016
Principal investigator; LKR 0.57 million “Fabrication and characterization of semiconducting metal oxide hetero nanostructures”, University research grant: University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Jan 2014 – Dec 2015
International Patents
M. Thanihaichelvan, R. Kadkha, A. V. Kralicek, Colm Carraher, Han Yue Zheng, Natalie Olivia Victoria Plank, Jadranka Travas-Sejdic, Nihan Aydemir, Sensor device and methods, International patent directory: WO2018116186A1, United States patent directory: US20190346401A1
V. Kralicek, Colm Carraher, Jadranka Travas-Sejdic, Nihan Aydemir, R. Kadkha, Natalie Olivia Victoria Plank, M. Thanihaichelvan, Biosensor device and methods, International patent directory: WO2019239360
Book chapters
Sutharsini, M. Thanihaichelvan, R. Singh, Two-Step Sintering of Ceramics, in Sintering of Functional Materials; I. Shishkovsky (Eds.), InTech, Rijeka, 2018: Ch. 01. doi:10.5772/68083.
Passian, T. Thundat, M. Thanihaichelvan, Microcantilever Sensors, in: Reference Module in Material Science and Material Engineering, Elsevier, Netherland, 2017. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.10525-9.
Research publications in SCI indexed journals
Siva Uthayaraj, M. Thanihaichelvan, Shivatharsiny Yohi, Muthukumarasamy Natarajan, Punniamoorthy Ravirajan and Dhayalan Velauthapillai, Single walled carbon nanotube incorporated Titanium dioxide and Poly(3-hexylthiophene) as electron and hole transport materials for perovskite solar cells, Materials Letters (2020), 276, 128174; doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.128174
Pirashanthan, M. Thanihaichelvan, K. Mariappan, P. Ravirajan, Dhayalan Velauthapillai, Shivatharsiny Yohi, A multifunctional ruthenium based dye for hybrid nanocrystalline titaniumdioxide/poly(3-hexylthiophene) solar cells, Materials Letters (2020), 274, 127997; doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127997
Arumugam Pirashanthan, M. Thanihaichelvan, Neil Robertson, Punniamoorthy Ravirajan, and Dhayalan Velauthapillai, A Quarterthiophene-Based Dye as an Efficient Interface Modifier for Hybrid Titanium Dioxide/Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) Solar Cells, Polymers (2019), 11(11), 1752; doi.org/10.3390/polym11111752
Siva Uthayaraj, D. G. B. C. Karunarathne, G. R. A. Kumara, M. Thanihaichelvan, Shivatharsiny Rasalingam, R. M. G. Rajapakse, Punniamoorthy Ravirajan and Dhayalan Velauthapillai, Powder Pressed Cuprous Iodide (CuI) as A Hole Transporting Material for Perovskite Solar Cells, Materials 2019, 12(13), 2037; doi.org/10.3390/ma12132037
Janani, M. Thanihaichelvan, U.Sutharsini, Effect of Sintering Holding Time on Tetragonal Phase Stability of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Ceramics. Key Engineering Materials, 803, (2019) 143-147; doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.803.143
Tharsika, M. Thanihaichelvan, A. S. M. A. Haseeb and S. A. Akbar, Highly Sensitive and Selective Ethanol Sensor Based on ZnO Nanorod on SnO2 Thin Film Fabricated by Spray Pyrolysis, Frontiers in Materials, 6, (2019) 122; doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2019.00122
Thanihaichelvan, Zheng, H.Y., Colbert, D., Kralicek, A. V., Carraher, C., Plank, N.O. V., Biosensing with Insect Odorant Receptor Nanodiscs and Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11, (2019) 9530–9538; doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b19433
Thanihaichelvan, Loheeswaran, S., Balashangar, K., Velauthapillai, D., Ravirajan, P., Polymer/Fullerene Blend Solar Cells with Cadmium Sulfide Thin Film as an Alternative Hole-Blocking Layer. Polymers (Basel), 11, (2019) 460; doi.org/10.3390/polym11030460
Thanihaichelvan, L. A. Browning, M. P. Dierkes, Roger M Reyes, A. V. Kralicek, Colm Carraher, C. A. Marlow, Natalie O. V. Plank, Metallic-semiconducting junctions create sensing hot-spots in carbon nanotube FET aptasensors near percolation, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 130, (2019) 408-413; doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.09.021
Thanihaichelvan, L. A. Browning, M. P. Dierkes, Roger M Reyes, A. V. Kralicek, Colm Carraher, C. A. Marlow, Natalie O. V. Plank, Data on liquid gated carbon nanotube network FETs on a flexible substrate, Data in Brief, 21 (2018) 276-283; doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.09.093
Sutharsini, M. Thanihaichelvan, S. Ramesh, Effect of air and argon sintering atmospheres on properties and hydrothermal ageing resistance of Y-TZP ceramics, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 27(7) (2018) 3574–3580; doi:10.1007/s11665-018-3428-1
Balashangar, S. Paranthaman, M. Thanihaichelvan, P.A. Amalraj, D. Velauthapillai, P. Ravirajan, Multi-walled carbon nanotube incorporated nanoporous titanium dioxide electrodes for hybrid polymer solar cells, Materials Letters, 219 (2018) 265–268; doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2018.02.088.
Sutharsini, M. Thanihaichelvan, C.H. Ting, S. Ramesh, C.Y. Tan, H. Chandran, A.A.D. Sarhan, S. Ramesh, I. Urriés, Effect of two-step sintering on the hydrothermal ageing resistance of tetragonal zirconia polycrystals, Ceramics International, 43 (2017) 7594–7599; doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.03.052.
Thanihaichelvan, M.M.P.S. Kodikara, P. Ravirajan, D. Velauthapillai, Enhanced performance of nanoporous titanium dioxide solar cells using cadmium sulfide and poly(3-hexylthiophene) co-sensitizers, Polymers (Basel), 9 (2017) 467; doi:10.3390/polym9100467.
Loheeswaran, M. Thanihaichelvan, P. Ravirajan, J. Nelson, Controlling recombination kinetics of hybrid poly-3-hexylthiophene (P3HT)/titanium dioxide solar cells by self-assembled monolayers, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 28 (2017) 4732–4737; doi:10.1007/s10854-016-6116-7.
Thanihaichelvan, K. Sockiah, K. Balashangar, P. Ravirajan, Cadmium sulfide interface layer for improving the performance of titanium dioxide/poly (3-hexylthiophene) solar cells by extending the spectral response, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 26 (2015) 3558–3563; doi:10.1007/s10854-015-2869-7.
Balashangar, M. Thanihaichelvan, P. Ravirajan, G.D.K. Mahanama, M.A.K.L. Dissanayake, E. Colegrove, R.G. Dhere, S. Sivananthan, The Effect of Surface Roughness of Substrates on the Performance of Polycrystalline Cadmium Sulfide/Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells, Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics, 10 (2015) 435–439; doi:10.1166/jno.2015.1777.
Tharsika, A.S.M.A. Haseeb, S.A. Akbar, M. Thanihaichelvan, Tailoring ZnO nanostructures by spray pyrolysis and thermal annealing, Ceramics International, 41 (2015) 5205–5211; doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.12.062.
Conference presentations and posters
2020
Carbon Nanotubes Aptasensors for Sensitive and Real-time Detection of Adenosine, H.P. Nguyen, T. Murugathas, N.O.V. Plank, 30th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors, Busan, South Korea, May 2020. (Poster)
Evaluating the role of Orco in in-vitro insect odorant receptor graphene field effect sensors. M. Thanihaichelvan, C. Hamiaux, D. Colbert, A.V. Kralicek, N.V.O. Plank, C. Carraher, 30th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors, Busan, South Korea, May 2020. (Poster)
2019
Titanium dioxide and Cadmium sulfide thin films as the hole-blocking layer for P3HT:PCBM bulk-heterojunction solar cells, Thanihaichelvan, L. Selvadurai, K. Balashangar, Dhayalan Velauthapillai, P. Ravirajan, Proceeding of Advanced Materials for Clean Energy and Health Applications (AMCEHA-2019), Jaffna P16 (Presentation and abstract)
Multifunctionality of novel Ruthenium Dye (RuC) as an interface modifier for Nanocrystalline TiO2/Poly (3-hexylthiophene) hybrid Solar Cells, R. Shivatharsiny, A. Pirashanthan, M. Thanihaichelvan, K. Mariappan, Dhayalan Velauthapillai, P. Ravirajan, Proceeding of Advanced Materials for Clean Energy and Health Applications (AMCEHA-2019), Jaffna, P46 (Presentation and abstract)
Efficient Hybrid Titanium dioxide / Poly-3-hexylthiophene Solar Cells using an oligothiophene dye as an interface modifier, A. Pirashanthan, S. Suganya, M. Thanihaichelvan, N. Robertson, Dhayalan Velauthapillai, P. Ravirajan, Proceeding of Advanced Materials for Clean Energy and Health Applications (AMCEHA-2019), Jaffna, P50 109. (Presentation and abstract)
Effect of Sintering Holding Time on Tetragonal Phase Stability of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Ceramics, Vignarajah, Janani; Murugathas, Thanihaichelvan; Ubenthiran, Sutharsini, 9th International Conference on Advanced Materials Research (ICAMR 2019) 24-27, 2019, National University of Singapore, Singapore. (Presentation and abstract)
Sensing accuracy of CNT network FET aptasensors, Hong Phan T. Nguyen, Murugathas Thanihaichelvan, and Natalie O. V. Plank, 9th Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology conference (AMN9), Feb 10-14, 2019, Wellington, New Zealand.
Artificial olfaction with Graphene FETs and insect ORs, M. Thanihaichelvan, A. V. Kralicek, C. Carraher, N. O. V. Plank, 9th Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology conference (AMN9), Feb 10-14, 2019, Wellington, New Zealand.
Carbon nanotube network field effect transistors as a sensing platform, M. Thanihaichelvan, L.A. Browning, Hong Phan Nguyen, M. P. Dierkes,
- Martinez Reyes, C. A. Marlow, A. V. Kralicek, Colm Carraher, and Natalie O. V. Plank*, 9th Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology conference (AMN9), Feb 10-14, 2019, Wellington, New Zealand.
2018
Carbon nanotube field effect transistors for receptor-based olfactory sensors, M. Thanihaichelvan, A. V. Kralicek, C. Carraher, N. O. V. Plank, The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Sensor theme meeting, Masterton, New Zealand, 30-31, January, 2018 (Presentation)
Role of nanotube junction density on electrostatic gating in carbon nanotube aptasensors, M. Thanihaichelvan, L. A. Browning, M. P. Dierkes, R. Martinez Reyes, A. V. Kralicek, C. Carraher, C. A. Marlow, N. O. V. Plank, The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Tomorrow’s Electronic Devices (TED) theme meeting, Wellington, New Zealand, 8-9, February, 2018 (Poster)
Multifunctional Novel Ruthenium Dye (RuC) for Nanocrystalline Titanium dioxide / Poly (3- hexylthiophene) hybrid Solar Cells, Pirashanthan. A, Thanihaichelvan. M, Shivatharsiny. R, Dhayalan V, Prof. Ravirajan. P, the 8th International Conference on Advanced Materials Research (ICAMR-2018), January 20-22, 2018, Japan, P60 90. (Presentation and abstract)
CNT network FETs for Biosensors, M. Thanihaichelvan, IEEE Postgraduate presentation day – 05, September 2018, IEEE New Zealand, Central section, Wellington, New Zealand. (Presentation)
2017
Role of nanotube junction density on electrostatic gating in carbon nanotube aptasensors, Murugathas Thanihaichelvan, Andrew Kralicek, Colm Carraher, N. O. V. Plank, NZIP Conference 2017, Otago, New Zealand, 10-1 July 2017 (Presentation)
A Novel Robust Ruthenium Dye (RuC) for Nanocrystalline TiO2 Solar Cells, M. Thanihaichelvan, P. Ravirajan, K. Mariappan and S. Rasalingam, The 7th Annual World Congress of Nano Science and Technology-2017 (Nano S&T-2017) Japan, October 24-26, 2017 (Presentation and abstract)
Role of nanotube junction density on electrostatic gating in carbon nanotube aptasensors, M. Thanihaichelvan, L. A. Browning, M. P. Dierkes, R. Martinez Reyes, A. V. Kralicek, C. Carraher, C. A. Marlow, N. O. V. Plank, The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Annual Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, 28-29, November, 2017 (Poster)
Role of interface modifiers on enhancing the performance of Hybrid Nanocrystalline Metal oxides / Polymer Solar cells, T. Thivakarasarma, A. Pirashanthan, S.Loheswaran, K. Balashangar, K. Prashanthan, M. Thanihaichelvan, P.A. Amalraj, S. Rasalingam, N. Robertson, J. Nelson, V.Dhayalan, and P. Ravirajan, International Symposium on Nanomaterials For Clean Energy And Health Applications, 6-8 December 2017, Coimbatore, India. (Presentation)
Cds Thin Film as the Hole Blocking Layer for Inverted P3HT: PCBM Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells M. Thanihaichelvan, K. Balashangar and P. Ravirajan, Book of Abstracts of the 4th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, (2017), 4, pp: 20. (Presentation and abstract)
Role of Junction Density on Electrostatic Gating in Liquid Gated CNT Network FETS, T. Murugathas, L. Browning, A. Kralicek, C. Carraher and N.O.V. Plank, Book of Abstracts of the 4th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, (2017), 4, pp: 42. (Presentation and abstract)
Strategies to improve charge transport in hybrid metal oxide/ polymer solar cells using dyes and multiwalled carbon nanotubes, T. Thivakarasharma, K. Prashanthan, M. Thanihaichelvan, K. Balashangar, P.A. Amalraj, N.Robertson, J. Nelson, V. Dhayalan,and P. Ravirajan, Proceedings of Solar Energy Materials, Solar Cells and Solar Energy Applications, 4-6 January 2018, Kandy, Sri Lanka, P109 97. (Presentation and abstract)
Effect of sintering on yttria distribution and low temperature degradation of 3Y-TZP ceramics, Thenmolie, G., Sutharsini, U., and Thanihaichelvan, M, Vingnanam International Research Conference (VIRC) – 2018, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. July 2018 pp:18. (Presentation and abstract)
2016
Strategies for Enhancing the Performance of Hybrid Nanocrystalline Metal Oxides/Polymer Solar Cells., S. Paranthaman, P.Sumanthiran, T. Thivakarasarma, S. Loheswaran, K. Balashangar, K. Prashanthan, M. Thanihaichelvan, S. Rasalingam N. Robertson, J. Nelson, V. Dhayalan and P. Ravirajan., Book of Abstracts of the 3rd International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, (2016), 3, pp: 11. (Presentation and abstract)
Multiwall Carbon Nanotube (MWNT) For Enhancing The Performance ff Hybrid Titanium Dioxide /Poly(3- Hexylthiophene) Solar Cells., K. Balashangar, S. Paranthaman, P. A. Amalraj, M. Thanihaichelvan and P. Ravirajan., Book of Abstracts of the 3rd International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, (2016), 3, pp: 18. (Presentation and abstract)
Effect of Ageing on Defects and Surface Yttria Concentration of 3y-Tzp Ceramics, Vignarajah Janani, M. Thanihaichelvan, and U. Sutharsini, Book of Abstracts of the 3rd International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, (2016), 3, pp: 75. (Presentation and abstract)
Optimizing the Performance of Cadmium Sulfidecoated Nanoporous Titanium Dioxide / Poly (3-Hexylthiophene) Solar Cells., M. Thanihaichelvan, M. M. P. S. Kodikara, and P. Ravirajan., Book of Abstracts of the 3rd International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, (2016), 3, pp: 77. (Presentation and abstract)
Effect of Sintering on Yttria Distribution of 3y-Tzp Ceramics, G. Thenmolie, M. Thanihaichelvan, and U. Sutharsini, Book of Abstracts of the 3rd International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, (2016), 3, pp: 84. (Presentation and abstract)
2015
Solid state Cadmium Selenide (CdSe) quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) with a hole transporting polymer, M. Thanihaichelvan, H.R. Chandan, G.R. Balakrishna, Jenny Nelson, P. Ravirajan, 6th international conference on new and renewable energy-2015, Deagu, Korea, March 2015. (Poster)
Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Cadmium Sulfide sensitized solar cells based on nanoporous Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) layer, M Thanihaichelvan; S Karshini; K Balashangar; P Ravirajan, IEEE NANO 2015, 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology, 27 – 30 July 2015, Rome (Italy) (Poster)
Oligo-3-Hexylthiophene derivatives for dye sensitized and hybrid Titanium dioxide / polymer solar cells, A. Dinesh, T. Mohanaramanan, K. Balashangar, M. Thanihaichelvan, P. Ravirajan, Miquell Planells, Niel Robertson, 2nd International Conference on Nano science and Nanotechnology -2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 2015, ISBN: 978-955-4903-32-6. (Presentation and abstract)
Multiwall carbon nanotubes for efficiency enhancement of hybrid TiO2/polymer Solar Cells, K. Balashangar, S. Paranthaman, M. Thanihaichelvan, P. Ravirajan, 2nd International Conference on Nano science and Nanotechnology -2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 2015, ISBN: 978-955-4903-32-6. (Presentation and abstract)
2014
Inverted Poly (3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl)(P3HT):[6,6]-Phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) bulk heterojunction solar cells with cadmium sulfide (CdS) as hole blocking layer, M. Thanihaichelvan, J. Jeong, Youngkoo Kim, P. Ravirajan, 1st Ruhuna International Conference, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, January 22-23, 2014 (50). (Presentation and abstract)
Cadmium sulphide (CdS) quantum dots (QD) on vertically aligned zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods for photovoltaic application, M. Thanihaichelvan, P. Ravirajan, International Conference on Nano science and Nanotechnology -2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 12-13, 2014 (50) ISSN: 2386-1223. (Presentation and abstract)
2013
Nanostructured Cadmium sulfide (CdS) solar cells sensitized with a poly(3-hexylthiophene) polymer, M. Thanihaichelvan, S. Karshini, P. Ravirajan, 4th International Conference on New and Renewable Energy 2013, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea, March 28-30, 2013. (Poster)
Effect of Surface Roughness of the substrates on the Performance of Polycrystalline CdS/CdTe Solar cells, M. Thanihaichelvan, K. Balashangar, P. Ravirajan, G.D.K. Mahanama, M.A.K.L. Dissanayake, R. Dhere, E. Colegrove, and S. Sivananthan, Proceedings of The 2013 U.S. Workshop on Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials, Sep 30 – Oct 03, 2013, Chicago, IL, USA, 29-34. (Presentation and Extended abstract)
Conferences/ workshop / study visit
Conference attended
9th Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology conference (AMN9), Feb 10-14, 2019, Wellington, New Zealand.
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Annual Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, 23 November 2018
28th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors, 12-15 June 2018, Miami, Florida, USA
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Sensor theme meeting, Masterton, New Zealand, 30-31, January, 2018
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Tomorrow’s Electronic Devices (TED) theme meeting, Wellington, New Zealand, 8-9, February, 2018
NZIP (New Zealand Institute of Physics) Conference 2017, Otago, New Zealand, 10-12 July 2017
8th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology AMN8, Queenstown, New Zealand – 12-16 February 2017
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Annual Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, 28-29, November 2017
4th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Colombo, Sri Lanka November 2017
3rd International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 2016
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Annual Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, 24-25 November, 2016
2nd International Conference on Nano science and Nanotechnology, Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 2015
1st Ruhuna International Conference, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, January 22-23, 2014
International Conference on Nano science and Nanotechnology -2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 12-13
Workshops attended
Workshop on clean energy technologies, Coimbatore institute of technology, 06-09 February 2020, Coimbatore, India.
Academic writing strategies for PhD candidates, 17 September 2018, Faculty of Graduate Research, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
The MacDiarmid Institute Future Leaders Programme 21 – 23 November, 2018, University of Auckland, New Zealand
The MacDiarmid Institute Annual Spring Development Program, 26-28 November 2017, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
The MacDiarmid Institute Annual Spring Development Program, 22-23 November 2016, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Awards
Presidential Award for Excellence in Research for publishing research article in high impact journals by the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the year 2015.
Best oral presentation: Session D, 1st Ruhuna International Conference, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, January 22-23, University of Ruhunu, Matara, Sri Lanka.
Best performance in the GCE Advance Level Examination-2004 in mathematics group (Combined maths, Physics and Chemistry). BT/Shivananda Vidyalaya. (District Rank 07)
School Prize for University entrance – Faculty of Engineering, for the year 2004, for securing entrance at Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya. From the School with best performance. BT/Shivananda Vidyalaya.
Scholarships / Fellowship
Marsden Scholarship (2015) (from The Royal Society of New Zealand): To follow PhD in Physics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference attended
9th Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology conference (AMN9), Feb 10-14, 2019, Wellington, New Zealand.
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Annual Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, 23 November 2018
28th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors, 12-15 June 2018, Miami, Florida, USA
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Sensor theme meeting, Masterton, New Zealand, 30-31, January, 2018
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Tomorrow’s Electronic Devices (TED) theme meeting, Wellington, New Zealand, 8-9, February, 2018
NZIP (New Zealand Institute of Physics) Conference 2017, Otago, New Zealand, 10-12 July 2017
8th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology AMN8, Queenstown, New Zealand – 12-16 February 2017
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Annual Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, 28-29, November 2017
4th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Colombo, Sri Lanka November 2017
3rd International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 2016
The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Annual Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, 24-25 November, 2016
2nd International Conference on Nano science and Nanotechnology, Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 2015
1st Ruhuna International Conference, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, January 22-23, 2014
International Conference on Nano science and Nanotechnology -2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 12-13
Workshops attended
Workshop on clean energy technologies, Coimbatore institute of technology, 06-09 February 2020, Coimbatore, India.
Academic writing strategies for PhD candidates, 17 September 2018, Faculty of Graduate Research, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
The MacDiarmid Institute Future Leaders Programme 21 – 23 November, 2018, University of Auckland, New Zealand
The MacDiarmid Institute Annual Spring Development Program, 26-28 November 2017, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
The MacDiarmid Institute Annual Spring Development Program, 22-23 November 2016, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Professional Memberships
- CEng (UK), Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council UK
- SMIEEE (USA), Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers - MInstP (UK), Member of the Institute of Physics, UK
- MIET (UK), Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
- MIP (SL), Member of the Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka