• Water purification using advanced materials
• Applications of nanotechnology in smart textiles including health care textiles
• Nanobiotechnology: Use of nanotechnology for anti-cancer drug delivery
• Smart Materials for water purification
• Transdermal Drug Delivery
  

POSTDOCTORAL EXPERIENCE:

• Research Scholar – Evgueni Nesterov, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Choppin Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, USA. 1 March 2005 – 28 February 2006 (Organic Materials for photovoltaic devices, Nanotechnology)
• Research Scholar Andrew Maverick, Chair, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Choppin Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, USA. 1 March 2006 – 27 Feb 2007 (Metal Organic Frameworks, Rhodium Catalysts for selective hydrogenation)
• Collaborative Research Project on Nanomaterials with Rohini de Silva and Prof. Challa Kumar (Presently at Harvard University) at the Centre for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD), Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA, December 2006 – February 2007.
• Academic Visitor – Nick Bampos and Dr. Jonathan Goodman, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge and Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, University of Cambridge respectively, April 2003 – June 2003. (Organic Materials and Computational Chemistry)
• Academic Visitor – Jeremy Sanders, Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge January 1998 – October 1998. (Organic Materials)

INDUSTRY EXPOSURE:

•  Science Team Leader: Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC) May  2012 – April 2019. SLINTEC is a Public/Private Partnership (between the Government of Sri Lanka and MAS Holdings, Brandix, Loadstar, Hayleys, Dialog, Lankem and LOLC providing advanced technology based research solutions to private/state sector client companies. Duties include:
• Research management of client related projects in nanotechnology in the research areas: Textile and Apparel (antibacterial, self-cleaning, hydrophobic, moisture management and odor free textiles, etc.), Nanomaterials, water purification and bionanotechnology. Present clients are MAS Active, MAS R and I, Textured Jersey (Brandix), Dyna Wash, Hirdaramani, Orange Electrics, Hayleys Agro and Lankem.
• Business development and Client engagement
• Intellectual Property management and Patent filing

CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS:

• Consultant Science Team Leader, Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC), Nanotechnology and Science Park, Mahenwatta, Pitipana, Homagama, Sri Lanka. (May 2017 – April 2019).
• Science Team Leader, Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC), Nanotechnology and Science Park, Mahenwatta, Pitipana, Homagama, Sri Lanka. (May 2012 – April 2017).
• R & D Consultant for Global Rubber Industries (GRI), Sri Lanka. (2017 – to date)
• Visiting Professor (Visiting Consultant), Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman (September 2011 – January 2012).
• R & D Consultant for Haycarb PLC., Sri Lanka (December 2009 – August 2010) (activated carbon based nanocomposites for water purification)
• Visiting Professor, American National College, Sri Lanka. (The first ever Chemistry Syllabus at ANC was designed by me in 2003.)
• Appointed as an external expert reviewer for nano safety policy – World Health Organization (WHO) (Sep 2016 – to date)