{"id":16,"date":"2018-09-18T01:55:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T07:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/nalin-desilva\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2021-02-06T02:45:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T08:15:46","slug":"awards-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/nalin-desilva\/awards-and-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Professional Recognition:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (FRSC).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Research Grants:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Water purification using advanced materials (Rs. 48.5 Million grant (Target Oriented) from the NRC) (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Applications of nanotechnology in smart textiles including health care textiles (Grant from The Royal Society, London, \u00a312,000) (2016)<\/li>\n<li>Nanobiotechnology: Use of nanotechnology for anti-cancer drug delivery (Grant from the NRC, Rs. 3.9 Million) (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Smart Materials for water purification (Grant from EPSRC and University College London, UK, \u00a3 50,000) (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Transdermal Drug Delivery (Grant from the National Science Foundation, Rs.3.8 Million) (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Hydroxyapatite (HAp) coated iron oxide nanoparticles for controlled and targeted delivery of drugs for cancer and other diseases (Grant from the NRC, Rs. 3.1 Million) (2014)<\/li>\n<li>Development of advanced water purification technologies using nanocomposites of activated carbon and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) synthesized from coconut shells (HETC Research Grant through University of Jaffna, Rs. 3.9 Million) (2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HONOURS AND AWARDS (ACADEMIC):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President\u2019s Award for Scientific Publications, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 (Awarded by the H.E. The President of Sri Lanka) (2018 and 2019 to be awarded).<\/li>\n<li>NRC Merit Award for Research Excellence , 2017 (Awarded in 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Vice Chancellor\u2019s award for research excellence 2017.<\/li>\n<li>National Science Foundation Research Awards 2008 (Awarded in 2010) (National Award)<\/li>\n<li>Professor P.P.G.L. Siriwardena Gold Medal Oration Award &#8211; 2009 (Awarded by Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon)<\/li>\n<li>Devanathan Memorial Award \u2013 2008 (Awarded by Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon)<\/li>\n<li>Young Scientist of the Year \u2013 2004 (Sri Lanka) (Awarded by National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS, Italy).<\/li>\n<li>Academic Staff Postgraduate Commonwealth Scholarship \u2013 1994 &#8211; 1997, University of Cambridge, UK. (The Commonwealth Commission in the UK, Association of Commonwealth Universities and The British Council).<\/li>\n<li>Academic Visitor \u2013 Prof. Jeremy K. M. Sanders Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK in 1998.<\/li>\n<li>Academic Visitor \u2013 Dr. Nick Bampos, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge<\/li>\n<li>Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK (April \u2013 June 2003).<\/li>\n<li>Postdoctoral Award \u2013 Prof. Evguinei Nesterov, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA (1 March 2005 \u2013 27 February 2006).<\/li>\n<li>Postdoctoral Award \u2013 Prof. Andrew Maverick, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA (1 March 2006 \u2013 to date).<\/li>\n<li>Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society (Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales).<\/li>\n<li>Bhikaji Framji Khan <strong>Gold medal for Chemistry<\/strong> &#8211; 1992. This Gold medal is presented to the candidate who earns the highest overall average in B.Sc. special degree in Chemistry, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<li>Justin Samarasekara award (<strong>Most outstanding science student of the year<\/strong>) &#8211; 1992 This award is presented, taking into consideration the academic performance and the contribution made to the sports and the student community of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte Peiris scholarship for Chemistry &#8211; 1991. This award is presented to the candidate who earns the highest average in the second year examination in Natural Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<li>C. L. De Silva memorial prize for Chemistry &#8211; 1991. This is awarded for the highest aggregate in first and second year examinations in Chemistry, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional Recognition: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (FRSC). 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