Awards

• 2019
  The National Research Council Merit Award for Scientific Publication-2016 for Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging 2016, Vol 11, Iss 6, pp492-505. (Sri Lanka)
• 2016
  Recipient of Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) by the University of Colombo and accredited by Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA), UK
• 2014
  Wenner-Gren Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sweden
• 2013
  Summer 2013 Dissertation Fellowship
• 2012
  ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Travel Award
• 2010
  American Foundation for Aging Research (AFAR) Award
• 2006
  Dharmachandra & Tamarasa Gunawardhana Memorial Gold Medal for Analytical Chemistry awarded by the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka on the results of the B.Sc. special degree in chemistry
• 2006
  Merit award for the inter-university chemistry competition by the Sri Lankan section of the Royal Society of Chemistry
• 1999,1998
  Credit awards from Australian Chemistry Quiz and International Competitions for Schools Science by Royal Australian Chemical Institute and The University of New South Wales, respectively

Grants/Fellowhips

• 2016
  University Research Grants (AP/3/2/2016/SG/18); Investigator: S. M. Vithanarachchi; Co-investigator: R. D. Wijesekera; Title: Synthesis and evaluation of Cu(II)-selective fluorescence sensors

• 2020
  University Research Grants (AP/3/2/2020/SG/23); Investigator: S. M. Vithanarachchi; Title: Development of degradable polymer films and coatings using extracts from agro- and fish-wastes produced in Sri Lanka