Research

Research Interests

  • Synthetic organic chemistry
  • Isolation of natural products

Technology Transfer Initiatives

  1. Provided the leadership to all 17 state universities and 6 non-state higher educational institutions in Sri Lanka to establish University Business Linkage (UBL) cells to facilitate technology/knowledge transfer activities during 2018-2023. Well over 40 products reached the market through these UBLs during this period.
  2. Provided the leadership Colombo Science and Technology Cell, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo to initiate tech transfer activities from 2013-2018. A number of academics & research assistants from other departments contributed towards the following
  • “Waste-treat-waste” solution was developed with MAS in 2018
  • The product “MOSGUARD” launched on October 10, 2017 with Hemas
  • A forecasting model for non-performing loans by LB Finance PLC was developed in 2017
  • The product “Bio clean” launched on November 30, 2015 with the company Darley Butler

Technology Transfer Courses

  • Followed distance education programs conducted by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva
    • DL 101: General course on intellectual property (17 October 2016- 29 November 2016)
    • DL 301: Patents (4 April 2017 – 20 July 2017)
    • DL 320: Basics of patent drafting ((4 April 2017 – 20 July 2017)
    • DL 318: Patent information search (11 September 2017 – December 2017)
    • DL 450: IP management (8 April 2020 – 2 August 2020)

Technology Transfer Related Programs

  • Association of University Technology Managers 2023 Annual Meeting, February 19-22, 2023 Austin, Texas, USA.

 

  • Association of University Technology Managers 2018 Annual Meeting, February 18-21, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

 

  • Sri Lanka-U.S. Coorperation: University IP policy working group workshop by CLDP, UGC, NIPO, USPTO, US embassy Colombo, funded by Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. State Department. 11-12, September, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

 

  • Sri Lanka University Intellectual Property Policy workshop, conducted by Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), U.S. Department of Commerce, 24-28 April 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

 

  • Universities and technology-based economic development: Establishing University-Based Technology Transfer Offices and Technology Incubators, 26th October – 4th November 2016, Washington, D.C.; Princeton, New Jersey; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

 

  • The natural products chemistry training and development programme, Institute of Bioproduct Development, 12th -28th October 2014, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Malaysia.