ලංකාවේ කරන Material Science Research - Dr. Jaliya Manuda

Dr. K. R. Jaliya Manuda obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Colombo. He received his education from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Nalanda College - Colombo 10, and Ananda Central College - Elpitiya. He is an experimental physical chemist and a materials scientist who has published multiple international publications based on his doctoral research. Currently, he is looking forward to opportunities to further explore his research interests to make the world a better place. PhD Thesis title: Direct monitoring of photoinduced degradation of organic molecules at TiO2 and TiO2-rGO nanocomposite interfaces PhD Supervisor: Professor Dilushan Jayasundara Email - [email protected] Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XNFobv8AAAAJ&hl=en LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/k-r-jaliya-manuda-72b41a174/ ResearchGate - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/K-R-Jaliya-Manuda?ev=hdr_xprf ORCID - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3333-6649 Jaliya also has a YouTube channel where he talks about Chemistry: https://youtube.com/@thechemslayer?si=wIGX8bhpTiFQAhm3 00:00 About Jaliya 01:39 Chemistry is the central science 04:58 Educational journey 09:21 Deciding on research area 10:18 What is Physical chemistry? 14:20 Searching for PhDs in Sri Lanka 17:34 Picking a good supervisor 20:07 What qualifications did they look? 22:19 Research intro – Photocatalytic degradation 33:27 Quartz Chrystal Microbalance 45:23 Research question 56:17 Interesting side project 59:27 Accidental discovery 1:03:18 Conclusion 1:08:19 Discovery #2 1:14:49 Discovery #3 1:19:21 Collaborative study #1 1:22:16 Collaborative study #2 1:23:50 Collaborative study #3 1:25:54 Milestones 1:28:28 Royal Society of Chemistry backcover image 1:29:08 Outside lab experience