Staff Department of Chemical Engineering
Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies
Prof. A.A.P. de Alwis 
Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies
Office:
Ext: 4118
Email:
dean-fgs@uom.lk, ajith@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Solid waste management, Biogas Systems, Nanomaterials and Scaling Up, Food Processing Systems, IPR and Innovation Management, Clean Technology
Head, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
Prof. S. Walpalage 
Head, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
Office:
Ext.4105, 4101
Email:
shanthaw@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Polymer nanocomposites, Thermoplastics elastomer/ vulcanizates, Novel accelerator systems for rubber compounds
Professor
Prof.(Mrs) B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe 
Office:
Ext.4116
Email:
padma@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Adsorption, Drying, Extraction, Air pollution control equipment Design
Prof. B.A.J.K. Premachandra 
Student Counsellor
Office:
Ext.4102
Email:
jagath@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Paints and coatings, Polymer composites, Environmental Science, Plastic & rubber waste management
Prof. A.D.U.S. Amarasinghe 
Office:
Ext.4104
Email:
adusa2@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Chemical Engineering Design and Applications, Energy conservation and Efficiency, Natural product chemistry and applications, Waste to energy and useful products
Prof. P.G. Rathnasiri 
Office:
Ext.4121
Email:
ratnasiri@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Waste water treatments, Solid waste management, Bioprocess modeling and simulation, Anaerobic Treatments
Prof. M. Narayana 
Office:
+94 11 2650301 Ext.4107
Email:
mahinsasa@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Controls and estimation, Modelling and simulations, Energy and environment, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Senior Lecturer Gr. I
Dr.(Mrs) S.H.P. Gunawardena 
Office:
+941122640051 Ext: 4106
Email:
sanjag@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Biodiesel from low quality oils, Biorefinery for extraction of valuable chemicals and fuel, Biological waste water treatment, Solid waste treatment and management
Dr.(Mrs) S.M. Egodage 
Student Counsellor
Office:
+94 11 2640342 Ext.4120
Email:
segodage@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Biodegradable Polymers, Rubber-clay nancomposites, Rubber-thermoplastic blends, Natural fillers for rubber compounds
Dr.(Ms) M.Y. Gunasekera 
Office:
Ext.4109
Email:
manisha@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Process plant development for environmental protection, Loss Prevention in the chemical industry
Senior Lecturer Gr. II
Dr. (Mrs) R.M.D.S. Gunarathne 
Office:
Ext.4619
Email:
duleekas@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Biomass thermal conversion, Biomass pretreatment, Integrated process design
Dr. S.A.D.T. Subasinghe 
Office:
Ext.4119
Email:
thusharas@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Heterogeneous catalysts, Metallic nano-particles, Bio-refinery (Catalytic conversion route), Advanced materials, Carbon based materials
Dr. (Mrs.) H.L.T.U. Ariyadasa 
Student Counsellor, QA Coordinator – Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
Office:
Ext.4619
Email:
thilini@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Microalgal biotechnology, Biomass processing and bioenergy, Food and industrial biotechnology, Industrial microbiology
Dr. H.H.M.P. Rathnayake 
Office:
Ext.4591
Email:
mratnayake@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Life Cycle Assessment, Environmental Impact assessment, CO2 capture and Airborne Pollution Control, Biofuel Production, Solid waste recovery methods
Lecturer (Probationary)
Ms. P. Kothalawala 
Email:
peshalyak@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Product value addition via fermentation—Pharmaceutical and personal care related, Microbial biosurfactants—Production and their applications, Food processing, safety, and preservation
Mr. M.S.V. Costa 
Email:
costas@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Machine learning for Chemical Engineering, Computational Chemistry, Engineering Economics, Financial modelling
Ms. E.A.M. Geethani 
Office:
Ext.4612
Email:
madhurikag@uom.lk
Key Research Areas:
Reaction Engineering, Adsorption and isotherms, Nanotechnology, Renewable Energy