- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
- Professor
Contact information
Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Biochemical Engineering (CH4390) -Undergraduate -2023
Research Project (CH4751) -Undergraduate -2025
Biotechnology (CH4140) -Undergraduate -2025
Food Safety and Hygienic Plant Design (CH4285) -Undergraduate -2025
Bioprocess Engineering and Practices (CH2160) -Undergraduate -2025
Comprehensive Design Project I (CH4016) -Undergraduate -2025
Comprehensive Design Project II (CH4035) -Undergraduate -2025
Food Process Engineering (CH4691) -Undergraduate -2025
Group Coordinator -Pre-Academic Term Coordinating Committee (2016 To date)
Member of the Quality Assurance Cell of the Faculty of Engineering (FQAC) - (2020 To date)
Semester I Coordinator of BSc Engineering programme - (2016 To date)
Student Counsellor - Faculty of Engineering - (2018 To date)
Personal Mentor -Faculty of Engineering (2015 To date)
Member of the Senate Research Committee (SRC) - University of Moratuwa (2024 To date)
Undergraduate Research Coordinator, Department of Chemical & Process Engineering - (2022 To date)
Research Activities
Microalgal Biotechnology
Bioenergy and Carbon Capture
Waste to Value-added Products
Bioprocess Design
Education and Professional Affiliations
PhD, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi Component ,2014 PhD in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Career
Honours and Awards
Outstanding Research Performance Award (Received 2017)
Outstanding Research Performance Award with Distinction (Received 2019)
Outstanding Research Performance Award with Distinction (Received 2020)
Outstanding Research Performance Award with Distinction (Received 2021)
Outstanding Research Performance Award with Distinction (Received 2022)
President's Award for the Scientific Publications (Received 2023)
Publications*
H Gimhani Madhushika, Thilini U Ariyadasa, Sanja HP Gunawardena,".Textile Dye Removal from Industrial Wastewater by Biological Methods and Impact on Environment.",Springer, Cham,2022
S Koushalya, R Vasantharaja, P Hariprasad, Thilini U Ariyadasa, Anushree Malik,".Recent advances in the production of nutritional products from algal biomass.",Elsevier,2022
K.S. Mallawarachchi, L.R.L.M. Bandara, S.K.D.H.S. Dilshan, S.H.P. Gunawardena ,".Optimization of mashing process in beer production using rice as an adjunct.",MERCON 2016, IEEE Conference,University of Moratuwa,2016,
Sashini Hapuarachchi, Shermila Kariyapper, Malithi Gunawardana, Shantha Egodage,".Biodegradation of natural rubber latex by a novel bacterial species isolated from soil.",MERCON 2016, IEEE Conference,University of Moratuwa,2016,
Wanniarachchige Paramitha Sandani, Malith Premaratne, Thilini U Ariyadasa, Jagath Kumara Premachandra,".Novel strategy for microalgae cell disruption and wet lipid extraction by employing electro-Fenton process with sacrificial steel anode.",Bioresource Technology,343,2022
Gannoru Kankanamalage Sanuji Hasara Nishshanka, Vinoj Chamilka Liyanaarachchi, Pemaththu Hewa Viraj Nimarshana, Thilini Udayangani Ariyadasa, Jo-Shu Chang,".Haematococcus pluvialis: A potential feedstock for multiple-product biorefining.",Journal of Cleaner Production,344,2022
HG Madhushika, TU Ariyadasa, SHP Gunawardena,".Biodegradation of reactive yellow EXF dye: optimization of physiochemical parameters and analysis of degradation products.",International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology,19/3,2022
Pushap Chawla, Deepak Gola, Vivek Dalvi, Trichur Ramaswamy Sreekrishnan, Thilini Udayangani Ariyadasa, Anushree Malik,".Design and development of mini-photobioreactor system for strategic high throughput selection of optimum microalgae-wastewater combination.",Bioresource Technology Reports,17,2022
Malith Premaratne, Gannoru Kankanamalage Sanuji Hasara Nishshanka, Randeniya Arachchige Don Praveen Anthonio, Vinoj Chamilka Liyanaarachchi, Bavatharny Thevarajah, PHV Nimarshana, Anushree Malik, Thilini U Ariyadasa,".Resource recovery from waste streams for production of microalgae biomass: A sustainable approach towards high-value biorefineries.",Bioresource Technology Reports,18,2022
H Gimhani Madhushika, Thilini U Ariyadasa, Sanja HP Gunawardena,".Decolorization of Textile Dyes in a Fixed?Bed Biofilm Reactor.",Chemical Engineering & Technology,45/6,2022
Bavatharny Thevarajah, Gannoru Kankanamalage Sanuji Hasara Nishshanka, Malith Premaratne, Pemaththu Hewa Viraj Nimarshana, Dillirani Nagarajan, Jo-Shu Chang, Thilini U Ariyadasa,".Large-scale Production of Spirulina-based Proteins and c-phycocyanin: A Biorefinery Approach.",Biochemical Engineering Journal,185,2022
Gannoru Kankanamalage Sanuji Hasara Nishshanka, Randeniya Arachchige Don Praveen Anthonio, Pemaththu Hewa Viraj Nimarshana, Thilini U Ariyadasa, Jo-Shu Chang ,".Marine microalgae as sustainable feedstock for multi-product biorefineries.",Biochemical Engineering Journal,187,2022
Malith Premaratne, Gannoru Kankanamalage Sanuji Hasara Nishshanka, VC Liyanaarachchi, PHV Nimarshana, Thilini U Ariyadasa,".Bioremediation of textile dye wastewater using microalgae: current trends and future perspectives.",Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology,96/12,2021
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