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Education

Ph.D., Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, 2018

B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Kelaniya, 2011

Research Interests

Developing materials for potential applications in sensing and drug delivery.

Research Divisions

Biomedical and Medicinal

Solar Energy and Sustainability

Recent Publications

U.S.K. Madduma-Bandarage, H.G. Jayasinghe, S.V. Madihally, Chapter 1 - Chitosan: structure, properties, preparation, characterization, modifications, and importance in environmental cleanup, in: D.S. Kumar, S.V. Madihally (Eds.), Role of Chitosan and Chitosan-Based Nanomaterials in Plant Sciences, Academic Press, 2022, pp. 1-31.

U.S.K. Madduma-Bandarage, S.V. Madihally, Synthetic hydrogels: Synthesis, novel trends, and applications, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2021, 138(19), 50376.

T.J. Athauda, U.S.K. Madduma-Bandarage, Y. Vasquez, Integration of ZnO/ZnS nanostructured materials into a cotton fabric platform, RSC Advances, 2014, 4 (106), 61327-61332.