Dimuthu Hasanthi

Dimuthu Hasanthi Thanippuli Arachchi No. 74, Mambulgoda, Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka. (- |-EDUCATION 2016-Present University of Colombo, Sri Lanka B.Sc. Special Chemistry GPA 3.94 out of 4.30 / 3.87 out of 4.00 (Top of the batch) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 2016-Present Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Sri Lanka Graduateship in Chemistry 2015 Certificate Course in Software Development in JAVA - National Institute of Business Management (NIBM), 120/5, Vidya Mawatha, Colombo 00700 2015 CIMA - foundation level - https://www.cimaglobal.com/ ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS- University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Prof. H. D. Gunawardhana Scholarship for the best chemistry student, third year C. L. de Silva Memorial Prize for the first two years’ best academic excellence in chemistry Studentship for Physical Science, based on the first two years’ overall performance The first year-undergraduate level best academic performance in Chemistry - Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Sri Lanka College of Chemical Sciences Merit Bursary Dr. Sudath Kumarasinghe Memorial Prize for Special Topics in Physical Chemistry I Somawathie Mathew Memorial Prize for Biology for physical science students Dr. Infas and Family Prize for Basic Concepts College of Chemical Sciences Merit Bursary RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2019(on going) Development of a Selective Fluorescence Sensor for the Determination of Iron(II) (Undergraduate Research Project) Supervisor: Prof. M. D. P. de Costa Co-supervisor: Dr. R. Senthilnithy Development of a fluorescence sensor based on 5-chloro-1,10-phenanthroline, for the selective determination of iron(II) in ppb levels. Hands on experience with Fluorescence spectrophotometer, UV-Vis Double PC 8 Auto Cell spectrophotometer, Microwave plasma atomic emission spectrometer (MPAES). 2019 Finding an Alternative to Formalin for the Preservation of Human Tissues Supervisors: Prof. Jagath K. Premachandra, Dr. Chandani Udawatte Co-supervisor: Prof. Ajith P. Malalasekara Development of a bee-honey based formalin free fixation method for the preservation of human cadaveric tissues and proposing the fixation mechanism of bee-honey. CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS 2019 D. H. Thanippuli Arachchi, J. K. Premachandra, C.Udawatte, A. P. Malalasekara (2019, September). Finding an Alternative to Formalin for the Preservation of Human Tissues. Abstract published, a poster presented at the Annual Research Symposium at the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon. OTHER INTERESTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 2018 INTER UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY QUIZ (TEAM MEMBER – UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO) - Champions 2017 ASIAN SCIENCE CAMP Represented Sri Lanka at the Asian Science Camp held at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Kampar Campus) in Malaysia (20th to 26th August, 2017) in the sector of Chemistry. 2017 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBER – CHEMEX 4 Chemistry Exhibition held at the SLECC 2017 INTER UNIVERSITY STATISTICS QUIZ (TEAM MEMBER – UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO) – Champions - OFFICIAL BLOGGER of the university blog (FOS media) 2016 ANNUAL UNIVERSITY PRESENTATON COMPETITION – First Place Presented on the topic “Nanotechnology and its applications for the real world” REFERENCES Prof. M. D. P. De Costa Ph.D (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada) Senior lecturer Department of Chemistry University of Colombo. Colombo 03 E-mail :- Dr. Neranga Abeyasinghe Ph.D (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Senior lecturer Department of Chemistry University of Colombo. Colombo 03 E-mail :-