M. Y. U. Ganehenege
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Peradeniya
Serbia and Montenegro
Biography
PhD :In Inorganic Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; BSc :Special Degree in Chemistry, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Research Interest
Current research is mainly focused on the synthesis and structure modification of transition and lanthanide metal catalysts suitable for utilization of environmental pollutants and biomass byproducts for the production of bio-fuels and industrial chemicals Pharmaceutical applications utilization of bio-waste for industrial and laboratory applications, and analysis of water and soil for pollutants such as heavy metals and radioactive elements are the other research interests.
Publications
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Anomalous Chemistry of Transition Metal Shift Base Complexes: Synthesis, Anion binding Capacity and Catalytic activity for CO2 Reduction, Manawadevi Y. Udugala- Ganehenege, Jie Zhang Australia, Academic Journal of Science , Volume 1, No. 3, 2012, 41-47 http://www.universitypublications.net/ajs/0103/pdf/FIR277.pdf
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Electrochemistry of nickel(II) and copper(II)N,Nethylenebis(acetylacetoniminato) complexes and their electrocatalytic activity for reduction of carbon dioxide and carboxylic acid protons, Manawadevi Y. Udugala-Ganehenege , N. M. Dissanayake, Yuping Liu, Alan M. Bond, Jie Zhang, Received: 15 May 2014 / Accepted: 14 July 2014 / Published online: 2 August 2014_ Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014, Transition Met Chem (2014) 39, 7, 819–830. DOI 10.1007/s11243-014-9864-3.
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Electrochemistry of nickel(II) and copper(II)N,Nethylenebis(acetylacetoniminato) complexes and their electrocatalytic activity for reduction of carbon dioxide and carboxylic acid protons, Manawadevi Y. Udugala-Ganehenege , N. M. Dissanayake, Yuping Liu, Alan M. Bond, Jie Zhang, Received: 15 May 2014 / Accepted: 14 July 2014 / Published online: 2 August 2014_ Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014, Transition Met Chem (2014) 39, 7, 819–830. DOI 10.1007/s11243-014-9864-3.
