Manawadevi Y Udugala-Ganehenege
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Biography
Prof. Manawadevi Y. Udugala-Ganehenege has completed her PhD in 2000 from Wayne State University (WSU), Michigan and postdoctoral studies from Monash University School of Chemistry in Australia. She is currently a professor in Inorganic Chemistry of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Her main research interest is on utilization of carbon dioxide and bio-waste for renewable energy. She has received numerous prestigious fellowships and awards for her academic excellence and research, including 2000 Esther and Stanley Kirshner Graduate Award and 1995-Thomas Rumble Fellowship from WSU, 2011- Endeavour Awards from Australian government, and 2016 and 2017 Presidential Awards from Sri Lankan government.