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Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake

Country of origin: Sri Lanka Currently in: Sri Lanka, Ihala Weerakodiyana General field of specialization: Agricultural Sciences
Academic Background

Degrees

2017 Master Agricultural Sciences
2012 Undergraduate Agricultural Sciences
2022 Doctorate Other
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Agricultural Sciences

Environmental Science, Use of biochar for CO2 adsorption, Use of biochar for remediation of heavy metal-contaminated soil Biochar for antibiotic adsorption


Publications resulting from Research: 


Journal Articles

Dissanayake, P.D., You, S., Igalavithana, A.D., Xia, Y., Bhatnagar, A., Gupta, S., Kua, H.W., Kim, S., Kwon, J.H., Tsang, D.C.W., and Ok, Y.S. (2019). Biochar-based adsorbents for carbon dioxide capture: A Critical Review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 119:109582 (IF: 10.556) (JCR Top 5% (Q1), Green & Sustainable Science & Technology: 1/35) (Published online: 26 November 2019).

Dissanayake, P.D., Choi, S.W., Igalavithana, A.D., Yang, X., Tsang, D.C.W., Wang, C.H., Kua, H.W., Lee, K.B., Ok, Y.S. Sustainable gasification biochar as a high efficiency adsorbent for CO2 capture: A facile method to designer biochar fabrication. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 124: 109785 (IF: 10.556) (JCR Top 5% (Q1), Green & Sustainable Science & Technology: 1/35) (Published online: February 2020).

Igalavithana, A.D., Choi, S.W., Dissanayake, P.D., Shang, J., Wang, C.H., Yang, X., Kim, S., Tsang, D.C.W., Lee, K.B., Ok, Y.S. (2020). Gasification biochar from feedstock mixtures of food waste and wood waste for effective CO2 adsorption. Journal of Hazadous Materials, 391: 121147 (IF: 7.650) (JCR Top 5% (Q1), Engineering, Civil: 1/125) (Published online: 03 September 2019).

Xia, Y.F., Zhang, M., Tsang, D.C.W., Geng, N., Lu, D., Zhu, L., Igalavithana, A.D., Dissanayake, P.D., Rinkebe, J., Kim, K.H., Ok, Y.S. Recent advances in control technologies for nutrient pollution from agricultural runoff: current practices and prospects. Applied Biological Chemistry, 63 (8): 1-13 (IF: 1.559) (Published online: 04 February 2020).

Igalavithana, A.D., Choi, S.W., Shang, J., Hanif, A., Dissanayake, P.D., Tsang, D.C.W., Lee, K.B., Ok, Y.S. Carbon dioxide capture in biochar produced from pine sawdust and paper mill sludge: Effect of pyrolysis temperature and steam activation. Science of the Total Environment (IF: 5.589). (Published online: 31 May 2020).




Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Higher Education Study
Researcher

Affiliations

Soil Science Society of Sri Lanka
Young Scientist's Forum of Sri Lanka

Presentation given

2020
Effect of Plastic Mulch Wastes on Soil Quality and Crop Productivity in Agro-Environments.
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Event: Sustainable Waste Management Workshop.
2018
Biochar-Based Adsorbents for Capturing Carbon Dioxide.
The Hong Kong Education University, Hong Kong
Event: 3rd International conference on Biological Waste as Resource (BWR 2018)
2018
Effect of Carbon Dioxide and Potassium Hydroxide Modification on CO2 Adsorption Capacity of Biochar
Crawn Plaza Hotel, Foshan, China
Event: 4th Asia Pacific Biochar Conference (APBC 2018)
2019
Biochar as a Sustainable Adsorbent for Capturing Carbon Dioxide
Busan, Korea
Event: Harmful Organisms
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Nov 2018
Best oral presentation award
Best oral presentation award (3rd prize) for the outstanding presentation on "Effect of carbon dioxide and potassium hydroxide modification on CO2 adsorption capacity of biochar" presented at 4th Asia Pacific Biochar Conference (APBC 2018), Foshan, China.
Dec 2018
Best poster presentation award
Best poster presentation for the poster on “Biochar based adsorbents for capturing carbon dioxide” in the 3rd International Conference on Biological Waste as Resource (BWR 2018). The Hong Kong Education University, Hong Kong, 17-19 December 2018
Dec 2018
Outstanding contribution in reviewing
Certificate of outstanding contribution in reviewing for the journal of Environmental Pollution (IF: 5.714), Journal of Hazardous Materials (IF: 9.038) and Journal of Soils and Sediments (IF: 2.763) in 2018.
May 2009
S.W. Siriwardena scholarship for the best performance in 1100 series
S.W. Siriwardena scholarship for the best performance in 1100 series (obtained GPA of 4.00 out of 4.00) - Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

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