Nilwala Kottegoda
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
Title: Hydroxyapatite – urea nano-hybrid as efficient plant nutrient systems
Biography
Biography: Nilwala Kottegoda
Abstract
Nilwala Kottegoda is a Professor in Chemistry at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and a Principal Research Scientist at Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology. She obtained her BSc in Chemistry from University of Peradeniya and PhD in Material Chemistry from University of Cambridge, UK. She is the principal author of few US patents which were granted for the research wok in nano agriculture and they are the first few patents granted to Sri Lanka for nanotechnology based innovations. She also received the national award for the best innovation with commercial potential in 2011 and the Third World Academy of Science Young Scientist award to Sri Lanka in 2013.