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Academic Record:

• Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA - 2003

• B.Sc. (Special in Chemistry)  - 1995, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Research Experience:

• Post Doctoral Associate - Professor Lisa McElwee-White, University of Florida, USA, 2004-2005

• Graduate Research Assistant, Wayne State University, USA, 2000 - 2003.                              

Research Publications:

(1) Y.S. Won; Y.S. Kim; V.G. Varanasi, O. Kryliouk; T.J. Anderson; C.T. Sirimanne; L. McElwee-White, “Growth of ZrC Thin Films by Aerosol-Assisted MOCVD” J. Cryst. Growth, In press, Available online 3 February 2007.

(2)  Sirimanne, C. T.; Yu, Z.; Heeg, M. J.; Winter, C. H. “Synthesis, structure, and bridge-terminal alkyl exchange kinetics of pyrazolate-bridged dialuminum complexes containing bridging n-alkyl groups” J. Organomet. Chem. 2006, 691, 2517

(3)Sirimanne, C. T.; Zheng, W.; Yu, Z.; Heeg, M. J.; Winter C. H. “Synthesis, structure,  and bridge-terminal exchange kinetics of pyrazolate-bridged digallium and diindium complexes containing bridging phenyl groups” Organometallics 2005, 24, 6184

(4) Sirimanne, C. T.; Heeg, M. J.; Winter C. H. “Synthesis, structure, bridge-terminal exchange kinetics, and molecular orbital calculations of pyrazolate-bridged digallium complexes containing bridging phenyl groups” J.  Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 11152.

(5) Dumbris, S. R.; Sirimanne, C. T.; McElwee-White, L.; Won, Y. S.; Kryliouk, O.; Anderson, T. J. “AACVD of Zirconium Carbide Films From Tetraneopentylzirconium” Oral Presentation, 231^th ACS National Meeting, Orlando, Florida, May 2006

(6) Sirimanne, C. T.; McElwee-White, L.; Won, Y. S.; Krylionk, O.; Anderson, T. J.“Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of zirconium carbide films from tetraneopentyl zirconium” Oral Presentation; 230^th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 2005

(7) Sirimanne, C. T.; Heeg, M. J.; Winter C. H. “Synthesis, structure, and bridge-terminal exchange kinetics of phenyl bridged digallium and diindium complexes”  Poster Presentation; 12^th IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry directed towards Organic Synthesis, Toronto, Canada July 2003

(8) Winter, C. H.; Heeg, M. J.; Sirimanne, C. T. “Synthesis, structure, and bridge-terminal alkyl exchange kinetics of pyrazolate-bridged dialuminum complexes” Oral Presentation; 225^th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2003

 (9) Winter, C. H.; Heeg, M. J.; Sirimanne C. T. “Synthesis, structure, and  bridge-terminal exchange kinetics of phenyl-bridged digallium complexes” Poster Presentation; 225^th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2003

Honours and Awards:

• Government higher education (merit) scholarship for undergraduate studies, 1991-1995

• Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon prize for best performance at Graduate ship In Chemistry (G.I.C) Part I examination, 1991-1992

• Prof. Pearlyn Pereira Commemoration Scholarship for physical chemistry at G.I.C. Part I examination, 1991-1992

Employment History:

• Senior Lecturer II , Department of Chemistry, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (2006 – present).

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, USA (1999 - 2000)

• Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, USA (2000 - 2003)

• Assistant Government Analyst, Government Analyst’s Department,  Sri Lanka (1997 - 1999)

• Demonstrator, Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka (1996 - 1997)

• Assistant Lecturer, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (1995 - 1996)