Biography
Education
- Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, University of South Carolina, 2023
- MSc in Chemistry, Eastern Illinois University, 2019
- BSc (Special) in Chemistry, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 2015
Select Publications
- Jayaweera, N. P.; Dunlap, J. H.; Ahmed, F.; Larison, T.; Buzoglu Kurnaz, L.; Stefik, M.; Pellechia, P. J.; Fountain, A. W.; Greytak, A. B. Coordination of Quantum Dots in a Polar Solvent by Small-Molecule Imidazole Ligands. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61 (28), 10942–10949.
- Jayaweera, N. P.; Hall, A. E.; Wilson, A. A.; Konkle, M. E.; Wheeler, K. A.; Semeniuc, R. F. Tuning the Catecholase Activity of Bis(Pyrazolyl)Methane-Based Copper(II) Complexes by Substitutions of the Ligand Core: Unraveling a Dual O2/H2O2 Oxidation Mechanism. Inorganica Chimica Acta 2020, 506, 119507.
- Greytak, A. B.; Abiodun, S. L.; Burrell, J. M.; Cook, E. N.; Jayaweera, N. P.; Islam, M. M.; Shaker, A. E. Thermodynamics of Nanocrystal–Ligand Binding through Isothermal Titration Calorimetry. Chem. Commun. 2022.
- Dunlap, J. H.; Jayaweera, N. P.; Pellechia, P. J.; Greytak, A. B. Competitive Anionic Exchange of Thiolate Ligands onto Aqueous Phosphonate-Capped Quantum Dots. J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126 (41), 17635–17646.
Awards, Honors, and Memberships
- Co-Author on an Award-Winning Poster at ACS National Meeting - 2022
- EIU Graduate Research Investigator Award - 2019
- EIU Outstanding Graduate Seminar Award - 2019