Dr. K. R. Jaliya Manuda obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Colombo. He received his education from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Nalanda College - Colombo 10, and Ananda Central College - Elpitiya. He is an experimental physical chemist and a materials scientist who has published multiple international publications based on his doctoral research. Currently, he is looking forward to opportunities to further explore his research interests to make the world a better place.
PhD Thesis title: Direct monitoring of photoinduced degradation of organic molecules at TiO2 and TiO2-rGO nanocomposite interfaces
PhD Supervisor: Professor Dilushan Jayasundara
Email - krjaliyamanuda@gmail.com
Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XNFobv8AAAAJ&hl=en
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/k-r-jaliya-manuda-72b41a174/
ResearchGate - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/K-R-Jaliya-Manuda?ev=hdr_xprf
ORCID - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3333-6649
Jaliya also has a YouTube channel where he talks about Chemistry: https://youtube.com/@thechemslayer?si=wIGX8bhpTiFQAhm3
00:00 About Jaliya
01:39 Chemistry is the central science
04:58 Educational journey
09:21 Deciding on research area
10:18 What is Physical chemistry?
14:20 Searching for PhDs in Sri Lanka
17:34 Picking a good supervisor
20:07 What qualifications did they look?
22:19 Research intro – Photocatalytic degradation
33:27 Quartz Chrystal Microbalance
45:23 Research question
56:17 Interesting side project
59:27 Accidental discovery
1:03:18 Conclusion
1:08:19 Discovery #2
1:14:49 Discovery #3
1:19:21 Collaborative study #1
1:22:16 Collaborative study #2
1:23:50 Collaborative study #3
1:25:54 Milestones
1:28:28 Royal Society of Chemistry backcover image
1:29:08 Outside lab experience
