Dr. Kokila Ranasinghe

Senior Lecturer

Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Natural Sciences

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Senior Lecturer

Contact:

Colombo Regional Center, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala

Office: , Ext:

E-mail: koran@ou.ac.lk

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Academic record:

• PhD in Chemistry – Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA (2018)
• BSc (Honor Degree in Chemistry) – University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2012)

Professional record:

• Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka (2022 April to present)
• Lecturer, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (2019 – 2022 April)
• Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA (2018 – 2014)

Areas of Specialization:

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Bioinorganic Chemistry

Research interests:

• Design, synthesis, characterization and property analysis of novel inorganic/organometallic complexes.
• Design and develop sustainable solutions for disposing and recycling biodegradable waste.

Affiliations:

• Full member – Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)
• Member – Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)
• Associate Member – Women Chemists Committee of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon

Course Coordination:

• CYU3201 – Basic Principles of Chemistry II
  CYU4300 – Inorganic Chemistry

Awards:

• TWAS research grant award 2021 – sponsored by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to be utilized until 2nd of November 2023. Proposal Title: Evaluation of [Re(CO)₃L]⁺ Complexes of L = NN(SO₂R)N-Type Linear Tridentate Sulfonamide Ligands as Theragnostic PhotoCORMs (Photo-Activated CO Releasing Molecules).
• Mary Jo Pribble Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Inorganic Chemistry 2018 –awarded by the Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, USA.
• Coates Conference Travel Award 2017 – offered by the College of Science, Louisiana State University to present a research paper at SERMACS 2017.
• Merit Award for Scientific Publications 2016 – awarded by the National Research Council, Sri Lanka (2016).
• Merit Award 2013 – Inter University Chemistry Competition (Royal Society of Chemistry, Sri Lanka).

Publications:

International Publications:

• Ranasinghe, K.; Marzilli, P. A.; Pakhomova, S.; Marzilli, L. G. New fac-[Re^I(CO)₃(L^tri)]Y complexes of linear N,N′,N′′-tridentate ligands (L^tri) with terminal imidazolyl or pyridyl ring (N and N′′) and central tertiary sulfonamide (N′) N-donors. Effects of size and substituents of the terminal N-donor rings and the rarely found direct sulfonamide N to metal bond, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2021, 533, 120781. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2021.120781.
• Ranasinghe, K.; Marzilli, P. A.; Fronzek, F. R.; Marzilli, L. G. Linear Bidentate Ligands (L) with Two Terminal Pyridyl N-Donor Groups Forming Pt^IILCl₂ Complexes with Rare Eight-Membered Chelate Rings, Inorg. Chem.2018, 57, 12756–12768. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01943.
• Ranasinghe, K.; Marzilli, P. A.; Pakhomova, S; Marzilli, L. G. A Very Rare Example of a Structurally Characterized 3′-GMP Metal Complex. NMR and Synthetic Assessment of Adducts Formed by Guanine Derivatives with [Pt(L^tri)Cl]Cl Complexes with an N,N’,N” Tridentate Ligand (L^tri) Terminated by Imidazole Rings, Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 8462–8477. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01176.
• Ranasinghe, K.; Handunnetti, S.; Perera, I. C.; Perera, T. Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Rhenium(I) Complexes towards Potential Biological Imaging Applications. Chem. Cent. J. 2016, 10, 71. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13065-016-0218-4.

Local Publications:

Chandramali, M.A.N.; Ranasinghe, K. Evaluation of the effect of cocopeat in continuous thermophilic composting (CTC) of kitchen waste, a preliminary study of the process rate and the quality of compost. Journal of Science-FAS-SEUSL. 20