About Me

• Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Western Kentucky University
• Advanced Physics Institute (API) member, Western Kentucky University

Research

My research focus is designing and synthesizing organic materials, conjugated polymers and hybrid nanostructures for energy transfer and harvesting.

• Electronically active hybrid nanostructures
• Chiral macromolecules and polymers

Services

• Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Pre-Med committee member
• Super Saturday instructor

Collaborators

• Dr. Vladimir Dobrokhotov, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University
• Dr. Jeremy Maddox, Department of Chemistry, Western Kentucky University
• Dr. Nathan Hammer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi
• Dr. Gamini Sumanasekera, Department of Physics, University of Louisville

Contact

• Thompson Complex-Central Wing, Room 440, 1906 College Heights Blvd., Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101
• Tel: 270-745-6238
• Email: hemali.rathnayake AT wku.edu