DULASIRI
AMARASIRIWARDENA
Current
Position
Professor
of Chemistry, (From 1987 to present - Assistant to Full
Professor)
School of
Natural Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 01002
Adjunct
Graduate Faculty, Department of Soil, Plant and Insect Sciences,
University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
Education
Ph.D.,
Analytical Chemistry, 1987, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC
M. Phil.,
Chemistry, 1978, University of Sri Lanka, Colombo Campus,
Sri Lanka
B.Sc.,
1975, University of Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Research
Interests
Chemical
speciation and characterization of trace metals bound
humic acids by size exclusion chromatography, field-flow
fractionation coupled with ICP-MS, Development of novel
sample digestion methods for biological and environmental
trace element analysis by ICP-AES and ICP-MS. Trace
metal analysis of environmental and biological samples
(dental tissues) by inductively coupled plasma-atomic
emission (ICP-AES) and mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), Laser
Ablation (LA)-ICP-MS, and indoor radon measurements
in households.
Honors & Memberships
American
Chemical Society
Sigma Xi
Honorary Research Society
Society
for Applied Spectroscopy
International
Humic Substances Society
Grants
and Awards
National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Grant, Principal Investigator: NSF MRI-R2-Acquisition of a 213 nm UV Laser Ablation System to Advance Micro Spatial Trace Element Research and Research Training Across Fields, (2009-2012)
Fulbright Senior Specialists Award (2009)
Pittsburgh Conference Memorial College Grant (2008)
First Place Award-Society for Analytical Chemists in Pittsburgh–Undergraduate Analytical Research Program Award (2007)
Fulbright Senior Specialists Award (2006)
Pittsburgh
Conference Memorial College Grant (2004)
CEM Corporation Grant - Microwave Enhanced Chemistry:
funding for research and teaching (2003)
National
Science Foundation (NSF)-CRUI grant, "Teeth as Chemical
Records of Chronological Changes in Diet and Environment,"
Co-PI (2000-2004)
Pittsburgh
Conference Memorial College Grant (2000)
National Science Foundation (NSF)-ARI
grant, "Equipment for Chemical Analysis to Serve
Interdisciplinary Research," Project Director (1995-1999)
Faculty
Development Grants (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2006, -2010 )
Pittsburgh
Conference Memorial College Grant, 1995
Outstanding
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Dept. of Chemistry,
North Carolina State University, 1984.
Professional
Activities
Member
- Editorial Board:
Microchemical
Journal
Current Analytical Chemistry,
Environmental Pollution
Organizer
and Chair
Chair: Society for Applied Spectroscopy - New England Section, 2008-2009
Organizing Committee: Humic Science and Technology Conference, Boston, Massachusetts (2004-2007)
2002
- Field Flow-Fractionation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass
Spectrometry Roundtable, RT01, 2002 Winter Conference
on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Scottsdale,
Arizona, Jan 8, 2002
Organizing
Committee: - 20th Anniversary Conference-International
Humic Substances Society, July 21-26 2002, Northeastern
University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Panelist: 2004-1998
- "Teaching Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy: Re-Defining
the Curriculum?", Winter Conferences on Plasma Spectrochemistry,
1998, 2000, 2002, 2004
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