Dr. Meththika Vithanage
Currently the founder and the director of the research center and a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Former Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute of Fundamental Studies in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Further, she is an Adjunct Associate Research Professor at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Her research is focused on the application of biochar and other low-cost materials to help clean up contaminated soils and water. Her work has yielded important findings for successful application in the fields of agriculture, solid waste management, and environmental pollution. She has received several awards from, TWAS-NSF Award for the Young Scientist, American Geophysical Union, Presidential Awards for Publications, Awards for science popularization and for postgraduate supervision by the National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka. She is a Young Affiliate of the Third World Academy of Sciences considering her contribution to science as a young scientist. She has contributed more than 80 journals Science Citation indexed articles and 20 book chapters.