A Sri Lankan woman scientist is named one of the five winners of the 2021 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World for their research in chemistry, mathematics and physics.

Senior Lecturer Imalka Munaweera of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka has been recognized in the inorganic and materials-chemistry field for her work in the area of synthetic chemistry and materials specially in fabricating different functionalized materials, nanoparticles, nanocomposite for various industrial applications.

According to Elsevier release, she is also interested in nanotechnology for drug delivery/pharmaceutical applications, agricultural applications and water purification applications.

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