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Aurora, Illinois, United States

• Coordinate activities for successful new product introductions (NPIs) from R&D development to HVM scale-up:
• Work with sales and business teams to identify new customer opportunities from major semiconductor companies such as TSMC, Samsung, Intel, Micron, Hynix, etc.
• Manage a portfolio of 20-30 NPIs by monitoring scope, schedule, risks, and resourcing
• Identify risks and plan for mitigation and contingencies for project completion
• Manage communications and coordinate activities between functional teams including sales, business development, R&D, sourcing, procurement, legal, EHS and production during product scale up from R&D to HVMBusiness.
• Design new business processes to support dynamic NPD projects with changing ERP systems and project management systems

Aurora, Illinois, United States

• Coordinated activities for successful new product introductions (NPIs)
• Worked with sales and business teams to identify new customer opportunities with high ROI
• Managed a portfolio of 10+ NPIs by monitoring scope, schedule, risks, and resourcing
• Managed communication between functional teams including R&D, sourcing, procurement, legal, EHS and production
• Identified risks, planned for mitigation and contingencies for project completion
• Drove the teams towards successful transition of multiple new products into high volume manufacturing

Aurora, Illinois

• Led a team of Research Associates/Analytical scientist supporting R&D formulation development activities, customer complaints and excursions
• Scoped and designed new analytical methods to solve complex CMP formulation problems
• Coordinated execution through planning, delegating, data compiling, reviewing, summarizing, and communicating to stakeholders
• Managed resource allocation conflicts and ensured safe laboratory practices are followed
• Worked with team members on their professional development and career growth providing constructive feedback

Aurora, Illinois

• Provided analytical support to CMP formulation scientists in mechanistic investigations of CMP slurry performance and robustness
• Designed experiments to investigate key performance parameters of CMP slurries, slurry robustness and quality
• Provided spectroscopic characterization support for raw material quality assessments
• Trained Research Associates on new methods developed
• Summarized collected data and communicated to the relevant stakeholders

• Identification of suitable substrates for the nanoparticle respiratory dose (NRD) samplers for the assesment of industrial hygeine (in collaboration with the College of Public Health, University of Iowa) using.
• Characterization of workplace airborn nanoparticulate matter collected on identified substrates using state-of-the-art microscopic techniques (HRTEM/SEM-EDX).
• Modification and optimization of the existing NIOSH methods for the analysis of metal content in the substrates as well as the nanoparticulates collected on substrates.
• Developement of microwave assisted digestion/extraction protocols for accurate and quantitative analysis of the air samplers collecting nanoparticles with the focus on TiO2 nanoparticles to comply with NIOSH/EPA.
• Evaluate high throughput quantitative analysis of NRD sampler substrates using the thin film, soil and mining mode of the Field Portable X-ray Fluorescence (FP-XRF) and validation using inductively coupled plasma –.
• Designing experiments for evaluating surface adsorption properties of engineered nanomaterials and leading undergraduate and graduate students in conducting the experiments.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

• Characterized nanomaterials (TiO2, Cu, CuO, ZnO, Fe2O3, CeO2) extensively for application and implication studies using TEM, SEM, XRD, XPS and BET.
• Evaluated absorption properties, dissolution, colloidal suspension stability, and reactivity of engineered metal oxide nanomaterials (TiO2, ZnO, CuO) using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), inductively.
• Conducted spectroscopic studies to increase the molecular understanding of liquid-nanomaterial surface interactions and adsorption properties of nanomaterials in the presence of different biological media using.
• Investigated the reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation by engineered metal oxide nanomaterials in the presence and the absence of light by benzoic acid trapping followed by HPLC analysis.
• Actively assisted in writing up grant proposals.
• Maintained laboratory safety regulations as the safety liaison and assisted in annual Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) audits.

Conduct laboratory sessions for undergraduate students.Conduct tutorial sessions for undergraduate students.Conduct analysis of industrial samples.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Chemistry, 3.92

Activities and Societies: Sri Lankan Student Association (SLSA)Organized two cultural festivals, Represented SLSA in 3 cultural diversity.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Materials Chemistry

Bsc, Chemsitry, 3.62

Activities and Societies: Secretary of the Chemical SocietyPlanned and organized the Undergraduate Chemistry Competition.

High School, Chemistry, Mathematics And Physics, 3.52

Activities and Societies: School Prefect, Arts Society, Science Society