Indika Warnakula

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  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact Info

Biography —

Hometown: Gampaha, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Interests outside lab: Indika loves to visit places, watch movies/documentaries, and read books. He is particularly interested in learning about history, so he reads and watches a lot of materials about history.

Education —

M.S. in Chemistry, Sam Houston State University, 2018, Texas
M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry, University of Peradeniya, 2016, Sri Lanka
B.Sc. in Physical Science, University of Peradeniya, 2013, Sri Lanka

Research —

Indika’s research activities include the development of a bipolar electrode-based detection system integrated into microchip electrophoresis to detect oxidative and nitrosative stress marker products with low detection limits. This project aims to combine electrochemical detection and fluorescence/ electrogenerated chemiluminescence for the detection of electrochemically oxidizable and reducible electroactive species. Further, miniaturizing the bipolar system into a mobile device for real-time analysis would be the end goal. In addition to that, computational simulation of fluidic behavior, separation, and detection inside a microchip is also a field of study for him.