Kasun Wekasinghe
- 6th Year Graduate Student
Contact Info
Lawrence
1567 Irving Hill Rd
Lawrence, KS 66045
Biography —
President, Sri Lankan Students Association at KU, 2023
President, Chemistry Graduate Student Organization (ChemGSO), 2022
Education —
Honor
Selected Publications —
Wekasinghe, K.; Castillo, S. A.; Bemis, J. R.; Teator, A. J. Keteniminium-Mediated Post-Polymerization Modification: Unlocking Emergent Properties in Polyacrylamides. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2025, 147, 21302-21307.
Selected Presentations —
News & view - Wekasinghe, K., Teator, A.J. Porphyrins pave the way to precision polymers. Nat. Synth (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00338-y
Abstract - Wekasinghe, K.,and Subramanium, S. S. (2018). Development of a digestion technique for the determination of selected heavy metals in soil and sediments. Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p160.
http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/19856
Awards & Honors —
2025 Frank B. Dains Award in Organic Chemistry
2023 Robert & Emily Williams Community Service Award
2022 Landgrebe Summer Scholar