Meththika Vithanage

Scopus Publications

Aragonite Saturation State and Coral Reefs Health Assessment in Sri Lanka
Praveen Abhishek, E. P. D. N. Thilakarathne, R. S. M. Samarasekara, Piyali Chowdhury, K. Reinurshan, Meththika Vithanage
Water Air and Soil Pollution, 2026
Emerging techniques for studying molecular structure of pollutant degradation in the environment with energy recovery via biological and chemical processes
Muhammad Kashif Shahid, Hirofumi Hara, Bandita Mainali, Meththika Suharshini Vithanage, Jun Wei Lim
Journal of Molecular Structure, 2026
Biochar as a protagonist in sustainable city: Bridging green technologies and the circular economy
Manish Kumar, Sheetal Kumari, Sashini Gunarathna, Pabasari Arundathi Koliyabandara, Sarangi Madhavi Joseph, Upamali Peiris, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, G.Y. Jayasinghe, Manvendra Patel, Meththika Vithanage
Cities, 2026
Biochar is a climate-positive green material that has proven its potential application in various sectors related to the circular economy, including waste management, wastewater treatment, global climate change mitigation, sustainable agriculture, and the construction industry. Although many hundreds of studies have explored the applications of biochar, the existing literature remains highly segregated, largely focused on isolated or specific sectoral applications due to the diverse properties. To date, no comprehensive review has conceptualized biochar as a protagonist in the circular economy of cities. An approach is urgently needed to assess how biochar can contribute holistically to sustainable city development—bridging production, utilization, and long-term urban planning for resilience. This includes examining both economic and environmental returns, establishing sustainable supply chains for scaling up biochar solutions. Since biochar has diverse properties and context-dependent applications, it is also suitable to propose a model biochar-integrated city at a pilot scale to investigate real-world problems, limitations, and transformative potential. This demonstration can serve as a blueprint for future urban sustainability planning worldwide. Thus, by highlighting biochar as a crucial component of urban resilience, this article seeks to promote the idea of a sustainable city supported by the ideas of the circular economy.
Thermodynamic Constraints on H2 Production and Habitability From Mg-Rich Serpentinites as Mars Analogs
Devan M. Nisson, Mohit Melwani Daswani, Emmy B. Hughes, Scott M. Perl, Varsha M. Nair, H. M. T. G. A. Pitawala, Sanjeewa P. K. Malaviarachchi, P. L. Dharmapriya, Meththika Vithanage, Amit Basu Sarbadhikai, Francis Rivera‐Hernández, Suniti Karunatillake
Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 2026
Serpentinization produces hydrogen and methane through abiotic water‐rock interactions, potentially supporting chemotrophic life in planetary subsurface environments. Serpentine deposits in the Martian Noachian landscapes of Nili Fossae and the Southern Highlands have been considered as potential paleo‐habitable zones. However, the geochemical and physical conditions of Martian serpentinization fluids are poorly constrained because of limited data on serpentinite composition and formation environment. Furthermore, the co‐occurrence of magnesite and magnesium‐enriched serpentines on Mars remains enigmatic. To address such gaps, we investigated antigorite‐magnesite paleo‐serpentine bodies along the Highland‐Vijayan suture of Sri Lanka as Martian analog sites, using thermodynamic batch reaction models to constrain alteration fluids and the production of primary (H 2 ) and secondary (CH 4 ) serpentinization products. Geochemist's Workbench models combined field X‐Ray Fluorescence (XRF) observations with varied protolith compositions (ultramafic or gneissic), precursor fluids (seawater or freshwater), temperatures (100–600°C), volumetric water‐to‐rock ratios (1–100,000), and CO 2 partial pressures (0.01–1 bar). Models successfully reproduced the co‐occurrence of antigorite and magnesite observed on Mars, with both minerals forming at 100°C across water‐to‐rock ratios. Despite their Mg‐enriched composition, ultramafic protoliths produced H 2 yields (up to 229 mmol/kg at W/R 1 at 100°C), supporting chemotrophic populations up to 10 7.5 cells/mL. Geochemical models indicate Mg enrichment from ultramafic mineralogy and Fe contribution from regional gneisses. Our thermodynamic equilibrium results show that Mg‐rich serpentine systems with sufficient ferrous iron can produce biologically significant H 2 , establishing Sri Lankan serpentinites as valuable analogs for Noachian Mars habitability.
Microalgae-based CuO nanoflowers and CuO/ZnO nanoflower composites for photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin antibiotic residue in water
K.S.D. Premarathna, Tung Chiong, Sie Yon Lau, Meththika Vithanage, Pau-Loke Show
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2026
Microalgae have recently been explored for the green synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles, offering a cost-effective alternative to conventional methods. Although effective for azo dye removal, their application in antibiotic degradation remains underexplored. In this study, microalgae-based CuO nanoflowers (NFs) were synthesised using Chlorella vulgaris extract and combined with ZnO to enhance the photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin (CIP). Addressing the weak charge separation of CuO, the wide bandgap of ZnO via formation of strong p-CuO/n-ZnO heterojunctions. Microalgae-based CuO NF were produced by varying the volume ratio between CuSO 4 and Chlorella vulgaris extract at 1:1 [CuO (1Cu:1MA)], 2:1 [CuO (2Cu:1MA)], and 1:2 [CuO (1Cu:2MA)] ratios. pH edges and kinetic experiments were conducted. The most effective CuO NF was combined with ZnO to form a composite, and a central composite design with response surface methodology was used to identify optimal conditions for maximum CIP degradation efficiency. CuO (2Cu:1MA) NF exhibited the highest CIP degradation at pH 7, while CuO (1Cu:1MA) and CuO (1Cu:2MA) showed optimal performance at pH 8. The superior performance of CuO (2Cu:1MA) NF was attributed to its low bandgap, high BET surface area, and abundant surface functional groups. Kinetic data followed a pseudo-second-order model. Maximum CIP degradation of 88.3% was achieved at pH 9, a catalyst dose of 1.0 g/L, and an initial CIP concentration of 10 mg/L for CuO/ZnO (2Cu:1MA) NF. After four cycles, degradation efficiency decreased by ~10%. Overall, microalgae-based CuO nanoflowers and CuO/ZnO composites show strong potential as sustainable and effective photocatalysts for mitigating antibiotic pollution. • Organic functional groups on algae-based NFs help degradation via surface adsorption • Kinetic results reveal that adsorption plays a key role in photocatalytic degradation • RSM-CCD optimisation showed that pH and initial CIP level strongly affect degradation
Synergistic As and CH4 reduction increase the sustainability of rice production
Zhao-Feng Yuan, Williamson Gustave, Meththika Vithanage, Bin He, Gang Li, Minggang Xu, Tida Ge
Soil Ecology Letters, 2026
Navigating uncertainty: an assessment of climate change risks to the marine and coastal environment of Sri Lanka
Susana Lincoln, Piyali Chowdhury, Olivia L. Harrod, Sevvandi Jayakody, Karen Vanstaen, Meththika S. Vithanage, John K. Pinnegar
Climate Risk Management, 2026
Sri Lanka is highly vulnerable to the impacts of marine climate change due to the low coastal profile, which is densely populated with many rural areas dedicated to fishing and aquaculture. Motivated by this, this study aimed to compile and analyse the available evidence and identify steps to improve climate adaptation by undertaking an assessment of marine climate change risks for Sri Lanka. The stepwise approach consisted of a comprehensive literature review and synthesis of risks, followed by appraisal, validation and scoring by expert stakeholders. Here we present a summary of key findings regarding marine climate variables (temperature, sea-level rise, ocean circulation, salinity, ocean acidification, dissolved oxygen, storminess, precipitation and wind), and risks to marine biodiversity and ecosystem services. The most important biodiversity risks identified include decreasing plankton productivity; threats to sea turtles; changes in fish communities; increasing threats to coral reefs; changes to mangrove and seagrass habitats; shoreline erosion; and increasing risk of bio-invasions. Key risks to ecosystem services include declining fisheries; damage and disruption to critical infrastructure and services; threats to tourism; and loss of protective coastal habitats. We also identified important knowledge gaps and uncertainties involving lack of climate data and evidence of impacts. Finally, we provide recommendations regarding marine monitoring and research, and options to strengthen climate policies and climate adaptation in Sri Lanka.
Recent developments in polysaccharide-based technologies for phosphorus removal and recovery from wastewater: a review
Mohamed M. Farhath, Murthi S. Kandanapitiye, Danushika C. Manatunga, Rohan S. Dassanayake, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Science Water Research and Technology, 2026
Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for the biological function of both animals and plants, and as a main constituent of industrial products, including crop fertilizers, detergents, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food, and construction materials.
Brewing plastics: OCT reveals microplastic release from nylon tea bags in simulated brewed tea infusions
Pramoda Maheshi Jayasekara, Praveen Abhishek, Bimsara Sandaruwan Kahandawala, Nisala Damith, Manura Weerasinghe, Nipun Shantha Kahatapitiya, Bhagya Nathali Silva, Shiromi Karunaratne, Ruchire Eranga Wijesinghe, Udaya Wijenayake, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Science Processes and Impacts, 2026
The integration of high-resolution optical coherence tomography with an image processing algorithm enables rapid detection and quantification of microplastics released from nylon tea bags, supporting accurate human exposure assessment.
Weathering induced surface transformation and trace metal affinities of plastic nurdles discharged from the X-Press Pearl ship accident (2021–2024)
Malith Mihiran Perera, Praveen Abhishek, Madushika Sewwandi, Hasintha Wijesekara, Meththika Vithanage
Marine Environmental Research, 2026
Modification of Bamboo Biochar With Chitosan for Efficient Removal of Ciprofloxacin From Aqueous Media
Sashini Kaveesha Gunarathna, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Anjula Sachintha Mahaliyana, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Quality Management, 2025
Exploring Biochar Impacts Through Omics Sciences: Enhancing Rhizobiome Understanding
Sahan Samuditha, Andrea Breverly Fernandez, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2025
Role and potential of biochar as a sustainable alternative reinforcing filler to carbon black in rubber composites
Laleen Karunanayake, Thusitha Etampawala, Dilusha Jayanidu de Silva, Jagath Bandara, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage
Biochar, 2025
Sugarcane biomass-derived biochar for soil quality enhancement in sugarcane-growing soil
Mayuri D. Aluthge, Asiri S. Weerasinghe, Upeksha M. Wickramasinghe, Buddhika R. Kulasekara, Lahiru M. Kumarasiri, Asitha T. Cooray, Suneth P. Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage
Carbon Research, 2025
Challenges in safe environmental applications of biochar: identifying risks and unintended consequence
Mingying Dong, Mengyuan Jiang, Lizhi He, Zirun Zhang, Williamson Gustave, Meththika Vithanage, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Bo Chen, Xiaokai Zhang, Hailong Wang, Feng He
Biochar, 2025
Synthesis, characterization, and advanced sustainable applications of copper oxide nanoparticles: a review
Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Ujala Ejaz, Meththika Vithanage, Nanthi Bolan, Kadambot H. M. Siddique
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2025
Risk Attribution for Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) with Cyanotoxin Exposure
Sanduni Bandara, Sammani De Silva, Rasika Wanigatunge, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Dhammika Magana-Arachchi
Exposure and Health, 2025
Greening up the fight against emerging contaminants: algae-based nanoparticles for water remediation
K. S. D. Premarathna, Sie Yon Lau, Tung Chiong, Pau-Loke Show, Meththika Vithanage, Man Kee Lam
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2025
The regulatory role of dissolved oxygen in N-doped biochar-driven nonradical oxidation
Hongqing Zhu, Hui Ma, Lanxin Xu, Dong Yu, Shuang Zhong, Ying Chen, Tianrong Guo, Meththika Vithanage, Chenglong Yu, Shengyan Pu
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025
Environmental forensics of the X-press pearl disaster: Uncovering the internal micro-structural transformations in marine microplastics
Pramoda Maheshi Jayasekara, Praveen Abhishek, Nipun Shantha Kahatapitiya, Manura Weerasinghe, Bimsara Sandaruwan Kahandawala, Bhagya Nathali Silva, Udaya Wijenayake, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Ruchire Eranga Wijesinghe, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2025
Optical properties and compositions of dissolved organic matter (DOM) along trophic gradients: Implications for a COD proxy in urban lakes
Xi Huang, Jincheng Xu, Yan Wang, Meththika Vithanage, Chamindra L. Vithana, Yang Wang, Danni Yuan, Siyue Li
River, 2025
Integrating stable isotopes and hydrogeochemical indices for vulnerability assessment of extensively irrigated Kala Oya basin, Sri Lanka
S. Himanujahn, H.D.N. Jayaweera, E.A.N.V. Edirisinghe, B.C.L. Athapattu, Morihiro Maeda, Rim Trabelsi, K.H. Hagagg, T. Vitvar, Iñaki Vadillo-Pérez, C. Carreon-Diazconti, Zhonghe Pang, Md. Arzoo Ansari, Paston Sidauruk, M.L. Lima, U. Saravana Kumar, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2025
Sensors for detection and monitoring of contaminants in wastewater
Manura Weerasinghe, Keshani Jayathilaka, Meththika Vithanage
Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health, 2025
Evaluating the environmental impacts of hard coastal engineering structures on groundwater salinity and salinity intrusion: Insights from the Marawila Coastal Zone, Sri Lanka
Dinusha Wijerathne, R.S.M. Samarasekara, Niranji Satanarachchi, Meththika Vithanage, H.M.A. Lakmal
Environmental Challenges, 2025
Surface water infiltration and sediment degradation shaping dissolved organic matter in groundwater related to chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology
Xianjiang Zeng, Wei He, Qiutong Shi, Sandun Sandanayake, Meththika Vithanage, Jun Yao, Huaming Guo
Journal of Hydrology, 2025
Electron transfer tuning for persulfate activation via the radical and non-radical pathways with biochar mediator
Hongqing Zhu, Hui Ma, Zhiliang Zhao, Lanxin Xu, Miao Li, Wen Liu, Bo Lai, Meththika Vithanage, Shengyan Pu
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2025
Microplastics in road dust and surrounding environment: Sources, fate and analytical approaches
K.S.D. Premarathna, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage
Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2025
Geochemical partitioning and leaching behaviour of geogenic contaminants from the partially weathered rocks in chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) endemic regions in Sri Lanka
Manura Weerasinghe, Sandun Sandanayake, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2025
Unlocking the potential of food waste chemistry for biodegradable plastics production: Recent advancements, perspectives, and life-cycle assessment
Vivek Kumar Gaur, Prachi Gaur, Andrei Telegin, Ravindra Singh Thakur, Poonam Sharma, Pallavi Gupta, Kusum Dhakar, Yashika Raheja, Janmejai Kumar Srivastava, Sunita Varjani, Jonathan W.C. Wong, How Yong Ng, Meththika Vithanage
Trends in Food Science and Technology, 2025
Preface
Plastisphere the Ecosystem of Plastics, 2025
Water-Related Traditional and Indigenous Practices: A Global Review and Case Study from Tank-Cascade Systems in Sri Lanka
S.S.K. Chandrasekara, M.P. Perera, M. Vithanage
Water Scarcity Management Enabling Technologies, 2025
Plastisphere: The Ecosystem of Plastics
Meththika Vithanage, Adil Bakir, Nicole R. Posth
Plastisphere the Ecosystem of Plastics, 2025
Underestimated Threats: Personal Care Products (PCPs) in Marine and Coastal Environments
Madhuni Madhushika Wijesooriya, Meththika Vithanage, Hasintha Wijesekara
Coastal and Marine Pollution Source to Sink Mitigation and Management, 2025
Microbiome in Atmospheric Microplastics and Microplastic Deposition on Symbiotic Organisms
Kulathi Nishshankage, Ishani Gunasekara, Meththika Vithanage
Plastisphere the Ecosystem of Plastics, 2025
Engineering Microbiosphere for Degradation of Plastics
Uvin Eksith Senadheera, Madushika Sewwandi, Jasintha Jayasanka, Meththika Vithanage
Plastisphere the Ecosystem of Plastics, 2025
Coastal and Marine Pollution: Source to Sink, Mitigation and Management
Coastal and Marine Pollution Source to Sink Mitigation and Management, 2025
Emerging Organic Contaminants in Soil Biota
Ruwandi Nilakshi, Nalin Madusanka Gunathilaka, Sahan Nishada Perera, Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha
Emerging Organic Contaminants in Soil Properties Translocation and Remediation, 2025
Plant Health Effects of Terrestrial Plastispher
Manura Weerasinghe, Randima Edussuriya, Irushi Hettige, Keshani Jayathilaka, Meththika Vithanage
Plastisphere the Ecosystem of Plastics, 2025
ESG Perspective and Biodiversity Impact of Waste-derived Biochar
Maheshika Senanayake, Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake, Jay Hyuk Rhee, Meththika Vithanage, Yong Sik Ok
Waste Derived Biochar for Sustainable Rural Revitalization, 2025
Preface
Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka A Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System, 2025
Research, Development, and Conservation Needs for Sustainable Management of Tank Cascade Systems
Nalaka Geekiyanage, M.H.J.P. Gunarathna, Manjula Ranagalage, Guttila Yugantha Jayasinghe, Muditha Prasannajith Perera, Meththika Vithanage
Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka A Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System, 2025
Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka: A Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System
Nalaka Geekiyanage, M.H.J.P. Gunarathna, Manjula Ranagalage, Guttila Yugantha Jayasinghe, Muditha Prasannajith Perera, Meththika Vithanage
Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka A Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System, 2025
Executive Summary for Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka: A Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System
Nalaka Geekiyanage, M.H.J.P. Gunarathna, Manjula Ranagalage, Guttila Yugantha Jayasinghe, Muditha Prasannajith Perera, Meththika Vithanage
Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka A Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System, 2025
Emerging contaminants in polluted waters: Harnessing Biochar's potential for effective treatment
Abhilasha Tripathi, Anusha Ekanayake, Vinay Kumar Tyagi, Meththika Vithanage, Rajesh Singh, Y.R.S. Rao
Journal of Environmental Management, 2025
Route of Microplastic Contamination to Agricultural Food
Kalani Perera, Keshani Jayathilaka, Sachini Hansika Senevirathne, Manura Weerasinghe, Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha
Microplastics Pollution A Threat to Biosphere, 2025
Microplastics Pollution: A Threat to Marine Ecosystems
Kalani Perera, Manura Weerasinghe, Ruwandi Nilakshi, Nalin Madusanka Gunathilaka, Sahan Nishada Perera, Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Rajapaksha
Microplastics Pollution A Threat to Biosphere, 2025
WITHDRAWN: Effect of microplastics on the removal of Cr(VI) from an aqueous medium using activated carbon
Wei Zhang, Peihuan Huang, Senyou Chai, Liying Zhang, Qiting Zuo, Binoy Sarkar, Libin Zhao, Xiaoqin Xiang, Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya, Meththika Vithanage, Xiang Gu, Yong Sik Ok
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025
Corrigendum to “Pandemic COVID-19 ends but soil pollution increases: Impacts and a new approach for risk assessment” [Sci. Total Environ. 890 (2023) 164070] (Science of the Total Environment (2023) 890, (S0048969723026918), (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164070))
Xiaokai Zhang, Mengyuan Jiang, Lizhi He, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Meththika Vithanage, Boling Li, Jie Wang, Hamada Abdelrahman, Vasileios Antoniadis, Jörg Rinklebe, Zhenyu Wang, Sabry M. Shaheen
Science of the Total Environment, 2024
Evaluating seasonal variation in macronutrient levels and their impact on water quality in urban coastal waters: A case study in nutrient management along the North Colombo coast of Sri Lanka
Hasitha Siriwardana, Sameera Maduranga Samarasekara, Praween Madusanka, Champa D. Jayaweera, Meththika Vithanage
Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2024
Current trends in antimicrobial activities of carbon nanostructures: potentiality and status of nanobiochar in comparison to carbon dots
Kulathi Nishshankage, Andrea Breverly Fernandez, Shiran Pallewatta, P. K. C. Buddhinie, Meththika Vithanage
Biochar, 2024
Microplastic abundance, characteristics, and heavy metal contamination in coastal environments of Western Sri Lanka
Hansika Piyumali, Madushika Sewwandi, Thilakshani Atugoda, Hasintha Wijesekara, Kushani Mahatantila, Meththika Vithanage
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 2024
New insights into the effective removal of Basic Red 46 onto activated carbon produced from pomegranate peels
Imane Akkari, Zahra Graba, Nacer Bezzi, Meththika Vithanage, Mohamed Mehdi Kaci
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2024
A review of oil spill dynamics: Statistics, impacts, countermeasures, and weathering behaviors
Oshadi Hettithanthri, Thi Bang Tuyen Nguyen, Thomas Fiedler, Chi Phan, Meththika Vithanage, Shiran Pallewatta, Thi My Linh Nguyen, Phuoc Quy An Nguyen, Nanthi Bolan
Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2024
Efficacy of anthocyanin, kaolinite and cabbage leaves-derived biochar for simultaneous removal of lead, copper and metoprolol from water
Hasan Karkoosh, Febelyn Reguyal, Meththika Vithanage, Ajit K. Sarmah
Environmental Pollution, 2024
Plasticizers: distribution and impact in aquatic and terrestrial environments
Danushika C. Manatunga, Madushika Sewwandi, Kalani Imalka Perera, Methmini Dilhara Jayarathna, Dinusha L. Peramune, Rohan S. Dassanayake, Sammani Ramanayaka, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Science Processes and Impacts, 2024
Microplastics in urban stormwater sediments and runoff: An essential component in the microplastic cycle
Madushika Sewwandi, Abhishek Kumar, Shiran Pallewatta, Meththika Vithanage
Trac Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2024
Plastics and plastic-bound toxic metals in municipal solid waste compost from Sri Lanka
K. S. D. Premarathna, N. Gayara Degamboda, B. H. R. Fernando, Sandun Sandanayake, Chaamila Pathirana, Lakmal Jayarathna, C. S. Ranasinghe, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2024
Airborne transboundary microplastics–A Swirl around the globe
Sayuri Dimanthi Peries, Madushika Sewwandi, Sandun Sandanayake, Hyun-Han Kwon, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Pollution, 2024
Uptake, translocation, and nutrient efficiency of nano-bonechar as a plant growth regulator in hydroponics and soil systems
Saher Shahid, Hina Imtiaz, Jamshaid Rashid, Ming Xu, Meththika Vithanage, Mahtab Ahmad
Environmental Research, 2024
Occurrence and abundance of microplastics and plasticizers in landfill leachate from open dumpsites in Sri Lanka
Gayathri Chamanee, Madushika Sewwandi, Hasintha Wijesekara, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Pollution, 2024
Impact of air quality on the health of present-day workers in an Asbestos roof manufacturing industry, Sri Lanka
W. B. C. P. Weerarathne, M. Sewwandi, A. C. Wijayasinghe, R. M. D. Madegedara, Meththika Vithanage, D. N. Magana-Arachchi
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2024
Bromine contamination and risk management in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
Alessandra C. Leri, Oshadi Hettithanthri, Shiv Bolan, Tao Zhang, Jason Unrine, Satish Myneni, Danielle R. Nachman, Huu Tuan Tran, Ankur J. Phillips, Deyi Hou, Yidong Wang, Meththika Vithanage, Lokesh P. Padhye, Tahereh Jasemi Zad, Anna Heitz, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, Hailong Wang, Jörg Rinklebe, M.B. Kirkham, Nanthi Bolan
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024
Irrigation impact on water quality and aquifer vulnerability in Kala Oya basin, Sri Lanka
B.C.L. Athapattu, S. Himanujahn, G.M.H.M. Muhandiram, Sandun Sandanayake, W.L.G.D. Perera, W.D.C. Bandara, E.A.N.V. Edirisinghe, Morihiro Maeda, Meththika Vithanage
Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2024
Investigating the electron-scale adsorption mechanisms using DFT calculations and experimental studies in self-assembly magnetic biochar gel incorporated with graphene nanosheets for enhanced Sb(III) removal
Hanbo Chen, Yurong Gao, Zheng Fang, Jiayi Li, Suresh C. Pillai, Hocheol Song, Chenghua Sun, Nanthi Bolan, Xing Yang, Meththika Vithanage, Shengdao Shan, Hailong Wang
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024
Measurements and analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus in oceans: Practice, frontiers, and insights
Hasitha Siriwardana, R.S.M. Samarasekara, Damsara Anthony, Meththika Vithanage
Heliyon, 2024
A review on value-addition to plastic waste towards achieving a circular economy
Manish Kumar, Sachin Krushna Bhujbal, Kirtika Kohli, Ravindra Prajapati, Brajendra K. Sharma, Ankush D. Sawarkar, Kumar Abhishek, Shiv Bolan, Pooja Ghosh, M.B. Kirkham, Lokesh P. Padhye, Ashok Pandey, Meththika Vithanage, Nanthi Bolan
Science of the Total Environment, 2024
Seasonal sensitivity of groundwater dissolved organic matter in recognition of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology: Optical and molecular perspectives
Xianjiang Zeng, Wei He, Qiutong Shi, Huaming Guo, Chen He, Quan Shi, Sandun Sandanayake, Meththika Vithanage
Science of the Total Environment, 2024
The distribution, fate, and environmental impacts of food additive nanomaterials in soil and aquatic ecosystems
Shiv Bolan, Shailja Sharma, Santanu Mukherjee, Pingfan Zhou, Jajati Mandal, Prashant Srivastava, Deyi Hou, Randima Edussuriya, Meththika Vithanage, Vi Khanh Truong, James Chapman, Qing Xu, Tao Zhang, Pramod Bandara, Hasintha Wijesekara, Jörg Rinklebe, Hailong Wang, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, M.B. Kirkham, Nanthi Bolan
Science of the Total Environment, 2024
Impacts of microplastics on terrestrial plants: A critical review
Xiaoqi Sun, Piumi Amasha Withana, Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya, Meththika Vithanage, Xiao Yang, Sang‐Ryong Lee, Michael S. Bank, Siming You, Yong Sik Ok
Land Degradation and Development, 2024
Environmental pitfalls and associated human health risks and ecological impacts from landfill leachate contaminants: Current evidence, recommended interventions and future directions
Viraj Gunarathne, Ankur J. Phillips, Alessandra Zanoletti, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Francesco Di Maria, Alberto Pivato, Ewa Korzeniewska, Elza Bontempi
Science of the Total Environment, 2024
Adsorption of common greywater pollutants and nutrients by various biochars as potential amendments for nature-based systems: Laboratory tests and molecular dynamics
Adam Sochacki, Manhattan Lebrun, Babak Minofar, Michael Pohořelý, Meththika Vithanage, Ajit K. Sarmah, Barbora Böserle Hudcová, Stanislav Buchtelík, Lukáš Trakal
Environmental Pollution, 2024
Interactions and transport of hexavalent chromium with microplastics in detergent-dissolved water
Madushika Sewwandi, Hasintha Wijesekara, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Sasimali Soysa, Nadeeshani Nanayakkara, Meththika Vithanage
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 2024
Antifungal efficacy of biogenic waste derived colloidal/nanobiochar against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides species complex
Kulathi Nishshankage, P.K.C. Buddhinie, Abdelrahman O. Ezzat, Xiaokai Zhang, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Research, 2024
Contrasting effect of pristine, ball-milled and Fe–Mn modified bone biochars on dendroremediation potential of Salix jiangsuensis “172” for cadmium- and zinc-contaminated soil
Jiang Xiao, Xiaogang Li, Xiaoping Zhang, Yini Cao, Meththika Vithanage, Nanthi Bolan, Hailong Wang, Zheke Zhong, Guangcai Chen
Environmental Pollution, 2024
Evolving Research Perspectives on Microplastic Pollution: A Focus on Sri Lanka in Comparison to the South and Southeast Asian Region
Meththika Vithanage
Ceylon Journal of Science, 2024
Biochar Filters and Its Application in Drinking Water Treatment
Kirusha Niththiyaraja, Oshadi Hettithanthri, Meththika Vithanage
Biochar Amendments for Environmental Remediation, 2024
Modified Biochars and the Applications in Water and Wastewater Treatment
Kirusha Niththiyaraja, Oshadi Hettithanthri, Meththika Vithanage
Biochar Amendments for Environmental Remediation, 2024
Biochar in Subsurface Wastewater Infiltration Systems and in Constructed Wetlands
S. Himanujahn, W.A.K.S. Fonseka, B.C.L. Athapattu, Meththika Vithanage
Biochar Amendments for Environmental Remediation, 2024
Influence of Aging and the Presence of Dissolved Organic Matter on Caffeine Adsorption onto Microplastics in Aquatic Environments
Madushika Sewwandi, Hasintha Wijesekara, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Sasimali Soysa, Meththika Vithanage
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2024
The Environmental Pressure by Open Dumpsites and Way Forward
Pabasari A. Koliyabandara, D. D. P. Preethika, Asitha T. Cooray, Sudantha S. Liyanage, Chamika Siriwardana, Meththika Vithanage
Springer Water, 2024
Enhanced vector transport of microplastics-bound lead ions in organic matter rich water
Madushika Sewwandi, Hasintha Wijesekara, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Sasimali Soysa, Nadeeshani Nanayakkara, Meththika Vithanage
International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2024
Phytoremediation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products using the constructed wetland
Swati Singh, Apeksha Pant, Kasturi Dutta, Radha Rani, Meththika Vithanage, Achlesh Daverey
Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, 2024
Advancements in Microplastic Removal Techniques and Sustainable Solutions for Plastic Reduction
Dharaneesh Arunachalam Balasubramaniam, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Digvijay Kumar, Ricky Rajamanickam, Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian
Microplastics Environmental Pollution and Degradation Process, 2024
Biochar Amendments for Environmental Remediation
P.V. Nidheesh, Meththika Vithanage, Vandana Sreedharan, Nanthi Bolan, Bin Gao, Amit Bhatnagar
Biochar Amendments for Environmental Remediation, 2024
Biochar-Assisted (Facilitated) Immobilization of Heavy Metals in Soil
Shiran Pallewatta, K.S.D. Premarathna, Anusha Ekanayake, Oshadi Hettithanthri, Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha
Biochar Amendments for Environmental Remediation, 2024
Using biochar for the treatment of continuous cropping obstacle of herbal remedies: A review
Xinyu Zhao, Evrim Elcin, Lizhi He, Meththika Vithanage, Xiaokai Zhang, Jie Wang, Shuo Wang, Yun Deng, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Sabry M. Shaheen, Hailong Wang, Zhenyu Wang
Applied Soil Ecology, 2024
Trends in marine pollution mitigation technologies: Scientometric analysis of published literature (1990-2022)
Damsara Anthony, Hasitha Siriwardana, Sanduni Ashvini, Shiran Pallewatta, Sameera Maduranga Samarasekara, Sampath Edirisinghe, Meththika Vithanage
Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2023
Influence of biochar on growth performances, yield of root and tuber crops and controlling plant-parasitic nematodes
Randima Edussuriya, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Chamila Jayasinghe, Chaamila Pathirana, Meththika Vithanage
Biochar, 2023
Garbage to Gains: The role of biochar in sustainable soil quality improvement, arsenic remediation, and crop yield enhancement
Abhishek Kumar, Mala Kumari, Uzma Azim, Meththika Vithanage, Tanushree Bhattacharya
Chemosphere, 2023
Multifaceted applications of biochar in environmental management: a bibliometric profile
Abhishek Kumar, Tanushree Bhattacharya, Wasim Akram Shaikh, Arpita Roy, Sukalyan Chakraborty, Meththika Vithanage, Jayanta Kumar Biswas
Biochar, 2023
Nanobiochar for the remediation of contaminated soil and water: challenges and opportunities
Mengyuan Jiang, Lizhi He, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Hailong Wang, Williamson Gustave, Meththika Vithanage, Kun Geng, Hua Shang, Xiaokai Zhang, Zhenyu Wang
Biochar, 2023
Role of soil organic matter on the retention and mobility of common plastic additives, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, bisphenol A and benzophenone, in soil
Sammani Ramanayaka, Meththika Vithanage, Hao Zhang, Kirk T. Semple
Environmental Research, 2023
Global perspective on microplastics in landfill leachate; Occurrence, abundance, characteristics, and environmental impact
Gayathri Chamanee, Madushika Sewwandi, Hasintha Wijesekara, Meththika Vithanage
Waste Management, 2023
Maritime disasters and pollution: X-Press Pearl maritime debacle
Meththika Vithanage, Ajith de Alwis, Ruchira Cumaranatunga, Deshai Botheju, Mona Wells
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023
Food-mediated exposure of Hofmeister ions in Oryza sativa (Rice) from selected CKDu endemic regions in Sri Lanka
Sanduni Bandara, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Anokshan Kandasamy, Oshadi Hettithanthri, Dhammika Magana-Arachchi, Rasika Wanigatunge, Chamila Jayasinghe, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2023
Tailor-made biochar-based nanocomposite for enhancing aqueous phase antibiotic removal
Wasim Akram Shaikh, Sukalyan Chakraborty, Abhishek Kumar, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Aditya Kr. Jha, Tanushree Bhattacharya, Meththika Vithanage, Sabah Ansar, Nazia Hossain
Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023
Microplastics in landfill leachate and its treatment
K. S. D. Premarathna, Sammani Ramanayaka, Thilakshani Atugoda, Madushika Sewwandi, Meththika Vithanage
Landfill Leachate Management, 2023
Pandemic COVID-19 ends but soil pollution increases: Impacts and a new approach for risk assessment
Xiaokai Zhang, Mengyuan Jiang, Lizhi He, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Meththika Vithanage, Boling Li, Jie Wang, Hamada Abdelrahman, Vasileios Antoniadis, Jörg Rinklebe, Zhenyu Wang, Sabry M. Shaheen
Science of the Total Environment, 2023
Sulfur is in the Air: Cyanolichen Marriages and Pollution
Dilantha Gunawardana, Rasika P. Wanigatunge, Jayani J. Wewalwela, Meththika Vithanage, Chandrani Wijeyaratne
Acta Biotheoretica, 2023
Molecular Linkage of Dissolved Organic Matter in Groundwater with Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease with Unknown Etiology
Xianjiang Zeng, Wei He, Huaming Guo, Chen He, Quan Shi, Qiutong Shi, Meththika Vithanage
Exposure and Health, 2023
Assessment of potential renewable energy alternatives for a typical greenhouse aquaponics in Himalayan Region of Nepal
Samvid Parajuli, Tek Narayan Bhattarai, Shiva Gorjian, Meththika Vithanage, Shukra Raj Paudel
Applied Energy, 2023
Enhanced adsorptive removal of hexavalent chromium in aqueous media using chitosan-modified biochar: Synthesis, sorption mechanism, and reusability
Harini Methma Perera, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Sudantha Liyanage, Anusha Ekanayake, Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, Achlesh Daverey, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Research, 2023
Valorization of waste biomass for biochar production and arsenic removal: A comparative assessment
Abhishek Kumar, Tanushree Bhattacharya, Meththika Vithanage
Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2023
Arsenic interaction with microplastics: Implications for soil-water-food nexus
K.S.D. Premarathna, Dinesh Mohan, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Hasintha Wijesekara, Jasintha Jayasanka, Meththika Vithanage
Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health, 2023
Reprocessed construction and demolition waste as an adsorbent: An appraisal
Shiran Pallewatta, Madara Weerasooriyagedara, Sanandam Bordoloi, Ajit K. Sarmah, Meththika Vithanage
Science of the Total Environment, 2023
Plant nanobionics: Fortifying food security via engineered plant productivity
Meththika Vithanage, Xiaokai Zhang, Viraj Gunarathne, Yi Zhu, Lasantha Herath, Kanchana Peiris, Zakaria M. Solaiman, Nanthi Bolan, Kadambot H.M. Siddique
Environmental Research, 2023
Biofilters and bioretention systems: the role of biochar in the blue-green city concept for stormwater management
K. S. D. Premarathna, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Manish Kumar, Sunita Varjani, Bede Mickan, Pau Loke Show, Sie Yon Lau, Luís A. B. Novo, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Science Water Research and Technology, 2023
Plant uptake of personal care products and biochar-assisted immobilization in soil: an appraisal
Santhirasekaram Keerthanan, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Ondřej Mašek, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2023
Enhanced Adsorption of Hexavalent Chromium from Aqueous Solution by Citric Acid-Modified Biochar from Invasive Plant Biomass
Anusha Ekanayake, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Mahtab Ahmad, Meththika Vithanage
Water Air and Soil Pollution, 2023
Hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater with a focus on Hofmeister ions and water quality status in CKDu endemic and CKDu non‒endemic areas, Sri Lanka
Sandun Sandanayake, Saranga Diyabalanage, E.A.N.V. Edirisinghe, Huaming Guo, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Pollution, 2023
Assessment of health risks associated with the consumption of wastewater-irrigated vegetables in urban areas
F. Jabeen, M. Manzoor, M. Ibrahim, A. Mahmood, M. Adrees, A. Aslam, U. Kanwal, M. Vithanage, B. Yousaf
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2023
Water Scarcity - A Concealed Phenomenon in Sri Lanka: A Mini Review
S.S.K. Chandrasekara, S. Pathmarajah, J. Obeysekera, Meththika Vithanage
ACS Es and T Water, 2023
One health: Human, animal, and environment triad
One Health Human Animal and Environment Triad, 2023
Waste in one health: Building resilient communities through sustainable waste management
Randika Jayasinghe, Pabasari Arundathi Koliyabandara, Meththika Vithanage
One Health Human Animal and Environment Triad, 2023
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) migration from water to soil-plant systems, health risks, and implications for remediation
Viraj Gunarathne, Meththika Vithanage, Jörg Rinklebe
One Health Human Animal and Environment Triad, 2023
Emergence and re-emergence of Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs): Looking at "One Health" Through the Lens of Ecology
Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Progya Mukherjee, Meththika Vithanage, Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad
One Health Human Animal and Environment Triad, 2023
The role of anthocyanin and kaolinite in modifying cabbage leaves biochar for removal of potentially toxic elements and pharmaceutical from aqueous solution
Hasan Karkoosh, Meththika Vithanage, Ajit K. Sarmah
Environmental Pollution, 2023
Modeling, challenges, and strategies for understanding impacts of climate extremes (droughts and floods) on water quality in Asia: A review
Pamela Sofia Fabian, Hyun-Han Kwon, Meththika Vithanage, Joo-Heon Lee
Environmental Research, 2023
Hydrogeochemical factors controlling the occurrence of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu)
Qiutong Shi, Zhipeng Gao, Huaming Guo, Xianjiang Zeng, Sandun Sandanayake, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2023
Microplastics in the ecosphere: Air, water, soil,and food
Microplastics in the Ecosphere Air Water Soil and Food, 2023
Plastic nurdles in marine environments due to accidental spillage
Madushika Sewwandi, Santhirasekaram Keerthanan, Kalani Imalka Perera, Meththika Vithanage
Microplastics in the Ecosphere Air Water Soil and Food, 2023
Sources and circulation of microplastics in the aerosphere-atmospheric transport of microplastics
Gobishankar Sathyamohan, Madushika Sewwandi, Balram Ambade, Meththika Vithanage
Microplastics in the Ecosphere Air Water Soil and Food, 2023
Compost-hosted microplastics-municipal solid waste compost
K.S.D. Premarathna, Sammani Ramanayaka, Ayanthi Navaratne, Hasintha Wijesekara, Jasintha Jayasanka, Meththika Vithanage
Microplastics in the Ecosphere Air Water Soil and Food, 2023
Microplastics and soil nutrient cycling
Madhuni Wijesooriya, Hasintha Wijesekara, Madushika Sewwandi, Sasimali Soysa, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Nanthi Bolan
Microplastics in the Ecosphere Air Water Soil and Food, 2023
Oil spill remediation by biochar derived from bio-energy industries with a pilot-scale approach during the X-Press Pearl maritime disaster
Shiran Pallewatta, Sameera Maduranga Samarasekara, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023
Black Carbon Emissions from Traffic Contribute Sustainability to Air Pollution in Urban Cities of India
Ali Jaan Hussain, Tapan Kumar Sankar, Meththika Vithanage, Balram Ambade, Sneha Gautam
Water Air and Soil Pollution, 2023
Nanoparticles assisted personal respiratory protection equipment: A novel industrial application of nanomaterials
Industrial Applications of Nanoparticles A Prospective Overview, 2023
Review on distribution, fate, and management of potentially toxic elements in incinerated medical wastes
Shiv Bolan, Lokesh P. Padhye, Manish Kumar, Vasileios Antoniadis, Srinidhi Sridharan, Yuanyuan Tang, Narendra Singh, Choolaka Hewawasam, Meththika Vithanage, Lal Singh, Jörg Rinklebe, Hocheol Song, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, M.B. Kirkham, Hailong Wang, Nanthi Bolan
Environmental Pollution, 2023
Preface
Medical Geology En Route to One Health, 2023
Medical geology: En route to one health
Medical Geology En Route to One Health, 2023
Geochemical provenance of metalloids and their release: Implications on medical geology
S. Keerthanan, Prosun Bhattacharya, Meththika Vithanage
Medical Geology En Route to One Health, 2023
Temperature influence on layered double hydroxide tailored corncob biochar and its application for fluoride removal in aqueous media
Oshadi Hettithanthri, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Nadeeshani Nanayakkara, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Pollution, 2023
Intake of fluoride and other Hofmeister ions from black tea consumption in CKDu prevalent areas, Sri Lanka
Randima Edussuriya, Oshadi Hettithanthri, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Chamila Jayasinghe, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023
A state-of-the-art review on cadmium uptake, toxicity, and tolerance in rice: From physiological response to remediation process
Pedda Ghouse Peera Sheikh Kulsum, Rubina Khanam, Shreya Das, Amaresh Kumar Nayak, Filip M.G. Tack, Erik Meers, Meththika Vithanage, Mohammad Shahid, Anjani Kumar, Sukalyan Chakraborty, Tanushree Bhattacharya, Jayanta Kumar Biswas
Environmental Research, 2023
Microbial engineering strategies for synthetic microplastics clean up: A review on recent approaches
Vinay Kumar, Neha Sharma, Lucky Duhan, Ritu Pasrija, Jithin Thomas, Mridul Umesh, Sivarama Krishna Lakkaboyana, Rodrigo Andler, Alisa S. Vangnai, Meththika Vithanage, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Wen Yi Chia, Pau LokeShow, Damià Barceló
Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2023
Tricks and tracks in waste management with a special focus on municipal landfill leachate: Leads and obstacles
Swayansu Sabyasachi Mohanty, Shaili Vyas, Yamini Koul, Priya Prajapati, Sunita Varjani, Jo-Shu Chang, Muhammad Bilal, Konstantinos Moustakas, Pau Loke Show, Meththika Vithanage
Science of the Total Environment, 2023
Various advanced wastewater treatment methods to remove microplastics and prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to airborne microplastics
S. Zahmatkesh, J. J. Klemeš, A. Bokhari, C. Wang, M. Sillanpaa, K. T. T. Amesho, M. Vithanage
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2023
Nanoplastic occurrence, transformation and toxicity: a review
Thilakshani Atugoda, Hansika Piyumali, Hasintha Wijesekara, Christian Sonne, Su Shiung Lam, Kushani Mahatantila, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2023
A cumulative assessment of plant growth stages and selenium supplementation on arsenic and micronutrients accumulation in rice grains
Debojyoti Moulick, Dibakar Ghosh, Jajati Mandal, Subhamoy Bhowmick, Debapriya Mondal, Shuvasish Choudhury, Subhas Chandra Santra, Meththika Vithanage, Jayanta Kumar Biswas
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023
Progress on microalgae cultivation in wastewater for bioremediation and circular bioeconomy
Azalea Dyah Maysarah Satya, Wai Yan Cheah, Sara Kazemi Yazdi, Yu-Shen Cheng, Kuan Shiong Khoo, Dai-Viet N. Vo, Xuan Dong Bui, Meththika Vithanage, Pau Loke Show
Environmental Research, 2023
Microplastics and plastics-associated contaminants in food and beverages; Global trends, concentrations, and human exposure
Madushika Sewwandi, Hasintha Wijesekara, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Sasimali Soysa, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Pollution, 2023
Maritime Accidents and Environmental Pollution - The X- Press Pearl Disaster: Causes, Consequences, and Lessons Learned
Meththika Vithanage, Ajith Priyal de Alwis, Deshai Botheju
Maritime Accidents and Environmental Pollution the X Press Pearl Disaster Causes Consequences and Lessons Learned, 2023
Overview of Salinity in Arable Soils Global Perspectives
Viraj Gunarathne, Meththika Vithanage, Jörg Rinklebe
Soil Constraints and Productivity, 2023
Mercury Toxicity: Plant Response and Tolerance
Arifin Sandhi, Abu Bakar Siddique, Meththika Vithanage
Heavy Metal Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants A Biological Omics and Genetic Engineering Approach, 2023
Management of Acid and Acid Sulfate Soils
Sonia Mayakaduwage, Chamindra L. Vithana, Luke M. Mosley, Meththika Vithanage
Soil Constraints and Productivity, 2023
Beach and Marine Microplastics: Physiochemical Removal Techniques Targeting Marine Disasters
Kalani Imalka Perera, Madushika Sewwandi, Indika Hema Kumara Wijerathna, Sujitra Vassanadumrongdee, Meththika Vithanage
Maritime Accidents and Environmental Pollution the X Press Pearl Disaster Causes Consequences and Lessons Learned, 2023
Interaction of Arsenic with Biochar in Water and Soil: Principles, Applications, and Prospects
Pabasari A. Koliyabandara, Udayagee Kumarasinghe, Danushika C. Manatunga, Randika Jayasinghe, Rohan S. Dassanayake, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Science and Engineering, 2023
Plastics, Nurdles, and Pyrogenic Microplastics in the Coastal Marine Environment: Implications of the X- Press Pearl Maritime Disaster
Madushika Sewwandi, Kalani Imalka Perera, Christopher M. Reddy, Bryan D. James, A.A.D. Amarathunga, Indika Hema Kumara Wijerathna, Meththika Vithanage
Maritime Accidents and Environmental Pollution the X Press Pearl Disaster Causes Consequences and Lessons Learned, 2023
Environmental challenges of COVID-19 pandemic: resilience and sustainability – A review
Anusha Ekanayake, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Choolaka Hewawasam, Uttpal Anand, Elza Bontempi, Sudarshan Kurwadkar, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Research, 2023
Fluoride as a global groundwater contaminant
Rakesh Kumar, Shakir Ali, Sandun Sandanayake, Md. Aminul Islam, Julian Ijumulana, Jyoti Prakash Maity, Meththika Vithanage, Maria Aurora Armienta, Prabhakar Sharma, Rajabu Hamisi, Vivian Kimambo, Prosun Bhattacharya
Inorganic Contaminants and Radionuclides, 2023
Pros and Cons of Biochar to Soil Potentially Toxic Element Mobilization and Phytoavailability: Environmental Implications
Sabry M. Shaheen, Ahmed Mosa, Natasha, Parimala Gnana Soundari Arockiam Jeyasundar, Noha E. E. Hassan, Xing Yang, Vasileios Antoniadis, Ronghua Li, Jianxu Wang, Tao Zhang, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Muhammad Shahid, Gaurav Sharma, Daniel S. Alessi, Meththika Vithanage, Zeng-Yei Hseu, Ajit K. Sarmah, Binoy Sarkar, Zengqiang Zhang, Deyi Hou, Bin Gao, Hailong Wang, Nanthi Bolan, Jörg Rinklebe
Earth Systems and Environment, 2023
Can infectious modeling be applicable globally: Lessons from COVID-19
Dhammika N. Magana-Arachchi, Rasika P. Wanigatunge, Meththika S. Vithanage
Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health, 2022
Influence of pyrolysis temperature on biochar properties and Cr(VI) adsorption from water with groundnut shell biochars: Mechanistic approach
Amita Shakya, Meththika Vithanage, Tripti Agarwal
Environmental Research, 2022
Recognizing the groundwater related to chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology by humic-like organic matter
Xianjiang Zeng, Wei He, Huaming Guo, Qiutong Shi, Yaxin Zheng, Meththika Vithanage, Jin Hur
Npj Clean Water, 2022
Arsenic removal from water and soils using pristine and modified biochars
Wei Zhang, Yoora Cho, Meththika Vithanage, Sabry M. Shaheen, Jörg Rinklebe, Daniel S. Alessi, Chia-Hung Hou, Yohey Hashimoto, Piumi Amasha Withana, Yong Sik Ok
Biochar, 2022
Meet the challenges in the “Carbon Age”
Fengchang Wu, Fangbai Li, Xiaoli Zhao, Nanthi S. Bolan, Pingqing Fu, Su Shiung Lam, Ondřej Mašek, Hwai Chyuan Ong, Bo Pan, Xueqing Qiu, Jörg Rinklebe, Daniel C. W. Tsang, Lukas Van Zwieten, Meththika Vithanage, Shaobin Wang, Baoshan Xing, Gan Zhang, Hailong Wang
Carbon Research, 2022
Omics reflection on thebacterial escape from the toxic trap of metal(loid)s: Cracking the code of contaminants stress, resistance repertoire, and remediation
Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Monojit Mondal, Vineet Kumar, Meththika Vithanage, Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, Balram Ambade, Manish Kumar
Omics for Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Systems, 2022
Contamination and distribution of buried microplastics in Sarakkuwa beach ensuing the MV X-Press Pearl maritime disaster in Sri Lankan sea
Madushika Sewwandi, A.A.D. Amarathunga, Hasintha Wijesekara, Kushani Mahatantila, Meththika Vithanage
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022
State-of-the-art of research progress on adsorptive removal of fluoride-contaminated water using biochar-based materials: Practical feasibility through reusability and column transport studies
Rakesh Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma, Wen Yang, Mika Sillanpää, Jianying Shang, Prosun Bhattacharya, Meththika Vithanage, Jyoti Prakash Maity
Environmental Research, 2022
Bioremediation of metal(loid) cocktail, struvite biosynthesis and plant growth promotion by a versatile bacterial strain Serratia sp. KUJM3: Exploiting environmental co-benefits
Monojit Mondal, Vineet Kumar, Amit Bhatnagar, Meththika Vithanage, Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, Balram Ambade, Erik Meers, Punarbasu Chaudhuri, Jayanta Kumar Biswas
Environmental Research, 2022
Essence of hydroxyapatite in defluoridation of drinking water: A review
Anushka Rathnayake, Oshadi Hettithanthri, Sandun Sandanayake, Kushani Mahatantila, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Pollution, 2022
A facile synthesis of MgAl/layered double hydroxides from aluminum wastes
Társila S. Silva, Erica P. Fernandes, Meththika Vithanage, Simoni M.P. Meneghetti, Lucas Meili
Materials Letters, 2022
Potentially Toxic Element ─Something that Means Everything Means Nothing
Xiaokai Zhang, Damià Barceló, Robert J. Clougherty, Bin Gao, Hauke Harms, Boris Tefsen, Meththika Vithanage, Hailong Wang, Zhenyu Wang, Mona Wells
Environmental Science and Technology, 2022
Phytoremediation prospects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: A review
Sonia Mayakaduwage, Anusha Ekanayake, Sudarshan Kurwadkar, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Research, 2022
Deposition of trace metals associated with atmospheric particulate matter: Environmental fate and health risk assessment
Meththika Vithanage, Pasan Chinthana Bandara, Luís A.B. Novo, Amit Kumar, Balram Ambade, G. Naveendrakumar, Manjula Ranagalage, Dhammika N. Magana-Arachchi
Chemosphere, 2022
Amino-functionalized biochars for the detoxification and removal of hexavalent chromium in aqueous media
Anusha Ekanayake, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Research, 2022
Comparison of Ambient Air Quality among Industrial and Residential Areas of a Typical South Asian City
Syeda Iram Zahra, Muhammad Javid Iqbal, Sobia Ashraf, Afifa Aslam, Muhammad Ibrahim, Muhammad Yamin, Meththika Vithanage
Atmosphere, 2022
Lead time of early warning by wastewater surveillance for COVID-19: Geographical variations and impacting factors
Manish Kumar, Guangming Jiang, Alok Kumar Thakur, Shreya Chatterjee, Tanushree Bhattacharya, Sanjeeb Mohapatra, Tushara Chaminda, Vinay Kumar Tyagi, Meththika Vithanage, Prosun Bhattacharya, Long D. Nghiem, Dibyendu Sarkar, Christian Sonne, Jürgen Mahlknecht
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022
Distribution, transformation and remediation of poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater sources
James O’Connor, Nanthi S. Bolan, Manish Kumar, Ashis Sutradhar Nitai, Mohammad Boshir Ahmed, Shiv S. Bolan, Meththika Vithanage, Jörg Rinklebe, Raj Mukhopadhyay, Prashant Srivastava, Binoy Sarkar, Amit Bhatnagar, Hailong Wang, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, M.B. Kirkham
Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2022
Nitrogen transformation in slightly polluted surface water by a novel biofilm reactor: Long-term performance and microbial population characteristics
Yinfeng Xia, Lifang Zhu, Nan Geng, Debao Lu, Cundong Xu, Piumi Amasha Withana, Meththika Vithanage, Eakalak Khan, Yong Sik Ok
Science of the Total Environment, 2022
Unprecedented marine microplastic contamination from the X-Press Pearl container vessel disaster
Madushika Sewwandi, Oshadi Hettithanthri, S.M. Egodage, A.A.D. Amarathunga, Meththika Vithanage
Science of the Total Environment, 2022
Inapt management of menstrual hygiene waste (MHW): An urgent global environmental and public health challenge in developed and developing countries
Uttpal Anand, Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Abhijit Dey, Sunita Varjani, Elza Bontempi
Heliyon, 2022
Biochar production with amelioration of microwave-assisted pyrolysis: Current scenario, drawbacks and perspectives
Vishal Hadiya, Kartik Popat, Shaili Vyas, Sunita Varjani, Meththika Vithanage, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Avelino Núñez Delgado, Yaoyu Zhou, Pau Loke Show, Muhammad Bilal, Zhien Zhang, Mika Sillanpää, Swayansu Sabyasachi Mohanty, Zeel Patel
Bioresource Technology, 2022
Retention of sulfamethoxazole by cinnamon wood biochar and its efficacy of reducing bioavailability and plant uptake in soil
S. Keerthanan, Chamila Jayasinghe, Nanthi Bolan, Jörg Rinklebe, Meththika Vithanage
Chemosphere, 2022
Colloidal biochar for enhanced adsorption of antibiotic ciprofloxacin in aqueous and synthetic hydrolyzed human urine matrices
Oshadi Hettithanthri, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, S. Keerthanan, Sammani Ramanayaka, Meththika Vithanage
Chemosphere, 2022
Geogenic and pathogenic contamination: Issues and innovation in the post-COVID-Anthropocene
Manish Kumar, Meththika Vithanage, Alicia Kyoungjin An, Karrie A. Weber, Prosun Bhattacharya
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022
Cyanotoxins uptake and accumulation in crops: Phytotoxicity and implications on human health
Chanusha Weralupitiya, Rasika P. Wanigatunge, Dilantha Gunawardana, Meththika Vithanage, Dhammika Magana-Arachchi
Toxicon, 2022
Biofilm formation and its implications on the properties and fate of microplastics in aquatic environments: A review
Prasanthi Sooriyakumar, Nanthi Bolan, Manish Kumar, Lal Singh, Ying Yu, Yang Li, Chanusha Weralupitiya, Meththika Vithanage, Sammani Ramanayaka, Binoy Sarkar, Fang Wang, Deirdre B. Gleeson, Dongke Zhang, M.B. Kirkham, Jörg Rinklebe, Kadambot H. M Siddique
Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 2022
Tackling water security: A global need of cross-cutting approaches
Manish Kumar, Petros Gikas, Keisuke Kuroda, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Environmental Management, 2022
A systematic review on adsorptive removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solutions: Recent advances
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, Ahamed Ashiq, Viraj Gunarathne, Anusha Ekanayake, V.O. Perera, Hasintha Wijesekera, Shamin Mia, Mahtab Ahmad, Meththika Vithanage, Yong Sik Ok
Science of the Total Environment, 2022
Effect of acid modified tea-waste biochar on crop productivity of red onion (Allium cepa L.)
Chathuri Peiris, Pathum D. Wathudura, Sameera R. Gunatilake, Bandara Gajanayake, Jayani J. Wewalwela, Sachith Abeysundara, Meththika Vithanage
Chemosphere, 2022
Harnessing biofertilizer from human urine via chemogenic and biogenic routes: Synthesis, characterization and agronomic application
Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Monojit Mondal, Dhrubajyoti Majumdar, Amit Bhatnagar, Binoy Sarkar, Meththika Vithanage, Erik Meers, Filip M.G. Tack, Deepak Pant, Ramesh Goel
Environmental Technology and Innovation, 2022
Treatment processes to eliminate potential environmental hazards and restore agronomic value of sewage sludge: A review
Son A. Hoang, Nanthi Bolan, A.M.P. Madhubashani, Meththika Vithanage, Vishma Perera, Hasintha Wijesekara, Hailong Wang, Prashant Srivastava, M.B. Kirkham, Bede S. Mickan, Jörg Rinklebe, Kadambot H.M. Siddique
Environmental Pollution, 2022
Progress and prospects in mitigation of landfill leachate pollution: Risk, pollution potential, treatment and challenges
Prabuddhi Wijekoon, Pabasari Arundathi Koliyabandara, Asitha T. Cooray, Su Shiung Lam, Bandunee C.L. Athapattu, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022
Potential of zeolite as an adsorbent for the removal of trace metal(loids) in wastewater
S. Keerthanan, Meththika Vithanage
Advanced Materials for Sustainable Environmental Remediation Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments, 2022
Plant Uptake of Pesticide Residues from Agricultural Soils
Sandun Sandanayake, Oshadi Hettithanthri, P. K. C. Buddhinie, Meththika Vithanage
Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 2022
Adsorptive removal of fluoride using biochar – A potential application in drinking water treatment
Mohini Sadhu, Prosun Bhattacharya, Meththika Vithanage, Pamidimukkala Padmaja Sudhakar
Separation and Purification Technology, 2022
Ecological Effects of Chemical Contaminants Adsorbed to Microplastics
Sammani Ramanayaka, Oshadi Hettithanthri, Sandun Sandanayake, Meththika Vithanage
Handbook of Microplastics in the Environment, 2022
Fundamentals and applications of layered double hydroxides for fluoride removal
Oshadi Hettithanthri, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Nadeeshani Nanayakkara, Meththika Vithanage
Novel Materials for Environmental Remediation Applications Adsorption and Beyond, 2022
Surface interactions of oxytetracycline on municipal solid waste-derived biochar–montmorillonite composite
Madara Weerasooriyagedara, Ahamed Ashiq, Sameera R Gunatilake, Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis, Meththika Vithanage
Sustainable Environment, 2022
Omics in Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Randika Jayasinghe, Pabasari A. Koliyabandara, Choolaka Hewawasam, D. J. Jayasanka, Meththika Vithanage
Omics Insights in Environmental Bioremediation, 2022
Fate and Behavior of Microplastics in Freshwater Systems
Thilakshani Atugoda, Hansika Piyumali, Sureka Liyanage, Kushani Mahatantila, Meththika Vithanage
Handbook of Microplastics in the Environment, 2022
Hydroxyapatite for environmental remediation of water/wastewater
Pabasari Arundathi Koliyabandara, Oshadi Hettithanthri, Anushka Rathnayake, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Nadeeshani Nanayakkara, Meththika Vithanage
Integrated Environmental Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Sustainable Development, 2022
Vector transport of microplastics bound potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in water systems
M. Sewwandi, K.S.D. Premarathne, H. Wijesekara, A.U. Rajapaksha, S. Soysa, M. Vithanage
Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, 2022
Biological Treatment of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals(EDCs)
Madushika Sewwandi, Hasintha Wijesekara, Sasimali Soysa, Viraj Gunarathne, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage
Biotechnology for Environmental Protection, 2022
Nature-inspired ecotechnological approaches toward recycling and recovery of resources from wastewater
Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Monojit Mondal, Vineet Kumar, Amit Bhatnagar, Soma Biswas, Meththika Vithanage
Integrated Environmental Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Sustainable Development, 2022
Influence of biochar on soil biology in the charosphere
Chanusha Weralupitiya, Viraj Gunarathne, S. Keerthanan, Jörg Rinklebe, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Jasintha Jayasanka, Meththika Vithanage
Biochar in Agriculture for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals, 2022
Hydrometallurgical processes for heavy metals recovery from industrial sludges
Viraj Gunarathne, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Daniel S. Alessi, Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, Mu. Naushad, Siming You, Patryk Oleszczuk, Yong Sik Ok
Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2022
Phytoremediation of soils contaminated with poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Nanthi Bolan, M.B. Kirkham, Vishma Perera, Sonia Mayakaduwage, Anusha Ekanayake, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Hasintha Wijesekara, Prashant Srivastava, Meththika Vithanage
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering Advances in Phytoremediation Technology, 2022
Enhanced removal of ammonium from water using sulfonated reed waste biochar-A lab-scale investigation
Ming Zhang, Ruyi Sun, Ge Song, Lijun Wu, Hui Ye, Liheng Xu, Sanjai J. Parikh, Tuan Nguyen, Eakalak Khan, Meththika Vithanage, Yong Sik Ok
Environmental Pollution, 2022
Generating alternative fuel and bioplastics from medical plastic waste and waste frying oil using microwave co-pyrolysis combined with microbial fermentation
Wan Adibah Wan Mahari, Seng Hon Kee, Shin Ying Foong, Tan Suet May Amelia, Kesaven Bhubalan, Mustafa Man, YaFeng Yang, Hwai Chyuan Ong, Meththika Vithanage, Su Shiung Lam, Christian Sonne
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022
Antimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review
Nanthi Bolan, Manish Kumar, Ekta Singh, Aman Kumar, Lal Singh, Sunil Kumar, S. Keerthanan, Son A. Hoang, Ali El-Naggar, Meththika Vithanage, Binoy Sarkar, Hasintha Wijesekara, Saranga Diyabalanage, Prasanthi Sooriyakumar, Ajayan Vinu, Hailong Wang, M.B. Kirkham, Sabry M. Shaheen, Jörg Rinklebe, Kadambot H.M. Siddique
Environment International, 2022
Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage
Nanthi Bolan, Son A. Hoang, Jingzi Beiyuan, Souradeep Gupta, Deyi Hou, Ajay Karakoti, Stephen Joseph, Sungyup Jung, Ki-Hyun Kim, M.B. Kirkham, Harn Wei Kua, Manish Kumar, Eilhann E. Kwon, Yong Sik Ok, Vishma Perera, Jörg Rinklebe, Sabry M. Shaheen, Binoy Sarkar, Ajit K. Sarmah, Bhupinder Pal Singh, Gurwinder Singh, Daniel C. W. Tsang, Kumar Vikrant, Meththika Vithanage, Ajayan Vinu, Hailong Wang, Hasintha Wijesekara, Yubo Yan, Sherif A. Younis, Lukas Van Zwieten
International Materials Reviews, 2022
Compost as a carrier for microplastics and plastic-bound toxic metals into agroecosystems
Meththika Vithanage, Sammani Ramanayaka, Sandeep Hasinthara, Ayanthi Navaratne
Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health, 2021
Multiphase Volatilization of Halogens at the Soil-Atmosphere Interface on Mars
Xiyu Wang, Yu‐Yan Sara Zhao, Don R. Hood, Suniti Karunatillake, Dara Laczniak, Mariek E. Schmidt, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 2021
Animal carcass burial management: implications for sustainable biochar use
Meththika Vithanage, S. S. Mayakaduwage, Viraj Gunarathne, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Mahtab Ahmad, Adel Abduljabbar, Adel Usman, Mohammad I. Al-Wabel, James A. Ippolito, Yong Sik Ok
Applied Biological Chemistry, 2021
Progress in bioremediation of pesticide residues in the environment
Balendu Shekher Giri, Sachin Geed, Kumar Vikrant, Sang Soo Lee, Ki-Hyun Kim, Suresh Kumar Kailasa, Meththika Vithanage, Preeti Chaturvedi, Birendra Nath Rai, Ram Sharan Singh
Environmental Engineering Research, 2021
From mine to mind and mobiles – Lithium contamination and its risk management
Nanthi Bolan, Son A. Hoang, Mohsin Tanveer, Lei Wang, Shiv Bolan, Prasanthi Sooriyakumar, Brett Robinson, Hasintha Wijesekara, Madhuni Wijesooriya, S. Keerthanan, Meththika Vithanage, Bernd Markert, Stefan Fränzle, Simone Wünschmann, Binoy Sarkar, Ajayan Vinu, M.B. Kirkham, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, Jörg Rinklebe
Environmental Pollution, 2021
Risk factors for endemic chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Sri Lanka: Retrospect of water security in the dry zone
Oshadi Hettithanthri, Sandun Sandanayake, Dhammika Magana-Arachchi, Rasika Wanigatunge, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Xianjiang Zeng, Qiutong Shi, Huaming Guo, Meththika Vithanage
Science of the Total Environment, 2021
Propensity and appraisal of biochar performance in removal of oil spills: A comprehensive review
A.M.P. Madhubashani, Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis, B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, P.B. Terney Pradeep Kumara, Konstantinos S. Triantafyllidis, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Pollution, 2021
Indoor particulate matter in urban households: Sources, pathways, characteristics, health effects, and exposure mitigation
Ling Zhang, Changjin Ou, Dhammika Magana-Arachchi, Meththika Vithanage, Kanth Swaroop Vanka, Thava Palanisami, Kanaji Masakorala, Hasintha Wijesekara, Yubo Yan, Nanthi Bolan, M. B. Kirkham
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Remediation of soils and sediments polluted with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: To immobilize, mobilize, or degrade?
Manish Kumar, Nanthi S. Bolan, Son A. Hoang, Ankush D. Sawarkar, Tahereh Jasemizad, Bowen Gao, S. Keerthanan, Lokesh P. Padhye, Lal Singh, Sunil Kumar, Meththika Vithanage, Yang Li, Ming Zhang, M.B. Kirkham, Ajayan Vinu, Jörg Rinklebe
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021
Mechanistic interaction of ciprofloxacin on zeolite modified seaweed (Sargassum crassifolium) derived biochar: Kinetics, isotherm and thermodynamics
Thilakshani Atugoda, Chaminda Gunawardane, Mahtab Ahmad, Meththika Vithanage
Chemosphere, 2021
Distribution, behaviour, bioavailability and remediation of poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in solid biowastes and biowaste-treated soil
Nanthi Bolan, Binoy Sarkar, Meththika Vithanage, Gurwinder Singh, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Raj Mukhopadhyay, Kavitha Ramadass, Ajayan Vinu, Yuqing Sun, Sammani Ramanayaka, Son A. Hoang, Yubo Yan, Yang Li, Jörg Rinklebe, Hui Li, M.B. Kirkham
Environment International, 2021
Co-hydrothermal carbonization of swine and chicken manure: Influence of cross-interaction on hydrochar and liquid characteristics
Qingyin Li, Shu Zhang, Mortaza Gholizadeh, Xun Hu, Xiangzhou Yuan, Binoy Sarkar, Meththika Vithanage, Ondřej Mašek, Yong Sik Ok
Science of the Total Environment, 2021
Mitigation of petroleum-hydrocarbon-contaminated hazardous soils using organic amendments: A review
Son A. Hoang, Binoy Sarkar, Balaji Seshadri, Dane Lamb, Hasintha Wijesekara, Meththika Vithanage, Chathuri Liyanage, Pabasari A. Kolivabandara, Jörg Rinklebe, Su Shiung Lam, Ajayan Vinu, Hailong Wang, M.B. Kirkham, Nanthi S. Bolan
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021
Functionalizing non-smectic clay via methoxy-modification for enhanced removal and recovery of oxytetracycline from aqueous media
Ahmed Ashiq, Janitha Walpita, Meththika Vithanage
Chemosphere, 2021
Anammox bacteria in treating ammonium rich wastewater: Recent perspective and appraisal
Chanusha Weralupitiya, Rasika Wanigatunge, Sarangi Joseph, Bandunee C.L. Athapattu, Tae-Ho Lee, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Maneesha P. Ginige, Su Shiung Lam, P. Senthil Kumar, Meththika Vithanage
Bioresource Technology, 2021
Trace metals in the atmospheric deposition and gaseous emissions around Karadiyana municipal solid waste Dumpsite, Sri Lanka
Savini de Silva, Prabuddhi Wijekoon, Meththika Vithanage
Mercon 2021 7th International Multidisciplinary Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference Proceedings, 2021
Preparation and characterization of dendro biochar-hydroxyapatite composite: A potential material for defluoridation
Anushka Rathnayake, Oshadi Hettithanthri, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage
Mercon 2021 7th International Multidisciplinary Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference Proceedings, 2021
Lability and bioavailability of toxic heavy metals in Ratnapura district gem sediments, Sri Lanka
Sandun Sandanayake, Saranga Diyabalanage, Hasintha Wijesekara, Meththika Vithanage
Mercon 2021 7th International Multidisciplinary Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference Proceedings, 2021
Biochar-based barricade and wetland as an integrated landfill leachate treatment system
Kusalvin Dabare, Prabuddhi Wijekoon, Asitha Cooray, B.C.L. Athapattu, Meththika Vithanage
Mercon 2021 7th International Multidisciplinary Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference Proceedings, 2021
Effect of traffic congestion and vegetation on airborne bacteria in a city of a developing country
Ruvini Wathsala Kumari Amarasekara, Meththika Vithanage, Preminda Samaraweera, Ashantha Goonetilleke, Dhammika Nayoma Magana-Arachchi
Air Quality Atmosphere and Health, 2021
A critical review on biochar-based engineered hierarchical porous carbon for capacitive charge storage
Dinh Viet Cuong, Babasaheb M. Matsagar, Mengshan Lee, Md. Shahriar A. Hossain, Yusuke Yamauchi, Meththika Vithanage, Binoy Sarkar, Yong Sik Ok, Kevin C.-W. Wu, Chia-Hung Hou
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021
Ethylbenzene and toluene interactions with biochar from municipal solid waste in single and dual systems
Yohan Jayawardhana, S. Keerthanan, Su Shiung Lam, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Research, 2021
Carbon-based adsorbents for fluoroquinolone removal from water and wastewater: A critical review
Ahmed Ashiq, Meththika Vithanage, Binoy Sarkar, Manish Kumar, Amit Bhatnagar, Eakalak Khan, Yunfei Xi, Yong Sik Ok
Environmental Research, 2021
Weathering of microplastics and interaction with other coexisting constituents in terrestrial and aquatic environments
Jiajun Duan, Nanthi Bolan, Yang Li, Shiyuan Ding, Thilakshani Atugoda, Meththika Vithanage, Binoy Sarkar, Daniel C.W. Tsang, M.B. Kirkham
Water Research, 2021
Abstraction of nitrates and phosphates from water by sawdust- and rice husk-derived biochars: Their potential as N- and P-loaded fertilizer for plant productivity in nutrient deficient soil
Iqra Fatima, Mahtab Ahmad, Meththika Vithanage, Sajid Iqbal
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2021
Carbon sequestration value of biosolids applied to soil: A global meta-analysis
Hasintha Wijesekara, Kim Colyvas, Paul Rippon, Son A. Hoang, Nanthi S. Bolan, Madhab Chandra Manna, Ramesh Thangavel, Balaji Seshadri, Meththika Vithanage, Yasser M. Awad, Aravind Surapaneni, Christopher Saint, Guanglong Tian, Silvana Torri, Yong Sik Ok, M.B. Kirkham
Journal of Environmental Management, 2021
Biomass valorization and phytoremediation as integrated Technology for Municipal Solid Waste Management for developing economic context
Prabuddhi Wijekoon, Chathuranga Wickramasinghe, B. C. L. Athapattu, Mahinsasa Narayana, Ajith de Alwis, Meththika Vithanage
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2021
A review on water governance in Sri Lanka: The lessons learnt for future water policy formulation
S. S. K. Chandrasekara, S. K. Chandrasekara, P. H. Sarath Gamini, J. Obeysekera, H. Manthrithilake, Hyun-Han Kwon, Meththika Vithanage
Water Policy, 2021
Computational and experimental assessment of pH and specific ions on the solute solvent interactions of clay-biochar composites towards tetracycline adsorption: Implications on wastewater treatment
Priyakshree Borthakur, Meysam Aryafard, Zeenat Zara, Řeha David, Babak Minofar, Manash R. Das, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Environmental Management, 2021
Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport
Thilakshani Atugoda, Meththika Vithanage, Hasintha Wijesekara, Nanthi Bolan, Ajit K. Sarmah, Michael S. Bank, Siming You, Yong Sik Ok
Environment International, 2021
Drought in south asia: A review of drought assessment and prediction in south asian countries
Sewwandhi S.K. Chandrasekara, Hyun-Han Kwon, Meththika Vithanage, Jayantha Obeysekera, Tae-Woong Kim
Atmosphere, 2021
Immobilization and retention of caffeine in soil amended with Ulva reticulata biochar
S. Keerthanan, Chaminda Gunawardane, Thiruchenduran Somasundaram, Tharuka Jayampathi, Chamila Jayasinghe, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Environmental Management, 2021
Efficacy of agricultural waste derived biochar for arsenic removal: Tackling water quality in the Indo-Gangetic plain
Santanu Mukherjee, Alok Kumar Thakur, Ritusmita Goswami, Payal Mazumder, Kaling Taki, Meththika Vithanage, Manish Kumar
Journal of Environmental Management, 2021
Seven 21st century challenges of arsenic-fluoride contamination and remediation
Jyoti Prakash Maity, Meththika Vithanage, Manish Kumar, Ashok Ghosh, Dinesh Mohan, Arslan Ahmad, Prosun Bhattacharya
Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2021
Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in the environment: Plant uptake, translocation, bioaccumulation, and human health risks
S. Keerthanan, Chamila Jayasinghe, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Meththika Vithanage
Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2021
Biochar amalgamation with clay: Enhanced performance for environmental remediation
Thilakshani Atugoda, Ahmed Ashiq, S. Keerthanan, Prabuddhi Wijekoon, Sammani Ramanayaka, et al.
Advances in Chemical Pollution Environmental Management and Protection, 2021
Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Drinking Water from Deep Confined Aquifer in Wanathawilluwa
A. C. Galhenage, E. G. S. S. Kumari, A. M. L. U. Kumara, T. W. L. R. Thalgaspitiya, V. Edirisinghe, M. Vithanage, B. C. L. Athapattu
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2021
Macro, colloidal and nanobiochar for oxytetracycline removal in synthetic hydrolyzed human urine
Sammani Ramanayaka, Manish Kumar, Thusitha Etampawala, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Pollution, 2020
Biochar based sorptive remediation of steroidal estrogen contaminated aqueous systems: A critical review
Chathuri Peiris, Samadhi Nawalage, Jayani J. Wewalwela, Sameera R. Gunatilake, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Research, 2020
Making Waves Perspectives of Modelling and Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in Aquatic Environment for COVID-19 Pandemic
Manish Kumar, Sanjeeb Mohapatra, Payal Mazumder, Ashwin Singh, Ryo Honda, Chuxia Lin, Rina Kumari, Ritusmita Goswami, Pawan Kumar Jha, Meththika Vithanage, Keisuke Kuroda
Current Pollution Reports, 2020
Microbe mediated immobilization of arsenic in the rice rhizosphere after incorporation of silica impregnated biochar composites
Indika Herath, Fang-Jie Zhao, Jochen Bundschuh, Peng Wang, Jing Wang, Yong Sik Ok, Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020
Nanobiochar: Production, properties, and multifunctional applications
Sammani Ramanayaka, Meththika Vithanage, Daniel S. Alessi, Wu-Jun Liu, Anil C. A. Jayasundera, Yong Sik Ok
Environmental Science Nano, 2020
Frontier review on the propensity and repercussion of SARS-CoV-2 migration to aquatic environment
Manish Kumar, Alok Kumar Thakur, Payal Mazumder, Keisuke Kuroda, Sanjeeb Mohapatra, Jörg Rinklebe, Al. Ramanathan, Zeynep Cetecioglu, Sharad Jain, Vinay Kumar Tyagi, Petros Gikas, Sudip Chakraborty, M. Tahmidul Islam, Arslan Ahmad, Anil V. Shah, Arbind Kumar Patel, Toru Watanabe, Meththika Vithanage, Kyle Bibby, Masaaki Kitajima, Prosun Bhattacharya
Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 2020
Caffeine removal by Gliricidia sepium biochar: Influence of pyrolysis temperature and physicochemical properties
S. Keerthanan, Suranga M. Rajapaksha, Lukáš Trakal, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Research, 2020
Implications of layered double hydroxides assembled biochar composite in adsorptive removal of contaminants: Current status and future perspectives
Meththika Vithanage, Ahmed Ashiq, Sammani Ramanayaka, Amit Bhatnagar
Science of the Total Environment, 2020
Anammox, biochar column and subsurface constructed wetland as an integrated system for treating municipal solid waste derived landfill leachate from an open dumpsite
S.M.R. Joseph, Prabuddhi Wijekoon, B. Dilsharan, N.D. Punchihewa, B.C.L. Athapattu, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Research, 2020
A review on design, material selection, mechanism, and modelling of permeable reactive barrier for community-scale groundwater treatment
Alok Kumar Thakur, Meththika Vithanage, Diganta Bhusan Das, Manish Kumar
Environmental Technology and Innovation, 2020
Engineered tea-waste biochar for the removal of caffeine, a model compound in pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), from aqueous media
S. Keerthanan, Amit Bhatnagar, Kushani Mahatantila, Chamila Jayasinghe, Yong Sik Ok, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Technology and Innovation, 2020
Adsorptive interaction of antibiotic ciprofloxacin on polyethylene microplastics: Implications for vector transport in water
Thilakshani Atugoda, Hasintha Wijesekara, D.R.I.B. Werellagama, K.B.S.N. Jinadasa, Nanthi S. Bolan, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Technology and Innovation, 2020
Phytoremediation of fluoride from the environmental matrices: A review on its application strategies
Madara Weerasooriyagedara, Ahmed Ashiq, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Rasika P. Wanigathunge, Tripti Agarwal, Dhammika Magana-Arachchi, Meththika Vithanage
Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2020
Reclamation of salt-affected soils
Soil and Groundwater Remediation Technologies A Practical Guide, 2020
Green synthesis of graphitic nanobiochar for the removal of emerging contaminants in aqueous media
Sammani Ramanayaka, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Deyi Hou, Yong Sik Ok, Meththika Vithanage
Science of the Total Environment, 2020
Potential of biochar and organic amendments for reclamation of coastal acidic-salt affected soil
Viraj Gunarathne, Athula Senadeera, Udaya Gunarathne, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Yaser A. Almaroai, Meththika Vithanage
Biochar, 2020
Halloysite nanoclay supported adsorptive removal of oxytetracycline antibiotic from aqueous media
Sammani Ramanayaka, Binoy Sarkar, Asitha T. Cooray, Yong Sik Ok, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020
Clay–polymer nanocomposites: Progress and challenges for use in sustainable water treatment
Raj Mukhopadhyay, Debarati Bhaduri, Binoy Sarkar, Ruhaida Rusmin, Deyi Hou, Rubina Khanam, Subhas Sarkar, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Meththika Vithanage, Amit Bhatnagar, Yong Sik Ok
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020
Biochar-mediated soils for efficient use of agrochemicals
Ahamed Ashiq, Meththika Vithanage
Agrochemicals Detection Treatment and Remediation Pesticides and Chemical Fertilizers, 2020
Vector transport of antibiotics by microplastics in water
Sustainable Waste Management Workshop Microplastics in the Environment 2020, 2020
Role of antibiotic bound microplastics on pathogenic microbes: A in Vitro antimicrobial assay by well-diffusion technique
Sustainable Waste Management Workshop Microplastics in the Environment 2020, 2020
Sorption and desorption of agro-pesticides in soils
Binoy Sarkar, Raj Mukhopadhyay, Asit Mandal, Sanchita Mandal, Meththika Vithanage, Jayanta Kumar Biswas
Agrochemicals Detection Treatment and Remediation Pesticides and Chemical Fertilizers, 2020
Impact of agrochemicals on soil health
Asit Mandal, Binoy Sarkar, Sanchita Mandal, Meththika Vithanage, Ashok K Patra, Madhab C Manna
Agrochemicals Detection Treatment and Remediation Pesticides and Chemical Fertilizers, 2020
Microwave and open vessel digestion methods for biochar
Pathum D. Wathudura, Chathuri Peiris, Chanaka M. Navarathna, Todd E. Mlsna, M.N. Kaumal, Meththika Vithanage, Sameera R. Gunatilake
Chemosphere, 2020
Exploration of an extracellular polymeric substance from earthworm gut bacterium (Bacillus licheniformis) for bioflocculation and heavy metal removal potential
Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Anurupa Banerjee, Binoy Sarkar, Dibyendu Sarkar, Santosh Kumar Sarkar, Mahendra Rai, Meththika Vithanage
Applied Sciences Switzerland, 2020
Heavy metal dissolution mechanisms from electrical industrial sludge
Viraj Gunarathne, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Nadeesh Adassooriya, Asitha Cooray, Sudantha Liyanage, Bandunee Athapattu, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana, Deyi Hou, Daniel S. Alessi, Yong Sik Ok
Science of the Total Environment, 2019
Technological innovation for soil/sediment remediation
Binoy Sarkar, Daniel C. W. Tsang, Hocheol Song, Shiming Ding, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2019
Influence of soil water content and soil amendments on trace metal release and seedling growth in serpentine soil
Viraj Gunarathne, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Udaya Gunarathne, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Zach A. Raposo, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2019
Sorption process of municipal solid waste biochar-montmorillonite composite for ciprofloxacin removal in aqueous media
Ahmed Ashiq, Binoy Sarkar, Nadeesh Adassooriya, Janitha Walpita, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Yong Sik Ok, Meththika Vithanage
Chemosphere, 2019
Hexavalent chromium removal from water by microalgal-based materials: Adsorption, desorption and recovery studies
Ehsan Daneshvar, Mohammad Javad Zarrinmehr, Masoud Kousha, Atefeh Malekzadeh Hashtjin, Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale, Abhijit Maiti, Meththika Vithanage, Amit Bhatnagar
Bioresource Technology, 2019
Floating duckweed mitigated ammonia volatilization and increased grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency of rice in biochar amended paddy soils
Haijun Sun, Dan A, Yanfang Feng, Meththika Vithanage, Sanchita Mandal, Sabry M. Shaheen, Jörg Rinklebe, Weiming Shi, Hailong Wang
Chemosphere, 2019
Occurrence and cycling of trace elements in ultramafic soils and their impacts on human health: A critical review
Meththika Vithanage, Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Christopher Oze, Suniti Karunatilake, Mihiri Seneviratne, Zeng-Yei Hseu, Viraj Gunarathne, Maheshi Dassanayake, Yong Sik Ok, Jörg Rinklebe
Environment International, 2019
Modification of biochar properties using CO2
Youkwan Kim, Jeong-Ik Oh, Meththika Vithanage, Young-Kwon Park, Jechan Lee, Eilhann E. Kwon
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019
Biochar-based engineered composites for sorptive decontamination of water: A review
K.S.D. Premarathna, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Binoy Sarkar, Eilhann E. Kwon, Amit Bhatnagar, Yong Sik Ok, Meththika Vithanage
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019
Biochar from municipal solid waste for resource recovery and pollution remediation
Viraj Gunarathne, Ahamed Ashiq, Sammani Ramanayaka, Prabuddhi Wijekoon, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2019
South Asian perspective on temperature and rainfall extremes: A review
G. Naveendrakumar, Meththika Vithanage, Hyun-Han Kwon, S.S.K. Chandrasekara, M.C.M. Iqbal, S. Pathmarajah, W.C.D.K. Fernando, Jayantha Obeysekera
Atmospheric Research, 2019
Mechanistic understanding of crystal violet dye sorption by woody biochar: implications for wastewater treatment
Awanthi Wathukarage, Indika Herath, M. C. M. Iqbal, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2019
Municipal solid waste-derived biochar for the removal of benzene from landfill leachate
Yohan Jayawardhana, S. S. Mayakaduwa, Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Sewwandi Gamage, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2019
Heavy metal-induced oxidative stress on seed germination and seedling development: a critical review
Mihiri Seneviratne, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Muhammad Rizwan, H. M. S. P. Madawala, Yong Sik Ok, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2019
Potential toxicity of trace elements and nanomaterials to Chinese cabbage in arsenic- and lead-contaminated soil amended with biochars
Yasser Mahmoud Awad, Meththika Vithanage, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Muhammad Rizwan, Jörg Rinklebe, Jae E. Yang, Yong Sik Ok, Sang Soo Lee
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2019
Correction to: Potential toxicity of trace elements and nanomaterials to Chinese cabbage in arsenic- and lead-contaminated soil amended with biochars (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, (2019), 41, 4, (1777-1791), 10.1007/s10653-017-9989-3)
Yasser Mahmoud Awad, Meththika Vithanage, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Muhammad Rizwan, Jörg Rinklebe, Jae E. Yang, Yong Sik Ok, Sang Soo Lee
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2019
Correction to: Heavy metal-induced oxidative stress on seed germination and seedling development: a critical review (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, (2017), 10.1007/s10653-017-0005-8)
Mihiri Seneviratne, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Muhammad Rizwan, H. M. S. P. Madawala, Yong Sik Ok, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2019
Biochar versus bone char for a sustainable inorganic arsenic mitigation in water: What needs to be done in future research?
Susan S.A. Alkurdi, Indika Herath, Jochen Bundschuh, Raed A. Al-Juboori, Meththika Vithanage, Dinesh Mohan
Environment International, 2019
Soil lead immobilization by biochars in short-term laboratory incubation studies
Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana, Eilhann E. Kwon, Meththika Vithanage, Jörg Rinklebe, Deok Hyun Moon, Erik Meers, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Yong Sik Ok
Environment International, 2019
A critical prospective analysis of the potential toxicity of trace element regulation limits in soils worldwide: Are they protective concerning health risk assessment? - A review
Vasileios Antoniadis, Sabry M. Shaheen, Efi Levizou, Muhammad Shahid, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Meththika Vithanage, Yong Sik Ok, Nanthi Bolan, Jörg Rinklebe
Environment International, 2019
Sorptive removal of toluene and m-xylene by municipal solid waste biochar: Simultaneous municipal solid waste management and remediation of volatile organic compounds
Yohan Jayawardhana, Sameera R. Gunatilake, Kushani Mahatantila, Maneesha P. Ginige, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Environmental Management, 2019
Clay-biochar composites for sorptive removal of tetracycline antibiotic in aqueous media
K.S.D. Premarathna, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Nadeesh Adassoriya, Binoy Sarkar, Narayana M.S. Sirimuthu, Asitha Cooray, Yong Sik Ok, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Environmental Management, 2019
Municipal solid waste biochar-bentonite composite for the removal of antibiotic ciprofloxacin from aqueous media
Ahmed Ashiq, Nadeesh M. Adassooriya, Binoy Sarkar, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Yong Sik Ok, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Environmental Management, 2019
Invited Talk: Biochar As a Support for Triumphing Sustainable Development Goals
Engineering Sustainable Development 2019, 2019
Electronic waste management and treatment technology
Electronic Waste Management and Treatment Technology, 2019
E-waste as a challenge for public and ecosystem health
Lakshika Weerasundara, Kushani Mahatantila, Meththika Vithanage
Handbook of Electronic Waste Management International Best Practices and Case Studies, 2019
Handbook of electronic waste management: International best practices and case studies
Handbook of Electronic Waste Management International Best Practices and Case Studies, 2019
Urban mining of E-waste: Treasure hunting for precious nanometals
Sammani Ramanayaka, Santhirasekaram Keerthanan, Meththika Vithanage
Handbook of Electronic Waste Management International Best Practices and Case Studies, 2019
Hydrometallurgical recovery of metals from e-waste
Ahamed Ashiq, Janhavi Kulkarni, Meththika Vithanage
Electronic Waste Management and Treatment Technology, 2019
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Waste management and treatment technology emerging contaminants and micro pollutants
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products Waste Management and Treatment Technology Emerging Contaminants and Micro Pollutants, 2019
Sorption and transport of antibiotic ciprofloxacin in soils amended with colloidal biochar and halloysite
Engineering Sustainable Development 2019, 2019
Electrochemical enhanced metal extraction from E-waste
Ahamed Ashiq, Asitha Cooray, Srikanth Chakravartula Srivatsa, Meththika Vithanage
Handbook of Electronic Waste Management International Best Practices and Case Studies, 2019
Industrial and municipal sludge: Emerging concerns and scope for resource recovery
Vara Prasad, Majeti Narasimha, Favas, Paulo 1970-, Vithanage, Meththika, Mohan, S. Venkata
Industrial and Municipal Sludge Emerging Concerns and Scope for Resource Recovery, 2019
Sorptive removal of pharmaceutical and personal care products from water and wastewater
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Kadupitige Shashikala Dilrukshi Premarathna, Viraj Gunarathne, Aashiq Ahmed, Meththika Vithanage
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products Waste Management and Treatment Technology Emerging Contaminants and Micro Pollutants, 2019
Performance of metal-organic frameworks for the adsorptive removal of potentially toxic elements in a water system: A critical review
Sammani Ramanayaka, Meththika Vithanage, Ajit Sarmah, Taicheng An, Ki-Hyun Kim, Yong Sik Ok
Rsc Advances, 2019
Phytoremediation for E-waste contaminated sites
Viraj Gunarathne, Sameera R. Gunatilake, Sachithra T. Wanasinghe, Thilakshani Atugoda, Prabuddhi Wijekoon, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Meththika Vithanage
Handbook of Electronic Waste Management International Best Practices and Case Studies, 2019
Sustainable sludge management by removing emerging contaminants from urban wastewater using carbon nanotubes
Binoy Sarkar, Sanchita Mandal, Yiu Fai Tsang, Meththika Vithanage, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Haakrho Yi, Xiaomin Dou, Yong Sik Ok
Industrial and Municipal Sludge Emerging Concerns and Scope for Resource Recovery, 2019
The influence of three acid modifications on the physicochemical characteristics of tea-waste biochar pyrolyzed at different temperatures: A comparative study
Chathuri Peiris, Oshani Nayanathara, Chanaka M. Navarathna, Yohan Jayawardhana, Samadhi Nawalage, Griffin Burk, Akila G. Karunanayake, Sunith B. Madduri, Meththika Vithanage, M. N. Kaumal, Todd E. Mlsna, El Barbary Hassan, Sachith Abeysundara, Felio Ferez, Sameera R. Gunatilake
Rsc Advances, 2019
Aging Effects of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Phosphorus Fractionation in a Calcareous Sandy Loam Soil
Munir AHMAD, Mahtab AHMAD, Ahmed H. EL-NAGGAR, Adel R.A. USMAN, Adel ABDULJABBAR, Meththika VITHANAGE, Jamal ELFAKI, Abdulelah AL-FARAJ, Mohammad I. AL-WABEL
Pedosphere, 2018
Transgenic Plants: Benefits, Applications, and Potential Risks in Phytoremediation. Benefits, Applications, and Potential Risks in Phytoremediation.
Viraj Gunarathne, Sonia Mayakaduwa, Ahamed Ashiq, Shyama Ranjani Weerakoon, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Meththika Vithanage
Transgenic Plant Technology for Remediation of Toxic Metals and Metalloids, 2018
Potential application of selected metal resistant phosphate solubilizing bacteria isolated from the gut of earthworm (Metaphire posthuma) in plant growth promotion
Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Anurupa Banerjee, Mahendra Rai, Ravi Naidu, Bhabananda Biswas, Meththika Vithanage, Madhab Chandra Dash, Santosh Kumar Sarkar, Erik Meers
Geoderma, 2018
Health risk assessment of heavy metals in atmospheric deposition in a congested city environment in a developing country: Kandy City, Sri Lanka
Lakshika Weerasundara, D.N. Magana-Arachchi, Abdul M. Ziyath, Ashantha Goonetilleke, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Environmental Management, 2018
Exploring potential applications of a novel extracellular polymeric substance synthesizing bacterium (Bacillus licheniformis) isolated from gut contents of earthworm (Metaphire posthuma) in environmental remediation
Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Anurupa Banerjee, Mahendra Kumar Rai, Jörg Rinklebe, Sabry M. Shaheen, Santosh Kumar Sarkar, Madhab Chandra Dash, Anilava Kaviraj, Uwe Langer, Hocheol Song, Meththika Vithanage, Monojit Mondal, Nabeel Khan Niazi
Biodegradation, 2018
Thiolated arsenic in natural systems: What is current, what is new and what needs to be known
Indika Herath, Meththika Vithanage, Saman Seneweera, Jochen Bundschuh
Environment International, 2018
Influence of bioenergy waste biochar on proton- and ligand-promoted release of Pb and Cu in a shooting range soil
Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Mahtab Ahmad, Indika Herath, Kushani Mahatantila, B.C.L. Athapattu, Jörg Rinklebe, Yong Sik Ok, Adel Usman, Mohammad I. Al-Wabel, Adel Abduljabbar, Meththika Vithanage
Science of the Total Environment, 2018
Trace element dynamics of biosolids-derived microbeads
Hasintha Wijesekara, Nanthi S. Bolan, Lauren Bradney, Nadeeka Obadamudalige, Balaji Seshadri, Anitha Kunhikrishnan, Rajarathnam Dharmarajan, Yong Sik Ok, Jörg Rinklebe, M.B. Kirkham, Meththika Vithanage
Chemosphere, 2018
Soil Enzyme Activities in Waste Biochar Amended Multi-Metal Contaminated Soil; Effect of Different Pyrolysis Temperatures and Application Rates
Meththika Vithanage, Tharanga Bandara, Mohammad I. Al-Wabel, Adel Abduljabbar, Adel R. A. Usman, Mahtab Ahmad, Yong Sik Ok
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2018
Correction to: Contrasting effects of engineered carbon nanotubes on plants: a review (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, (2017), 39, 6, (1421-1439), 10.1007/s10653-017-9957-y)
Meththika Vithanage, Mihiri Seneviratne, Mahtab Ahmad, Binoy Sarkar, Yong Sik Ok
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2018
Correction to: Effects of carbon nanotube and biochar on bioavailability of Pb, Cu and Sb in multi-metal contaminated soil (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, (2017), 39, 6, (1409-1420), 10.1007/s10653-017-9941-6)
Meththika Vithanage, Indika Herath, Yaser A. Almaroai, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Longbin Huang, Jwa-Kyung Sung, Sang Soo Lee, Yong Sik Ok
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2018
Acid induced arsenic removal from soil amended with clay-biochar composite
M. Vithanage, L. Weerasundara, A.K. Ghosh
Environmental Arsenic in A Changingworld 7th International Congress and Exhibition Arsenic in the Environment 2018, 2018
Clay-biochar composite for arsenic removal from aqueous media
M. Vithanage, L. Sandaruwan, G. Samarasinghe, Y. Jayawardhana
Environmental Arsenic in A Changingworld 7th International Congress and Exhibition Arsenic in the Environment 2018, 2018
Biochar for sustainable agriculture: Nutrient dynamics, soil enzymes, and crop growth
Chathuri Peiris, Sameera R. Gunatilake, Jayani J. Wewalwela, Meththika Vithanage
Biochar from Biomass and Waste Fundamentals and Applications, 2018
Five decadal trends in averages and extremes of rainfall and temperature in Sri Lanka
G. Naveendrakumar, Meththika Vithanage, Hyun-Han Kwon, M. C. M. Iqbal, S. Pathmarajah, Jayantha Obeysekera
Advances in Meteorology, 2018
Application of geospatial techniques for groundwater quality and availability assessment: A case study in Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka
Kuddithamby Gunaalan, Manjula Ranagalage, M. Gunarathna, M. Kumari, Meththika Vithanage, Tharmalingam Srivaratharasan, Suntharalingam Saravanan, T.W.S. Warnasuriya
ISPRS International Journal of Geo Information, 2018
Advances and future directions of biochar characterization methods and applications
Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana, Sanchita Mandal, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Meththika Vithanage, Sanjai J. Parikh, Fungai N. D. Mukome, Muhammad Rizwan, Patryk Oleszczuk, Mohammad Al-Wabel, Nanthi Bolan, Daniel C. W. Tsang, Ki-Hyun Kim, Yong Sik Ok
Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2017
Medical geology of endemic goiter in Kalutara, Sri Lanka; distribution and possible causes
G. W. A. R. Fernando, P. L. C. L. Liyanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2017
Biochar-based constructed wetlands to treat reverse osmosis rejected concentrates in chronic kidney disease endemic areas in Sri Lanka
B. C. L. Athapattu, T. W. L. R. Thalgaspitiya, U. L. S. Yasaratne, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2017
Contrasting effects of engineered carbon nanotubes on plants: a review
Meththika Vithanage, Mihiri Seneviratne, Mahtab Ahmad, Binoy Sarkar, Yong Sik Ok
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2017
Biochar based removal of antibiotic sulfonamides and tetracyclines in aquatic environments: A critical review
Chathuri Peiris, Sameera R. Gunatilake, Todd E. Mlsna, Dinesh Mohan, Meththika Vithanage
Bioresource Technology, 2017
Applications of biochar in redox-mediated reactions
Yong Yuan, Nanthi Bolan, Antonin Prévoteau, Meththika Vithanage, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Yong Sik Ok, Hailong Wang
Bioresource Technology, 2017
Effects of carbon nanotube and biochar on bioavailability of Pb, Cu and Sb in multi-metal contaminated soil
Meththika Vithanage, Indika Herath, Yaser A. Almaroai, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Longbin Huang, Jwa-Kyung Sung, Sang Soo Lee, Yong Sik Ok
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2017
Insights into aqueous carbofuran removal by modified and non-modified rice husk biochars
S.S. Mayakaduwa, Indika Herath, Yong Sik Ok, Dinesh Mohan, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017
Application of graphene for decontamination of water; Implications for sorptive removal
C.N. Nupearachchi, Kushani Mahatantila, M. Vithanage
Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2017
Biochar's influence as a soil amendment for essential plant nutrient uptake
Viraj Gunarathne, Sonia Mayakaduwa, Meththika Vithanage
Essential Plant Nutrients Uptake Use Efficiency and Management, 2017
Isolation, purification and analysis of dissolved organic carbon from Gohagoda uncontrolled open dumpsite leachate, Sri Lanka
Meththika Vithanage, Hasintha Wijesekara, S. S. Mayakaduwa
Environmental Technology United Kingdom, 2017
Biochar, a potential hydroponic growth substrate, enhances the nutritional status and growth of leafy vegetables
Yasser Mahmoud Awad, Sung-Eun Lee, Mohamed Bedair M. Ahmed, Ngoc Thang Vu, Muhammad Farooq, Il Seop Kim, Hyuck Soo Kim, Meththika Vithanage, Adel Rabie A. Usman, Mohammad Al-Wabel, Erik Meers, Eilhann E. Kwon, Yong Sik Ok
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017
Microorganisms and heavy metals associated with atmospheric deposition in a congested urban environment of a developing country: Sri Lanka
Lakshika Weerasundara, R.W.K. Amarasekara, D.N. Magana-Arachchi, Abdul M. Ziyath, D.G.G.P. Karunaratne, Ashantha Goonetilleke, Meththika Vithanage
Science of the Total Environment, 2017
Water resources management: Innovation and challenges in a changing world
Ashantha Goonetilleke, Meththika Vithanage
Water Switzerland, 2017
Efficacy of woody biomass and biochar for alleviating heavy metal bioavailability in serpentine soil
Tharanga Bandara, Indika Herath, Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Zeng-Yei Hseu, Yong Sik Ok, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2017
Bioenergy-derived waste biochar for reducing mobility, bioavailability, and phytotoxicity of chromium in anthropized tannery soil
Indika Herath, M. C. M. Iqbal, Mohammad I. Al-Wabel, Adel Abduljabbar, Mahtab Ahmad, Adel R. A. Usman, Yong Sik Ok, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2017
Role of woody biochar and fungal-bacterial co-inoculation on enzyme activity and metal immobilization in serpentine soil
Tharanga Bandara, Indika Herath, Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Mihiri Seneviratne, Gamini Seneviratne, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Meththika Vithanage, Yong Sik Ok
Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2017
Interaction of arsenic with biochar in soil and water: A critical review
Meththika Vithanage, Indika Herath, Stephen Joseph, Jochen Bundschuh, Nanthi Bolan, Yong Sik Ok, M.B. Kirkham, Jörg Rinklebe
Carbon, 2017
Medical geology in the framework of the sustainable development goals
Jochen Bundschuh, Jyoti Prakash Maity, Shahbaz Mushtaq, Meththika Vithanage, Saman Seneweera, Jerusa Schneider, Prosun Bhattacharya, Nasreen Islam Khan, Ihsan Hamawand, Luiz R.G. Guilherme, Kathryn Reardon-Smith, Faruque Parvez, Nury Morales-Simfors, Sara Ghaze, Christa Pudmenzky, Louis Kouadio, Chien-Yen Chen
Science of the Total Environment, 2017
Phytotoxicity attenuation in Vigna radiata under heavy metal stress at the presence of biochar and N fixing bacteria
Mihiri Seneviratne, Lakshika Weerasundara, Yong Sik Ok, Jörg Rinklebe, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Environmental Management, 2017
Influence of Gliricidia sepium Biochar on Attenuate Perchlorate-Induced Heavy Metal Release in Serpentine Soil
Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Chemistry, 2017
Role of biosurfactants on microbial degradation of oil-contaminated soils
Sandamali Wijesekara, Mihiri Seneviratne, Meththika Vithanage
Agro Environmental Sustainability, 2017
Antimony as a global dilemma: Geochemistry, mobility, fate and transport
Indika Herath, Meththika Vithanage, Jochen Bundschuh
Environmental Pollution, 2017
Role of rhizospheric microbes in heavy metal uptake by plants
Mihiri Seneviratne, Gamini Seneviratne, HMSP Madawala, Meththika Vithanage
Agro Environmental Sustainability, 2017
Phytoremediation of landfill leachates
Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Hasintha Wijesekara, Nanthi Bolan, Anitha Kunhikrishnan, Meththika Vithanage
Phytoremediation Management of Environmental Contaminants Volume 5, 2017
The impact of biosolids application on organic carbon and carbon dioxide fluxes in soil
Hasintha Wijesekara, Nanthi S. Bolan, Ramesh Thangavel, Balaji Seshadri, Aravind Surapaneni, Christopher Saint, Chris Hetherington, Peter Matthews, Meththika Vithanage
Chemosphere, 2017
Use of biowaste for mine site rehabilitation: A meta-analysis on soil carbon dynamics
Spoil to Soil Mine Site Rehabilitation and Revegetation, 2017
Sorption Process of Date Palm Biochar for Aqueous Cd (II) Removal: Efficiency and Mechanisms
Adel Usman, Abdulazeem Sallam, Ming Zhang, Meththika Vithanage, Mahtab Ahmad, Abdullah Al-Farraj, Yong Sik Ok, Adel Abduljabbar, Mohammad Al-Wabel
Water Air and Soil Pollution, 2016
Perchlorate mobilization of metals in serpentine soils
Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Christopher Oze, Meththika Vithanage
Applied Geochemistry, 2016
Development and optimization of Ti/Cu cathode and Ti/IrO2 anode for electrochemical denitrification
Pratheeksha Abeygunawardhana, Nadeeshani Nanayakkara, Meththika Vithanage
Desalination and Water Treatment, 2016
Characterizing volatile organic compounds in leachate from Gohagoda municipal solid waste dumpsite, Sri Lanka
Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Yohan Jayawardhana, B.F.A. Basnayake, M.I.M. Mowjood, M. Nagamori, Takeshi Saito, Ken Kawamoto, Meththika Vithanage
Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2016
Modeling of Pb(II) adsorption by a fixed-bed column
D. M. R. E. A. Dissanayake, P. K. D. Chathuranga, P. I. Perera, M. Vithanage, M. C. M. Iqbal
Bioremediation Journal, 2016
Plant growth promotion by Bradyrhizobium japonicum under heavy metal stress
M. Seneviratne, S. Gunaratne, T. Bandara, L. Weerasundara, N. Rajakaruna, G. Seneviratne, M. Vithanage
South African Journal of Botany, 2016
Municipal Solid Waste Biochar for Prevention of Pollution From Landfill Leachate
Y. Jayawardhana, P. Kumarathilaka, I. Herath, M. Vithanage
Environmental Materials and Waste Resource Recovery and Pollution Prevention, 2016
Biosolids Enhance Mine Site Rehabilitation and Revegetation
H. Wijesekara, N.S. Bolan, P. Kumarathilaka, N. Geekiyanage, A. Kunhikrishnan, B. Seshadri, C. Saint, A. Surapaneni, M. Vithanage
Environmental Materials and Waste Resource Recovery and Pollution Prevention, 2016
Iodine in commercial edible iodized salts and assessment of iodine exposure in Sri Lanka
Meththika Vithanage, Indika Herath, S. S. Achinthya, Tharanga Bandara, Lakshika Weerasundara, S. S. Mayakaduwa, Yohan Jayawardhana, Prasanna Kumarathilaka
Archives of Public Health, 2016
Perchlorate as an emerging contaminant in soil, water and food
Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Christopher Oze, S.P. Indraratne, Meththika Vithanage
Chemosphere, 2016
Kinetics, thermodynamics and mechanistic studies of carbofuran removal using biochars from tea waste and rice husks
Meththika Vithanage, S.S. Mayakaduwa, Indika Herath, Yong Sik Ok, Dinesh Mohan
Chemosphere, 2016
Mechanistic modeling of glyphosate interaction with rice husk derived engineered biochar
Indika Herath, Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Mohammad I. Al-Wabel, Adel Abduljabbar, Mahtab Ahmad, Adel R.A. Usman, Meththika Vithanage
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2016
Engineered/designer biochar for contaminant removal/immobilization from soil and water: Potential and implication of biochar modification
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Season S. Chen, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Ming Zhang, Meththika Vithanage, Sanchita Mandal, Bin Gao, Nanthi S. Bolan, Yong Sik Ok
Chemosphere, 2016
Natural Arsenic in Global Groundwaters: Distribution and Geochemical Triggers for Mobilization
Indika Herath, Meththika Vithanage, Jochen Bundschuh, Jyoti Prakash Maity, Prosun Bhattacharya
Current Pollution Reports, 2016
Steam activation of biochars facilitates kinetics and pH-resilience of sulfamethazine sorption
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Sang Soo Lee, Dong-Cheol Seo, Daniel C. W. Tsang, Yong Sik Ok
Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2016
Adsorption of Cd2+ and Pb2+ onto coconut shell biochar and biochar-mixed soil
G. N. Paranavithana, K. Kawamoto, Y. Inoue, T. Saito, M. Vithanage, C. S. Kalpage, G. B. B. Herath
Environmental Earth Sciences, 2016
Equilibrium and kinetic mechanisms of woody biochar on aqueous glyphosate removal
S.S. Mayakaduwa, Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Indika Herath, Mahtab Ahmad, Mohammed Al-Wabel, Yong Sik Ok, Adel Usman, Adel Abduljabbar, Meththika Vithanage
Chemosphere, 2016
Interface interactions between insecticide carbofuran and tea waste biochars produced at different pyrolysis temperatures
S. S. Mayakaduwa, Meththika Vithanage, Anurudda Karunarathna, Dinesh Mohan, Yong Sik Ok
Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability, 2016
Interaction of arsenic with biochar in soil
M Vithanage
Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment as 2016, 2016
Phytoremediation of shooting range soils
Tharanga Bandara, Meththika Vithanage
Phytoremediation Management of Environmental Contaminants Volume 3, 2016
Phytoremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban atmospheric deposition using bio-retention systems
Lakshika Weerasundara, Meththika Vithanage
Phytoremediation Management of Environmental Contaminants Volume 4, 2016
Heavy metal uptake and tolerance mechanisms of serpentine flora: Implications for phytoremediation
Mihiri Seneviratne, Sumedha Madawala, Meththika Vithanage
Phytoremediation Management of Environmental Contaminants Volume 3, 2016
Natural arsenic and its distribution in global geothermal systems
J Bundschuh, I Herath, M Vithanage
Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment as 2016, 2016
Geochemical processes for mobilization of arsenic in groundwater
I Herath, J Bundschuh, M Vithanage, P Bhattacharya
Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment as 2016, 2016
Insights into Starch Coated Nanozero Valent Iron-Graphene Composite for Cr(VI) Removal from Aqueous Medium
Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Vimukthi Jayaweera, Hasintha Wijesekara, I. R. M. Kottegoda, S. R. D. Rosa, Meththika Vithanage
Journal of Nanomaterials, 2016
Bio-retention systems for storm water treatment and management in urban systems
Lakshika Weerasundara, C. N. Nupearachchi, Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Balaji Seshadri, Nanthi Bolan, Meththika Vithanage
Phytoremediation Management of Environmental Contaminants Volume 4, 2016
Biochar for waste management and environmental sustainability
Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Mahtab Ahmad, Yoshiyuki Shinogi, KyeHoon Kim, Geonha Kim, Yong Sik Ok
Sustainable Solid Waste Management, 2016
Utilization of Biowaste for Mine Spoil Rehabilitation
H. Wijesekara, N.S. Bolan, M. Vithanage, Y. Xu, S. Mandal, S.L. Brown, G.M. Hettiarachchi, G.M. Pierzynski, L. Huang, Y.S. Ok, M.B. Kirkham, C.P. Saint, A. Surapaneni
Advances in Agronomy, 2016
Leachate plume delineation and lithologic profiling using surface resistivity in an open municipal solid waste dumpsite, Sri Lanka
Hasintha Rangana Wijesekara, Sunethra Nalin De Silva, Dharani Thanuja De Silva Wijesundara, Bendict Francis Antony Basnayake, Meththika Suharshini Vithanage
Environmental Technology United Kingdom, 2015
The role of biochar, natural iron oxides, and nanomaterials as soil amendments for immobilizing metals in shooting range soil
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Mahtab Ahmad, Meththika Vithanage, Kwon-Rae Kim, Jun Young Chang, Sang Soo Lee, Yong Sik Ok
Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2015
Biochar production from date palm waste: Charring temperature induced changes in composition and surface chemistry
Adel R.A. Usman, Adel Abduljabbar, Meththika Vithanage, Yong Sik Ok, Mahtab Ahmad, Munir Ahmad, Jamal Elfaki, Sallam S. Abdulazeem, Mohammed I. Al-Wabel
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2015
A Novel Microbial Biofilm for Bioremoval of Nickel from Aqueous Media
Mihiri Seneviratne, Meththika Vithanage, H. M. S. P. Madawala, Gamini Seneviratne
Bioremediation Journal, 2015
Fluoride in the environment: sources, distribution and defluoridation
Meththika Vithanage, Prosun Bhattacharya
Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2015
Enhanced sulfamethazine removal by steam-activated invasive plant-derived biochar
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Mahtab Ahmad, Dong-Cheol Seo, Ju-Sik Cho, Sung-Eun Lee, Sang Soo Lee, Yong Sik Ok
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2015
Mechanisms of antimony adsorption onto soybean stover-derived biochar in aqueous solutions
Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Mahtab Ahmad, Minori Uchimiya, Xiaomin Dou, Daniel S. Alessi, Yong Sik Ok
Journal of Environmental Management, 2015
State of the environment, environmental challenges and governance in Sri Lanka
Simpson, Adam
Environmental Challenges and Governance Diverse Perspectives from Asia, 2015
Acid-activated biochar increased sulfamethazine retention in soils
Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Ming Zhang, Sören Thiele-Bruhn, Sang Soo Lee, Yong Sik Ok
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015
Phytoremediation in constructed wetlands
Indika Herath, Meththika Vithanage
Phytoremediation Management of Environmental Contaminants Volume 2, 2015
Biochar
Biochar Production Characterization and Applications, 2015
Immobilization and phytotoxicity reduction of heavy metals in serpentine soil using biochar
I. Herath, P. Kumarathilaka, A. Navaratne, N. Rajakaruna, M. Vithanage
Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2015
A preliminary study of the role of bacterial-fungal co-inoculation on heavy metal phytotoxicity in serpentine soil
Mihiri Seneviratne, Gamini Seneviratne, H. M. S. P. Madawala, M. C. M. Iqbal, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Tharanga Bandara, Meththika Vithanage
Australian Journal of Botany, 2015
Adsorptive Removal of Trichloroethylene in Water by Crop Residue Biochars Pyrolyzed at Contrasting Temperatures: Continuous Fixed-Bed Experiments
Ming Zhang, Mahtab Ahmad, Mohammad I. Al-Wabel, Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Hyuck Soo Kim, Sang Soo Lee, Yong Sik Ok
Journal of Chemistry, 2015
Surface complexation of fluoride at the activated nano-gibbsite water interface
Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, M.S. Bootharaju, T. Pradeep
Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2014
Sorption and transport of sulfamethazine in agricultural soils amended with invasive-plant-derived biochar
Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Xiangyu Tang, Sören Thiele-Bruhn, Kye Hoon Kim, Sung-Eun Lee, Yong Sik Ok
Journal of Environmental Management, 2014
Organic-coated nanoparticulate zero valent iron for remediation of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and dissolved metals from tropical landfill leachate
S. S. R. M. D. H. R. Wijesekara, B. F. A. Basnayake, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014
Developed fungal-bacterial biofilms as a novel tool for bioremoval of hexavelant chromium from wastewater
H.M.L.I. Herath, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, G. Seneviratne
Chemistry and Ecology, 2014
Management of municipal solid waste landfill leachate: A global environmental issue
Meththika Vithanage, S.S.R.M.D.H.R. Wijesekara, A.R. Siriwardana, Soniya S. Mayakaduwa, Yong Sik Ok
Environmental Deterioration and Human Health Natural and Anthropogenic Determinants, 2014
Assessment of nitrate-N contamination in the Chunnakam aquifer system, Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka
Meththika Vithanage, Thushyanthi Mikunthan, Selverajah Pathmarajah, Sutharsiny Arasalingam, Herath Manthrithilake
Springerplus, 2014
Metal release from serpentine soils in Sri Lanka
Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Christopher Oze, Nishanta Rajakaruna, C. B. Dissanayake
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014
Effects of soil type and fertilizer on As speciation in rice paddy contaminated with As-containing pesticide
Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Hasintha Wijesekara, N. Weerarathne, Yong Sik Ok
Environmental Earth Sciences, 2014
Adsorption of Cd(II) and Pb(II) onto humic acid-treated coconut (cocos nucifera) husk
B. G. N. Sewwandi, Meththika Vithanage, S. S. R. M. D. H. R. Wijesekara, M. I. M. Mowjood, Shoichiro Hamamoto, Ken Kawamoto
Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste, 2014
Pyrolysis condition affected sulfamethazine sorption by tea waste biochars
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Ming Zhang, Mahtab Ahmad, Dinesh Mohan, Scott X. Chang, Yong Sik Ok
Bioresource Technology, 2014
Invasive plant-derived biochar inhibits sulfamethazine uptake by lettuce in soil
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Jung Eun Lim, Mohamed Bedair M. Ahmed, Ming Zhang, Sang Soo Lee, Yong Sik Ok
Chemosphere, 2014
Fate and transport of pollutants through a municipal solid waste landfill leachate in Sri Lanka
S. S. R. M. D. H. R. Wijesekara, Sonia S. Mayakaduwa, A. R. Siriwardana, Nalin de Silva, B. F. A. Basnayake, Ken Kawamoto, Meththika Vithanage
Environmental Earth Sciences, 2014
Natural and synthesised iron-rich amendments for As and Pb immobilisation in agricultural soil
Yaser A. Almaroai, Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Sang Soo Lee, Xiaomin Dou, Young Han Lee, Jwa-Kyung Sung, Yong Sik Ok
Chemistry and Ecology, 2014
Inhibitory effect of veterinary antibiotics on denitrification in groundwater: A microcosm approach
Mahtab Ahmad, Meththika Vithanage, Kangjoo Kim, Ju-Sik Cho, Young Han Lee, Young Kyoo Joo, Sang Soo Lee, Yong Sik Ok
Scientific World Journal, 2014
Production and use of biochar from buffalo-weed (ambrosia trifida L.) for trichloroethylene removal from water
Mahtab Ahmad, Deok Hyun Moon, Meththika Vithanage, Agamemnon Koutsospyros, Sang Soo Lee, Jae E Yang, Sung Eun Lee, Choong Jeon, Yong Sik Ok
Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 2014
Biochar as a sorbent for contaminant management in soil and water: A review
Mahtab Ahmad, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Jung Eun Lim, Ming Zhang, Nanthi Bolan, Dinesh Mohan, Meththika Vithanage, Sang Soo Lee, Yong Sik Ok
Chemosphere, 2014
Toxicity of synthetic chelators and metal availability in poultry manure amended Cd, Pb and As contaminated agricultural soil
Adel R.A. Usman, Yaser. A. Almaroai, Mahtab Ahmad, Meththika Vithanage, Yong Sik Ok
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2013
Management of municipal solid waste landfill leachate: A global environmental issue
Meththika Vithanage, S.S.R.M.D.H.R. Wijesekara, A.R. Siriwardana, Soniya S. Mayakaduwa, Yong Sik Ok
Environmental Deterioration and Human Health Natural and Anthropogenic Determinants, 2013
Surface complexation modeling and spectroscopic evidence of antimony adsorption on iron-oxide-rich red earth soils
Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Xiaomin Dou, Nanthi S. Bolan, Jae E. Yang, Yong Sik Ok
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2013
Cr(VI) formation related to Cr(III)-muscovite and birnessite interactions in ultramafic environments
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Yong Sik Ok, Christopher Oze
Environmental Science and Technology, 2013
Role of chelating agents on release kinetics of metals and their uptake by maize from chromated copper arsenate-contaminated soil
Yaser A. Almaroai, Adel R.A. Usman, Mahtab Ahmad, Kwon-Rae Kim, Meththika Vithanage, Yong Sik Ok
Environmental Technology United Kingdom, 2013
Trichloroethylene adsorption by pine needle biochars produced at various pyrolysis temperatures
Mahtab Ahmad, Sang Soo Lee, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Ming Zhang, Ju Sik Cho, Sung-Eun Lee, Yong Sik Ok
Bioresource Technology, 2013
Nickel and manganese release in serpentine soil from the Ussangoda Ultramafic Complex, Sri Lanka
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Christopher Oze, W.M.A.T. Bandara, R. Weerasooriya
Geoderma, 2012
The Effects of the 2004 Tsunami on a Coastal Aquifer in Sri Lanka
Meththika Vithanage, Peter Engesgaard, Karen G. Villholth, Karsten H. Jensen
Ground Water, 2012
Laboratory investigations of the effects of geologic heterogeneity on groundwater salinization and flush-out times from a tsunami-like event
M. Vithanage, P. Engesgaard, K.H. Jensen, T.H. Illangasekare, J. Obeysekera
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2012
Surface complexation of nickel on iron and aluminum oxides: A comparative study with single and dual site clays
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, R. Weerasooriya, C.B. Dissanayake
Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2012
Characterization of aqueous Pb(II) and Cd(II) biosorption on native and chemically modified Alstonia macrophylla saw dust
B. G. N. Sewwandi, Meththika Vithanage, S. S. R. M. D. H. R. Wijesekara, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, D. G. L. M. Jayarathna, M. I. M. Mowjood
Bioremediation Journal, 2012
Fabrication of succinic acid-γ-Fe2O3 nano core-shells
L. Jayarathne, W.J. Ng, A. Bandara, M. Vitanage, C.B. Dissanayake, R. Weerasooriya
Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2012
Modeling sorption of fluoride on to iron rich laterite
Meththika Vithanage, Lakmal Jayarathna, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, C.B. Dissanayake, M.S. Bootharaju, T. Pradeep
Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2012
Adsorptive removal of cadmium by natural red earth: Equilibrium and kinetic studies
Kushani Mahatantila, Meththika Vithanage, Yasushi Seike, Minoru Okumura
Environmental Technology, 2012
Characterizing time-dependent contact angles for sands hydrophobized with oleic and stearic acids
Shaphal Subedi, Ken Kawamoto, Lakmal Jayarathna, Meththika Vithanage, Per Moldrup, Lis Wollesen de Jonge, Toshiko Komatsu
Vadose Zone Journal, 2012
Arsenic uptake by plants and possible phytoremediation applications: A brief overview
Meththika Vithanage, Beata B. Dabrowska, Arun B. Mukherjee, Arifin Sandhi, Prosun Bhattacharya
Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2012
Bioremediation of Arsenic in Contaminated Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments
Beata B. Dabrowska, Meththika Vithanage, K. R. Gunaratna, Arun B. Mukherjee, Prosun Bhattacharya
Environmental Chemistry for A Sustainable World Volume 2 Remediation of Air and Water Pollution, 2012
Bioremediation of arsenic in contaminated terrestrial and aquatic environments
Beata B. Dabrowska, Meththika Vithanage, K. R. Gunaratna, Arun B. Mukherjee, Prosun Bhattacharya
Environmental Chemistry for A Sustainable World, 2012
Natural Red Earth as a low cost material for arsenic removal: Kinetics and the effect of competing ions
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Lakmal Jayarathna, Chanaka Kapila Kumara
Applied Geochemistry, 2011
Water Availability and Its Use in Agriculture
D. Molden, M. Vithanage, C. de Fraiture, J.M. Faures, L. Gordon, F. Molle, D. Peden
Treatise on Water Science, 2011
Natural red earth as a possible low cost substrate for arsenic removal in water - Comparison of laboratory controlled and uncontrolled conditions
Arsenic in Geosphere and Human Diseases as 2010 3rd International Congress Arsenic in the Environment, 2010
Tsunami impacts and rehabilitation of groundwater supply: Lessons learned from eastern Sri Lanka
Karen G. Villholth, Paramsothy Jeyakumar, Priyanie H. Amerasinghe, A. Sanjeewa P. Manamperi, Meththika Vithanage, Rohit R. Goswami, Chris R. Panabokke
Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters Vulnerability Preparedness and Mitigation, 2010
Effect of the Indian Ocean tsunami on groundwater quality in coastal aquifers in eastern Sri Lanka
Science of Tsunami Hazards, 2009
Effect of well cleaning and pumping on groundwater quality of a tsunami-affected coastal aquifer in eastern Sri Lanka
M. Vithanage, K. G. Villholth, K. Mahatantila, P. Engesgaard, K. H. Jensen
Water Resources Research, 2009
Status of a Tsunami affected coastal aquifer along the East Coast of Sri Lanka
Groundwater for Sustainable Development Problems Perspectives and Challenges, 2008
Role of natural red earth in arsenic removal in drinking water - comparison with synthetic gibbsite and goethite
M. Vithanage, R. Chandrajith, R. Weerasooriya
Trace Metals and Other Contaminants in the Environment, 2007
The use of transient electro-magnetism method to localize saline water intrusion in Sri Lanka
Sustainable Development of Water Resources Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Proceedings of the 32nd Wedc International Conference, 2007
Arsenic binding mechanisms on natural red earth: A potential substrate for pollution control
Meththika Vithanage, Wasana Senevirathna, Rohana Chandrajith, Rohan Weerasooriya
Science of the Total Environment, 2007
Mechanistic modeling of arsenic retention on natural red earth in simulated environmental systems
Meththika Vithanage, Rohana Chandrajith, Athula Bandara, Rohan Weerasooriya
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2006

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