Dr. Gayan B. Wijeratne joined UAB in 2018, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. He was born in Kandy, Sri Lanka, and received his B.Sc. (Honors) degree in chemistry from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, where his research on transition metal complexes of Sri Lankan natural products was recognized by the Professor R. S. Ramakrishna Memorial Gold Medal in inorganic chemistry in 2009.
He moved to the United States in 2010 and carried out his graduate research in the ...