Pradeep Samarasekere

Chief Technology Officer and Lead Scientist at REEcycle Inc.

Houston, Texas, United States

About Pradeep Samarasekere

Pradeep Samarasekere is Chief Technology Officer and Lead Scientist at REEcycle Inc. Location: Houston, Texas, United States.

Multi-faceted Research Scientist with high-level research and broad technical experience in development of materials and processes for renewable and sustainable energy applications. Expertise and experienced in lanthanides and first-raw transition metal chemistry, wet and solid–state chemical synthesis, material design and testing of advanced organic-inorganic hybrid materials, functionalization and tailoring properties for industrial applications. Inventor of a nationally recognized and award winning clean energy technology to recycle rare earth metals, led the way in establishing the startup company REEcycle Inc. Strong background with impressive hands-on knowledge base and experience in various characterization techniques to study structure-property relationships of materials and state-of-art characterization equipment and methods. Skilled in XRD, FTIR/IR, UV-Vis-NIR, TGA, DSC, Microscopy (SEM/EDX, PL, Optical), Physical Property Measurement Systems (Magnetic, Dielectric).

Skills

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Wet and Solid state chemical synthesis

Additional experience

  • Senior Lecturer

    University of Kelaniya

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Houston
  • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), University of Colombo