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Dr Erandi Prangige
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mech., Medical & Process Engineering
Biography
Dr. Erandi Prangige is a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Mechanical, Medical, and Process Engineering. Her research centers on leveraging fundamental chemistry to address applied challenges, particularly in the production of precursor materials for next-generation metal halide perovskite solar cells.She received her PhD from QUT in 2019, focusing on product selectivity control in synthetic organic reactions through metal nanoparticle photocatalysis. Dr. Prangige also holds an undergraduate Honours degree in Applied Science, specializing in chemistry. With over 10 years of experience, she is passionate about materials synthesis, chemical analysis, and research and development in fields including analytical chemistry, biochemistry, catalysis, organic chemistry, green chemistry, and renewable energy applications.
Areas of expertise:
Preparative chemistry and materials synthesis including development of precursor materials for next-generation metal halide perovskite solar cells.
Renewable energy, solar cells, perovskites, photovoltaics, etc. with extensive experience in photo-sensitive materials synthesis, organic chemical synthesis.
Analytical, method development, and troubleshooting skills in GC-MS, LC-MS, UHPLC, HPLC/HPIC, GC-MS headspace analysis, and materials characterisations (TEM, SEM, XPS, etc).
Personal details
Positions
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mech., Medical & Process Engineering
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland Inst. of Technology)
Teaching
- EGH464 Unit Coordinator
- EGH464 Sustainable Minerals Processing
- EGB161 Foundations of Engineering Chemistry
- CVB101 General Chemistry
- CVB102 Chemical Structure and Reactivity
- CVB203 Physical Chemistry
Publications
Filter publications:
A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/e.prangige
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Chemometrics and chemical modelling for metal halide perovskite precursor synthesis
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Sara Couperthwaite - Impact of impurities on perovskite efficiency and stability using experimentally validated DFT models
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Sara Couperthwaite - Investigating Selective Ion Extraction from Australian Mine Wastes for Perovskite Solar Cell Precursors
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Sara Couperthwaite, Mr Dominic Alexander - Metal halide perovskite solar cell performance based on impurity profiles from Australian sourced precursor materials
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Veronica Gray, Professor Sara Couperthwaite, Professor Ting Liao
Supervision topics
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.