Dr Erandi Prangige

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).