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2026

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  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sri Lanka Leader Award
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Overview

Meththika Vithanage is affiliated with the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Sri Lanka and specializes in Environmental Science. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Biomaterials.

Their research addresses a range of environmental topics such as:

  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management

Selected recent publications by Meththika Vithanage include:

  • Weathering of microplastics and interaction with other coexisting constituents in terrestrial and aquatic environments (2021), published in Water Research
  • Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage (2021), published in International Materials Reviews
  • Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport (2021), published in Environment International
  • Progress and prospects in mitigation of landfill leachate pollution: Risk, pollution potential, treatment and challenges (2021), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Antimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review (2021), published in Environment International

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Nanthi Bolan, Hasintha Wijesekara, Jörg Rinklebe, and Binoy Sarkar.

Vithanage's publications often appear in journals such as Environmental Research, Environmental Pollution, The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Biochar, reflecting a diverse presence across environmental science literature.

They have also contributed to book publications, including a title on landfill leachate management published by UWA Publishing in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Biochar as a sorbent for contaminant management in soil and water: a review.

    Mahtab Ahmad;Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Jung Eun Lim;Ming Zhang

  • 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

  • Weathering of microplastics and interaction with other coexisting constituents in terrestrial and aquatic environments

    Jiajun Duan;Nanthi Bolan;Yang Li;Shiyuan Ding

  • Biochar based removal of antibiotic sulfonamides and tetracyclines in aquatic environments: A critical review.

    Chathuri Peiris;Sameera R. Gunatilake;Todd E. Mlsna;Dinesh Mohan

  • Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage

    Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan;Son A. Hoang;Jingzi Beiyuan;Souradeep Gupta

  • Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport.

    Thilakshani Atugoda;Meththika Vithanage;Hasintha Wijesekara;Nanthi Bolan

  • Antimony as a global dilemma: Geochemistry, mobility, fate and transport ☆

    Indika Herath;Meththika Vithanage;Jochen Bundschuh

  • Applications of biochar in redox-mediated reactions.

    Yong Yuan;Nanthi Bolan;Antonin Prévoteau;Meththika Vithanage

  • Trichloroethylene adsorption by pine needle biochars produced at various pyrolysis temperatures.

    Mahtab Ahmad;Sang Soo Lee;Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Meththika Vithanage

  • Enhanced sulfamethazine removal by steam-activated invasive plant-derived biochar.

    Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Meththika Vithanage;Mahtab Ahmad;Dong Cheol Seo

  • 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

  • Pyrolysis condition affected sulfamethazine sorption by tea waste biochars.

    Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Meththika Vithanage;Ming Zhang;Mahtab Ahmad

  • Interaction of arsenic with biochar in soil and water: A critical review

    Meththika Vithanage;Indika Herath;Stephen Joseph;Jochen Bundschuh

  • Biochar-based engineered composites for sorptive decontamination of water: A review

    K.S.D. Premarathna;Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Binoy Sarkar;Eilhann E. Kwon

  • 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

  • Biochar production from date palm waste: Charring temperature induced changes in composition and surface chemistry

    Adel R.A. Usman;Adel R.A. Usman;Adel Abduljabbar;Meththika Vithanage;Yong Sik Ok

  • Fluoride in the environment: sources, distribution and defluoridation

    Meththika Vithanage;Prosun Bhattacharya

  • Advances and future directions of biochar characterization methods and applications

    Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana;Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana;Sanchita Mandal;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Meththika Vithanage

  • Antimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review

    Nanthi Bolan;Manish Kumar;Ekta Singh;Aman Kumar

  • Biofilm formation and its implications on the properties and fate of microplastics in aquatic environments: A review

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  • Natural arsenic in global groundwaters: distribution and geochemical triggers for mobilization

    Indika Herath;Indika Herath;Meththika Vithanage;Meththika Vithanage;Jochen Bundschuh;Jyoti Prakash Maity;Jyoti Prakash Maity

  • Heavy metal-induced oxidative stress on seed germination and seedling development: a critical review.

    Mihiri Seneviratne;Nishanta Rajakaruna;Nishanta Rajakaruna;Muhammad Rizwan;H. M. S. P. Madawala

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Mahtab Ahmad
Mahtab Ahmad Quaid-i-Azam University
Binoy Sarkar
Binoy Sarkar University of Adelaide
Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe University of Wuppertal
Adel R.A. Usman
Adel R.A. Usman Assiut University
Sang Soo Lee
Sang Soo Lee Yonsei University
Karen G. Villholth
Karen G. Villholth International Water Management Institute
Prosun Bhattacharya
Prosun Bhattacharya Royal Institute of Technology
Nabeel Khan Niazi
Nabeel Khan Niazi University of Agriculture Faisalabad

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