Rate My Professor Chann De Silva

De Silva's research specializes in bioinorganic chemistry, with a focus on the synthesis, characterization, and surface modification of novel lanthanide-based complexes and nanomaterials to improve their optical and magnetic properties. His work develops synthetic methods for advanced materials used in display technologies and biomedical imaging applications. He designs biocompatible and selective cancer-targeting agents utilizing lanthanide metals and performs computational modeling studies to guide experimental design of lanthanide-based materials. Additional research interests include nanotechnology, inorganic materials, lanthanide and actinide chemistry, computational chemistry, antimicrobial activity and cell toxicity studies of nanomaterials, in vitro imaging of human cells including cancer cells using luminescent probes, and solid phase peptide synthesis for developing peptide probes targeted to G-protein coupled receptors. Current projects explore lanthanide-based nanomaterials for cellular assays and biomedical imaging, as well as nanoparticles equipped with peptides and magnetic particles to target and detect cancer cells such as melanoma at early stages.