Himali Hewage
Teaching Experience
Austin community College
Professor of Chemistry
Courses taught / teaching
CHEM 2323 Organic Chemistry I – Lecture
CHEM 2325 Oragnic Chemsitry II - Lecture
CHEM 2123 Organic Chemistry I – Lab
CHEM 2125 Organic Chemistry II – Lab
CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I – Lecture
CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II lecture
CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I - Lab
CHEM 1112 General Chemistry II – Lab
CHEM 1105 Introductory Chemistry – Lab
CHEM 1305 Introductory Chemistry - Lecture
University of Texas at Austin
Teaching Assistant
Courses Instructed
CH 310M Organic Chemistry I
CH 310N Organic Chemsitry II
CH 210C Organic Chemistry Lab
CH 301 Principles of Chemistry I
CH 304K Chemistry in Context I
NSC 301C Research Methods – FRI
- Conducted study sessions, review sessions, office hours, performed demonstrations, supervised lab work, and evaluated lab reports.
- Private Tutor for students who seek tutoring through UT chemistry department tutor list and outside UT.
Teaching Awards
Recipient of the Faraday Fellowship for Teaching excellence, University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Professional Publications
PUBLICATIONS
“Pattern-based recognition of thiols and metals using a single squaraine indicator” Himali S. Hewage, Eric V. Anslyn, Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2009, 131 (36), 13099-13106.
“Novel chemiluminescent detection of chemical warfare simulant” Himali S. Hewage, Karl J. Wallace, Eric V. Anslyn, Chemical Communications, 2007, 38, 3909-11.
“A Colorimetric Chemodosimeter for Pd(II): A Method for Detecting Residual Palladium in Cross-Coupling Reactions” Ronald J.T. Houk, Karl J. Wallace, Himali S. Hewage,and Eric V. Anslyn, Tetrahedron, 2008, 64, 8271-78.
“Smart microplates: integrated photodiodes for detecting bead-based chemiluminescent reactions” Yoon S. Park, Matthew M. Andringa, Dean P. Neikirk, Himali S. Hewage, and Eric V. Anslyn, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sensors, paper # B1L-E-4, Daegu, Korea, October 22 - 25, 2006.
“Smart microplates: photodiodes within silicon pyramidal cavity for detecting bead-based chemiluminescence and AC characterization for RFID type readout” Yoon S. Park, Matthew M. Andringa, Dean P. Neikirk, Himali S. Hewage, and Eric V. Anslyn, IEEE Sensors 2007, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Oct 28~31, 2007, paper ID: 6709.
PATENTS
“Compositions and methods for detection of small molecules using dyes derivatized with analyte responsive receptors in a chemiluminescent Assay.”Anslyn, Eric. V., Hewage, Himali. S., Houk, Ronald, US patent application 2009/0269, 765
PRESENTATIONS
“Novel chemiluminescent detection of chemical warfare stimulant” Himali S. Hewage, Karl J. Wallace, Eric V. Anslyn, Poster, III International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC), Las Vegas, July 13-18, 2008.
Published: August 20, 2025