Rangeeka Perera obtained her PhD on “Novel Redox Mediators for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells” from Monash University, Australia in 2016 under the supervision of Late Professor Leone Spiccia. Following this she moved to the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka as a Senior Lecturer where she continues her research on developing 1D, 2D, and 3D coordination polymers to be utilized in photovoltaics and photocatalysis.