Dr Aakash Welgamage Don's Outputs (6)

Multi-compartmental risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in soil, plants and wastewater: a model from industrial Gazipur, Bangladesh. (2025)
Journal Article
SAHEN, M.S., NAIM, M.A.H.K., HOSEN, M.S., PRANTA, M.A., HASAN, M., RAHMAN, M.M., RAHMAN, S. and WELGAMAGE DON, A. 2025. Multi-compartmental risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in soil, plants and wastewater: a model from industrial Gazipur, Bangladesh. Environmental monitoring and assessment [online], 197(4), article number 397. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-13818-9

Heavy metal contamination in industrial-agricultural regions poses global challenges, yet comprehensive risk assessment models addressing both ecological and human health impacts are scarce. This study introduces a novel multi-compartmental risk asse... Read More about Multi-compartmental risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in soil, plants and wastewater: a model from industrial Gazipur, Bangladesh..

Predicting and identifying antimicrobial resistance in the marine environment using AI and machine learning algorithms. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FOUGH, F., JANJUA, G., ZHAO, Y. and DON, A.W. 2023. Predicting and identifying antimicrobial resistance in the marine environment using AI and machine learning algorithms. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) International workshop on Metrology for the sea (MetroSea 2023); learning to measure sea health parameters, 4-6 October 2023, La Valletta, Malta. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 121-126. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroSea58055.2023.10317294

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasingly critical public health issue necessitating precise and efficient methodologies to achieve prompt results. The accurate and early detection of AMR is crucial, as its absence can pose life-threatening r... Read More about Predicting and identifying antimicrobial resistance in the marine environment using AI and machine learning algorithms..

Photocatalytic conversion of cellulose into C5 oligosaccharides. (2023)
Journal Article
SKILLEN, N., WELGAMAGE, A., ROBERTSON, P.K.J., IRVINE, J.T.S. and LAWTON, L.A. 2023. Photocatalytic conversion of cellulose into C5 oligosaccharides. Journal of physics: energy [online], 6(1), article number 015002. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ad04f1

Cellulose is made up of linear polymers of glucose monomers that could be a crucial source for valuable chemicals and sustainable liquid fuels. Cellulose is however, very stable and its conversion to a useful fuel or platform chemical products remain... Read More about Photocatalytic conversion of cellulose into C5 oligosaccharides..

Valorisation of whisky distillery waste as a sustainable source of antioxidant and antibacterial properties with neuroprotective potential. (2023)
Journal Article
BLAIKIE, L., WELGAMAGE DON, A., FRANZEN, X., FERNANDEZ, C., FAISAL, N. and KONG THOO LIN, P. 2024. Valorisation of whisky distillery waste as a sustainable source of antioxidant and antibacterial properties with neuroprotective potential. Waste and biomass valorization [online], 15(4), pages 2333-2343. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02292-4

Waste by-products such as pot ale are abundantly produced during the whisky distillation process and are conventionally used as livestock feed, however a significant proportion continues to require land and sea disposal. Here, the novel potential of... Read More about Valorisation of whisky distillery waste as a sustainable source of antioxidant and antibacterial properties with neuroprotective potential..

Simultaneous cellulose conversion and hydrogen production assisted by cellulose decomposition under UV-light photcatalysis. (2015)
Journal Article
ZHANG, G., NI, C., HUANG, X., WELGARMAGE, A., LAWTON, L.A., ROBERTSON, P.K.J. and IRVINE, J.T.S. 2016. Simultaneous cellulose conversion and hydrogen production assisted by cellulose decomposition under UV-light photcatalysis. Chemical communications [online], 52, pages 1673-1676. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc09075j

Photocatalytic conversion of cellulose to sugars and carbon dioxide with simultaneous production of hydrogen assisted by cellulose decomposition under UV or solar light irradiation was achieved upon immobilization of cellulose onto a TiO2 photocataly... Read More about Simultaneous cellulose conversion and hydrogen production assisted by cellulose decomposition under UV-light photcatalysis..

An investigation into the biodegradation of peptide cyanotoxins (microcystins and nodularin) by novel gram-positive bacteria. (2012)
Thesis
WELGAMAGE DON, A.C.D. 2012. An investigation into the biodegradation of peptide cyanotoxins (microcystins and nodularin) by novel gram-positive bacteria. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Cyanobacterial secondary metabolites, microcystins (MC) and nodularin (NOD) have become common contaminants in most aquatic ecosystems over recent years presenting a hazard to animal and human health. Unfortunately, these chemically diverse peptide h... Read More about An investigation into the biodegradation of peptide cyanotoxins (microcystins and nodularin) by novel gram-positive bacteria..