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Dr. Suneth Rajapaksha

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Dr. Suneth Rajapaksha

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Senior Lecturer
B.Sc.(USJP, Sri Lanka), Ph.D. (BGSU, OH, USA)

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Postdoctoral Fellow:
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, 2012-2015.
Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA, 2015-2016.

Divisions:
Physical Chemistry

Undergraduate Teaching:

CHE 103 1.0   Chemical Thermodynamics

CHE 341 1.0   Colloids and Nanochemistry

CHE 365 1.0   Diffraction Methods in Chemistry

CHE 465 1.0   Biophysical Chemistry

ICH 351 1.0    Introduction to Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

ICH 367 2.0    Microscopic and Scattering Techniques

Research interest :  

  • Molecular dynamics simulations study of protein-membrane interactions
  • Molecular dynamics simulations study of the energetics underlying protein conformational changes
  • Mathematical modeling of cellular dynamics
  • Synthesis and biological evaluation of functionalized nanoparticles

Selected Publications:

  • Aqeel, M.M.A.; Rajapaksha, S.P., Enzyme Related Synthesis of Lipids and Fabrication of Planar Lipid Membranes, Current Scientia (Special Issue), 2023, 177-190.
  • Kumarasinghe, D.M.,  Lekamge, D.D., Rajapaksha, S.P., Fernando, I.R., Complexation of Selected Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Hexaprotonated Hexaazacyclophane Macrocycles. JJC, 2023, 18, 33-42.
  • Rajapaksha, S.P.*; Upahari, S., Anti-Correlated Position Fluctuation of Lipids in Forming Membrane Water Pores: Molecular Dynamics Simulations Study with Dengue Virus Capsid Protein. J Biomol Struct Dyn, 2021, 40, 11395-11404. (*Corresponding Author)
  • Lakmal, J. T. H.; Rajapaksha, S.P.*, The Impact of Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Concentration on Transient Calcium Response in Phospholipase C pathway: A Simulation Study. JSLASS 2019, 2, 4-13. (*Corresponding Author)
  • Fernando, H.N.; Kumarasinghe, K.G.U.R.; Gunasekara, T.D.C.P.; Wijekoon, H.P.S.K.; Ekanayaka, E.M.A.K.; Rajapaksha, S.P.*; Fernando, S.S.N.; Jayaweera, P.M., Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Activity of Garcinol Capped Silver Nanoparticles. J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2019, 29, 1841-1851. (*Corresponding Author).

 CONTACT INFORMATION

Web : http://scholar.sjp.ac.lk/

Email Address: suneth@sjp.ac.lk

Room : 2L021