{"id":718,"date":"2017-12-31T15:14:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T15:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/?page_id=718"},"modified":"2025-04-19T01:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T01:54:14","slug":"dr-suneth-rajapaksha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/dr-suneth-rajapaksha\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Suneth Rajapaksha"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/08\/sune.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-951 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/08\/sune-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"sune\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/08\/sune-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/08\/sune.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Senior Lecturer<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">B.Sc.(USJP, Sri Lanka), Ph.D. (<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BGSU, OH, USA<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a style=\"background-color: #00b4d8;border: none;color: white;padding: 15px 32px;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;font-size: 16px;margin: 4px 2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/04\/SRajapaksha-CV-SJP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Download Full CV &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333\">Postdoctoral Fellow:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThe University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, 2012-2015.<br \/>\nAugusta University, Augusta, GA, USA, 2015-2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333\">Divisions:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nPhysical Chemistry<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333\">Undergraduate Teaching:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">CHE 103 1.0 \u00a0 Chemical Thermodynamics<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">CHE 341 1.0 \u00a0 Colloids and Nanochemistry<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">CHE 365 1.0\u00a0 \u00a0Diffraction Methods in Chemistry<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">CHE 465 1.0 \u00a0 Biophysical Chemistry<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">ICH 351 1.0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction to Bioinformatics and Computational Biology<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">ICH 367 2.0 \u00a0\u00a0 Microscopic and Scattering Techniques<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333\">Research interest :<\/span> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Molecular dynamics simulations study of protein-membrane interactions<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: revert\">Molecular dynamics simulations study of the energetics underlying protein conformational changes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: revert\">Mathematical modeling of cellular dynamics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: revert\">Synthesis and biological evaluation of functionalized nanoparticles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333\">Selected Publications:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aqeel, M.M.A.; <strong>Rajapaksha, S.P<\/strong>., Enzyme Related Synthesis of Lipids and Fabrication of Planar Lipid Membranes, <em>Current Scientia (Special Issue)<\/em>, <strong>2023<\/strong>, 177-190.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: revert\">Kumarasinghe, D.M.,\u00a0 Lekamge, D.D., <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: revert\">Rajapaksha, S.P.<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert\">, Fernando, I.R., Complexation of Selected Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Hexaprotonated Hexaazacyclophane Macrocycles. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert\">JJC<\/em><span style=\"font-size: revert\">, <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: revert\">2023<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert\">, 18, 33-42.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: revert\">Rajapaksha, S.P.*<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert\">; Upahari, S., Anti-Correlated Position Fluctuation of Lipids in Forming Membrane Water Pores: Molecular Dynamics Simulations Study with Dengue Virus Capsid Protein. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert\">J Biomol Struct Dyn,<\/em><strong style=\"font-size: revert\"> 2021, <\/strong><em style=\"font-size: revert\">40<\/em><span style=\"font-size: revert\">, 11395-11404. (*<\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert\">Corresponding Author<\/em><span style=\"font-size: revert\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: revert\">Lakmal, J. T. H.; <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: revert\">Rajapaksha, S.P.*<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert\">, The Impact of Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Concentration on Transient Calcium Response in Phospholipase C pathway: A Simulation Study. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert\">JSLASS<\/em> <strong style=\"font-size: revert\">2019<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert\">, <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert\">2<\/em><span style=\"font-size: revert\">, 4-13. (*<\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert\">Corresponding Author<\/em><span style=\"font-size: revert\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: revert\">Fernando, H.N.; Kumarasinghe, K.G.U.R.; Gunasekara, T.D.C.P.; Wijekoon, H.P.S.K.; Ekanayaka, E.M.A.K.; <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: revert\">Rajapaksha, S.P.*<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert\">; Fernando, S.S.N.; Jayaweera, P.M., Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Activity of Garcinol Capped Silver Nanoparticles. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert\">J Microbiol Biotechnol. <\/em><strong style=\"font-size: revert\">2019<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert\">, <\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert\">29<\/em><span style=\"font-size: revert\">, 1841-1851. (*<\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert\">Corresponding Author<\/em><span style=\"font-size: revert\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u00a0CONTACT INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><label for=\"academia_staff_telephone\">Telephone Number: +94 703301300<\/label><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Web :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.sjp.ac.lk\/upulk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/scholar.sjp.ac.lk\/ <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Email Addres<\/strong>s: suneth@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Room : 2L021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Lecturer B.Sc.(USJP, Sri Lanka), Ph.D. (BGSU, OH, USA) Download Full CV &gt;&gt; Postdoctoral Fellow: The University of Texas at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/dr-suneth-rajapaksha\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dr. Suneth Rajapaksha<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4577,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions\/4577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}