Dr. J. DahanayakeSenior Lecturer (Grade II)
| Email Address | : | jayangikadh@kln.ac.lk |
| Telephone (Office) | : | +94 (0)11 2 903 edit (ext: edit) |
| Office Location | : | B2 004/2 |
| Teaching | : | Computational Chemistry, Physical Chemistry |
| Office hours available for students. | : | Monday- Friday 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Google Scholar | Research Gate | ||
Research Interests:
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
Research Publications:
Peer Reviewed Publications (in refereed index journals)
- Jayangika N. Dahanayake, Elaheh Shahryari, Kirsten M. Roberts, Micah Heikes, Chandana Kasireddy, Katie R. Mitchell-Koch; “Protein Solvent Shell Structure Provides Rapid Analysis of Hydration Dynamics”; J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00009
- Jayangika N. Dahanayake and Katie R. Mitchell-Koch; “How does solvation layer mobility affect protein structural dynamics?”; Front. Mol. Biosci., 2018, 5:65, DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2018.00065.
- Jayangika N. Dahanayake and Katie R. Mitchell-Koch; “Entropy connects water structure and dynamics in protein hydration layer”; Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 14765-
- Jayangika N. Dahanayke, Chandana Kasireddy, Jonathan M. Ellis, Olivia A. Hull, Dylan Morlan, Katie R. Mitchell-Koch; “Evaluating electronic structure methods for accurate calculation of 19F chemical shifts in fluorinated amino acids”; J. Comp. Chem., 2017, 38, 2605-2617.
- Jayangika N. Dahanayake, Devaki N. Gautam, Rajni Verma, Katie Mitchell- Koch; “To keep or not to keep? the question of crystallographic waters for enzyme simulations in organic solvent”; Mol. Sim., 2016, 42 (12), 1001-1013.
Book Chapters
- Jayangika N. Dahanayake, Chandana Kasireddy, Joseph P. Karnes, Rajni Verma, Ryan M. Steinert, Derek Hildebrandt, Olivia A. Hull, Jonathan M. Ellis, Katie R. Mitchell-Koch; “Progress in Our Understanding of 19F Chemical Shifts”; Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy, Graham A. Webb, editor, 2019, DOI: 10.1016/bs.arnmr.2017.08.002
Peer Reviewed Abstracted Presentations
- Jayangika N. Dahanayake, Elaheh Shahryari, Katie R. Mitchell-Koch; “Effects of temperature and hydration shell structure on protein hydration dynamics”; Gordon research conference 2019, Holderness, NH, USA.
- Jayangika N. Dahanayake, Katie R. Mitchell-Koch; “Local hydration shell structure-dynamics connected by pairwise entropy in enzyme solvation layer”; Kansas physical chemistry symposium 2018, Kansas State University, KS, USA.
- Jayangika N. Dahanayake, Katie R. Mitchell-Koch; “Molecular dynamics studies of Candida antarctica lipase B enzyme dynamics and solvent dynamics at the enzyme interface”; 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting 2016, San Diego, CA, USA.
- Jayangika N. Dahanayake, Katie R. Mitchell-Koch; “Analysis of solvent dynamics around Candida antarctica lipase B using molecular dynamics simulations”; Midwest Regional American Chemical Society meeting 2015, St. Joseph , MO, USA.
- Jayangika N. Dahanayake, Rajni Verma, Katie R. Mitchell- Koch; “Analysis of Candida antarctica lipase B in non-aqueous solvents using molecular dynamics simulations”; Midwest Regional American Chemical Society meeting 2014, Columbia, MO, USA.
- Jayangika N. Dahanayake, Katie R. Mitchell-Koch; “Analysis of enzyme and solvent dynamics of Candida antarctica lipase B in non- aqueous solvents using molecular dynamics simulations”; Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Volume: 248 Meeting Abstract: 477-PHYS.
- Jayangika N. Dahanayke, Katie R. Mitchell-Koch; “Kinetics of Prepreg Epoxy Resin Curing for Aircraft Body Repair”; 10th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects. Wichita, Ks: Wichita State University, p. 73.
- Jayangika N. Dahanayake, S. Soltani, S. Keshavanarayana, K. R. Mitchell-Koch; “Kinetics of prepreg epoxy resin curing for aircraft body repair”; Midwest Regional American Chemical Society meeting 2013, Springfield, MO, USA.