Member Profile
Membership type: full
Jayangika Dahanayake
Country of origin: Sri Lanka Currently in: Sri Lanka, Colombo General field of specialization: Chemical Sciences-
Degrees
2017 Doctorate Chemical Sciences2011 Undergraduate Chemical Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Chemical Sciences
Hydration dynamics at the enzyme interface using molecular dynamics studies Computer-aided drug designing
Publications resulting from Research:
1. Doan, L. C., Dahanayake, J. N., Mitchell-Koch, K. R., Singh, A. K., & Vinh, N. Q. (2022). Probing Adaptation of Hydration and Protein Dynamics to Temperature. ACS omega, 7 (25), 22020-22031.
2. Rajapaksha, H., Pandithavidana, D. R., & Dahanayake, J. N. (2021). Demystifying Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu): Computational Interaction Analysis of Pesticides and Metabolites with Vital Renal Enzymes. Biomolecules, 11(2), 261.
3. 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
4. “How does solvation layer mobility affect protein structural dynamics?”; Jayangika N. Dahanayake, Katie R. Mitchell-Koch, Front. Mol. Biosci., 2018, 5:65, DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2018.00065
5. “Entropy connects water structure and dynamics in protein hydration layer”; Jayangika N. Dahanayake, Katie R. Mitchell-Koch, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 14765-14777.
6. “Evaluating electronic structure methods for accurate calculation of 19F chemical shifts in fluorinated amino acids”; Jayangika N. Dahanayke, Chandana Kasireddy, Jonathan M. Ellis, Olivia A. Hull, Dylan Morlan, Katie R. Mitchell-Koch, J. Comp. Chem., 2017, 38, 2605-2617.
7. “To keep or not to keep? The question of crystallographic waters for enzyme simulations in organic solvent”; Dahanayake, Jayangika Niroshani; Gautam, Devaki N.; Verma, Rajni; Mitchell-Koch, Katie., Mol. Sim., 2016, 42 (12), 1001-1013.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:AdministrationTeachingI have a reputation in my current department as a skilled teacher, and have a place at the table when curriculum changes are discussed. Therefore, I got an opportunity to develop a new syllabus for a new course (Applications of Computational Chemistry), which will be introduced to the upcoming new undergraduate degree curriculum. Because of my capabilities in university administration, I was appointed as the Coordinator, National Glass Blowing Center, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (November 2021 – Present), Coordinator, MSc in Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (April 2022 – Present), Senior Treasurer of Chemical Society, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (November 2022 – October 2023) and Departmental Coordinator in the Corporate Plan Monitoring Committee, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (September 2021 – Present).
Workshop and Conference Attended
2019 Holderness, NH, United States Proteins, Gordon Research ConferenceAffiliations
Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of SciencePresentation given
2019Effects of Temperature and Hydration Shell Structure on Protein Hydration dynamicsHolderness, NH, USAEvent: Proteins, Gordon Research Conference -
Other Awards
Jan 2023University of Kelaniya Vice Chancellor’s award for the outstanding young researcherApr 2023University of Kelaniya Senate Honors for ResearchApr 2021University of Kelaniya Senate Honors for ResearchJan 2019NIH K-INBRE (Kansas Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) Postdoctoral Award
