Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Academic Staff member

Dr. Chinthaka Nadun Ratnaweera

Senior Lecturer Gr.II

Ph.D., Physical/Theoretical Chemistry, Mississippi State University, USA, 2015 , M.S., Management and Information Technology, University of Kelaniya, 2009 , B.Sc., Special degree in Chemistry, University of Colombo, 2004,
Email - nadun@chem.ruh.ac.lk
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  • Physical Chemistry
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Solid State Chemistry
  • Ab initio Calculations, Statistical Thermodynamics, Molecular Dynamics, Computational Chemistry Programming, Wealth from Waste
  • Deshapriya, U. S.; Dinuka, D. L. S.; Ratnaweera, P. B.; Ratnaweera, C. N. In Silico Study for Prediction of Novel Bioactivities of the Endophytic Fungal Alkaloid, Mycoleptodiscin B for Human Targets. J. Mol. Graph. Model. 2021, 102, 107767.
  • Nilantha Bandara, Chinthaka N. Ratnaweera, Steven R. Gwaltney, William P. Henry, Isolation and structure of the anti,anti isomer and a DFT study of it and the syn,anti isomer of bis(tricarbonylchromium) dibenzo[a,e]-cyclooctatetraene. Evidence for an attractive elec-trostaticinteraction between carbonyl oxygen atoms and Cr(CO)3 -coordinated arene carbon atoms", J. Organomet. Chem. 2013, 86, 745.
  • Recent Presentations
  • 1. Delwakkada Liyanage, S.; Ratnaweera, C.N..; Gunasekera, D. Cassava as a Solution for Cancer: A Computational Approach; Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Birmingham, USA, 2021.
  • 2. Ganeshalingam, A., Ratnaweera, C.N. In Silico Identification of Natural Product Inhibitors of HMG CoA Reductase. International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches in Science 2021, Univesity of Colombo; 2021
  • 3. Jayawardana C.; Ratnaweera, C. N. A Computational Study of Cyclin-dependent Kinases 1 (CDK1) butyrolactone I complex and the Role of Mg Ion in the Active Site. International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches in Science 2021, Univesity of Colombo; 2021.
  • 4. Kumari G.R.D.S; Ratnaweera C. N. Silica extraction and chemical analysis of rice husk in Sri Lanka, Ruhuna International Science and Technology Conference 2021, University of Ruhuna; 2021.
  • 5. Munasinghe M.A.I.J.; Ratnaweera C.N. Computational study of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibition by phytochemicals in five traditional medicinal, Ruhuna International Science and Technology Conference 2021, University of Ruhuna; 2021.
  • Former chairman of the National Chemistry Olympiad Committee
  • Member of the Section E2 and CPS committees SLAAS
  • Council member of the Sri Lanka Saukyadhana Movement