{"id":9,"date":"2018-11-02T02:45:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T08:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/samantha-weerasinghe\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2019-12-08T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T17:22:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/samantha-weerasinghe\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_border&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Prof. M.S. Samantha Weerasinghe<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"small-text\"><strong>PROFESSOR<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Department of Chemistry<br \/>\nUniversity of Colombo<br \/>\nColombo 00300<br \/>\nSri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Office: Department of Chemistry, Room: 304<br \/>\nWork Phone: +94 11-250 3367<br \/>\nWork Fax: +94 11-250 3367<br \/>\nEmail: weera@chem.cmb.ac.lk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=is4Ol7wAAAAJ\">Google Scholar&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Samantha_Weerasinghe\">ResearchGate<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1536030595843{border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Academic &amp; Professional Qualifications<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">PhD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">1992<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">PhD - Physical Chemistry<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">Department of Chemistry, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">BSc<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">1984<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">BSc (Special degree) in Chemistry<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-card \"><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-card \"><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953408795{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Teaching<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\">\n<li>Computer Applications in Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Molecular simulation methods<\/li>\n<li>Molecular Spectroscopy<\/li>\n<li>Statistical Thermodynamics<\/li>\n<li>Chemical Kinetics<\/li>\n<li>Molecular Symmetry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953458083{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Research Interests<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\">\n<li>Main focus is to understand the macroscopic properties of chemical systems by studying molecular interactions in the microscopic level. When it comes to molecular level, the basic differences in various disciplines of science (chemistry, physics, biology etc.) often disappear and most of the phenomena could be understood by considering fundamental molecular interactions. This understanding led to develop a molecular mechanics force field (<a href=\"https:\/\/kbff.chem.k-state.edu\/\">KBFF<\/a>) and a web based information system (<a href=\"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/tools\/slflora\/\">slflora<\/a>) of chemical compounds of Sri Lankan flora.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_border&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text] PROFESSOR Department of Chemistry University of Colombo Colombo 00300 Sri Lanka Office: Department of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-pagebuilder.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/samantha-weerasinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/samantha-weerasinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/samantha-weerasinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/samantha-weerasinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/samantha-weerasinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/samantha-weerasinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/samantha-weerasinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/samantha-weerasinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}