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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Thilanga Liyana-Arachchi

Louisiana State University

Cain Department of Chemical Engineering

110 Chemical Engineering
South Stadium Road
Baton Rouge, LA  70803  

thilanga.p.liyanaarachchi@nasa.gov

Project List:

Consortium for the Molecular Engineering of Dispersant Systems (C-MEDS)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 8

2016

Zhang, Z., Avij, P., Perkins, M. J., Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Field, J. A., Valsaraj, K. T., et al. (2016). Combined Experimental and Molecular Simulation Investigation of the Individual Effects of Corexit Surfactants on the Aerosolization of Oil Spill Matter. J. Phys. Chem. A, 120(30), 6048–6058.

2014

Ehrenhauser, F. S., Avij, P., Shu, X., Dugas, V., Woodson, I., Liyana-Arachchi, T., et al. (2014). Bubble bursting as an aerosol generation mechanism during an oil spill in the deep-sea environment: laboratory experimental demonstration of the transport pathway. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 16(1), 65.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Zhang, Z., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Avij, P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2014). Bubble bursting as an aerosol generation mechanism during an oil spill in the deep-sea environment: molecular dynamics simulations of oil alkanes and dispersants in atmospheric air/salt water interfaces. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 16(1), 53–64.

2013

Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Hansel, A. K., Stevens, C., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Molecular Modeling of the Green Leaf Volatile Methyl Salicylate on Atmospheric Air/Water Interfaces. J. Phys. Chem. A, 117(21), 4436–4443.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Stevens, C., Hansel, A. K., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Molecular simulations of green leaf volatiles and atmospheric oxidants on air/water interfaces. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 15(10), 3583–3592.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Ice growth from supercooled aqueous solutions of reactive oxygen species. Theor Chem Acc, 132(1), 1309.

2012

Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2012). Adsorption of naphthalene and ozone on atmospheric air/ice interfaces coated with surfactants: A molecular simulation study. J. Phys. Chem. A, 116(10), 2519–2528.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2012). Ice Growth from Supercooled Aqueous Solutions of Benzene, Naphthalene, and Phenanthrene. J. Phys. Chem. A, 116(33), 8539–8546.

Conference Presentations - 7

2014

Zhang, Z., Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Avij, P., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2014). Molecular dynamics simulation of oil alkanes and dispersants in atmospheric air/salt water interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.

2013

Ehrenhauser, F. S., Heath, A. A., Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Wornat, M. J., Hung, F. R., Herckes, P. R., et al. (2013). Chemistry at the interface: Chemical transformations at the air-water interface. In ACS National Meeting & Spring Exposition. New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Zhang, Z., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Avij, P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Oil hydrocarbons and dispersants at air/salt water interfaces: Molecular simulations and experiments. In ACS National Meeting & Spring Exposition. New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Avij, P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Oil hydrocarbons and surfactants at air/salt water interfaces: Molecular simulations and experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Molecular dynamics simulations of green leaf volatiles and OH radicals on atmospheric air/water interfaces. In ACS National Meeting & Spring Exposition. New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013.

2012

Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2012). Adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and ozone on atmospheric air/ice interfaces. In Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation Conference. Welches, OR, July 22-26, 2012: Poster.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2012). Adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and ozone on atmospheric air/ice interfaces: A molecular simulation study. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 25-29, 2012: Poster.