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Head/Geology- 
Geoenvironmental implications of Chronic Kidney Diseases of uncertain etiology (CKDu)
Committee of Vice-chancellors and Directors (CVCD) Excellence award -Most outstanding Senior Researcher in Sri Lanka in the field of Physical Sciences (life time award) (the highest award can be obtained by a academics in Sri Lanka)-2018
National Awards for Science & Technology Achievements for Excellence in international collaboration for advancement of S&T (National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka)-2018
Ananda Coomaraswamy Medal from the Geological Society of Sri Lanka (awarded considering the contributions to the advancement of geology of Sri Lanka)-2016
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship (Germany) 2011; 2019
German Academic Exchange Award (Germany) 2003 and 2014
The President’s Research Award (Sri Lanka) 11 times from 1999 to 2018Biological Trace element Research
Diyabalanage S, Kalpage MD, Mohotti DG, Dissanayake CKK, Fernando R, Frew RD, Chandrajith R (2021). Comprehensive assessment of essential and potentially toxic trace elements in bovine milk and their feeds in different agro-climatic zones of Sri Lanka. Biological Trace element Research, 199: 1377-1388.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-020-02242-4
Applied Geochemistry
Senarathne
S, Jayawardana JMCK, Edirisinghe EANV, Chandrajith
R (2021). Geochemical
and isotope evidence for groundwater mineralization in a semi-arid river basin,
Sri Lanka. Applied Geochemistry, 124: 104799.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104799
International Journal of Astrobiology
Wickramarathna S, Chandrajith R, Senaratne A, Paul V, Dash P, Wickramasinghe S, Biggs PJ (2021). Bacterial influence on the formation of hematite: implications for Martian
dormant life. International Journal of Astrobiology, 20(4): 270 - 284.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550421000124
KDU Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies
Senanayke I, Piyasiri S, Chandrajith R, Nandalal W, Ranatunga K (2021). Assessment of Groundwater Quality Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis in the Medawachchiya Area and the Huruluwewwa Areas in Anuradhapura District. KDU Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 3(1): 80-93.
Geoderma Regional
Vithana CL, Ulapane
PAK, Chandrajith R, Sullivan LA,
Bundschuh J, Toppler N, Ward NJ, Senaratne, A (2021). Acid sulfate soils on the west coast of Sri Lanka: A review. Geoderma Regional, 25: e00382.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2021.e00382.
Biological Trace element Research
Rajatheja
MKJC, Chandrajith
R, Bentota
A, Jayasinghe
GY (2021). A comparative assessment of trace element accumulation in native and improved rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties grown under different conditions of fertilizer application. Biological Trace element Research, 199: 1153-1160.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-020-02213-9
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Senarathne
S, Jayawardana JMCK, Edirisinghe EANV, Chandrajith
R (2021). Influence of regional climatic on the hydrogeochemistry of a tropical river basin—a study from the Walawe river basin of Sri Lanka. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28: 15701–15715.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-11712-0
Biological Trace Element Research
Chandrajith R, Bhagya S, Diyabalanage S, Wimalasiri S, Ranatunga MAB,
Barth JAC (2021). Exposure Assessment of Fluoride Intake Through Commercially Available Black Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) from Areas with High Incidences of Chronic Kidney Disease with Undetermined Origin (CKDu) in Sri Lanka. Biological Trace Element Research, (in press).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-021-02694-2
Ceylon Journal of Science
Premaratne
KM, Chandrajith R, Ratnayake NP (2021). An overview of Holocene monsoon variability of Sri Lanka and its association with Indian subcontinent climate records. Ceylon Journal of Science, 50(3): 207-218.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/cjs.v50i3.7901
One Health Outlook
Pry, JM,
Jackson W, Rupasinghe R, Lishanthe G, Badurdeen Z, Abeysekara T, Chandrajith R, Smith W, Wickramasinghe
S (2021). A pilot case-control study using a one health approach to evaluate behavioral, environmental, and occupational risk factors for chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Sri Lanka. One Health Outlook, 3: 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42522-020-00034-3
BMC Paediatrics
Thillan K,
Lanerolle P, Thoradeniya T, Samaranayake D, Chandrajith R, Wickramasinghe P (2021). Micronutrient status and associated factors of adiposity in primary school children with normal and high body fat in Colombo municipal area, Sri Lanka. BMC Paediatrics, 21: 14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02473-3
Journal of the Geological Society of Sri Lanka
Koralegedara NH,
Weedagama WLACI, Athurupana B, Balasooriya NWB, Chandrajith R, Senaratne A (2021). Chemical, Mineralogical and Textural Characterization of Red Earth Formation in the Northwest Coast of Sri Lanka. Journal of the Geological Society of Sri Lanka, 22: 1-10.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jgssl.v22i1.53
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Abeywickrama HM, Wimalasiri S, Koyama Y, Uchiyama M, Shimizu U, Chandrajith R, Kakihara N, Nanayakkara N (2020). Quality of life and symptom burden among chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) patients in Girandurukotte, Sri Lanka. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17: 4041.
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/11/4041
Groundwater for Sustainable development
Udeshani WAC, Dissanayake HMKP, Chandrajith R, Gunatilake SK (2020). Assessment of groundwater quality using water quality index (WQI): a case study of a hard rock terrain in Sri Lanka. Groundwater for Sustainable development, 11: 100421.
ACS Omega
Rajakaruna TPB, Udawatte C, Chandrajith R, Rajapakse RMG (2020). Non-hazardous Process for Extracting Pure Titanium Dioxide Nano-rods from Geogenic Ilmenite. ACS Omega, 5: 16176-16182.
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsomega.0c01756
Chemosphere
Nanayakkara S, Senevirathna STMLD, Harada KH, Chandrajith R, Nanayakkara N, Koizumu A (2020). Influence of fluoride on chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka. Chemosphere, 257: 127186.
Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
Gunawardena SA, Gunawardana JW, Chandrajith R, Thoradeniya T, Jayasinghe S (2020). Renal bioaccumulation of trace elements in urban and rural Sri Lankan populations: a preliminary study based on post mortem tissue analysis. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 61: 126565.
Biological Trace element Research
Rajatheja MKJC, Chandrajith R, Bentota A, Jayasinghe GY (2020). A comparative assessment of trace element accumulation in native and improved rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties grown under different conditions of
fertilizer application. Biological Trace element Research, .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-020-02213-9
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
ayathunga K, Diyabalanage S, Frank AH, Chandrajith R, Barth JAC (2020). Influences of seawater intrusion and anthropogenic activities on a coastal aquifer system in Sri Lanka: evidence from hydrogeochemical and stable isotope data . Environmental Science and Pollution Research, .
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Diyabalanage S, Dangolla A, Mallawa C, Rajapakse S, Chandrajith R (2020). Bioavailability of selenium (Se) in cattle population in Sri Lanka based on qualitative determination of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activities. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, .
Journal of Quaternary Science
Gayantha K, Routh J, Anupama K, Lazar J, Prasad S, Chandrajith R, Roberts P, Gleixner G (2020). Reconstruction of the Late Holocene climate and environmental history from North Bolgoda Lake, Sri Lanka using lipid biomarkers and pollen records. Journal of Quaternary Science, 35: 514-525.
Groundwater for Sustainable Development. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2020.100359
Chandrajith R, Diyabalanage S, Dissanayake CB (2020). Geogenic fluoride and arsenic in ground- water of Sri Lanka and its implications to community health. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2020.100359, .
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Abeywickrama HM, Wimalasiri S, Koyama Y, Uchiyama M, Shimizu U, Chandrajith R, Nanayakkara N (2020). Assessment of nutritional status and dietary pattern of a rural adult population in dry zone, Sri Lanka. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (1): 150.
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Fernando WBNT, Nanayakkara N, Gunarathne L, Chandrajith R (2020). Serum and urine fluoride levels in populations of high environmental fluoride exposure with endemic CKDu: a case–control study from Sri Lanka. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 42: 1497-1504.
AGROFOR International Journal
Jayasinghe J, Pathirana S, Dilhani D, Navarathna S, Sinhapura M, Jayasinghe C, Chandrajith R, Marapana U (2019). Pesticide residues in cow milk and dairy products from the major milk producing area of Sri Lanka. AGROFOR International Journal, 4(3): 83-90.
Journal of Engineering and Technology of the Open University of Sri Lanka
Jayasinghe JMJK, Marapana RAUJ, Navaratne SB, Dilhani RAD, Pathirana KPSR, Chinthaka SDM, Athapattu BCL, Chandrajith R (2019). Occurrence of heavy metals in ground and surface water of Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. Journal of Engineering and Technology of the Open University of Sri Lanka, 7: 53-74.
Groundwater for Sustainable Development
Senarathne SL, Jayawardana J MCK, Edirisinghe EANV, Chandrajith R (2019). Characterization of groundwater in Malala Oya river basin, Sri Lanka using geochemical and isotope signatures. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 9: 100225.
Ceylon Journal of Science
Dissanayake CB, Chandrajith R (2019). Fluoride and hardness in groundwater of tropical regions - review of recent evidence indicating tissue calcification and calcium phosphate nanoparticle formation in kidney tubules. Ceylon Journal of Science, 48(3): 197–207.
Water Science and Technology
Pathberiya GG, Jayasinghe GY, Chandrajith R (2019). Adsorption kinetics of hexavalent chromium on to natural red-earth- a laboratory simulated study . Water Science and Technology, 80(6): 1118-1124.
Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
Nanayakkara S, Chandrajith R, Watanabe T, Hitomi T, Abeysekera T, Koizumi A, Muso E, Harada K, Senevirathna L (2019). Systematic evaluation of exposure to trace elements and minerals in patients with chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 54: 206-213.
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Ranasinghe N, Kruger E, Chandrajith R, Tennant M (2019). The heterogeneous nature of water well fluoride levels in Sri Lanka: An opportunity to mitigate the dental fluorosis . Community dentistry and oral epidemiology, 47(3): 236-242.
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
Weerakoon WAP, Aggarwal N, Jha N, Jayasena HAH, Joshi M, Yakandawala D, Chandrajith R, Perera KVGH, Ratnayake NP (2019). Reconstruction of the Upper Gondwana palaeoclimates based on palynostratigraphy, palynofacies and sedimentology of the Jurassic sequences in the Tabbowa Basin, Sri Lanka. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 172: 264-278.
Global public health
Vlahos P, Schensul SL, Nanayakkara N, Chandrajith R, Haider L, Anand S, Silva KT, Schensul JJ (2019). Kidney progression project (KiPP): Protocol for a longitudinal cohort study of progression in chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Sri Lanka. Global public health, 14: 214-226.
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Chandrajith R, Weerasingha A, Premaratne KM, Gamage D, Abeygunasekera AM, Joachimski MM, Senaratne A (2019). Mineralogical, compositional and isotope characterization of human kidney stones (urolithiasis) in a Sri Lankan population. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 41: 1881-1894.
Exposure and Health
Balasooriya S, Munasinghe H, Herath AT, Diyabalanage S, Ileperuma OA, Manthrithilake H, Daniel C, Amann K, Zwiener C, Barth JAC, Chandrajith R (2019). Possible links
between groundwater geochemistry and chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology
(CKDu): an investigation from the Ginnoruwa region in Sri Lanka
. Exposure and Health, .
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Herath IK, WU SJ, Ma MH, Chandrajith R (2019). Tracing controlling factors of riverine chemistry in a headwater tributary of the Yangtze River, China, inferred from geochemical and stable isotopic signatures. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(23): 23899-23922.
Progress in biophysics and molecular biology
Edward J Steele, Shirwan Al-Mufti, Kenneth A Augustyn, Chandrajith R, John P Coghlan, SG Coulson, Sudipto Ghosh, Mark Gillman, Reginald M Gorczynski, Brig Klyce, et al. (2019). Commentary: Numerical analysis of Steele et al.: Cause of Cambrian explosion-terrestrial or cosmic? Reply. Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 141: 74-78.
Applied Geochemistry
Amarathunga U, Diyabalanage S, Bandara UGC, Chandrajith R (2019). Environmental factors controlling arsenic mobilization from sandy shallow coastal aquifer sediments in the Mannar Island, Sri Lanka . Applied Geochemistry, 100: 152-159.
Progress in biophysics and molecular biology
Edward J Steele, Shirwan Al-Mufti, Kenneth A Augustyn, Chandrajith R, John P Coghlan, SG Coulson, Sudipto Ghosh, Mark Gillman, Reginald M Gorczynski, Brig Klyce, et al. (2019). Reply to commentary by R Duggleby. Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 141: 74-78.
Journal of Geological Society of Sri Lanka
Chandrajith R (2018). From rocks to health: pioneering contribution to an emerging field of geoscience
. Journal of Geological Society of Sri Lanka, 19: 1-9.
Progress in biophysics and molecular biology
Steele ED, Al-Mufti S, Augustyn AK, Chandrajith R, Coghlan JP et al. (2018). Cause of Cambrian Explosion-Terrestrial or cosmic? . Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 136: 3-23.
Progress in biophysics and molecular biology
Steele ED, Al-Mufti S, Augustyn AK, Chandrajith R, Coghlan JP et al. (2018). Reply to editorial and commentaries on Steele, Al-Mufti, Augustyn, Chandrajith, Coghlan, Coulson et al. (2018) Cause of Cambrian explosion-Terrestrial or cosmic?. Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 136: 27-28.
Science of the Total Environment
Bandara UGC, Diyabalanage S, Hanke C, van Geldern R, Barth JAC, Chandrajith R (2018). Arsenic-rich shallow groundwater in sandy aquifer systems buffered by rising carbonate waters: A geochemical case study from Mannar Island, Sri Lanka. Science of the Total Environment, 633: 1352-1359.
Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
Diyabalanage S, Fonseka S, Dasanayake DMSNB, Chandrajith R (2017). Environmental exposures of trace elements assessed using keratinized matrices from patients with chronic kidney diseases of uncertain etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 39: 62–70.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Gayantha K, Routh J, Chandrajith R (2017). A multi-proxy reconstruction of the late Holocene climate evolution in Lake Bolgoda, Sri Lanka. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 473: 16-25.
Desalination and Water Treatment
Gunatilake SK, Chandrajith R (2017). Removal of Pb (II) from contaminated water using low temperature pyrolyzed agricultural and forest waste biochars - a comparative study. Desalination and Water Treatment, 62: 316-324.
Ceylon Journal of Science
Dissanayake CB and Chandrajith R (2017). Groundwater fluoride as a geochemical carrier in the etiology of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin in Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science, 46(2): 3-12.
Ceylon Journal of Science
Munasinghe TS, Abayasekara CL, Jayawardana A, Chandrajith R (2017). The effect of iron corrosion in cast iron pipes on the microbiological quality of drinking water: a laboratory and field investigation. Ceylon Journal of Science, 46(2): 99-104.
Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
Wickramarathna S, Balasooriya S, Diyabalanage S, Chandrajith R (2017). Tracing environmental aetiological factors of chronic kidney diseases in the dry zone of Sri Lanka—A hydrogeochemical and isotope approach. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 44: 298-306.
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Abeywickarama B, Ralapanawa U, Chandrajith R (2016). Geoenvironmental factors related to high incidence of human urinary calculi (kidney stones) in central highlands of Sri Lanka. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 38(5): 1203-1214.
Science of the Total Environment
Chandrajith R, Diyabalanage S, Premathilake, M, von Geldern R., Barth JAC (2016). Controls of evaporative irrigation return flows in comparison to seawater intrusion in coastal karstic aquifers in northern Sri Lanka: evidence from solutes and stable isotopes. Science of the Total Environment, 548: 421-428.
Ceylon Medical Journal
Wijayarathna KSN, Weerasingha GGAP, Weligamage AS, Chandrajith R, Abeygunasekera AM (2016). Infrared spectroscopic analysis of staghorn calculi obtained after open renal surgery in a urology unit of Sri Lanka. Ceylon Medical Journal, 61(2): 74-76.
Sri Lankan Journal of Biology
Mohotti AJ, Geeganage KT, Mohotti KM, Ariyarathne M, Karunaratne CLSM, Chandrajith R (2016). Phytoremedial potentials of ipome aaqatica and colocasia esculenta in soils contaminated with heavy metals through automobile painting, repairing and service centres. Sri Lankan Journal of Biology, 1(1): 27-37.
SpringerPlus
Diyabalanage S, Navarathna T, Abeysundara HTK, Rajapakse S, Chandrajith R (2016). Trace elements in native and improved paddy rice from different climatic regions of Sri Lanka: implications for public health. SpringerPlus, 5: 1864.
Colloid and Polymer Science
Ratnayake S, Schild D, Maczka E, Jartych E, Luetzenkirchen J, Kosmulski M, Makehelwala M, Weragoda SK, Bandara A, Wijayawardana R, Chandrajith R, Indrarathne SP, Weerasooriya R (2016). A novel radiation grafted methodology to synthesize stable zero valent iron nanoparticles at ambient atmospheric conditions. Colloid and Polymer Science, 294(10): 1557-1569.
Environmental Earth Sciences
Jayarathne A, Weerasooriya R, Chandrajith R (2015). A rapid method for the removal of fluoride in contaminated groundwater using natural crystalline apatite- a laboratory and field study. Environmental Earth Sciences, 73: 8369-8377.
Applied Geochemistry
Chandrajith R, Jayasena HAH, von Geldern R., Barth JAC (2015). Assessment of land subsidence mechanisms triggered by dolomitic marble dissolution from hydrogeochemistry and stable isotopes of spring waters. Applied Geochemistry, 58: 97-105.
Environmental Earth Sciences
Rubasinghe, R, Gunatilake, SK and Chandrajith, R (2015). Geochemical characteristics of groundwater in different climatic zones of Sri Lanka. Environmental Earth Sciences, 74: 3067-3076.
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Nanayakkara S, Senevirathna STMLD, Parahitiyawa, NB, Abeysekera T, Chandrajith R, Ratnatunga N, Hitomi T, Kobayashi H, Harada KH, Koizumi A (2015). Whole-exome sequencing reveals genetic variants associated with chronic kidney disease characterized by tubulointerstitial damages in North Central Region, Sri Lanka. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 20(5): 354-359.
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Diyabalanage S, Abekoon S, Watanabe I, Watai C, Ono Y, Wijesekara S, Guruge KS, Chandrajith R (2015). Has irrigated water from Mahaweli River contributed to the Kidney Disease of unknown origin in the Dry zone of Sri Lanka?. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 38: 679-690.
Journal of the Geological Society of Sri Lanka
Siriwardana C.H.E.R., Dias R.R.L., Seneviratna L.K., Prame W.K.B.N., Dillimuni D. and Chandrajith R (2015). In-situ occurrence of chrysoberyls from Yakkalamulla in Southern Sri Lanka. Journal of the Geological Society of Sri Lanka, 17: 117-123.
Journal of Occupational Health
Nanayakkara S, Senevirathna STMLD, Abeysekera T, Chandrajith R, Ratnatunga N, Gunerathne EDL, Hitomi T, Muso E, Komiya T, Harada KH, Liu W, Kobayashi H, Okuda H, Sawatari H, Matsuda F, Yamada R, Watanabe T, Koizumi A (2014). An Integrative Study on Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Sri Lanka. Journal of Occupational Health, 56(1): 28-38.
Environmental Earth Sciences
Chandrajith R, Chaturangani D, Abeykoon S, Barth JAC, van Geldern R, Edirisinghe V (2014). Quantification of groundwater-seawater- interaction in a coastal sandy aquifer system - a study from panama, Sri Lanka. Environmental Earth Sciences, 72: 867-877.
Water Science & Technology: Water Supply
Herath AT, Abayasekara CL, Chandrajith R and Adikaram NKB (2014). Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bottled drinking water in Sri Lanka: a potential health hazard. Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, 14(6): 1045-1050.
Environmental Earth Sciences
Thilakerathne A, Schuth C and Chandrajith R (2014). The impact of hydrogeological setting on geochemical evolution of groundwater in karstified limestone aquifer basin in northwest Sri Lanka. Environmental Earth Sciences, 73: 8061-8073.
Environmental Earth Sciences
Nikagolla C, Chandrajith R, Weerasooriya R, Dissanayake CB (2013). Removal of chromium (III) from contaminated aqueous solutions using natural red earth. Environmental Earth Sciences, 68: 641-645.
Journal of Hydrology
Chandrajith R, Barth JAC, Subasinghe ND, Merten D, Dissanayake CB (2013). Geochemical and isotopic characteristics of geothermal spring waters in Precambrian metamorphic terrain of Sri Lanka- Evidences for a steeper geothermal gradient. Journal of Hydrology, 476: 360-369.
Journal of Food Science
Herath AT, Abayasekara CL, Chandrajith R, Adikaram NKB (2012). Temporal variation of microbiological and chemical quality of non-carbonated bottled drinking water sold in Sri Lanka. Journal of Food Science, 77(3): 160-164.
Ceylon Journal of Science
Chandrajith R, T Ariyaratna and C.B. Dissanayake
(2012). The status of cadmium in the geoenvironment of Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science, 16: 47-54.
Ceylon Journal of Science
Dias DP, Dissanayake CB, Chandrajith R, De Silva NR, Jayasinghe ULB, Nimalasiri TB (2012). The hydrocarbon potential of a recently discovered black shale deposit in the north-east of Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science, 16: 31-36.
Journal of the National Science Foundation
Chandrajith R, Padmasiri JP, Dissanayake CB, Prematilake KM (2012). Distribution of fluoride in groundwater of Sri Lanka. Journal of the National Science Foundation, 40(4): 303-309.
Journal Environmental health and preventive medicine
Nanayakkara S, Senevirathna STMLD, Karunaratne U, Chandrajith R, Harada KH, Hitomi T, Watanabe T, Abeysekera T, Aturaliya TNC, Koizumi A (2012). Evidence of tubular damage in the very early stage of chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study. Journal Environmental health and preventive medicine, 17(2): 109-117.
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Chandrajith R, Nanayakkara N, Itai K, Aturaliya TNC, Dissanayake CB, Abeysekera T, Harada K, Watanabe T, Koizumi A (2011). Chronic Kidney Diseases of Uncertain Etiology (CKDue) in Sri Lanka: geographic distribution and environmental implications. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 33: 267-278.
Science of the Total Environment
Chandrajith R, Dissanayake CB, Ariyaratne T, Hearth HMJMK, Padmasiri JP (2011). Dose-dependent Na and Ca in fluoride-rich drinking water- a major cause of chronic renal failure in tropical arid regions. Science of the Total Environment, 409: 671-675.
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Desalegn B, Nanayakkara S, Harada K, Toshiaki, Hitomi T, Chandrajith R, Karunaratne U, Abeysekera T, Koizumi A (2011). Mycotoxin Detection in Urine Samples from Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology in Sri Lanka. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 87: 6-10.
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Senevirathna L, Abeysekera T, Nanayakkara S, Chandrajith R, Ratnatunga N, Harada KH, Hitomi T, Komiya T, Muso E, Koizumi A (2011). Risk factors associated with disease progression and mortality in chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology: a cohort study in Medawachchiya, Sri Lanka. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 17: 191-198.
Journal of Geological Society of Sri Lanka
Jayasena HAH, Chandrajith R, Gangadara KR (2011). Water Management in ancient tank cascade systems (TCS) in Sri Lanka: evidences for systematic tank distribution. Journal of Geological Society of Sri Lanka, 14: 29-34.
Journal of Geological Society of Sri Lanka
Chandrajith R, Ranawana KB, Priyantha AAC (2011). Soil geochemical characteristics of Eucalyptus plantations and adjoining natural forest patches in Central hilly districts of Sri Lanka. Journal of Geological Society of Sri Lanka, 14: 91-96.
Environmental Earth Sciences
Chandrajith R, Seneviratna S, Wickramaarachchi K, Attanayake T, Aturaliya TNC, Dissanayake CB (2010). Natural radio-nuclides and trace elements in rice field soils in relation to fertilizer application- study of a Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) area in Sri Lanka. Environmental Earth Sciences, 60: 193-201.
Environmental Geology
Chandrajith R, Koralegedara N, Ranawana KB, Tobschall HJ, Dissanayake CB (2009). Major and trace elements in plants and soils in Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka: an approach to explain forest die back. Environmental Geology, 57: 17-28.
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Chandrajith R, Kudavidanage E, Tobschall HJ, Dissanayake CB (2009). Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of elephant geophagic soils in Udawalawe National Park Sri Lanka. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 31: 391-400.
Environmental Geology
Daesslé LW, Ruiz-Montoya L, Tobschall HJ, Chandrajith R, Camacho-Ibar VF, Mendoza- Espinosa LG, Quintanilla-Montoya AL, Lugo-Ibarra KC (2009). Fluoride, nitrate and water hardness in groundwater supplied to the rural communities of Ensenada County, Baja California, Mexico. Environmental Geology, 58: 419-429.
Journal of the National Science Foundation (Sri Lanka)
Dissanayake CB, Chandrajith R (2009). Phosphate mineral fertilizers, trace metals and human health. Journal of the National Science Foundation (Sri Lanka), 37: 153-165.
Water and Environment Journal
Mahatantila K, Chandrajith R, Jayasena HAH, Ranawana KB (2008). Spatial and temporal changes of hydrogeochemistry in ancient Tank Cascade Irrigation Systems (TCIS) in Sri Lanka: Evidence for a constructed wetland. Water and Environment Journal, 22: 17-24.
Environmental Geology
Jayasena HAH, Chandrajith R, CB Dissanayake (2008). Hydrochemistry in the groundwater flow system of a crystalline terrain: a study from Kurunegala district Sri Lanka. Environmental Geology, 55: 723-730.
Hydrological Processes
Jayasena HAH Chandrajith R and Dissanayake CB (2008). Spatial variation of stable isotope composition in precipitation in a tropical environment- a study from the Deduru Oya river basin Sri Lanka. Hydrological Processes, 22: 4565-4570.
Paddy and Water Environment
Chandrajith R, Mahatantila K, Jayasena HAH, Tobschall HJ (2008). Geochemical characteristics of sediments from a reservoir (tank) ecosystem in Sri Lanka. Paddy and Water Environment, 6: 363-371.
Chemosphere
Chandrajith R, Dissanayake CB, Tobschall HJ (2005). The abundances of some rarer trace elements in paddy (rice) soils of Sri Lanka. Chemosphere, 58 (10): 1415-1420.
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Chandrajith R, Dissanayake CB, Tobschall HJ (2005). Geochemistry of trace elements in paddy (rice) soils of Sri Lanka - implications on iodine deficiency disorders (IDD)
. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 27(1): 55-64..
Gemmologie
Dharmaratne T, Chandrajith R, Weerawarnakula S (2005). Occurrence of In-situ Corundum in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. Gemmologie, 54(1): 21-34.
Ceylon Journal of Science: Physical Sciences
Premaratne U, Jayasena HAH, Chandrajith R, Tobschall HJ (2005). Radiocarbon dating of some plant remains in Weuda sediments from Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science: Physical Sciences, 10: 75-79.
Paddy and Water Environment
Chandrajith R, Dissanayake CB, Tobschall HJ (2004). Abundance of rare earth elements in rice paddy soils from three regions of Sri Lanka. Paddy and Water Environment, 2(3): 163-169.
Chemie der Erde
Ranasinghe PN, Chandrajith R, Dissanayake CB, Rupasinghe MS (2002). Importance of grain size factor in distribution of trace elements in stream sediments of tropical high grade terrains – A case study from Sri Lanka. Chemie der Erde, 62: 243-254.
Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management
Chandrajith R, Okumura M, Ueno T (2001). Record of Hg pollution in sediments of lakes Nakaumi and Shinji in Japan. Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management, 6: 127-131.
Chemical Geology
Chandrajith R, Dissanayake CB, Tobschall HJ (2001). Enrichment of High Field Strength Elements in sediments of a granulite terrain in Sri Lanka-Evidence for a mineralized belt? . Chemical Geology, 175: 259-271.
Applied Geochemistry
Chandrajith R, Dissanayake CB, Tobschall HJ (2001). Application of multi-element relationships in stream sediments to mineral exploration: a case study of Walawe Ganga Basin, Sri Lanka. Applied Geochemistry, 16(3): 339-350.
Journal of Geological Society of Sri Lanka
Dissanayake CB, Chandrajith R, Nawaratne SW (2001). A review of the geochemistry of sedimentary gem deposits of Sri Lanka. Journal of Geological Society of Sri Lanka, 10: 71-99.
Applied Geochemistry
Chandrajith R, Dissanayake CB, Tobschall HJ (2000). Sources of stream sediments in granulite terrains of the Walawe Ganga Basin Sri Lanka indicated by rare earth element geochemistry. . Applied Geochemistry, 15(9): 1369-1381.
Gondwana Research
Chandrajith R, Dissanayake CB, Tobschall HJ (2000). The Stream sediment geochemistry of the Walawe Ganga Basin Sri Lanka- implication for Gondwana mineralization. Gondwana Research, 3(2): 189-204.
Gondwana Research
Dissanayake CB, Chandrajith R, Boudou JP (2000). Graphite as a geomarker- application to continental reconstruction of Pan-African Gondwana terrains. Gondwana Research, 3(3): 405-413.
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
Dissanayake CB, Chandrajith R, Tobschall HJ (2000). The geology mineralogy and rare element geochemistry of the gem deposits of Sri Lanka. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, 72(1-2): 5-20.
Journal of Geological Society of Sri Lanka
Chandrajith R, Dissanayake CB, Tobschall HJ (2000). Geochemical mapping of stream sediments in the Walawe Ganga Basin-a statistical approach. Journal of Geological Society of Sri Lanka, 9: 29-38.
Earth Science Reviews
Dissanayake CB, Chandrajith R (1999). Medical geochemistry of tropical environments. Earth Science Reviews, 47: 219-258.
Chemie der Erde
Chandrajith R, Dissanayake CB, Tobschall HJ (1999). Vertical variation of selected trace elements in gem deposits from Ratnapura and Buttala gem fields in Sri Lanka. Chemie der Erde, 59: 135-150.
Journal of Geology
Dissanayake CB, Chandrajith R (1999). Sri Lanka- Madagascar Gondwana linkage: Evidence for a Pan-African mineral belt. Journal of Geology, 107: 223-235.
Chemosphere
Matsunaga T, Ueno T, Chandrajith R, Amano H, Okumura M (1999). Cesium-137 and mercury contamination in lake sediments. Chemosphere, 39: 269-283.
International Journal of Environmental Studies
Dissanayake CB, Chandrajith R, Tobschall HJ (1998). The iodine cycle in the tropical environment -Implications on iodine deficiency disorders. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 56: 69-76.
Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management
Chandrajith R, Okumura M (1996). Geochemistry of Hg in sediments from Lake Biwa in Japan. Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management, 2: 181-186.
Applied Geochemistry
Chandrajith R, Okumura M, Hashitani H (1995). Human influence on Hg pollution in lake Jinzai, Japan. Applied Geochemistry, 10: 229-235.
Applied Geochemistry Suppl Issue
Dissanayake CB, Chandrajith R (1993). Geochemistry of endemic goitre Sri Lanka. Applied Geochemistry Suppl Issue, 2: 211-213.