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Mahendra Kahanda

Applications Architect, Chemistry Division

Mahendra Kahanda

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Chemistry Division
Bldg. 555
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-2973
mkahanda@bnl.gov

Education | Appointments | Publications


Education

B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 1982
M.A. Physics, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 1987
M.Phil. Physics, City University of New York, 1989
Ph.D. Physics, City University of New York, 1990

Professional Appointments

Assistant Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 10/1982-8/1984
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 10/1990-2/1992
Research Associate, Department of Physics Brooklyn College of CUNY, 3/1992-11/1996
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Information Services Division, 12/1996-11/2001
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Chemistry Division, 12/2001- present

Selected Publications

  • Kahanda GLMKS (1996) In Situ Monitoring of Grouted Electrolytes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 143:1214. doi: 10.1149/1.1836619
  • Kahanda GLMKS, Kruger AA, Gu J, Shen WM, Tomkiewicz M (1993) Electrochemical Characterization of Grouted Radioactive Waste. MRS Proceedings. doi: 10.1557/proc-333-357
  • Kahanda GLMKS, Wong P (1993) Kahanda and Wong reply. Physical Review Letters 71:806–806. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.71.806
  • Kahanda GLMKS, Zou X, Farrell R, Wong P (1992) Columnar growth and kinetic roughening in electrochemical deposition. Physical Review Letters 68:3741–3744. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.68.3741
  • He S, Kahanda GLMKS, Wong P (1992) Roughness of wetting fluid invasion fronts in porous media. Physical Review Letters 69:3731–3734. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.69.3731
  • Kahanda GLMKS (1990) Fractality and Impedance of Electrochemically Grown Silver Deposits. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 137:3423. doi: 10.1149/1.2086233
  • Kahanda GLMKS (1989) Morphological Evolution in Zinc Electrodeposition. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 136:1497. doi: 10.1149/1.2096949
  • Kahanda GLMKS, Tomkiewicz M (1988) Correlations between the kinetics of zinc electrodeposition and the fractal properties of the deposits. Physical Review B 38:957–959. doi: 10.1103/physrevb.38.957
  • Aurian-Blajeni B, Kimball AG, Robblee LS, et al (1987) Correlation Between Charge Storage Capacity and Morphology. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 134:2637–2638. https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2100261
  • Tennakone K (1984) Dye Sensitization of Cuprous Thiocyanate Photocathode in Aqueous KCNS. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 131:1574. doi: 10.1149/1.2115912
  • Tennakone K, Kahanda M, Kasige C (1984) Electrical conduction in triarylmethane halides and thiocyanates. Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka 12:41. doi: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v12i1.8370
Mahendra Kahanda

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Chemistry Division
Bldg. 555
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-2973
mkahanda@bnl.gov