FACULTY PROFILES

Kushantha P. Withanage

Research Assistant Professor
Physics

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Email: kpwithanage@utep.edu

Bio

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Education

Publications

Electronic structure simulations in the cloud computing environment, Journal of Chemical Physics (2024), Eric J. Bylaska, Ajay Panyala, Nicholas P. Bauman, Bo Peng, Himadri Pathak, Daniel Mejia-Rodriguez, Niranjan Govind, David B. Williams-Young, Edoardo Apra, Abhishek Baguette, Erdal Mutlu, Koblar A. Jackson, Tunna Baruah, Yoh Yamamoto, Mark R. Pederson, Kushantha P. Withanage, Jesus N. Pedroza-Montero, Jenna A. Bilbrey, Sutanay Choudhury, Jesun Firoz, Kristina M. Herman, Sotiris S. Xantheas, Paul Rigor, Fernando D. Vila, John J. Rehr, Mimi Fung, Adam Grofe, Conrad Johnston, Nathan Baker, Ken Kaneko, Hongbin Liu, Karol Kowalski.
Use of FLOSIC for understanding Anion-Solvent Interactions Journal of Chemical Physics (2023), Mark R. Pederson, Kushantha P. Withanage, Zahra Hooshmand Gharehbagh, Alex I. Johnson, Tunna Baruah, Yoh Yamamoto, Rajendra Zope, Der-You Kao, Priyanka B. Shukla, J K. Johnson, Juan E. Peralta, Koblar A. Jackson.

Presentations

Single Molecule Metallocenes with 4d Transition Metal Atoms (2025), Volume University of Texas at El Paso, Daniela Herrera Molina, Kushantha P. Withanage, Jesus N. Pedroza, Mark R. Pederson, Md F. Islam.
A simple and Efficient Way to Incorporate Anharmonicity within Density Functional Theory Calculations (2025), Volume Anaheim, California, Kushantha P. Withanage, Jesus Pedroza Montero, Md F. Islam, Mark R. Pederson.
A systematic first-principles study of single molecule metallocenes with 4d transition metal atoms (2025), Volume Anaheim, California, Md F. Islam, Daniela Herrera Molina, Jesus Pedroza Montero, Kushantha P. Withanage, Mark R. Pederson, Carlo Canali.
Modeling Harmonic and Anharmonic Local Low-spin Fe3+ Molecular Magnet Qubit (2025), Volume Anaheim, California, Jesus Pedroza Montereo, Kushantha P. Withanage, Md F. Islam, Mark R. Pederson.

Grants

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Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2026	PHYS 2230 - Thermal and Fluid Physics	20397

Past Courses

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Course Evaluations

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Bio

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Publications

Electronic structure simulations in the cloud computing environment, Journal of Chemical Physics (2024), Eric J. Bylaska, Ajay Panyala, Nicholas P. Bauman, Bo Peng, Himadri Pathak, Daniel Mejia-Rodriguez, Niranjan Govind, David B. Williams-Young, Edoardo Apra, Abhishek Baguette, Erdal Mutlu, Koblar A. Jackson, Tunna Baruah, Yoh Yamamoto, Mark R. Pederson, Kushantha P. Withanage, Jesus N. Pedroza-Montero, Jenna A. Bilbrey, Sutanay Choudhury, Jesun Firoz, Kristina M. Herman, Sotiris S. Xantheas, Paul Rigor, Fernando D. Vila, John J. Rehr, Mimi Fung, Adam Grofe, Conrad Johnston, Nathan Baker, Ken Kaneko, Hongbin Liu, Karol Kowalski.
Use of FLOSIC for understanding Anion-Solvent Interactions Journal of Chemical Physics (2023), Mark R. Pederson, Kushantha P. Withanage, Zahra Hooshmand Gharehbagh, Alex I. Johnson, Tunna Baruah, Yoh Yamamoto, Rajendra Zope, Der-You Kao, Priyanka B. Shukla, J K. Johnson, Juan E. Peralta, Koblar A. Jackson.

Presentations

Single Molecule Metallocenes with 4d Transition Metal Atoms (2025), Volume University of Texas at El Paso, Daniela Herrera Molina, Kushantha P. Withanage, Jesus N. Pedroza, Mark R. Pederson, Md F. Islam.
A simple and Efficient Way to Incorporate Anharmonicity within Density Functional Theory Calculations (2025), Volume Anaheim, California, Kushantha P. Withanage, Jesus Pedroza Montero, Md F. Islam, Mark R. Pederson.
A systematic first-principles study of single molecule metallocenes with 4d transition metal atoms (2025), Volume Anaheim, California, Md F. Islam, Daniela Herrera Molina, Jesus Pedroza Montero, Kushantha P. Withanage, Mark R. Pederson, Carlo Canali.
Modeling Harmonic and Anharmonic Local Low-spin Fe3+ Molecular Magnet Qubit (2025), Volume Anaheim, California, Jesus Pedroza Montereo, Kushantha P. Withanage, Md F. Islam, Mark R. Pederson.

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Current/Future Courses

Term

Spring 2026

Course

PHYS 2230 - Thermal and Fluid Physics

Section

20397

Syllabus

Past Courses

No info available.