Dr. Richard Gunasekera

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Baylor University
  • M.S., Baylor University
  • M.S., University of Houston-Clear Lake
  • B.S., Baylor University

Publications

  • “Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Sex-Specific COVID-19 Clinical Outcomes”, Galbadage, Thushara; Peterson, Brent; Awada, Joseph; Buck, Alison; Ramirez, Danny; Wilson, Jason and Gunasekera, Richard, Frontiers in Medicine, 7:348.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.00348, 2020.
  • “Does COVID-19 Spread Through Droplets Alone?” Galbadage, Thushara; Peterson, Brent; Awada, and Gunasekera, Richard, Frontiers in Public Health, 8:163, doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00163, 2020.
  • “Molecular Nanomachines Can Destroy Tissue or Kill Multicellular Eukaryotes”; Richard S. Gunasekera*, Thushara Galbadage, Ciceron Ayala-Orozco, Dongdong Liu, Victor García-López, Brian E. Troutman, Josiah J. Tour, Robert Pal, Sunil Krishnan, Jeffrey D. Cirillo, and James M. Tour*; ACS Applied Materials Interfaces 12, 12, 13657–13670, ACS Editors Choice. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b22595, 2020.
  • “Molecular Nanomachines Disrupt Bacterial Cell Wall, Increasing Sensitivity of Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumonia to Meropenem,” Galbadage, T*.; Liu, D.; Alemany, L.B.; Pal, R; Tour, J.M.; Gunasekera, R.S.*; and Cirillo, J.D.; ACS Nano, 13(12):14377-14387. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07836. Epub 2019.
  • “Near-Infrared Light Activates Molecular Nanomachines to Drill into and Kill Cells,” Liu, D.; Garcia-Lopez, V.; Gunasekera, R.S.; Nilewski, L.G.; Alemany, L.B.; Aliyan, A.; Jin, T.; Wang, G.; Tour, J.M.; ACS Nano, 13:6, 6813-6823, 2019.
  • “Lutein inhibits growth of human prostate cancer cells and potentiates capsaicin, curcumin, and the traditional chemotherapy agent, camptothecin,” Gunasekera, R. S.; Somasundaram, S.; Mitchell, M.; Arrambide, D.; Black, H.S.; Current Topics in Phytochemistry, Vol. 12: 1-9, 2014.
  • “Phyto-Bioactive Food Pyramid© A Healthy Dietary Plan for Preventing Certain Common Cancers,” Gunasekera, R. S.; Baig, J.; Somasundaram, S.; W.C. International Development Journal, Oct, 2014, Vol 3: Issue 4.
  • “Tales from the Grave: Opposing Autopsy Reports from aBody Exhumed,” Gunasekera, R.S.; Brown, A.B.; Costas, E. H.; Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine (5):297-301; July,19.
  • “The Judicial Use of DNA Evidence and Forensic Expert Testimony in the Criminal Justice System,” Gunasekera, R.S.; Haschke, J.; Costas, E. H; Journal of Forensic Research 2010.
  • “In vivo Regulation of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase in the Genetic Mutant hph-1 Mouse Model,” Gunasekera R.S.; Hyland, K.; Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 98: 264 – 272, 2009.
  • “Disease in the homogeneous population of Tibet in China,” Gunasekera, R.S.; Cokenour, J.; Sen P.; Heath, D.; Han, M; A Study of Kashin-Beck, European Journal of Human Genetics, 17:2, 247, 20.
  • “Bioactive molecules from fruits and vegetables significantly potentiate traditional chemotherapy,” Gunasekera, R.S.; Arrambide, D.; Somasundaram, S; Acta Horticulturae, 841: 55- 60, 2009.
  • “Lycopene and Lutein Inhibit Proliferation in Rat Prostate Carcinoma Cells,” Gunasekera, R.S.; Sewgobind, K.; Desai, S.; Dunn, L.; Black, H.; McKeehan, W. L.; Patil, B; International Journal of Nutrition and Cancer, 58:2, 171 – 177, 2007.
  • “Differential phosphorylations of constitutive NFkB Ser 468/536 by limonoids and cell growth of MDA MB 231 human breast cancer cell line,” S. Somasundaram’ Pearce, K.; Gunasekera, R.S; Jayaprakasha G.K.; Bhimanagouda S.; Acta Horticulturae, 841: 55-57, 2009.
  • “Differential Anti-Proliferative Activity of Carotenoids on Prostate Cancer Cells and Studies of PSA Expression in Prostate Biopsies,” Gunasekera, R.S.; Sewgobind, K.; Desai, S.; Moore, M.; Rowley, B. A.; Ochoa, D.; McKeehan, W. L.; L. Dunn, M.S.; Geitz, L.; Perkinson, J.; Somasundaram, S.; Journal of Nutrition, 134 (12): 3521S, 2005.