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Last published 2025
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Rohana Liyanage

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Senior Scientist, Statewide Mass Spectrometry Facility

Also affiliated: Agricultural Research Service (2011–2015); United States Department of Agriculture (2011); University of Miami (2007); The University of Melbourne (2003); University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2024); Fayetteville State University (2017–2020); Florida International University (2007); University of Utah (2000–2005); University of Arkansas System (2008–2011); University of Illinois Chicago (1993–1998); Poultry Research Institute (2011)

Faculty Researcher

29 h-index 127 pubs 3,153 cited

  • Animals
  • Chickens
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Poultry Diseases
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Male
  • Campylobacter Infections
  • Campylobacter jejuni
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Fruit
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Humans
  • Oryza
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Peptides

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Rohana Liyanage is a Senior Scientist at the Statewide Mass Spectrometry Facility at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Her research group's work focuses on applying mass spectrometry techniques to investigate various biological and chemical processes, particularly within the context of animal health and food safety.

Liyanage has published extensively on topics including the microbial and chemical factors influencing poultry health, such as the role of specific bile acids in controlling necrotic enteritis and the impact of dietary components like trans-cinnamaldehyde and caprylic acid on pathogen carriage. Her work also delves into the physiological responses of chickens to environmental stressors, like cold stress, and its association with microbiome shifts. Additionally, her research has explored the interactions between microbes and host physiology, including how serotonin modulates *Campylobacter jejuni* and how compounds like sodium butyrate affect macrophage responses to pathogens. Her publication record includes 127 total publications with 3,070 citations, and she holds an h-index of 29. She is recognized as a highly cited researcher.

Metrics

  • h-index: 29
  • Publications: 127
  • Citations: 3,153

Selected Publications

  • Fitness Factors and Siderophores Influence the Survival of E. coli in Reused Broiler Litter (2025)
    Journal of Food Protection 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Mediates Clostridium perfringens-Induced Chicken Necrotic Enteritis Attenuated by Secondary Bile Acid Deoxycholic Acid (2025)
    Microorganisms 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Synergistic effect of electrocoagulation and antifouling nanofiltration membranes for microcystin removal (2025)
    Chemosphere 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Synergistic Effect of Electrocoagulation and Antifouling Nanofiltration Membranes for Microcystin Removal (2024)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Polyphenol-induced protein structural modifications in sorghum on pasting properties (2024)
    LWT 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Polyphenol-mediated covalent bonds on glutelin structural changes in rice with different bran colors (2024)
    Journal of Cereal Science 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Polyphenol-Induced Protein Structural Modifications in Sorghum on Pasting Properties (2024)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Recombinant Bile Salt Hydrolase Enhances the Inhibition Efficiency of Taurodeoxycholic Acid against Clostridium perfringens Virulence (2024)
    Pathogens 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Polyphenol-Mediated Covalent Bonds on Glutelin Structural Changes in Rice with Different Bran Colors (2024)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Cold stress initiates catecholaminergic and serotonergic responses in the chicken gut that are associated with functional shifts in the microbiome (2024)
    Poultry Science 22 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Inclusion of trans-cinnamaldehyde and caprylic acid in feed results in detectable concentrations in the chicken gut and reduces foodborne pathogen carriage (2023)
    Poultry Science 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Bactericidal Activity of a Novel Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus Isolate Effectively Controls Foodborne Pathogens Campylobacter jejuni and Listeria monocytogenes (2023)
    Applied Sciences 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Comparative- and network-based proteomic analysis of bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis lesions in broiler’s proximal tibiae identifies new molecular signatures of lameness (2023)
    Scientific Reports 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Protein equilibrium population snapshot hydrogen deuterium exchange electrospray ionization mass spectrometry measurements of the stability of wildtype human acidic fibroblast growth factor and the R136D variant (2022)
    Biophysical Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Blackberry phenolic and volatile extracts inhibit cytokine secretion in LPS-inflamed RAW264.7 cells (2021)
    Journal of Food Bioactives 6 citations DOI OpenAlex

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