Athula Attygalle

• PhD (1983) University of Keele (Chemistry)
• MS (1977) University of Sri Lanka (Biochemistry)
• BS (1975) University of Ceylon (Chemistry)

• Stevens Institute of Technology Member
• Search Committee for Director of Technology Commercialization Chair
• Research and Entrepreneurship Committee Member
• Research and Entrepreneurship Committee Member
• Graduate Student Selection Committee Member
• SES Faculty Advisory Council Member

• American Society for mass spectrometry Member of editorial advisory Committee
• Journal of American Society for Mass spectrometry Editorial Adviser
• Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Editorial Board Member
• Many Journals and funding agencies ad hoc reviewer

• ASMS – American Society for Mass Spectrometry Member
• RSC – Royal Society of Chemsitry Fellow
• ACS – American Chemical Society Member
• AvH – Alexander von Humboldt Association Fellow

Journal Article

1. Attygalle, A.; Kumar, M. (2023). Dependence of collision-induced mass spectra of protonated Michler’s ketone (MK) on the nature of LC-MS mobile phase. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (vol. 34). American Chemical Society.
2. Attygalle, A. (2023). Impact of Ambient Vapors on Spectra of 4-Nitroaniline Recorded under Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe (ASAP) Mass Spectrometric Conditions. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (1 ed., vol. 34, pp. 205-217). American Chemical Society.
3. Attygalle, A. (2023). Real-Time Monitoring of Reactions by Headspace Sampling under Ambient Mass Spectrometric Conditions. Journal of Chemical Education (6 ed., vol. 100, pp. 2207-2214). American Chemical Society .
4. Attygalle, A. (2022). Evidence of Gas-Phase Attachment of Molecular Oxygen to Deprotonated Hydroquinone During Ion-mobility Mass Spectrometry. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (10 ed., vol. 33, pp. 1816-1824). American Chemical Society.
5. Kumar, M. B.; Zheng, Z. B.; Nishshanka, U. B.; Xia, H. B.; Weisbecker, C. B.; Attygalle, A. (2022). Fragmentation pathways of deprotonated ortho-hydroxybenzyl alcohol. Journal of Mass Spectrometry (vol. 57, pp. e4829.). Hoboken.
6. Attygalle, A. (2022). Short-chain Carboxylic Acids in the Scent Gland Secretions of the Eastern Small-scaled Burrowing Asp (Atractaspis fallax: Lamprophiidae, Serpentes, Reptilia). . Biochemical Systematics and Ecology (vol. 105, pp. 104548).
7. Ma, Y. B.; Zheng, Z. B.; Attygalle, A. B.; Kim , I.; Du, H. (2022). Untargeted urine metabolite profiling by mass spectrometry aided by multivariate statistical analysis to predict prostate cancer treatment outcome. Analyst (vol. 147, pp. 3043-3054). Hoboken: Royal Society of Chemistry.
8. Attygalle, A. B.; Pavlov, P.; Ruzicka, J. (2022). Monoisotopic Mass? . Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (vol. 33, pp. 5-10). American Chemical Society.
   https://doi.org/10.1021/jasms.1c00110.
9. Attygalle, A.; Hearth, K. B.; Iyengar, V.; Morgan , R. C. (2021). Biosynthesis of Quinoline by a Stick Insect. Journal of Natural Products (vol. 84, pp. 527-530). American Chemical Society.
10. Zheng , .; Attygalle, A. B. (2021). Impact of ambient vapors present in an electrospray ionization source on gas-phase ion structures. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (vol. 32, pp. 725-735). American Chemical Society.
11. Rork, A.; Xu, S.; Attygalle, A. B.; Renner, T. (2021). Primary Metabolism Co-Opted for Defensive Chemical Production in the Carabid Beetle, Harpalus pensylvanicus. Journal of Chemical Ecology (vol. 47, pp. 334-349). Springer.
12. Herath, K.; Previs, S.; Roddy, T.; Attygalle, A.; Gonzalez, I.; Genilloud, O.; Singh, S. (2021). Rapid, Selective and Sensitive Method for Semi-Targeted Discovery of Congeneric Natural Products by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Natural Products (vol. 84, pp. 814-823). American Chemical Society.
13. Ma, Y.; Chi, J.; Zheng, Z.; Attygalle, A.; Kim , I. Y.; Du, H. (2021). Therapeutic Prognosis of Prostate Cancer Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering of Patient Urine and Multivariate Statistical Analysis. Journal of Biophotonics (vol. 14, pp. 1-11). Hoboken: Wiley.
14. Pavlov, J.; Zheng, Z.; Douce, D.; Bajic, S.; Attygalle, A. (2021). Helium-Plasma-Ionization (HePI) Mass Spectrometry of Metallocenes and their Derivatives. . Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (2 ed., vol. 32, pp. 548-559). American Chemical Society.
15. Attygalle, A.; Xu, S.. Biosynthetic origin of benzoquinones in the explosive discharge of the bombardier beetle Brachinus elongatulus. The Science of Nature (vol. 107). Springer-Verlag GmbH.
16. Jariwala, F. B.; Hibbs, J. A.; Zhuk, I.; Sukhishvili, S. A.; Attygalle, A. (2020). Rapid determination of aminoglycosides in pharmaceutical preparations by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Science and Technology (1 ed., vol. 11).
17. Chandran, J.; Zheng, Z.; Thomas, V. I.; Rajalakshmi, C.; Attygalle, A. (2020). LC-MS analysis of p-aminosalicylic acid under electrospray ionization conditions manifests a profound solvent effect. The Analyst (15 ed., vol. 145, pp. 5333-5344).
18. Attygalle, A.; Xu, S.; Moore, W.; McManus, R.; Gill, A.; Will, K. (2020). Biosynthetic origin of benzoquinones in the explosive discharge of the bombardier beetle Brachinus elongatulus. Science of Nature (4 ed., vol. 107).
19. Errabelli, R.; Zheng, Z.; Attygalle, A. (2020). Formation of Protonated ortho-Quinonimide from ortho-Iodoaniline in the Gas Phase by a Molecular-Oxygen-Mediated, ortho-Isomer-Specific Fragmentation Mechanism. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (4 ed., vol. 31, pp. 864-872).
20. Xu, S.; Errabeli, R.; Will, K.; Arias, E.; Attygalle, A. (2019). 3-Methyl-1-(methylthio)-2-butene: a component in the foul-smelling defensive secretion of two Ceroglossus species (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Chemoecology (4 ed., vol. 29, pp. 171-178).
21. Mehta, R.; Zheng, Z.; Pavlov, J.; Attygalle, A. (2019). Chalcophile chemistry for enhanced detection of copper in its compounds and minerals. Polyhedron (vol. 167, pp. 127-136).
22. Pavlov, J.; Attygalle, A. (2019). Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs) as Reactive Matrix for Detection of Trace Levels of HCN in Air by Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry (LDI-MS). Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (5 ed., vol. 30, pp. 806-813).
23. Xu, S.; Errabelli, R.; Feener, D. H.; Noble, K.; Attygalle, A. (2019). Identification of alkylpyrazines by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Journal of Chromatography A (vol. 1589, pp. 149-161).
24. Zheng, Z.; Pavlov, J.; Attygalle, A. (2019). Fortuitous Ion-Molecule Reaction Enables Enumeration of Metal-Hydrogen Bonds Present in Gaseous Ions. ACS Omega (2 ed., vol. 4, pp. 3965-3972).
25. Zheng, Z.; Pavlov, J.; Attygalle, A. (2019). Fortuitous Ion-Molecule Reaction Enables Enumeration of Metal-Hydrogen Bonds Present in Gaseous Ions. ACS Omega (2 ed., vol. 4, pp. 3965-3972).
26. Erabelli, R.; Xu, S.; Attygalle, A. (2018). Gas-phase protomers of p-(dimethylamino)chalcone investigated by travelling-wave ion mobility mass spectrometry (TWIMS). Journal of Mass Spectrometry (10 ed., vol. 53, pp. 954-962).
27. Xu, S.; Errabeli, R.; Feener, D. H.; Noble, K.; Attygalle, A. (2018). Alkyl-Dimethylpyrazines in Mandibular Gland Secretions of Four Odontomachus Ant Species (Formicidae: Ponerinae). Journal of Chemical Ecology (5 ed., vol. 44, pp. 444-451).
28. Xia, H.; Attygalle, A. (2018). Transformation of the gas-phase favored O-protomer of p-aminobenzoic acid to its unfavored N-protomer by ion activation in the presence of water vapor: An ion-mobility mass spectrometry study. Journal of Mass Spectrometry (4 ed., vol. 53, pp. 353-360).
29. Lal, S.; Zheng, Z.; Pavlov, J.; Attygalle, A. (2018). Brimstone chemistry under laser light assists mass spectrometric detection and imaging the distribution of arsenic in minerals. Dalton Transactions (25 ed., vol. 47, pp. 8221-8228).