Professor Lasanthi Jayathunge obtained her Bachelor’s Degree from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya in 1998, specializing in the field of Food Science and Technology. She completed her MPhil Degree in 2002 from the same University. After completing her master’s degree she joined the Institute of Post-Harvest Technology, Anuradhapura in the year 2001 as a Research Officer and conducted several important research projects and engaged in the development and training activities in the field of Post-Harvest Technology of Agricultural Commodities including fruits, vegetables, roots, tubers and spice crops during her service at the Institute. In 2004, Professor Jayathunge participated in a training programme on food processing technology at the Hiroshima Prefectural Food Technology Research Center, Japan where she had an opportunity to work on international research projects with worldwide scientists. She obtained her doctoral degree from Queens University, Belfast in the UK in 2016 and worked on Emerging Food Processing Technologies. After obtaining her PhD degree, Prof. Jayathunge joined the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2017, as a Senior Lecturer contributing her expertise at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the fields of Post-Harvest Technology and Food Processing Technologies and in 2021 she was promoted to a Professor in Food Processing Technology in the Department of Biosystems Technology. She also serves as a Chairperson in the Board of Study in Industrial Technology, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.