Prof. 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 M.Phil degree in 2002 from the same University. After completing the master’s
degree she joined the Institute of Post-Harvest Technology, Anuradhapura in the year 2001 as a
Research Officer and did several very 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, Prof. 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 the 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
both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the fields of post-harvest technology and food
processing technologies and in 2021 she was promoted as a Professor in Food Processing
Technology in the department of Biosystems Technology.
