Senior Lecturer
Agricultural Sciences
Email : chatu03@agri.sab.ac.lk
Fax : 0452280015
2015-2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, Food Science & Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University, Korea.
2011-2015 PhD. Food Science & Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University, Korea.
2009-2011 MSc. Food Science & Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University, Korea.
2004-2008 BSc. Spl. (Agribusiness Management), Agricultural Sciences, Second Class, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka.
2019.03 ~ present Senior Lecturer at Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
2016.03 ~ 2018.03 Assistant professor at Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
2015.01 ~ present Invited reviewer of the Journal of Food Processing and Preservation (SCI)
Functional food, Dairy tech, Product development, Food
analysis, Food nutrition
SCI & SCI(E) Journal publications
Conference Presentations
Patents
National
1. LK/20906, National Intellectual property Office in Sri Lanka, A healthy cinnamon latte with Cinnamomum Zeylanicum. Inventor
2. LK/P/20905, National Intellectual property Office in Sri Lanka, Cinnamon tea pods with Cinnamomum zeylanicum. Inventor
3. A Cinnamon Beer and Cider with Cinnamomum zeylanicum: application number: LK/P/22155) Inventor
4. A Cinnamon carbonated beverage: application number LK/P/22181. Inventor
5. A Cinnamon Elixir with Cinnamomum zeylanicum LK/P/ 22127 Inventor
6. A Cinnamon and passion fruit aid – patent application on process (Inventor)
7. A cinnamon wine– patent application on process (Inventor)
International
1. WO2021/124240 A1, A process for manufacturing a tea pod from Cinnamomum zeylanicum. Inventors: Prof. DAM De Silva, Dr. R.K.C. Jeewanthi, Mr. WMTB Weddagala
Cinnamon: Botany, Agronomy, Chemistry and Industrial Applications, Editors: Senaratne, Ranjith, Pathirana, Ranjith (Eds.), Chapter 15: Value Creation and Food Products of Cinnamon, Pages 363-376, Springer, Jeewanthi, RKC (et al.), 2020