Hasitha Priyashantha

Dr. Hasitha Priyashantha

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Stockholm, Sweden

Biography

Hasitha Priyashantha is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. He holds a Ph.D. in Food Science from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden. He is working as a lecturer and supervisor in the Food and Pharma Technology Program at Folkuniversitetet, Uppsala, Sweden. His research interests pertain to wider aspects concerning raw material characteristics and food technology. He followed the Erasmus Mundus double Master’s degree programs in M.Sc. in Animal Science at SLU, Sweden, and M.Sc. in Food Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree (first-class division) in Agricultural Technology and Management (focused on Animal and Dairy Science) from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and completed the Erasmus exchange period by undertaking his undergraduate research thesis project and internship in Dairy Science at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Affiliations

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Uppsala, Stockholm, Sweden

Honors and Awards

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EM-Food of Life Erasmus Mundus scholarship for graduate studies in Europe - Sweden and Denmark.

Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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EXPERT Asia III full (Erasmus Mundus) scholarship to undergraduate studies in Europe

Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany

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University scholarships awarded for academic excellence at the first year and final year examination

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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