Wayamba University of Sri Lanka - Department of Applied Nutrition
Sri Lanka
Dr Anoma Chandrasekara currently serves as the Professor in Food Science & Nutrition of the Department of Applied Nutrition, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. She received her BSc (Agriculture) and M Phil (Food and Nutrition) from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and PhD from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. She has developed a unique research program for investigating the potential bioactivities and mode of actions of phenolic compounds of underutilized tropical foods of cereals, legumes, roots, tubers, and herbs in wellness and management of diseases. She served on a number of national committees including technical and steering committees on the revision of food-based dietary guidelines for Sri Lankans, and was a past president of Nutrition Society of Sri Lanka. She was ranked among the top 2% of scientists in the world for the years 2019, 2020, and 2021 based on a standardized citation metrics author database by Elsevier BV.
