Namal Senanayake

Namal Senanayake
Senior Application Scientist
DuPont Nutrition & Health in New Century, Kansas, USA

Biography

Namal Senanayake graduated from University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka with a B.Sc. (Agriculture) in 1991. After obtaining his Bachelor’s degree, he accepted a position of Lecturer at University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka from 1991 to 1993. He also attended the Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, earning a M.Sc. (Food Science) in 1995 and a Ph.D. (Food Science) in 2001. After obtaining his doctorate, he was awarded a Post Doctoral Fellowship at Memorial University of Newfoundland from June to August 2001. In October 2001, he accepted a position as a Research Scientist at Martek Biosciences Corporation (Winchester, Kentucky, USA), focusing on the downstream processing aspects and quality improvements on nutritional oils, specifically omega-3 oils derived from microalgae. From 2005 to 2009, he was a Senior Research Scientist at Martek Biosciences Corporation. He is the author of 24 scientific publications and 13 book chapters. He has also presented 38 papers at various scientific meetings. His research interests are in the areas of lipid oxidation, antioxidants, omega-3 oils, edible oil processing, nutraceutical and functional lipids. He is currently employed as a Senior Application Scientist at DuPont Nutrition & Health in New Century, Kansas. He is a member of the American Oil Chemists’ Society and Institute of Food Technologists.