Mrs. W.T.V. Thathsaranee

Lecturer

Department of Food Science and Technology,
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna,
Mapalana, Kamburupitiya,
Sri Lanka 81100

Research Interests

Qualifications

Reading for the PhD | Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
M.Phil. (Engineering) | Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
B.Sc. in Agriculture (Honours) | University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

Biography

Mrs. W.T.V. Thathsaranee is a Lecturer in the Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna. Research interests include Food Engineering and Plant-Based Food Material Drying.

Journal Publications

Total: 15

Weligama Thuppahige, V. T., Welsh, Z. G., Joardder, M., & Karim, A. (2024). Recent advances in determining the cellular-level property evolutions of plant-based food materials during drying. Trends in Food Science & Technology (Q1), 143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2023.104291.

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Weligama Thuppahige, V. T., Welsh, Z. G., Suresh. J. Joardder, M., & Karim, A. (2024). Investigation of evolving cellular-level structure of apple during convective drying using X-ray micro-computed tomography. Proceedings of the 23rd International Drying Symposium (IDS) –, 2024, 22-23 November 2024, Wuxi, China (Oral Presentation).

Welsh, Z. G., Weligama Thuppahige, V. T., & Karim, A. (2024). A multiscale model to investigate intracellular water transport during convective drying of food material. Proceedings of the 23rd International Drying Symposium (IDS) –, 2024, 22-23 November 2024, Wuxi, China.

Weligama Thuppahige, V. T., Moghaddam, L., Welsh, Z. G., Wang, T., & Karim, A. (2023). Investigation of critical properties of Cassava (Manihot esculenta) peel and bagasse as starch-rich fibrous agro-industrial wastes for biodegradable food packaging. Food Chemistry (Q1), 422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.136200.

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Weligama Thuppahige, V. T., Moghaddam, L., Welsh, Z. G., Wang, T., Xiao, H. W., & Karim, A. (2023). Extraction and characterisation of starch from cassava (Manihot esculenta) agro-industrial wastes. LWT - Food Science and Technology (Q1), 182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2023.114787.

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Weligama Thuppahige, V. T., Moghaddam, L., Welsh, Z. G., & Karim, A. (2023). Investigation of Morphological, Chemical, and Thermal Properties of Biodegradable Food Packaging Films Synthesised by Direct Utilisation of Cassava (Monihot esculanta) Bagasse. Polymers (Basel) (Q1), 15(3), . https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15030767.

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Weligama Thuppahige, V. T., & Karim, M. A. (2022). A comprehensive review on the properties and functionalities of biodegradable and semi biodegradable food packaging materials. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety (Q1), 21(1), 689-718. https://doi:10.1111/1541-4337.12873. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12873

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Feature cover based on the original article “A comprehensive review on the properties and functionalities of biodegradable and semi biodegradable food packaging materials” submitted by Vindya Thathsaranee Weligama Thuppahige and Md Azharul Karim has been published as the cover page of “Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety” journal (Q1), 21 (1), 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12947

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Habarakada, A., Perumpuli, P. A. B. N., Thathsaranee, W. T. V., & Wanninayaka, I. P. (2021). Physical, chemical and nutritional quality parameters of three different types of oil: Determination of their reusability in deep frying. Food Research (Q3), 5(5), 226-235. https://doi.org/10.26656/fr.2017.5(5).079.

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Weligama Thuppahige, V. T., Yan C, Moghaddam L, & Karim, M. A. (2021). Characterization of starch extracted from waste Cassava (Manihot esculenta) bagasse as an alternative to commercial cassava starch in biodegradable food packaging sector, Centre for Biomedical Technologies (CBT) Inaugural Conference 2021: Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Jayasinghe, D., Wijesinghe, M., Gunawardena, U. A. D. P., Mohotti, K., & Thathsarani, W. T. V. (2021). Analytical Hierarchy Process for Comparison of Organic and Chemical Farming of Tea Small Holdings in Baddegama, Galle, Proceedings of International Forestry and Environmental Symposium 2020, Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Jayawardanepura, Sri Lanka, pp-63.

KM. Mohotti, WTV Thathsarani, S. Subasinghe and PGDS Amarasena (2019). Evaluation of Earthworm Population and as Biological Activity in Tea Soils Exposed to Organic and Conventional Practices: A Case Study in Baddegama Area, Sri Lanka, Proceedings, International symposium on sustainable soil management, pp 75-77.

Kanishka, M. E. V. L., Perumpuli, P. A. B. N., Thathsaranee, W. T. V., & IP, W. (2019). Development of cost-effective vegetable biscuit with locally available materials and evaluation of its physicochemical, microbiological, and sensory properties, proceedings, International Symposium on Agriculture and Environment (ISAE – 2018) pp-113.

Chandrsekara, T. T., Raveendran, K., Fernando, G. S. N., Perumpuli, P. A. B. N., & Thathsaranee, W. T. V. (2018). Effect of Dhool Spreading Thickness on made tea quality in orthodox-rotorvane type tea processing, Proceedings, International Symposium on Agriculture and Environment (ISAE–2018), pp.180-183.

Thathsaranee, W. T. V., Mohotti, K. M., & Subasinghe, S. (2016). Evaluation of Biological Parameters in Tea Soils Exposed to Organic and Conventional Practices: A Case Study in Baddegama Area, Proceedings – Student Session, International Symposium on Agriculture and Environment (ISAE – 2016), pp.18.