Asgiri Jayasekara
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Asgiri Jayasekara is an MPhil candidate at the University of Adelaide. She obtained her Bachelor of Food and Nutrition Science and a First-class Honours from the University of Adelaide in 2021 and 2023 respectively. Her current research focuses on mapping and monitoring food waste from Australian Quick Service Restaurants. She is supervised by Helen Morris, Dr Olena Kravchuk and Prof Sarah Wheeler.
Mapping and monitoring pre-consumer food waste from Quick Service Restaurants in Australia
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - 2022 Teaching Assistant University of Adelaide 2005 - 2012 Technical Assistant Industrial Technology Institute -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Sinhala; Sinhalese Can read, write, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2023 University of Adelaide Australia Honours in Food and Nutrition Science (First-Class) 2021 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Food and Nutrition Science -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Jayasekara, A. P., McGrath, D., Kravchuk, O., Zhou, S. J., & Morris, H. (2024). Mapping pre-consumer food waste in quick service restaurants on a university campus: Two Australian case studies. Journal of Cleaner Production, 434, 11 pages.
2024 - 2025 University of Adelaide Research Scholarship Program
2022 Teaching Assistant - Food Preservation and Packaging III, The University of Adelaide
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2019 - ongoing Member Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) Australia
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