Education

2003 Ph.D., Food Science, The Ohio State University, USA

Dissertation: Electrochemical reactions during ohmic heating

1995 B.Sc. Special Degree in Chemistry, First Class (Honors),

Minor: Mathematics, Sri Lanka

Thesis: Effect of ohmic heating on chemical, sensory, and

structural aspects of pork

Research publications

Samaranayake C.P., Sastry S.K. “Electrode and pH effects on electrochemical reactions during ohmic heating”, J. Electroanal. Chem. 577 (2005) 125-135.

Assiray A., Sastry S.K., Samaranayake C. “Degradation kinetics of ascorbic acid during ohmic heating with stainless steel electrodes”, J. Appl. Electrochem. 33 (2003) 187-196.

Edirisinghe E.M.R.K.B., Samaranayake C.P., Bamunuarchchi A., Walpola S.,

De Alwis A.A.P. “ Nutrient retention in ohmic heating”, 7 th International

Congress on Engineer and Food (ICEF – 7), Brighton U.K. (1997) SA 43-46.

Samaranayake C.P., De Alwis A.A.P., Bamunuarchchi A. “Peroxide formation in ohmic heating of meats”, Ceylon Journal of Science (Physical Sciences) 3 (1996) 30-35.

Published Abstracts

Samaranayake C.P., Sastry S.K., Q.H. Zhang. “Pulsed ohmic heating with stainless steel electrodes: Frequency, pulse width, and delay time effects on electrochemical reactions”, Abstract 17H-26. Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual meeting (2004), Las Vegas, NV.

Samaranayake C.P., Sastry S.K. “Electrode and pH effects on electrochemical reactions during 60 Hz ohmic heating”, Abstract 17G-7. Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual meeting (2004), Las Vegas, NV.

Samaranayake C.P., Sastry S.K. “Electrochemical corrosion of platinized-titanium electrodes during ohmic heating”, Abstract 29D-1. Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual meeting (2003), Chicago, IL.

Samaranayake C.P. and Sastry S.K. “Electrochemical reactions during ohmic

Heating”, Abstract 91C-10. Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual meeting (2002), Anaheim, CA.