Ruwani Amarasekara
PhD Candidate
Social media
www.linkedin.com/in/ruwani-amarasekara/
Department
Nutrition and Food Science
Ruwani Amarasekara
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
- Food microbiology
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Next generation sequencing
- Bioinformatics
Education
- Ph.D., Nutrition and Food Science, Wayne State University, USA, 2024
- MS, Nutrition and Food Science, Wayne State University, USA, 2019
- BS, Applied Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2015
Awards and grants
- Graduate Student Professional Travel Award, Wayne State University, MI, USA (2023)
- Summer Dissertation Award, Wayne State University, MI, USA (2023)
- Ph.D. Achievement Award, Great Lakes Section IFT, MI, USA (2023)
- Graduate Professional Scholarship, Wayne State University, MI, USA (2021 – 2022)
- Diversity Scholarship, Great Lakes Section IFT, MI, USA (2020)
Selected publications
- Amarasekara, N.R., Swamy, A. S., Paudel, S., Jiang, W., Li, K., Shen, C., Zhang, Y. (2024). Hypervirulent Clonal Complex (CC) of Listeria monocytogenes in Fresh Produce from Urban Communities. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15, 1307610.
- Amarasekara, N. R., Mafiz, A. I., Qian, X., Tiedje, J. M., Hao, W., and Zhang, Y. (2023). Exploring the co-occurrence of antibiotic, metal, and biocide resistance genes in the urban agricultural environment. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 11, 100474.
- Shen, C., Khouryieh, H., Li, K., Jiang, W., Paudel, S.K., Amarasekara, N.R., Zhang, Y., Stearns, R., Coe, C., Matak, K., and Jones, L. (2022). Survey of Consumers’ Knowledge of Food Safety of Perishable Foods Purchased at Local Farmers’ Markets. Food Protection Trends, 42(4), 292-303.
- Jiang, W., Paudel, S. K., Amarasekara, N.R., Zhang, Y.,Etienne, X.,Jones, L., Li, K., Hansen, F., Jaczynski, J., and Shen, C. (2021). Survey of Locally Small Produce Growers’ Perception of Antibiotic Resistance Issues at Farmers Markets. Food Control, 107997.
- Perera, L. N., Mafiz, A. I., Amarasekara, N.R., Chang, E., Rao, V. B. K., and Zhang, Y. (2020). Antimicrobial-resistant E. coli and Enterococcus spp. Recovered from urban community gardens. Food Control, 108, 106857.