About Me
Positions
Teaching
Publications
About Me
About Me
Ms. S. Kalina received B.Sc. (Special) in Food Science and Technology degree with First class honours from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2017. She obtained a gold medal and an award for her performance in her undergraduate studies. She has been a Probationary lecturer at the University College of Jaffna since 2019, and before that, she served as a temporary demonstrator at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura from 2018 to 2019.
Education Qualifications
- PhD in Food Science and Technology, USJP
- B.Sc. (Special) in Food Science and Technology, USJP
Contact Details
Department of Food Technology
University College of Jaffna
Jaffna
Sri Lanka
Phone Number: +9421- 221-7791
Jaffna
Sri Lanka
Phone Number: +9421- 221-7791
Email : kalina@ucj.ac.lk/ kalina2493@gmail.com
Positions
- Coordinator for the staff capacity development program (Since January 2023)
- Coordinator for starting a certificate course in Food processing technology (Since July 2022)
- Mentor for students (Since November 2022)
- Course coordinator for Food Technology Department (November 2021 to February 2023)
- OJT coordinator for the Department of Food Technology (From September 2019 to April 2022)
- Member of the research committee University College of Jaffna (2019 – 2020)
- President of the Staff Welfare Society, University College of Jaffna (From September 2019 – September 2020)
Teaching
- Baker
- Characteristics of Food Raw Materials and Ingredients
- Fundamentals of Food Chemistry
- Food Quality and Food Safety Management Systems
- Basic statistics for Data handling
- In-factory final product improvement
Publications
Indexed Journal
- Kalina and S. B. Navaratne, “Analysis of Antioxidant Activity and Texture Profile of Tender-Young and King Coconut (Cocos nucifera) Mesocarps under Different Treatments and the Possibility to Develop a Food Product,” International Journal of Food Science, vol. 2019, Article ID 7470696, 7 pages,2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/7470696.
Peer reviewed journal
- Kalina S., Navaratne S.B. (2018) Evaluation of antioxidant activity and texture profile of tender-Young and King Coconut (Cocos nucifera) mesocarp. Journal of pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, volume 7, issue 3. Pg. 2945-2949
- Manokaran S, M A Jayasinghe MA, Senadheera AS, Gunathilaka SS, Kalina S, et al.(2018)Determination of Glycaemic Responses of Low Fat Milk Incorporated with Whey proteins and Oats Powder. Journal of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics, 4 No.2:8
- Kalina S., Navaratne S.B. (2018) Developing an edible food product from tender coconut mesocarp and analyzing its sensory parameters. Pharma Innovation International Journal., volume 7, issue 10. Pg. 62-66
Conference proceedings
- Kalina, S., Kapilan, R., Wickramasinghe, I & Navaratne, S, B. (2022). ‘Determination of physical properties of selected plant materials for food packaging and their development’. International Conference on Food Research, Development and Applications: Strengthening innovations through sustainable food systems, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 15 February. ISSN 2827-7252, https://www.foodscienceusjp.com/incorefreda-2022-proceedings/