HP Vasantha Rupasinghe

HP Vasantha Rupasinghe

Department of Environmental Sciences, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, NS, Canada

Biography

Dr. H.P. Vasantha Rupasinghe is a Professor in Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals. Dr. Rupasinghe joined Dalhousie University, Faculty of Agriculture in 2003 as an assistant professor and was awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Fruit Bioactives and Bioproducts in 2011. H has also served as a Killam Chair in Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals (2011-2021).

Research Interest

Health benefits Flavonoids (polyphenols) and their disease prevention potential and analysis using mass spectrometry, Medicinal biochemistry: human cell based assays and experimental animal models, Postharvest biology, novel and improved value-added processing technologies of cool climate fruits and medicinal plants

Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
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