Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics
Open Access

Biography

He is a Research Assistant Professor in the Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Pathmasiri is interested in identifying signature metabolite profiles related to disease state and the outcome of nutritional intervention to disease. He will focus on effect of diet and naturally occurring molecules in diet on gut microbiome related metabolism. Dr. Pathmasiri earned his B.Sc. and M.Phil. from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and a Licentiate of Philosophy from the Uppsala University, Sweden. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Uppsala University. He is an active member of the NIH Common Fund Eastern Regional Comprehensive Metabolomics Resource Core (ERCMRC). As a metabolomics scientist, he has contributed to collaborative metabolomics research on a number of research areas: cancer, childhood obesity, early life exposure to antibiotics, environmental exposure, kidney disease, osteoarthritis, rare diseases, and toxicology.

Research Interest

His Research Interest includes cancer, childhood obesity, early life exposure to antibiotics, environmental exposure, kidney disease, osteoarthritis, rare diseases, and toxicology.