EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

October 2018 to December 2021 PhD in Fish Nutrition

Thesis title: Nutritional, health, and technical
properties of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) in
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) feeds.
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway.

September 2016 to August 2018 MSc in Aquaculture and Marine Resource
Management (Specialization: Aquaculture)

Thesis title: Effect of bile supplementation on fat
digestibility in rainbow trout fed non-starch
polysaccharides containing diets.
Wageningen University and Research, The
Netherlands.

October 2009 to December 2013 BSc (Honors) in Animal Science and Fisheries

Thesis title: Hypolipidemic and hypoglycemic
potential of raw and processed cowpea (Vigna
Unguiculata L. Walp.) in Wistar rats (Rattus
Norvegicus).
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

Weththasinghe, P., Rocha, S.D.C., Øyås, O., Lagos, L., Hansen, J.Ø., Mydland, L.T. and Øverland
M. “Modulation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) gut microbiota composition and predicted
metabolic capacity by feeding diets with processed black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae
meals and fractions”. Animal Microbiome. 4, 9, 2022.

Melenchón, F., de Mercado, E., Pula, H.J., Cardenete, G., Barroso, F.G., Fabrikov, D., Lourenço
H.M., Pessoa, M., Lagos, L., Weththasinghe, P., Cortés, M. and Tomás-Almenar, C. Fishmeal
“Dietary replacement up to 50%: A comparative study of two insect meals for rainbow trout
(Oncorhynchus mykiss)”. Animals. 12(2), 179, 2022.

Weththasinghe, P., Hansen, J.Ø., Rawski, M., Józefiak, D., Ghimire, S., Øverland, M. “Insects in
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) diets – Comparison between full-fat, defatted, and de-chitinized
meals, and oil and exoskeleton fractions”. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 2021.

Weththasinghe, P., Hansen, J.Ø., Mydland, L.T., Øverland, M. “A systematic meta-analysis
based review on black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) as a novel protein source for salmonids”.
Reviews in Aquaculture. 2021.

Weththasinghe, P., Lagos, L., Cortés, M., Hansen, J.Ø., Øverland, M. “Dietary inclusion of black
soldier fly (Hermetia Illucens) larvae meal and paste improved gut health but had minor
effects on skin mucus proteome and immune response in Atlantic salmon (Salmo Salar)”.
Frontiers in Immunology. 12, 114, 2021.

WORK EXPERIENCES:

Since December 2021 Senior Lecturer, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Since June 2022 Visiting Lecturer, Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture (PGIA), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Since October 2014 Lecturer, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.