{"id":99,"date":"2020-11-20T21:50:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T08:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2022-10-01T12:28:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T23:28:56","slug":"garagoda-arachchige-piumika-samanali","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/garagoda-arachchige-piumika-samanali\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Garagoda Arachchige Piumika Samanali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG-20180425-WA0021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-100\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG-20180425-WA0021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"787\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG-20180425-WA0021.jpg 787w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG-20180425-WA0021-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG-20180425-WA0021-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG-20180425-WA0021-490x300.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My PhD research engages with Raman and IR spectroscopic methods coupled with chemometrics to study biological systems. It primarily focuses on understanding chemical changes related to degradation and consolidation of traditional M\u0101ori textiles by using Raman microscopy<sup>1<\/sup> and other vibrational spectroscopic techniques. Raman imaging is a non-destructive method to analyse limited and valuable materials; historical monuments, paintings and textiles, including smart clothing.\u00a0 Also, we use vibrational spectroscopy to assess the quality of fruits (for example, kiwifruit among others) combined with chemometrics.<\/p>\n<p>Employment:<br \/>\n<strong>2017-2018<\/strong> Demonstrator in Food Science (University of Peradeniya, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Food Science)<\/p>\n<p>Education:<br \/>\n<strong>2016<\/strong> BSc (Hons) in Food Science, University of Peradeniya<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Publications:<br \/>\n1. Samanali, G.; Paasi, I.; Lowe, B.; Smith, C.; Fraser-Miller, S.; Gordon, K., Understanding consolidants on harakeke fibres using Raman microscopy: Implications for conservation. Journal of Cultural Heritage 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My PhD research engages with Raman and IR spectroscopic methods coupled with chemometrics to study biological systems. It primarily focuses on understanding chemical changes related to degradation and consolidation of traditional M\u0101ori textiles by using Raman microscopy1 and other vibrational spectroscopic techniques. Raman imaging is a non-destructive method to analyse limited and valuable materials; historical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35380,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-99","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35380"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}