Biography
Dr. Wasana Sumanasekera received her Ph. D. from Pennsylvania State University in 2003. For her thesis, she has investigated the Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor (PPAR) signaling, PPAR associated proteins, and different PPAR subtypes. Upon graduation, Dr. Sumanasekera joined the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Louisville as a post-doctoral scientist. After 2 months, she has been awarded the American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship (2003-2006) as the principal