Anne Perera

Perera is from Moratuwa in Sri Lanka. She attended school at the Our Lady of Victories convent, and then at the Holy Family Convent in Bamblapitiya. Perera studied agriculture at the University of Peradeniya, earning a Bachelor with Honours, and then received a Food and Agriculture Organisation scholarship to undertake a master's degree at the International Food Technology Training Centre in India, where she met her husband, Conrad Perera, also a food technologist. She has also completed an Executive MBA at Massey University, and a diploma of psychology obtained when she was working in Singapore. == Research career ==

After graduating with her PhD in 1977, Perera then joined the faculty of the State University of Londrina in Brazil, where she worked for four years. Perera retired in 2010. After her retirement, she volunteered for Volunteer Service Abroad, working in Tanzania to advise on food and nutrition and small food businesses. She also helped rebrand the Tanzania Association of Food Scientists and Technologists. == Honours and awards ==

Perera co-authored a book, Nutrition 2000, with Auckland food writer Pip Duncan, which was awarded the New Zealand Guild of Food Writers' Nutrition Writer of the Year award in 1994. The New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology awarded Perera the J. C. Andrews Award in 2022, their most prestigious award. == Selected works ==