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SL twins become Melbourne Uni’s first twin PhD graduates Source:Dailymirror Both received their doctorates on Saturday 17 December in Melbourne, one day before International Twins Day For the first time in its 168-year history, the University of Melbourne has awarded simultaneous PhDs to identical twins, the University said in a statement..  Nadeesha and Thejani Gunaratne commenced PhDs with the University in 2016 following studies in Food Science and Technology at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in their home country of Sri Lanka.   Both received their doctorates on Saturday 17 December in Melbourne, one day before International Twins Day.   During their PhD, both twins researched new ways to measure and analyze consumers’ emotional and sensory responses to chocolate in complementary research, with Thejani focusing on the impact of chocolate flavour and Nadeesha on the impact of packaging.   ...