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University of Melbourne welcomes first twin PhD graduation Source : unimelb For the first time in its 168-year history, the University of Melbourne has awarded simultaneous PhDs to identical twins. 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 analyse 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. Their PhD research topics were: Nadeesha Gunaratne – Implementation of non-invasive biometrics to identify effects of chocolate packaging towards consumer emotional and sensory responses Thejani Gunaratne – Development and implementation of novel sensory evaluation procedures of consumer acceptability ...