Prof. Muraleedharan Nair visited us from April 19 to 25, 2014. He is a Senior Associate to the Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and a Professor in the Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University. Also, he is the Principal Investigator of the Bio-active Natural Products Laboratory and a "Distinguished Faculty" at Michigan State University. His other affiliations include Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and being a Chartered Chemist (CChem), UK.
His expertise in mechanism-based bioassays and extraction, isolation, purification, structure elucidation and chemical synthesis of natural products from plants and microorganisms, is published in more than 210 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and more than 140 published scientific abstracts. He is an inventor / co-inventor of more than 54 US patents and 34 international patents.
His business interests have led him to found several companies at various stages of his career including, Natural Product Technologies, VAMTech LLC., and PhytoHealth LLC. He is currently managing Natural Therapeutics, LLC., and V-PET Plc.
Prof. Nair is a Visiting Professor to our University and also a Consultant in two projects of Chair of Date Palm Research. His previous visit cemented ties of our Chair with his laboratory.
Prof. Nair is a Visiting Professor to our University and also a Consultant in two projects of Chair of Date Palm Research. His previous visit cemented ties of our Chair with his laboratory.