Journal of Bioprocessing & Biotechniques

Ganapathy Sivakumar

Ganapathy Sivakumar
Assistant Professor
University of Houston, USA

Biography

Sivakumar’s research is primarily focused on biotech implications and applications of high-value natural products. He has extensively studied the plant-based small molecules pathway biochemistry, synthetic biology and metabolic & bioprocess engineering. He is internationally recognized in the field of biopharmaceuticals and a pioneer in industrial-scale production of bioactive molecules. He has over 40 publications. He is also on the editorial board of several journals. He serves as an expert of grant proposals as well as numerous scientific journals. His laboratory focuses on metabolic and bioprocess engineering of colchicine pathway and developing potential anticancer medicine. In addition, his group is interested in developing biofuels to address energy and environmental problems.

Research Interest

Bioprocess Engineering, Metabolic Engineering, Biopharmaceuticals, Natural Products Medicinal Chemistry, Metabolomics and Transcriptomics