Brief Profile
Professor & Head, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Kerala (Since July 2023)
Director, Research & Development Cell, Central University of Kerala (Since Jan 2023)
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Kerala (Since Sep 2022)
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-625021 (Apr 2010 - Aug 2022)
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, & Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), J.W. Goethe University-Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Dec 2007 – Mar 2010) Mentor: Prof. Dr. Harald Schwalbe
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Division of Structural and Computational Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Sep 2005 – Nov 2007) Mentor: Prof. Dr. Jaume Torres
Ph.D, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. (Jul 2005)
Research Supervisor: Prof. Dr. P. Balaram
Research Projects Undertaken
Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Potential Peptidomimic Inhibitors for β-Secretase (BACE1) Enzyme of Neurodegenerative Alzheimer’s Disease
SERB
Poly-Glutamine Peptides Aggregation of Neurodegenerative Spinocerebellar Ataxias: Mechanistic Investigation towards Developing Inhibitors
SERB
Development and Evaluation of Anti-Viral Peptidomemitics to Combat SARS-CoV-2
BRNS
Design, validation, and development of novel peptidomimetic therapeutics targeting SARS-CoV-2 replication
SERB-IRHPA
Development of Anti-viral Peptide Aptamers for SARS-CoV-2: Design and Evaluation
Department of BioTechnology (Govt. of India)
Patents
- Graphene and functional graphenes in frictional materials and uses thereof, S. Venkatesh and K. Muruga Poopathi Raja, Application No : 202141003489 (Filed Date: 25 Jan, 2021)
- Cis (z) 4-t-butylgabapentin and its Synthesis. Kuppuswamy, Nagarajan; Hariharan, Sivaramakrishnan; Iyer, Venkatachalam Shankar; Balakrishnan, Suresh Babu; Krishnamurthi, Gopalakrishnan; Kuppana, Ananda; Karuppiah, Muruga Poopati Raja; Padmanabhan, Balaram; Subrayashastry, Aravinda; Prema, GouriammaVasudev; Narayanaswamy, Shamala. (Hikal Limited, India; Indian Institute of Science). European Patent Application Number: EP2172445 A1 (07 Apr, 2010)
- Gabapentin analogues and Process thereof. Kuppuswamy, Nagarajan; Hariharan, Sivaramakrishnan; Iyer, Venkatachalam Sankar; Balakrishnan, Suresh Babu; Krishnamurthi, Gopalakrishnan; Kuppanna, Ananda; Karuppiah, Muruga Poopati Raja; Padmanabhan, Balaram; Subrayashastry, Aravinda; Prema, Gouriamma Vasudev; Narayanaswamy, Shamala. (Hikal Limited, India; Indian Institute of Science). U.S. Pat. No. US7632864 B2 (Dec 15, 2009).
- 4-t-butylgabapentin and its Synthesis. Kuppuswamy, Nagarajan; Hariharan, Sivaramakrishnan; Iyer, Venkatachalam Shankar; Balakrishnan, Suresh Babu; Krishnamurthi, Gopalakrishnan; Kuppana, Ananda; Karuppiah, Muruga Poopati Raja; Padmanabhan, Balaram; Subrayashastry, Aravinda; Prema, GouriammaVasudev; Narayanaswamy, Shamala. (Hikal Limited, India; Indian Institute of Science). PCT International Publication Number: WO2005/087709 A1 (22 Sep, 2005),
Miscellaneous
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Life member, National Magnetic Resonance Society, India
Life member, Indian Peptide Society, India
Life Member, Chemical Research Society of India
Life member, Association of Chemistry Teachers
Member, Royal Society of Chemistry
Member, American Chemical Society
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