Author

With over 30 years experience in both industry and academia, Dr Ganapathy Subramanian is a biotechnology consultant working in the application and development of processing, purification methodologies and chromatographic systems for large-scale use in environmental science, food science, perfumery cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. He has also taught extensively in food and medical technology.

A chemistry graduate from Madras, India, he gained his doctorate from the University of Glasgow for work on natural products, with main research interests in the utilisation of natural material separation processes and bio-conversions.

Dr Subramanian has written and edited a number of books and articles in the field of biotechnology. For the last 10 years, he has been organising conferences promoting the integration and knowledge exchange between academia and industry.