Researcher

Yoganathan Kanagasundaram is a Principal Scientist II at the Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI). He joined SIFBI in April 2020 and previously, Bioinformatics Institute (BII) in 2014. He obtained his PhD in Natural Product Chemistry from the Chemistry Department of the University of Malaya in 1997. Before joining SIFBI & BII, he headed the Natural Product Chemistry Group at Merlion Pharmaceuticals, focusing on natural product chemistry, which included anti-bacterial and anti-cancer drug development in industry-based collaborative research as well as supporting its antibiotic development programmes.

His current focus and capabilities at SIFBI include targeted/untargeted analysis in rapid chemical dereplication, metabolomics/lipidomics, purification/enrichment of complex samples, structure elucidation, quantification and standardisation of molecules. The ultimate goal is to support the development of interdisciplinary collaboration across SIFBI and industry partners and encourage innovations in the functional food and biotech sector that will enhance human health and quality of life.