Kazhiur Kothandapani Kannan

Biography

KK Kannan did his BSc from St Josephs College, Trichy and MSc (Physics) from the Presidency College, Madras. He obtained his PhD (1965) from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He was a Government of India SIDA Research Fellow at Uppsala University, Sweden (1965-66). After a short stint in the Indian Ply Wood Association Research Institute, Bangalore, he worked as a post-doctoral Fellow and Research Assistant Professor in the Wallenberg Lab, Uppsala University, Sweden till 1978 and was a Docent in Uppsala University. Till his retirement he was Scientific Officer at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai from 1978-1999. He was INSA Senior Scientist during 1999-2002.

Research Interest

Macromolecular Crystallography,Molecular Biology