Ananda Nanjundaswamy

Biography

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Over 15 years of bioprocessing research experience, which includes eight years of industry research and manufacturing experience in bioproducts, such as; enzymes, biopharmaceuticals and biopesticides. In the last seven years, focused on first and second generation biofuels and their sustainability by value addition. (His biofuels research at KSU and Auburn resulted in three filed U.S. patents and one patent filed by a company.) Additionally, he is a co-inventor in two granted patents in bioprocessing of pharmaceuticals. Research interests are bioenergy, feedstock evaluation for biofuel production, bioprocess optimization, enzyme kinetics in biomass deconstruction, chromatography and bioprocess scale-up. Awards/ Grants Ananda Nanjundaswamy, Cedric Sims, Co.PI: Victor Njiti and Franklin Chukwuma , Nitrogen Cycling and Associated Microbial Communities of Commercial varieties of Giant Miscanthius and Switchgrass 1890 Institution Capacity building Grants, USDA-NIFA, $491,508.29, 2013-2014 Ananda Nanjundaswamy, Co-PI: Benedict Okeke, Ida Belle Young Faculty Research Award, *Oleaginous Yeast Fermentation of Pentoses released from Acid Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Feedstock to Promote Cellulosic Ethanol Feasibility., AUM Research Council. PI:. $16,250.00, 2012 Ananda Nanjundaswamy, Co-PI: Benedict Okeke, *Growth-promotion and Biocontrol of Fungal Pathogens in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) by Lignocellulosic Biofuel Spent. AUM Research Council, Faculty Grant-in-aid.. $3,548.00, 2012 Benedict Okeke, Co-PIs: Susan Thomson, Ananda Nanjundaswamy, Purification and Screening of Fungal Beta-Glucosidase for Transglycosylation of Glucose to Oligosaccharides. AUM Research Council, Faculty Grant-in-aid. . $4,502.00 2012 Benedict Okeke, Co-PI: Ananda Nanjundaswamy, *Cholesterol-Lowering Animal Feed by Red Yeast Fermentation of Corn Whole Stillage. Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) Research Council, Faculty Grant-in-aid. . $4,650.00, 2011 Benedict Okeke. Co-PIs: Ananda Nanjundaswamy, Rosine Hall, et al, *A Proposal for purchasing a laboratory freeze dryer. Auburn University at Montgomery. . $15,711.70 2011 PATENTS Nanjundaswamy A and Okeke, B, AUM (2011) Utilization of Biofuel coproducts for the Production of Nutraceutically-enriched Animal Feed by Microbial Fermentation. US Provisional Patent number 61/546,831 - Okeke, B and Nanjundaswamy A, AUM (2011) Farm deployable bioreactor system for self-sufficient production of fuel ethanol using novel biomass degrading microbes. US Provisional Patent 61/546,823 - Ananda N and Vadlani P, KSU (2010) Fermentation process to produce natural carotenoids and carotenoid-enriched feed products; US Patent PCT/US2011/057835 - US7176001: Manufacture and purification of cyclosporine-A (2007) Biocon Ltd - WO 01/81611: A novel process for the manufacture and purification of compactin (2001) Biocon Ltd

Research Interest

Bioenergy, Biofuel, Bioprocessing and Bio-product Development