Kuberan Balagurunathan

Kuberan Balagurunathan is a Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Utah, affiliated with the Biological Chemistry Program. His research focuses on glycosaminoglycan (GAG) biosynthesis and proteoglycan biology, developing chemical tools to understand heparan sulfate interactions.

• Education: B.S. from St. Joseph's College, India; Ph.D. from University of Iowa

Research interests center on GAG biosynthetic pathways, heparan sulfate structural analysis, and click-xyloside applications. Key work includes the GAGOSOME model for dynamic biosynthesis regulation and enzymatic synthesis of defined GAG structures.

Recent publications highlight microbial production of heparosan, bioinformatics tools for RNA analysis, and nanosensor development for pharmaceutical contaminants. These works span molecular engineering, structural glycobiology, and biomedical informatics.