Ramanan Thirumoorthy, PhD heads the R&D at Laurus Bio Pvt. Ltd (formerly Richcore Lifesciences), Bangalore, India. His team at Laurus Bio is focused on developing rDNA and genetic engineering technologies to optimally produce biopharma and alternative protein products. Ramanan has over 20 years of industrial R&D experience focused on biocatalysis, enzyme engineering, recombinant protein technology, including protein purification and analytical chemistry. He has over 25 patents and publications. He holds a graduate degree in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras), India and a PhD in Biophysical Chemistry from University of Florida, Gainesville.