Karthikeyan Subburayan

Research Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: MSc and PhD in Biochemistry, Annamalai University


Karthikeyan Subburayan received his MS in Biochemistry (2007) and PhD in Biochemistry (2013) from the Annamalai University, India. His PhD was focused on the development of anticancer nanoparticles in drug delivery system, characterizations and their biological evaluations. During 2013-2015, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Traditional Medicine (ICMR), India focused on the multidrug resistant cancer, modulating chemoresistance and cell death pathways. In 2015, he joined as a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Professor Sehamuddin Galadari, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, the United Arab Emirates University. As research associate at NYU Abu Dhabi, Karthik’s research is currently focused on elucidating the mechanisms involved in the tumor suppression mediated by a number of anticancer agents including natural compounds.