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Dr. Gopal Periyannan is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Eastern Illinois University. He received his BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and his PhD from Miami University, Ohio under the supervision of Dr. Michael W Crowder on antibiotic resistance of bacteria. After nearly two years of postdoctoral fellowship research at the Medical College of Wisconsin on bacterial aminopeptidase, he joined Eastern faculty in 2006. Dr. Periyannan’s current research interests are microbial degradation and conversion of organic molecules of special interest such as plant polysaccharides and organic pollutants and the role of Zn metalloproteases in disease development, specifically Zn metalloprotein Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II (GCPII) in the development of stroke and prostate cancer. He currently resides in Charleston with his family. |
