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Biography

Suri S. Iyer is an organic/carbohydrate chemist with research interests in carbohydrate chemistry, glycobiology and biosensors.  After earning a Masters in Organic Chemistry from  the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (formerly Bombay) , he studied under the direction of Professor Malcolm Chisholm at Indiana University. His graduate research focused on the synthesis of C-3 symmetric chiral complexes and it's application towards the development of single site metal alkoxides for the ring opening polymerization of lactides and lactones.  He received his PhD from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana in 2000. He then took a postdoctoral position at the Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA working with a surgeon, Dr. Elliot Chaikof synthesizing complex carbohydrates as potential anticoagulant therapeutics. He moved to the Biosensors Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico in 2002, where he worked on the synthesis of stable glycoconjugates for the capture of harmful pathogens. He started his first independent career in 2004 as an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati.

Research

We are interested in the development of tailor-made glycoconjugates as research probes to study carbohydrate related communication processes in the context of pathogen biology. Specifically, we are interested in understanding how toxins and pathogens recognize specific carbohydrates to bind and infect cells. For example, Botulinum toxins bind only to neuronal cells with high specificity and the seven serotypes differ in their binding and their potency. By developing a library of synthetic glycoconjugates and testing them with various serotypes, we expect to delineate the factors that govern the recognition process.  Knowledge gained from this enterprise is expected to lead to the development of diagnostics and therapeutics for harmful toxins and pathogens.                                                                                               Students in our group receive training in a number of interdisciplinary areas such as organic synthesis, bioconjugation chemistry, pathogen biology, biophysical techniques, etc. For more information, please take a look at our website. If you have any questions and are interested in joining our group, please contact me at suri.iyer@uc.edu

Contact Information
805 Crosley
P.O. Box 210172
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0172
phone: 513-556-9273
fax: 513-556-9239
iyersi@email.uc.edu
http://www.che.uc.edu/iyer/