Hemalatha Balaram

Prof.

Hemalatha Balaram

Fellow Indian National Science Academy and Indian Academy of sciences
Professor

Prof. Hemalatha Balaram obtained her PhD from the Indian Institute of Science and carried out post-doctoral research at the University of California, San Francisco, USA. After a brief stint at ASTRA Research Centre India she joined JNCASR in 1996 as Faculty Fellow and is a Professor since 2008. She was the Dean of Academic Affairs from 2008-2011 and has been the Dean of Faculty Affairs since 2015.

Prof. Balaram is a biochemist with several years of experience in the areas of molecular parasitology, metabolism in parasitic protozoa, molecular enzymology and protein structure-function analysis. The focus of research in her laboratory is on understanding biochemical pathways and metabolism in the malaria parasite Plasmodium and on protein structure-function analysis of enzymes involved in purine nucleotide synthesis and fumarate metabolism in the parasite.