Dr Natarajan, who has been with Sami-Sabinsa since 1996, worked closely with company founder Dr Muhammed Majeed in establishing the company's R&D division in 1998. He has played a major role in developing many of Sabinsa's nutraceutical and cosmeceutical ingredient products, from the R&D stage through to production. After receiving his PhD from Presidency College in Madras, India, he did Post-Doctoral research at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and Stanford University in Stanford, California. He has more than 50 publications and 20 patents to his credit. His expertise includes synthetic & organic chemistry, natural product isolation & characterisation, development of analytical methods and scaling up of products from the lab to the industrial level.
"I'm so pleased to see my longtime friend and colleague receive this recognition," said Dr Majeed. "His contributions through the years to improving the health and well-being of people can't be overstated. We're fortunate that even though he 'retired' 13 years ago, he remains a senior advisor to the Sami-Sabinsa Group; his philosophy is that age should not be a deterrent in contributing to science, so we still have the gift of his knowledge and talent."
"Working with Dr Majeed, I was able to lay down the foundation for modern nutraceutical research and various aspects associated with that," said Dr Natarajan.
