Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals from Fish and Fish Wastes

Ramasamy Santhanam, PhD, is the former Dean of the Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (now the Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University), India. He has 50 years of teaching and research experience in marine sciences, and his fields of specialization include marine biology and fisheries environment. He is currently serving as a Fisheries Expert for various government and nongovernmental organizations in India and abroad. Dr. Santhanam has so far published 30 books on various aspects of marine life, marine plankton, and aquaculture. He was a member of the American Fisheries Society, United States; World Aquaculture Society, United States; Global Fisheries Ecosystem Management Network (GFEMN), United States; and the IUCN's Commission on Ecosystem Management, Switzerland.

Santhanam Ramesh, PhD, is Professor and Head, Department of Pharmaceutics, Ratnam Institute of Pharmacy Nellore, A.P, India. He obtained his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India. He has 15 years of teaching and research experience in pharmaceutical sciences, and his fields of specialization include natural products, pharmaceutical nanotechnology, biomaterials, and marine wastes of pharmaceutical importance. Dr. Ramesh is also a visiting professor in the Department of Pharmacology, North-Caucasian State Humanitarian and Technological Academy (North-Caucasian State University), Cherkessk, Russia. To his credit, he has 10 books published with internationally reputed publishers. He is a member of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research (ISPOR), USA; member of the British Society for Nanomedicine, UK; and associate member of the Academic Pharmacy Group of Royal Pharmaceutical Society, London.

Subramanian Nivedhitha, PhD, is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacognosy, Ratnam Institute of Pharmacy, Nellore, A.P., India. She obtained her PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India. Her fields of specialization include pharmacognosy, phytochemistry and pharmacology. She has 13 years of teaching and research experience, and to her credit, she has six research papers published in peer-reviewed journals.

Subbiah Balasundari, PhD, is Dean at Dr. M.G.R. Fisheries College and Research Institute at the Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Thalainayeru, India. She has 25 years of teaching and research experience in fish processing. She has developed a number of contemporary value-added fish products and has disseminated the technologies to fish processing industries of India. She has completed six projects through state- and national-level funding agencies and has established various demonstration units in fisheries enterprises for the benefit of stakeholders. She is a member of World Aquaculture Society, Asian Fisheries Society (Indian Branch), Agricultural Scientific Tamil Society, and Society of Fisheries Technologists.