Organic Chemistry, Biopolymers, Bioproducts, Biomass Processing, Biorubber, Biolatex, Agricultural Innovation

Dr. Buranov has been involved in a national program for biopolymers, bioproducts and biofuels research at Pacific Agri-Food Research Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He has extensive postdoctoral research experience in the bioprocessing of biomass to biomanufacture novel bioproducts, monomers and biopolymers such as lignin, hemicelluloses, ferulic acid and vanillin using the innovative Pressurized Low Polarity Water (PLPW) bioprocessing system. He has published research results in high-impact international peer-reviewed journals such as Food Chemistry, Bioresource Technology, Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, Industrial Crops and Products, and others.

With over 20 years of experience working with rubber-bearing plants, from R&D to innovation, Dr. Buranov has 15 peer-reviewed publications in international journals, two patents, and conference presentations. He obtained an MSc from Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, USA, and a PhD from the National University of Uzbekistan.

From 2010 to 2025, he developed innovative agricultural practices and green bioprocessing technologies for the rubber plant Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TKS) at Nova-BioRubber Green Technologies Inc. in British Columbia. For this project, he collaborated with the University of Guelph, the University of Laval, and the Institute of Biological Sciences, NRC Canada.

In 2019, Dr. Buranov received the Med-Tech Innovation Award from Medilink UK for the development of hypoallergenic biolatex from rubber-bearing plants. Contact Anvar.