Kelath Murali Manoj (KMM) was awarded PhD in Biochemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (1997). Later, he worked with late Lowell P Hager (Member, National Academy of Sciences & Founding Chair of Biochemistry Dept.) at University of Illinois, U-C (1999-2000), who introduced him to hemeproteins and redox enzymology. KMM founded "Satyamjayatu: The Science & Ethics Foundation" (2001), a non-profit trust based in his native village in Kerala. Since 1992, he has served as a teacher, scientist, administrator, book-author and social worker; and from November 2023, he serves as a Professor at the School of Artificial Intelligence at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore. KMM is the original promulgator of murburn concept, the fundamental bioenergetic principle of life, and explores the mechanisms of biological intelligence.