Senior Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Director of Admissions (SBBS)
Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting, Open Quantum Systems, Astrobiology, Bioenergetics
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Molecular Cell BiologyPredicting the diversity of photosynthetic light-harvesting using thermodynamics and machine learningReassessing the role and lifetime of Q x in the energy transfer dynamics of chlorophyll aOptimizing photosynthetic light-harvesting under stars: simple and general antenna modelsThermodynamic limits on oxygenic photosynthesis around M-dwarf stars: Generalized models and strategies for optimizationPhotosynthesis under a red Sun: predicting the absorption characteristics of an extraterrestrial light-harvesting antennaUnravelling the fluorescence kinetics of light-harvesting proteins with simulated measurements
Unravelling the fluorescence kinetics of light-harvesting proteins with simulated measurementsPhotosynthesis Under a Red Sun: Predicting the absorption characteristics of an extraterrestrial light-harvesting antennaUnderstanding Carotenoid Dynamics via the Vibronic Energy Relaxation ApproachTrivial Excitation Energy Transfer to Carotenoids Is an Unlikely Mechanism for Non-photochemical Quenching in LHCIIUltrafast energy transfer between lipid-linked chromophores and plant light-harvesting complex IIA Protein Environment-Modulated Energy Dissipation Channel in LHCII Antenna ComplexThe simplicity of robust light harvestingMultimeric and monomeric photosystem II supercomplexes represent structural adaptations to low- and high-light conditionsPhotosynthetic light harvesting: Insights from multidisciplinary approachesExcitation quenching in chlorophyll–carotenoid antenna systems: ‘coherent’ or ‘incoherent’A Flexible LHCII Structure Allows for Fine-Tuning of Excitation Energy DissipationStructural Basis for Allosteric Regulation in the Major Antenna Trimer of Photosystem II.How carotenoid distortions may determine optical properties: lessons from the Orange Carotenoid Protein.The full dynamics of energy relaxation in large organic molecules: from photo-excitation to solvent heatingA possible molecular basis for photoprotection in the minor antenna proteins of plantsFine control of chlorophyll-carotenoid interactions defines the functionality of light-harvesting proteins in plantsThe Carotenoid pathway: What is important for excitation quenching in plant antenna complexes?The nature of self-regulation in photosynthetic light-harvesting antennaDistortions of the Xanthophylls Caused by Interactions with Neighboring Pigments and the LHCII Protein Are Crucial for Studying Energy Transfer Pathways within the ComplexDissipative pathways in the photosystem-II antenna in plantsAn ‘all pigment’ model of excitation quenching in LHCIIEconomic photoprotection in photosystem II that retains a complete light-harvesting system with slow energy traps.Modeling the NMR signatures associated with the functional conformational switch in the major light-harvesting antenna of photosystem II in higher plants.Light-harvesting processes in the dynamic photosynthetic antenna.Modeling of fluorescence quenching by lutein in the plant light-harvesting complex LHCII.Switching light harvesting complex II into photoprotective state involves the lumen-facing apoprotein loop.Quantum mechanical calculations of xanthophyll-chlorophyll electronic coupling in the light-harvesting antenna of photosystem II of higher plants.Changes in the Energy Transfer Pathways within Photosystem II Antenna Induced by Xanthophyll Cycle ActivityA theoretical investigation of xanthophyll-protein hydrogen bonding in the photosystem II antenna.Light-harvesting antenna composition controls the macrostructure and dynamics of thylakoid membranes in Arabidopsis.The photoprotective molecular switch in the photosystem II antenna.Electronic Spectra of Structurally Deformed LuteinExcitation Migration, Quenching and Regulation of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting in Photosystem II.Natural light harvesting: principles and environmental trendsPhotoprotective energy dissipation involves the reorganization of photosystem II light-harvesting complexes in the grana membranes of spinach chloroplasts.Origin of Absorption Changes Associated with Photoprotective Energy Dissipation in the Absence of ZeaxanthinA theoretical investigation of the photophysical consequences of major plant light-harvesting complex aggregation within the photosynthetic membrane.Theoretical investigation of the role of strongly coupled chlorophyll dimers in photoprotection of LHCIIRole of quantum coherence and energetic disorder in exciton transport in polymer filmsRole of Quantum Coherence and Energetic Disorder on Exciton Transport in Polymer FilmsLimits on WIMP cross-sections from the NAIAD experiment at the boulby underground laboratoryEvaluating Transcriptomic Integration for Cyanobacterial Constraint-based Metabolic ModellingTrivial Excitation Energy Transfer to Carotenoids is an Unlikely Mechanism for Non-Photochemical Quenching in LHCIIOptimizing photosynthetic light-harvesting under stars: Generalized thermodynamic modelsPredicting the diversity of photosynthetic light-harvesting using thermodynamics and machine learningGrants of specific relevance to the Centre for Molecular Cell BiologyPhotosynthesis on Alien Worlds: What might it look like, and can it be detected?Super-Resolution Microscopy of live cells in 3DMultiscale structural basis of photoprotection in plant light-harvesting proteinsAlan Turing Institute Enrichment Placement Scheme - Tiejun WeiNovel, reliable, non-invasive analytical tools for characterizing multi-component non-photochemicalMaintenance of Photosystem 11 in PlantsQueen Mary's new inter-school astrobiology initiative has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Trust Research Project grant. Led by Thomas Haworth from the Queen Mary Astronomy Unit and Christopher Duffy from the Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI), with involvement from Conrad Mullineaux from the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences (SBBS), ... [more]
