Area of research
Molecular Biology · Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Research interest
Research interests include Chemistry, Chlorophyll, Photoprotection, Electron paramagnetic resonance, Triplet state, and Chlorophyll a.
Human frataxin, the Friedreich ataxia deficient protein, interacts with mitochondrial respiratory chain
Violaxanthin and Zeaxanthin May Replace Lutein at the L1 Site of LHCII, Conserving the Interactions with Surrounding Chlorophylls and the Capability of Triplet–Triplet Energy Transfer
Magnetophotoselection in the Investigation of Excitonically Coupled Chromophores: The Case of the Water-Soluble Chlorophyll Protein
Altering the exciton landscape by removal of specific chlorophylls in monomeric LHCII provides information on the sites of triplet formation and quenching by means of ODMR and EPR spectroscopies
How the Protein Environment Can Tune the Energy, the Coupling, and the Ultrafast Dynamics of Interacting Chlorophylls: The Example of the Water-Soluble Chlorophyll Protein
How water-mediated hydrogen bonds affect chlorophyll a/b selectivity in Water-Soluble Chlorophyll Protein
Exploring iron-binding to human frataxin and to selected Friedreich ataxia mutants by means of NMR and EPR spectroscopies
Coherence in carotenoid-to-chlorophyll energy transfer
Triplet-state spin labels for highly sensitive pulsed dipolar spectroscopy
Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance of Chlorophyll Triplet States in Water-Soluble Chlorophyll Proteins from <i>Lepidium virginicum</i>: Evidence for Excitonic Interaction among the Four Pigments
Water-Soluble Chlorophyll Protein (WSCP) Stably Binds Two or Four Chlorophylls
An unusual role for the phytyl chains in the photoprotection of the chlorophylls bound to Water-Soluble Chlorophyll-binding Proteins
The fine tuning of carotenoid–chlorophyll interactions in light-harvesting complexes: an important requisite to guarantee efficient photoprotection via triplet–triplet energy transfer in the complex balance of the energy transfer processes
Differential Roles of Carotenes and Xanthophylls in Photosystem I Photoprotection
Light‐Induced Porphyrin‐Based Spectroscopic Ruler for Nanometer Distance Measurements
Distance measurements in peridinin-chlorophyll a -protein by light-induced PELDOR spectroscopy. Analysis of triplet state localization
Porphyrin Triplet State as a Potential Spin Label for Nanometer Distance Measurements by PELDOR Spectroscopy
Photoprotective sites in the violaxanthin–chlorophyll a binding Protein (VCP) from Nannochloropsis gaditana
Limits in the use of cPTIO as nitric oxide scavenger and EPR probe in plant cells and seedlings
Triplet–triplet energy transfer in fucoxanthin-chlorophyll protein from diatom Cyclotella meneghiniana: Insights into the structure of the complex
Zeaxanthin Protects Plant Photosynthesis by Modulating Chlorophyll Triplet Yield in Specific Light-harvesting Antenna Subunits
The [4Fe–4S]-cluster coordination of [FeFe]-hydrogenase maturation protein HydF as revealed by EPR and HYSCORE spectroscopies
The electronic structure of the lutein triplet state in plant light-harvesting complex II
Chlorophyll triplet quenching by fucoxanthin in the fucoxanthin–chlorophyll protein from the diatom Cyclotella meneghiniana