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Robert E. Blankenship

Washington University in St. Louis · US
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Area of research
Molecular Biology · Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Research interest
Research interests include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and Algal biology and biofuel production.
h-index
76
citations
36,139
works
487
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Photosynthesis tunes quantum-mechanical mixing of electronic and vibrational states to steer exciton energy transfer
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021cited by 68position: middledoi
Redox conditions correlated with vibronic coupling modulate quantum beats in photosynthetic pigment–protein complexes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021cited by 19position: middledoi
Impact of the lipid bilayer on energy transfer kinetics in the photosynthetic protein LH2
The FASEB Journal 2019cited by 0position: middledoi
Single-Molecule Measurements of Quenching and Photophysical Heterogeneity in Phycobiliproteins
Biophysical Journal 2018cited by 0position: middledoi
Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2015cited by 1,023position: middledoi
Spectral expansion and antenna reduction can enhance photosynthesis for energy production
Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 2013cited by 96position: firstdoi
Extinction coefficient for red-shifted chlorophylls: Chlorophyll d and chlorophyll f
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics 2012cited by 161position: middledoi

Grants

A New Class of Integral Membrane Oxidoreductases
NSF0646621$600,0002007–2011PIRePORTER
Purchase of an Instrument for Ultrafast, Multidimensional Fluorescence Detection and Imaging
NSF0541835$500,0002006–2009PIRePORTER
Microbial Genome Sequencing: Genome Sequences for Four Phototrophic Prokaryotes
NSF0713803$412,6512006–2008PIRePORTER
Microbial Genome Sequencing: Genome Sequences for Four Phototrophic Prokaryotes
NSF0412824$1,254,4152004–2007PIRePORTER
SGER: Novel Nitrogenase-like Proteins and the Evolution of the Nitrogen Cycle
NSF0415283$95,6802004–2005PIRePORTER
U.S.-Australia Joint Workshop on Artificial Photosynthesis; Sydney, Australia
NSF0244566$10,5002003–2004PIRePORTER
Primary Processes in Photosystem I
NSF0091250$565,2502001–2007PIRePORTER
Primary Processes in Fe-S-Type Photosynthetic Reactions Centers
NSF9727607$335,5211998–2000PIRePORTER
U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Molecular Organization of Photosynthetic Antennas
NSF9603034$15,0001997–1998PIRePORTER
Primary Processes in Fe-S-Type Photosynthetic Reaction Centers
NSF9418415$304,5001995–1998PIRePORTER
Primary Processes in Heliobacterial Reaction Center
NSF9106685$278,0001991–1995PIRePORTER
Project Development Visit to Japan: Spectroscopic NMR Studies on Primitive Phototrophs and Photosynthetic Bacteria
NSF8608619$01986–1986PIRePORTER
Acquisition of Photon-Counting Spectrofluorometer
NSF8113379$29,9291982–1983PIRePORTER
Acquisition of Uv-Vis Absorption Spectrophotometer
NSF8110744$24,9901981–1982PIRePORTER
Undergraduate Research Participation
NSF8025861$11,4931981–1981PIRePORTER
1977 National Needs Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
NSF7712319$14,1751977–1980PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Gregory S. Engel · University of Chicago2 papers (2021–2021)Min Chen · University of Geneva2 papers (2012–2013)Marco A. Allodi · Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis2 papers (2021–2021)Jacob S. Higgins · Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics2 papers (2021–2021) · 2 papers (2021–2021)Sara H. Sohail · Swarthmore College2 papers (2021–2021)Po-Chieh Ting · University of Chicago2 papers (2021–2021)Ryan E. Wood · School of the Art Institute of Chicago2 papers (2021–2021)Lawson T. Lloyd · University of Chicago2 papers (2021–2021)John P. Otto · Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis2 papers (2021–2021)Sara C. Massey · Southwestern University2 papers (2021–2021)Haijun Liu · Agency for Science, Technology and Research1 papers (2018–2018)Yaqiong Li · Shanxi Agricultural University1 papers (2012–2012) · 1 papers (2019–2019) · 1 papers (2015–2015)Sam Gordon · IIT@MIT1 papers (2019–2019)Peter D. Dahlberg · SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory1 papers (2018–2018)Thomas A. Moore · Arizona State University1 papers (2015–2015)Klaas J. van Wijk · Cornell University1 papers (2015–2015) · 1 papers (2015–2015)
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