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Dr Alexander Ruban is a Reader in Biophysics and holds a 'Professeur des Universites (Biochimie et biologie moleculaire)' title awarded by the French Ministry of Education. He obtained his PhD at the Institute of Plant Physiology at the Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine. His research has been instrumental in the discovery of the molecular basis of photoprotection in LHCII and the in vivo configuration and dynamics of higher plant xanthophylls in the thylakoid membrane.
Email: a.ruban 'at' qmul.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)208 207 8826314


Dr Matthew Johnson is a Postdoctoral Research Associate sponsored by the BBSRC. He obtained his PhD at the Robert Hill Institute at the University of Sheffield, UK. His research is concerned with the structural and molecular mechanistic investigation of the basis of light harvesting control in the higher plant photosynthetic membrane.
Email: m.johnson 'at' qmul.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)208 207 8827010




Dr Christopher Duffy is an EPSRC sponsored Postdoctoral Researcher with a background in theoretical physics. He obtained his PhD at the Department of Physics, University of Sheffield, UK. The main aim of his research is to model the ground and excited state dynamics of photosynthetic pigments with particular reference to the role of xanthophylls in the regulation of light harvesting in higher plants.
Email: c.duffy 'at' qmul.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)208 207 8824620



Dr Erica Belgio is an EU FP7 Marie Curie Network Experienced Researcher (ER) with a background in Biochemistry/ Biophysics. She obtained her PhD at the Department of Biology, University of Milan, Italy. Her research is concerned with the reconstitution of NPQ in an in vitro system.
Email: e.belgio 'at' qmul.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)208 207 8824620




Tomasz Goral is a PhD research student. His research is concerned with the dynamic movement and migration of thylakoid membrane proteins in vivo in various mutants of Arabidopisis thaliana using the Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) technique.
Email: t.k.goral 'at' qmul.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)208



Ahmad Zia is a PhD Research student. He obatined a Masters Degree from the University of Nottingham, UK. His research focuses upon the role of the xanthophyll composition of the Photosystem II antenna in shaping the structure and dynamic functions of the thylakoid membrane.
Email: a.zia 'at' qmul.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)208 207 8824620