Aaron Collins
chemistry graduate Student
EDUCATIONAL Background
Aaron Collins joined the Blankenship lab in the fall 2005. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut where he earned a bachelor of science in biophysics and an ACS accredited degree in chemistry.
Research Interests
- Light harvesting and energy transfer in anaerobic photosynthetic bacteria.
- Spectroscopic analysis of reconstituted antenna pigment/protein complexes.
PUBLICATIONS
van de Meene AML, Olson TL, Collins AM and Blankenship RE (2007) Initial Characterization of the Photosynthetic Apparatus of "Candidatus Chlorothrix halophila": A Filamentous, Anoxygenic Photoautotroph. J. Bacteriology 189: 4196-4203.
AWARDS
Chemistry Department Teaching Award - 2007
