Professional Exprience of Dr. Anjue Mane Ara
Employment Records:
a. Jagannath University, Bangladesh, Professor (Department of Physics)
b. Jagannath University, Bangladesh, From January 1, 2008 to Till Date, Associate Professor (Department of Physics)
c. Hokkaido University, Japan, From April 2003 to September 2003, Research Assistant.
d. VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from December 2009 to December2011 , Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biophysics.
Performed Research in the VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands:
Photosynthetic organisms live with a continuous paradox. In fact while light is the lifeblood for their growth, too much light can be lethal. In order to cope with the deleterious effects of excess light they developed photoprotective mechanisms which allow the harmless dissipation of the excess energy as heat.
The understanding of the molecular mechanisms which trigger and regulate the process represent a hot topic in photosynthesis research; while there is reasonable agreement on the site where photosynthetic regulation takes place, i.e., in the light harvesting antenna unit, the molecular mechanisms underlying the process remain controversial to date. In recent years a number of studies focused on unravelling the biophysical mechanisms of energy dissipation in the main light harvesting antenna LHCII with apparently contradictory results. In particular both chlorophyll-carotenoid and chlorophyll-chlorophyll interactions (possibly the charge transfer CT interaction) have been proposed to be responsible for energy dissipation. To unravel the underlying molecular mechanism of energy dissipation, during my postdoctoral research, I have applied Stark Fluorescence (SF) spectroscopy to dissipative (major and or minor) antenna complexes of green plants, algae and cyanobacteria. For the further detail, I am hereby referring my publications no. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of my publication list.
Expertise on handling the following Instruments:
a. Electric Field Modulation Spectrometer
b. Spectrophotometer
c. Spectrofluorometer
d. Vacuum Vapor Evaporation System for metal coating.
e. Diffusion and Rotary Pumps for ultra vacuum production.
f. Spin Coating System.
Courses Taught in the Jagannath University:
- Classical Electrodynamics II (in 3rd year Honors Level)
- Atomic and molecular Physics (in 2nd Year Honors Level)
- Optics (in 2nd Year Honors Level)
- Electricity and magnetism (in 1st Year Honors Level)
- Thermal Physics and Optics (in 1st Year Honors Level)
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