HANIEH NIROOMAND

 

Education:

 

• B.Sc. in Chemical Engg., Shiraz University, Iran, 2008 

• M.S. in Chemical Engg., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2013

• PhD. in Chemical Engg., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2016 

 

Email:snirooma@vols.utk.edu

 

Research Interests:

 

• Protein/membrane interaction 

• Membrane/detergent interaction

• Integral membrane protein morphology and orientation characterization

• Advanced Scanning Proble Microsocpy (liquid AFM - STM – EC STM)

• Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy (Cryo TEM – TEM – STEM)

 

Hobbies and other interests: 

Playing badminton, outdoor activities, swimming

 

Publications:

 

• H. Niroomand, D. Mukherjee‡, B. Khomami‡, (2017) "Tuning the photoexcitation response of cyanobacterial Photosystem I via reconstitution into Proteoliposomes," (‡=Corresponding Authors). Scientific Reports, Accepted

• Hanieh Niroomand, Guru A. Venkatesan, Stephen A. Sarles, Dibyendu Mukherjee‡, and Bamin Khomami‡, (2016) “Lipid-detergent phase transitions during detergent mediated liposome solubilization”. (‡=Corresponding Authors). Journal of Membrane Biology; DOI : 10.1007/s00232-016-9894-1.

• Tyler H. Bennett, Hanieh Niroomand, Ravi Pamu, Ilia Ivanov, Dibyendu Mukherjee‡, and Bamin Khomami‡, (2016) “Elucidating the role of Methyl Viologen as scavenger of photoactivated electrons from Photosystem I under aerobic and anaerobic conditions,” (‡=Corresponding Authors). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18, 8512.

• X Ye, H Niroomand, S Hu, B Khomami, (2015) "Block copolymer micelle formation in a solvent good for all the blocks". Colloid Polym Sci 293:2799–2805.

• Morphological characterization of photosystem I (PS I) proteoliposomes - under preparation