PROJECTS
1) Photosynthetic water oxidation
- structure and mechanism
- assembly of the active site
2) Photosynthetic Reaction Centres: Photosystem II
- Quinone and tyrosine redox chemistry/ proton-coupled electron transfer
- Protective mechanisms: redox tuning to avoid oxidative damage
3) Evolution of photosynthetic electron transfer
4) Nitrogen fixation
- Inter-relationship between photosynthesis and N2 fixation
- Novel Nitrogenases
Collaborators
Nick Cox, Max Planck Institute Mulheim, Spectroscopic studies of Photosystem II, 2005