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Christine Kirmaier is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a focus on materials science, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and chemistry. Within these fields, they have contributed significant work in several subfields including materials chemistry, molecular biology, physical and theoretical chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main topics of Kirmaier's work include photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, luminescence and fluorescent materials, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and magnetism in coordination complexes.

Kirmaier's frequent coauthors indicate ongoing collaborations with Dewey Holten, David F. Bocian, James R. Diers, Nikki Cecil M. Magdaong, and Jonathan S. Lindsey, reflecting a network of researchers active in related chemical and biochemical fields.

The scientist's research has been published across a variety of journals, with multiple publications in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Science Advances, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, and Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. These venues emphasize physical chemistry, photochemistry, and related molecular science disciplines.

Examples of recent papers include:

  • Structures of Rhodopseudomonas palustris RC-LH1 complexes with open or closed quinone channels, 2021, Science Advances
  • Photophysical Properties and Electronic Structure of Zinc(II) Porphyrins Bearing 0-4 meso-Phenyl Substituents: Zinc Porphine to Zinc Tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP), 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Hidden vibronic and excitonic structure and vibronic coherence transfer in the bacterial reaction center, 2022, Science Advances
  • A perspective on the redox properties of tetrapyrrole macrocycles, 2021, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Photosynthetic reaction center variants made via genetic code expansion show Tyr at M210 tunes the initial electron transfer mechanism, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Primary photochemistry of reaction centers from the photosynthetic purple bacteria.

    Christine Kirmaier;Dewey Holten

  • Structural Control of the Photodynamics of Boron-Dipyrrin Complexes

    Hooi Ling Kee;Christine Kirmaier;Lianhe Yu;Patchanita Thamyongkit

  • Optical properties of metalloporphyrin excited states

    Juan Rodriguez;Christine Kirmaier;Dewey Holten

  • Charge separation in a reaction center incorporating bacteriochlorophyll for photoactive bacteriopheophytin.

    Christine Kirmaier;Dale Gaul;Randy DeBey;Dewey Holten

  • Temperature and detection-wavelength dependence of the picosecond electron-transfer kinetics measured in Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides reaction centers. Resolution of new spectral and kinetic components in the primary charge-separation process

    Christine Kirmaier;Dewey Holten;William W. Parson

  • Excited-state energy-transfer dynamics in self-assembled triads composed of two porphyrins and an intervening Bis(dipyrrinato)metal complex.

    Lianhe Yu;Kannan Muthukumaran;Igor V Sazanovich;Christine Kirmaier

  • Structural control of the excited-state dynamics of bis(dipyrrinato)zinc complexes: Self-assembling chromophores for light-harvesting architectures

    Igor V. Sazanovich;Christine Kirmaier;Eve Hindin;Lianhe Yu

  • Control of electron transfer between the L- and M-sides of photosynthetic reaction centers

    Barbara A. Heller;Dewey Holten;Christine Kirmaier

  • Nickel porphyrin photophysics and photochemistry. A picosecond investigation of ligand binding and release in the excited state

    Dongho Kim;Christine Kirmaier;Dewey Holten

  • Evidence that a distribution of bacterial reaction centers underlies the temperature and detection-wavelength dependence of the rates of the primary electron-transfer reactions.

    Christine Kirmaier;Dewey Holten

  • Picosecond-photodichroism studies of the transient states in Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides reaction centers at 5 K. Effects of electron transfer on the six bacteriochlorin pigments

    Christine Kirmaier;Dewey Holten;William W. Parson

  • Influence of an amino-acid residue on the optical properties and electron transfer dynamics of a photosynthetic reaction centre complex

    Edward J. Bylina;Christine Kirmaier;Lynda McDowell;Dewey Holten

  • Synthesis and photophysical properties of light-harvesting arrays comprised of a porphyrin bearing multiple perylene-monoimide accessory pigments.

    Kin-Ya Tomizaki;Robert S. Loewe;Christine Kirmaier;Jennifer K. Schwartz

  • Picosecond studies of quinone-substituted monometalated porphyrin dimers: evidence for superexchange-mediated electron transfer in a photosynthetic model system

    Juan Rodriguez;Christine Kirmaier;Martin R. Johnson;Richard A. Friesner

  • Stable synthetic cationic bacteriochlorins as selective antimicrobial photosensitizers.

    Liyi Huang;Liyi Huang;Ying Ying Huang;Ying Ying Huang;Pawel A Mroz;George P. Tegos

  • Electron transfer in a genetically modified bacterial reaction center containing a heterodimer

    C Kirmaier;D Holten;E J Bylina;D C Youvan

  • Weakly coupled molecular photonic wires: synthesis and excited-state energy-transfer dynamics.

    Arounaguiry Ambroise;Christine Kirmaier;Richard W. Wagner;Robert S. Loewe

  • Photophysical properties and electronic structure of stable, tunable synthetic bacteriochlorins: extending the features of native photosynthetic pigments.

    Eunkyung Yang;Christine Kirmaier;Michael Krayer;Masahiko Taniguchi

  • Time‐resolved and static optical properties of vibrationally excited porphyrins

    Juan Rodriguez;Christine Kirmaier;Dewey Holten

  • Flash photolysis and quenching studies of copper(I) systems in the presence of Lewis bases: inorganic exciplexes?

    Cynthia E. A. Palmer;David R. McMillin;Christine Kirmaier;Dewey Holten

Frequent Co-Authors

Dewey Holten
Dewey Holten Washington University in St. Louis
David F. Bocian
David F. Bocian University of California, Riverside
Jonathan S. Lindsey
Jonathan S. Lindsey North Carolina State University
Steven G. Boxer
Steven G. Boxer Stanford University
William W. Parson
William W. Parson University of Washington
Paul A. Loach
Paul A. Loach Northwestern University
Robert E. Blankenship
Robert E. Blankenship Washington University in St. Louis
Michael R. Hamblin
Michael R. Hamblin University of Johannesburg
C. Neil Hunter
C. Neil Hunter University of Sheffield
Brian R. James
Brian R. James University of British Columbia

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