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Roger G. Hiller is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and works primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science.

The scientist's research focuses on multiple topics including:

  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Tardigrade Biology and Ecology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Recent publications by Roger G. Hiller include:

  • "Molecular structures reveal the origin of spectral variation in cryptophyte light harvesting antenna proteins", 2023, Protein Science
  • "Chlorophyll f can replace chlorophyll a in the soluble antenna of dinoflagellates", 2022, Photosynthesis Research
  • "Molecular Structures Reveal the Origin of Spectral Variation in Cryptophyte Light Harvesting Antenna Proteins", 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Tuning in: understanding cryptophyte light-harvesting antenna proteins", 2023, Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances

Frequent co-authors working alongside Roger G. Hiller include:

  • Katharine A. Michie
  • S.J. Harrop
  • Harry W. Rathbone
  • Krystyna E. Wilk
  • Chang Ying Teng

Their publications have appeared in venues such as Protein Science, Photosynthesis Research, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances.

Subfields of particular focus consist of Molecular Biology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Structural Basis of Light Harvesting by Carotenoids: Peridinin-Chlorophyll-Protein from Amphidinium carterae

    Eckhard Hofmann;Pamela M. Wrench;Frank P. Sharples;Roger G. Hiller

  • Effect of the Solvent Environment on the Spectroscopic Properties and Dynamics of the Lowest Excited States of Carotenoids

    Harry A. Frank;James A. Bautista;Jesusa Josue;Zeus Pendon

  • Independent evolution of the prochlorophyte and green plant chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting proteins.

    G. W. M. van der Staay;F. Partensky;A. Ducret

  • Effect of a conjugated carbonyl group on the photophysical properties of carotenoids

    Donatas Zigmantas;Roger G. Hiller;Frank P. Sharples;Harry A. Frank

  • Excited state properties of peridinin: Observation of a solvent dependence of the lowest excited singlet state lifetime and spectral behavior unique among carotenoids

    James A. Bautista;Robert E. Connors;B. Bangar Raju;Roger G. Hiller

  • Carotenoid to chlorophyll energy transfer in the peridinin–chlorophyll-a–protein complex involves an intramolecular charge transfer state

    Donatas Zigmantas;Roger G. Hiller;Villy Sundström;Tomáš Polívka

  • Two-Photon and Fluorescence Spectroscopy and the Effect of Environment on the Photochemical Properties of Peridinin in Solution and in the Peridinin-Chlorophyll-Protein from Amphidinium carterae†

    Sumie Shima;Robielyn P. Ilagan;Nathan Gillespie;Brandi J. Sommer

  • Spectroscopic and Dynamic Properties of the Peridinin Lowest Singlet Excited States

    Donatas Zigmantas;Tomáš Polívka;Roger G. Hiller;and Arkady Yartsev

  • Dynamics of Excited States of the Carotenoid Peridinin in Polar Solvents: Dependence on Excitation Wavelength, Viscosity, and Temperature.

    Donatas Zigmantas;Roger G. Hiller;Arkady Yartsev;Villy Sundström

  • Singlet and Triplet Energy Transfer in the Peridinin−Chlorophyll a−Protein from Amphidinium carterae

    James A. Bautista;Roger G. Hiller;Frank P. Sharples;David Gosztola

  • Evolution of a light-harvesting protein by addition of new subunits and rearrangement of conserved elements: Crystal structure of a cryptophyte phycoerythrin at 1.63-Å resolution

    Krystyna E. Wilk;Stephen J. Harrop;Lucy Jankova;Diana Edler

  • Energy Transfer in the Peridinin Chlorophyll-a Protein of Amphidinium carterae Studied by Polarized Transient Absorption and Target Analysis

    Brent P. Krueger;Stefania S. Lampoura;Ivo H.M. van Stokkum;Emmanouil Papagiannakis

  • Use of ultrafast dispersed pump-dump-probe and pump-repump-probe spectroscopies to explore the light-induced dynamics of peridinin in solution.

    Emmanouil Papagiannakis;Mikas Vengris;Delmar S Larsen;Ivo H M van Stokkum

  • Crystal structure of a phycourobilin-containing phycoerythrin at 1.90-A resolution.

    Stephan Ritter;Roger G. Hiller;Pamela M. Wrench;Wolfram Welte

  • Energy transfer in the major intrinsic light-harvesting complex from Amphidinium carterae.

    Tomas Polivka;Ivo H. M. van Stokkum;Donatas Zigmantas;Rienk van Grondelle

  • THE MAJOR INTRINSIC LIGHT‐HARVESTING PROTEIN OF Amphidinium: CHARACTERIZATION AND RELATION TO OTHER LIGHT‐HARVESTING PROTEINS

    Roger G. Hiller;Pamela M. Wrench;Andrew P. Gooley;Grant Shoebridge

  • The relationship between chlorophyll b and pigment-protein complex II.

    Sandra Genge;Dori Pilger;R.G. Hiller

  • The light‐harvesting chlorophyll a‐c‐binding protein of dinoflagellates: a putative polyprotein

    Roger G. Hiller;Pamela M. Wrench;Frank P. Sharples

  • Photooxidation of cytochromes in leaves and chloroplasts at liquid-nitrogen temperature.

    N.K. Boardman;Jan M. Anderson;R.G. Hiller

  • Single-residue insertion switches the quaternary structure and exciton states of cryptophyte light-harvesting proteins

    Stephen J. Harrop;Krystyna E. Wilk;Rayomond Dinshaw;Elisabetta Collini

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomáš Polívka
Tomáš Polívka University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Harry A. Frank
Harry A. Frank University of Connecticut
Anthony W. D. Larkum
Anthony W. D. Larkum University of Sydney
Villy Sundström
Villy Sundström Lund University
Rienk van Grondelle
Rienk van Grondelle Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ivo H. M. van Stokkum
Ivo H. M. van Stokkum Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hugo Scheer
Hugo Scheer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Robert R. Birge
Robert R. Birge University of Connecticut
Kay Diederichs
Kay Diederichs University of Konstanz
Christoph Bräuchle
Christoph Bräuchle Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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