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Ryszard Jankowiak is affiliated with Kansas State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and physics and astronomy. Their work spans several overlapping disciplines, including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, atomic and molecular physics and optics, plant science, and electrochemistry.

The primary focus of Jankowiak's research lies in photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, with significant exploration into photoreceptor and optogenetics research as well as spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies. Additional topics of investigation by this scientist include light effects on plants, electrochemical analysis and applications, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, and advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques.

Ryszard Jankowiak has published research in multiple scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Nature Communications
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • ACS Omega
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jankowiak include:

  • "The structure of a red-shifted photosystem I reveals a red site in the core antenna", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "On the Red Antenna States of Photosystem I Mutants from Cyanobacteria Synechocystis PCC 6803", 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "Exciton Lifetime Distributions and Population Dynamics in the FMO Protein Complex from Prosthecochloris aestuarii", 2021, ACS Omega
  • "Frequency-Domain Spectroscopic Study of the Photosystem I Supercomplexes, Isolated IsiA Monomers, and the Intact IsiA Ring", 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "High-Resolution Frequency-Domain Spectroscopic and Modeling Studies of Photosystem I (PSI), PSI Mutants and PSI Supercomplexes", 2024, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Jankowiak has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Anton Khmelnitskiy
  • Hila Toporik
  • Yuval Mazor
  • T. Reinot
  • Zachary Dobson

Best Publications

  • Catechol estrogen quinones as initiators of breast and other human cancers: Implications for biomarkers of susceptibility and cancer prevention ☆

    Ercole Cavalieri;Dhubajyoti Chakravarti;Joseph Guttenplan;Elizabeth Hart

  • SPECTRAL HOLE-BURNING SPECTROSCOPY IN AMORPHOUS MOLECULAR SOLIDS AND PROTEINS

    R. Jankowiak;J. M. Hayes;G. J. Small

  • Electrochemically deposited metal nanoparticles for enhancing the performance of microfluidic MEMS in biochemical analysis

    Abdulilah Dawoud Bani-Yaseen;Toshikazo Kawaguchi;Ryszard Jankowiak

  • Site selective and single complex laser-based spectroscopies: a window on excited state electronic structure, excitation energy transfer, and electron-phonon coupling of selected photosynthetic complexes.

    Ryszard Jankowiak;Mike Reppert;Valter Zazubovich;Jörg Pieper;Jörg Pieper

  • Hole-burning spectroscopy and relaxation dynamics of amorphous solids at low temperatures.

    R. Jankowiak;G. J. Small

  • Expanded analysis of benzo[a]pyrene-DNA adducts formed in vitro and in mouse skin: their significance in tumor initiation

    Liang Chen;Prabu D. Devanesan;Sheila Higginbotham;Freek Ariese

  • Identification and quantitation of benzo[a]pyrene-DNA adducts formed in mouse skin.

    Eleanor G. Rogan;Prabhakar D. Devanesan;N. V. S. RamaKrishna;Sheila Higginbotham

  • Identification and quantitation of benzo[a]pyrene-DNA adducts formed by rat liver microsomes in vitro.

    P. D. Devanesan;N. V S RamaKrishna;N. V S RamaKrishna;N. V S RamaKrishna;R. Todorovic;R. Todorovic;R. Todorovic;Eleanor G Rogan

  • On the shape of the phonon spectral density in photosynthetic complexes.

    Adam Kell;Ximao Feng;Mike Reppert;Ryszard Jankowiak

  • Nonexponential hole burning in organic glasses

    R. Jankowiak;R. Richert;H. Bassler

  • Transient and persistent hole burning of the reaction center of photosystem II

    Ryszard Jankowiak;Deming Tang;Gerald J. Small;Michael Seibert

  • Comparison of the LH2 Antenna Complexes of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila (Strain 10050) and Rhodobacter sphaeroides by High-Pressure Absorption, High-Pressure Hole Burning, and Temperature-Dependent Absorption Spectroscopies

    † H.-M. Wu;M. Ratsep;R. Jankowiak;and R. J. Cogdell

  • Femtosecond and Hole-Burning Studies of B800's Excitation Energy Relaxation Dynamics in the LH2 Antenna Complex of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila (Strain 10050)

    H.-M. Wu;S. Savikhin;N. R. S. Reddy;R. Jankowiak

  • Excited-state structure and energy-transfer dynamics of two different preparations of the reaction center of photosystem II: a hole-burning study

    D. Tang;R. Jankowiak;M. Seibert;C. F. Yocum

  • Identification and quantitation of dibenzo[a,l]pyrene-DNA adducts formed by rat liver microsomes in vitro: Preponderance of depurinating adducts

    K. M. Li;R. Todorovic;Eleanor G. Rogan;Ercole L. Cavalieri

  • Primary donor state mode structure and energy transfer in bacterial reaction centers

    S. G. Johnson;D. Tang;R. Jankowiak;J. M. Hayes

  • Fluorescence line narrowing: a high-resolution window on DNA and protein damage from chemical carcinogens.

    Ryszard Jankowiak;Gerald J. Small

  • Qy-Level Structure and Dynamics of Solubilized Light-Harvesting Complex II of Green Plants: Pressure and Hole Burning Studies

    J. Pieper;M. Ratsep;R. Jankowiak;K.-D. Irrgang

  • Challenges facing an understanding of the nature of low-energy excited states in photosynthesis.

    Jeffrey R. Reimers;Jeffrey R. Reimers;Malgorzata Biczysko;Douglas Bruce;David F. Coker

  • Mechanism of metabolic activation of the potent carcinogen 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene

    N. V S RamaKrishna;P. D. Devanesan;Eleanor G Rogan;Ercole Cavalieri

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald J. Small
Gerald J. Small Iowa State University
Ercole L. Cavalieri
Ercole L. Cavalieri University of Nebraska Medical Center
Michael Seibert
Michael Seibert National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Freek Ariese
Freek Ariese Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Robert E. Blankenship
Robert E. Blankenship Washington University in St. Louis
Jun Li
Jun Li Xi'an Jiaotong University
Michael L. Gross
Michael L. Gross Washington University in St. Louis
Nicholas E. Geacintov
Nicholas E. Geacintov New York University
John M. Hayes
John M. Hayes Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
David M. Tiede
David M. Tiede Argonne National Laboratory

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