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Wim F. J. Vermaas is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on energy, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, as well as engineering. This includes subfields such as renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, molecular biology, environmental engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's main topics of work include photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, algal biology and biofuel production, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, electrochemical sensors and biosensors, mitochondrial function and pathology, biodiesel production and applications, and global energy and sustainability research.

Frequent coauthors with whom they have collaborated include Justin Flory, Shuqin Li, John McGowen, Jason C. Quinn, and Christine M. Lewis.

Vermaas has published research in various venues, including the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Bacteriology, Algal Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Their recent papers are:

  • Electrochemically Driven Photosynthetic Electron Transport in Cyanobacteria Lacking Photosystem II, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • A probabilistic economic and environmental impact assessment of a cyanobacteria-based biorefinery, 2021, Algal Research
  • Functional consequences of modification of the photosystem I/photosystem II ratio in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, 2024, Journal of Bacteriology
  • The Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 open reading frame slr0201 that is homologous to sdhC from Archaea codes for a [2Fe-2S] protein, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Moisture-driven CO2 direct air capture and delivery for cultivating cyanobacteria, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

    Donald R. Ort;Donald R. Ort;Sabeeha S. Merchant;Jean Alric;Alice Barkan

  • Biological hydrogen production: prospects and challenges

    Hyung-Sool Lee;Wim F.J. Vermaas;Bruce E. Rittmann

  • Photosynthesis and Respiration in Cyanobacteria

    Wim Fj Vermaas

  • The three-dimensional structure of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

    Allison M.L. van de Meene;Martin F. Hohmann-Marriott;Wim F.J. Vermaas;Robert W. Roberson

  • Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 strains lacking photosystem I and phycobilisome function.

    Gaozhong Shen;Sammy Boussiba;Wim F. J. Vermaas

  • Site-Directed Mutations at D1-His198 and D2-His197 of Photosystem II in Synechocystis PCC 6803: Sites of Primary Charge Separation and Cation and Triplet Stabilization†

    Bruce A. Diner;Eberhard Schlodder;Peter J. Nixon;William J. Coleman

  • Succinate Dehydrogenase and Other Respiratory Pathways in Thylakoid Membranes of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803: Capacity Comparisons and Physiological Function

    Jason W. Cooley;Wim F. J. Vermaas

  • The reduction of the oxygen-evolving system in chloroplasts by thylakoid components

    Wim F.J. Vermaas;Gernot Renger;Gerhard Dohnt

  • In vivo hyperspectral confocal fluorescence imaging to determine pigment localization and distribution in cyanobacterial cells

    Wim F. J. Vermaas;Jerilyn A. Timlin;Howland D. T. Jones;Michael B. Sinclair

  • Protein composition of the photosystem II core complex in genetically engineered mutants of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

    W. F. J. Vermaas;M. Ikeuchi;Y. Inoue

  • Sequencing and modification of psbB, the gene encoding the CP-47 protein of Photosystem II, in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803.

    Wim F. J. Vermaas;John G. K. Williams;Charles J. Arntzen

  • Electron transport routes in whole cells of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803: the role of the cytochrome bd-type oxidase.

    Stephan Berry;Dirk Schneider;Wim F J Vermaas;Matthias Rögner

  • Quinol and cytochrome oxidases in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

    Crispin A. Howitt;Wim F. J. Vermaas

  • Chlorophyll b can serve as the major pigment in functional photosystem II complexes of cyanobacteria.

    Hong Xu;Dmitrii Vavilin;Wim Vermaas

  • Succinate:Quinol Oxidoreductases in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803: Presence and Function in Metabolism and Electron Transport

    Jason W. Cooley;Crispin A. Howitt;Wim F. J. Vermaas

  • Removal of nitrate from groundwater by cyanobacteria: quantitative assessment of factors influencing nitrate uptake.

    Qiang Hu;Paul Westerhoff;Willem Vermaas

  • Regulation of the tetrapyrrole biosynthetic pathway leading to heme and chlorophyll in plants and cyanobacteria.

    Dmitrii V. Vavilin;Wim F. J. Vermaas

  • Open reading frame ssr2016 is required for antimycin A-sensitive photosystem I-driven cyclic electron flow in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Nataliya Yeremenko;Robert Jeanjean;Peerada Prommeenate;Vladimir Krasikov

  • Type 2 NADH dehydrogenases in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 are involved in regulation rather than respiration.

    Crispin A. Howitt;Pacer K. Udall;Wim F. J. Vermaas

  • Evolution of heliobacteria: implications for photosynthetic reaction center complexes.

    Wim F. J. Vermaas

Frequent Co-Authors

Gernot Renger
Gernot Renger Technical University of Berlin
Julian J. Eaton-Rye
Julian J. Eaton-Rye University of Otago
Gaozhong Shen
Gaozhong Shen Pennsylvania State University
Peter J. Nixon
Peter J. Nixon Imperial College London
Itzhak Ohad
Itzhak Ohad Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Charles J. Arntzen
Charles J. Arntzen Arizona State University
Jian-Ren Shen
Jian-Ren Shen Okayama University
Michel Havaux
Michel Havaux Aix-Marseille University
Michael B. Sinclair
Michael B. Sinclair Sandia National Laboratories

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