EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Physics-Crystallography & Biophysics (1997 – 2003). Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, India. Advisor: Dr. S. Parthasarathy. Thesis Title: Some statistical applications and structural studies in X-ray crystallography.
Master of Philosophy in Physics-Crystallography & Biophysics (1996 – 1997). Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, India. Advisor: Dr. S. Parthasarathy Dissertation Title: A C++ package for space group determination.
Master of Science in Physics (1994 – 1996). Jamal Mohammed College, Bharathidasan University, India.
Bachelor of Science in Physics (1991 - 1994). Jamal Mohammed College, Bharathidasan University, India.
EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor (April 2014 to
till date), Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal University,
Manipal, India.
Assistant
Professor - Senior Scale (January 2012 to March 2014),
Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal University, Manipal, India.
Post-Doctoral Research
(August 2003 to December 2011), USA.
Doctoral
Research (1997-2003),
Laboratory of Dr. S. Parthasarathy, Department of Crystallography and
Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, India.
28. Mutations in the ArsA ATPase that restore
interaction with the ArsD metallochaperone, Jitesh K. Pillai, Sarkarai
Venkadesh, A. Abdul Ajees, Barry P Rosen, Hiranmoy Bhattacharjee.
(2014). BioMetals, Accepted.
27. As(III) S-adenosylmethionine
methyltransferases. A. Abdul Ajees
and Barry P. Rosen. (2014). Geomicrobiology Journal, Accepted.
26. Crystallization trails of
small molecules using photothermal effect. A. Abdul Ajees, S.
D. George, K. Mahendra, A.
Bankapur, C. Santhosh, D. Mathur. (2013). Proceedings
of National Laser Symposium (NLS-22).
25. Crystal structures of ArsM: An As(III) S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase. A. Abdul
Ajees, Kavitha Marapakala, Jie Qin, Banumathi Sankaran
& Barry P. Rosen. (2012). Biochemistry, 27, 5476-5485.
24. Life and Death
with Arsenic. Barry P. Rosen, A. Abdul Ajees & Timothy R.
McDermott. (2011). BioEssays, 33, 350-357.
23. The ArsD As(III) metallochaperone. A.
Abdul Ajees#, Jianbo Yang# & Barry P. Rosen. #These authors contributed
equally to this study. (2011). Biometals, 24 (3), 391-399.
22. Genetic
mapping of the interface between the ArsD metallochaperone and the ArsA ATPase.
Jianbo Yang, A. Abdul Ajees & Barry P.
Rosen. (2011). Molecular Microbiology, 79,
872-881. Cover page Article.
21. The role of alanine 163 in solute permeability of Leishmania major aquaglyceroporin LmAQP1. Rita Mukhopadhyay, Goutam Mandal, Venkata Subba Rao Atluri, Katherine
Figarella, Nestor L. Uzcategui, Yao Zhou, Eric Beitz, A. Abdul Ajees & Hiranmoy
Bhattacharjee. (2011). Molecular & Biochemical Parasitology, 175(1), 83-90.
20. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray
crystallographic analysis of the ArsM arsenic(III) S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase. Kavitha Marapakala, A. Abdul Ajees, Jie Qin,
Banumathi Sankaran, Barry P. Rosen. (2010). Acta Crystallographica Section F, 66(9), 1050–1052.
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
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Life Member,
Indian Laser Association (From January 2014)
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Life Member,
Indian Crystallographic Association (From 2012)
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Life Member,
Indian Biophysical Society (From March 31, 2000)
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Member,
American Crystallographic Association (2006)
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Executive committee member (2004-2005),
Post-doctoral Association, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama, USA.