Short CV

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.

RECENT ARTICLES

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.

AWARDS

·         Senior Research Fellow (2000-2003), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India

·         Young Scientist Award (2013-2015), SERB-DST, India, 23 Lakhs

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

·         Life Member, Indian Laser Association (From January 2014)

·         Life Member, Indian Crystallographic Association (From 2012)

·         Life Member, Indian Biophysical Society (From March 31, 2000)

·         Member, American Crystallographic Association (2006)

·         Executive committee member (2004-2005), Post-doctoral Association, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.