Guruswamy Krishnamoorthy
Department of Chemical Sciences
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Guruswamy Krishnamoorthy obtained his BSc and MSc degrees from Madras Christian College (Chennai). He joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and worked on two broad topics: (i) Electron paramagnetic resonance of metal complexes with the aim of understanding the mechanism of spin transfer and (ii) Temperature-Jump relaxation kinetics of enzyme-ligand complexes, under the guidance of BS Prabhananda, to obtain his PhD (1980). Subsequently he worked with Peter Hinkle at Cornell University, on the mechanism of coupling between intra-protein electron flow and proton pumping in mitochondrial energy transducing systems.
Research Interest
Biophysical Laser Spectroscopy, Macromolecular Dynamics
