Assistant Director

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February 15, 2013

THAYUMANASAMY SOMASUNDARAM

P ROFESSIONAL DUTIES & EXPERIENCE

Associate in Research, X-Ray Facility Director, Institute of Molecular Biophysics

1993 2002 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306

Assistant in Research, X-Ray Facility Director, Institute of Molecular Biophysics

Manage the Macromolecular X-Ray Crystallography Facility

Provide scientific expertise to faculty in data collection at home & synchrotrons

Teach students and post-docs crystallographic data collection and analysis

Conduct crystallographic and safety workshops

Coordinate Institute s safety training & inspection

Assist Computer-Resource Personnel maintain IMB website

Prepare research highlights of Institute members and display in KLB

1989 1993 Boston University Boston, MA 02215

Research Assistant Professor, Physics Department

Developed high gas-pressure instrumentation for biophysical studies

Studied interactions of gaseous hydrophobes with macromolecules

Assisted in x-ray & neutron fiber diffraction studies of bacteriophages

1987 1989 Center for Cellular & Molecular Biology Hyderabad, India

Senior Research Fellow

Biophysical characterization of eye lens proteins crystallins

Biophysical studies of mechanism of cataract formation in humans

E DUCATION

1981 1987 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India Ph.D (PhysChem)

1979 1981 University of Madras Chennai, India M.Sc. (Chemistry)

1976 1979 University of Madras Chennai, India B.Sc. (Chemistry)

M EMBERSHIP

American Crystallographic Association, Member, 1995-present

Biophysical Society, Member, 1995-2000

P UBLICATIONS

Published over thirty peer-reviewed articles in international journals. List of

publications available upon request.

850-***-**** abqk4g@r.postjobfree.com www.sb.fsu.edu/~soma

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