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Anant K. Paravastu

Anant K. Paravastu

Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Florida State University

Phone: (850) 410-6578

Fax: (850) 410-6150

FAMU/FSU College of Engineering
2525 Pottsdamer Street
Tallahassee, FL 32310-6046

http://www.eng.fsu.edu/cbe/people/paravastu.html

Education:

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2004

Research Interests:

  • Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Biomaterials
  • Protein Self-Assembly
  • Protein Aggregation Diseases

    • Publications List:

  • Paravastu, A. K.; Qawash, I.; Yau, W. M.; Leapman, R.D.; Meredith, S.C.; Tycko, R. "Seeded growth of -Amyloid fibrils from Alzheimer's brain-derived fibrils produces a distinct fibril structure" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 106, 7443 (2009).
  • Paravastu, A. K.; Yau, W. M.; Leapman, R.D.; Tycko, R. "Molecular structural basis for polymorphism in Alzheimer's -Amyloid fibrils" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 105, 18349 (2008).
  • Paravastu, A. K.; Tycko, R. "Frequency-selective homonuclear dipolar recoupling in solid state NMR." J. Chem. Phys., 124, 194203 (2006).
  • Paravastu, A. K.; Petkova, A. T., Tycko, R. "Polymorphic Fibril Formation by Residues 10-40 of the Alzheimer's -Amyloid Peptide." Biophys. J, 90, 4618 (2006).
  • Paravastu, A. K.; Coles, P.C.; Ladd, T. D.; Reimer, J. A. "Photocurrent-modulated optical nuclear polarization in bulk GaAs." Appl. Phys. Letts., 87, 232109 (2005).
  • Paravastu, A. K.; Reimer, J. A. "Nuclear Spin Temperature and Magnetization Transport in Laser-Enhanced NMR of Bulk GaAs." Phys. Rev. B, 71, 045215 (2005).
  • Paravastu, A. K.; Hayes, S. E.; Schwickert, B. E.; Reimer, J. A.; Dinh, L. N.; Balooch, M. "Optical polarization of nuclear spins in GaAs." Phys. Rev. B, 69, 075203 (2004).