Neva Agarwala

Ph.D

Physics

Biophysics

Georgia State University

Research Assistant

• RESEARCH EXPERIENCE • Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) absorption spectroscopy •  Characterizing the infrared absorption spectra of various quinone (Naphthoquinone, Benzoquinone) molecules using FTIR absorption spectroscopy •  Studying bacteriorhodopsin and bacteriorhodopsin on assembled microparticle using FTIR absorption spectroscopy • • FTIR microscopy •  Obtaining the absorption spectra of various quinones using FTIR microscopy in transmission mode • • Light-induced FTIR absorption difference spectroscopy •  Performing FTIR difference spectroscopy in which actinic light was used to photoaccumulate the light-induced state of photosynthetic reaction center •  Obtaining difference spectra of light-induced state and dark-adapted state of photosynthetic reaction center • • Time-resolved FTIR absorption difference spectroscopy •  Studying the transient intermediate states of photosynthetic pigments performing microsecond time-resolved step-scan FTIR difference spectroscopy on photosynthetic reaction center at room and cryogenic temperature •  Studying the transient intermediate states involved in proton transfer performing microsecond time-resolved step-scan FTIR difference spectroscopy on bacteriorhodopsin at room temperature •  Studying the transient absorption kinetics of charge recombination reactions performing millisecond time-resolved rapid-scan FTIR difference spectroscopy on type I photosynthetic reaction centers at room temperature • • Global analysis of transient absorption kinetics •  Constructing decay-associated spectra by performing global analysis on transient absorption kinetics in both the visible and infrared spectral ranges • • Growth of cyanobacterial cells and isolation/purification of photosystem I reaction center protein complexes • Culturing photosynthetic cyanobacteria and isolation/purification of photosystem I reaction center protein complexes • WORK EXPERIENCE • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA • Teaching Assistant – Physics 2212K 2019 – Present • Lectured and led laboratory experiments of introductory undergraduate physics course • • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA • Teaching Assistant – Physics 1111K 2018 – 2019 • Lectured and led laboratory experiments of introductory undergraduate physics course