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Vittal Yachandra

Chemist Senior Sci/Engr

Bioenergetics Dept

Orcid identifier0000-0002-3983-7858
  • Chemist Senior Sci/Engr
    Bioenergetics Dept

LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB APPOINTMENTS

  • Chemist Senior Sci/Engr
    Bioenergetics Dept, Molecular Biophys & Integ Bio, BioSciences, Berkeley, CA, USA1 Sep 1985 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Scientist
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (DOE), Berkeley, Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging/Physical Biosciences, Berkeley, United States2006 - present
  • Staff Scientist II
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (DOE), Berkeley, Structural Biology/Physical Biosciences, Berkeley, United States1991 - 2006
  • Staff Scientist I
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (DOE), Berkeley, Chemical Biodynamics, Berkeley, United States1985 - 1991
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (DOE), Berkeley, Chemical Biodynamics, Berkeley, United States1982 - 1985

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Member, Scientific Advisory Committee
    Advanced Light Source, Berkeley, USA2012 - 2015
  • Proposal Review Panel
    LCLS X-ray Laser Facility, SLAC, Stanford, United States2009 - 2012
  • Member
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (DOE), Berkeley, Physical Biosciences Division Staff Committee, Berkeley, United States2007 - 2015
  • Member
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (DOE), Berkeley, Laboratory Staff Committee, Berkeley, United States2007 - 2012
  • Affiliate Member
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (DOE), Berkeley, Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Berkeley, United States2010 - 2012
  • Member
    Joint Genome Institute (DOE), Walnut Creek, Site-visit Review Panel for the Photosynthesis Program at the Argonne National Laboratory, for Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences of BES, Walnut Creek, United States2004 - 2004
  • Organizing Committee
    13th Western Photosynthesis Conference, Asilomar, United States2004 - 2004
  • Member of Executive Committee
    Stanford University, Stanford, Stanford Synchotron Radiation Laboratory Users Organization, Stanford, United States2000 - 2002
  • Symposium Chair
    Symposium in Honor of Mel Klein and Ken Sauer, Berkeley, United States1998 - 1998
  • Member, Beamline Review Committee
    Brookhaven National Laboratory (DOE), Ridge, National Synchroton Light Source, Upton, NY, United States1990 - 1990
  • Member, American Chemical Society
    International XAS Society, International Society of Photosynthesis Research1990 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States1977 - 1982
  • MS
    University of Chicago, Chicago, Chicago, United States1975 - 1977
  • MSc
    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Kanpur, India1973 - 1975
  • BSc
    University of Madras, Loyola College, Madras, India1970 - 1973

AREA

  • Biosciences

DIVISION

  • Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging

RESEARCH AREAS