Professor of Biology

Education and Training

A.B., Sc. M., Brown University
Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University
Postdoctoral Appointment, Cornell University
Senior Research Fellow, Harvard University 

Dr. Roy received his Ph.D. with Van Moudrianakis at The Johns Hopkins Univeristy, performed his postdoctoral studies with André Jagendorf at Cornell University, and joined Rensselaer in 1976. He worked with Lawrence Bogorad during a sabbatical at Harvard in 1983-1984.

Dr. Roy is a member of the American Society of Plant Biologists, and has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Contact

E-mail: royh@rpi.edu
Tel: (518) 276-8170

Office: Science Center 1W14

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy NY 12180-3596

Research Interests

The Roy laboratory discovered the role of ATP in the action of the chloroplast molecular chaperone, a homologue of GroEL, and worked out many of the details of the assembly of the key photosynthetic enzyme, ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase.

Since 2005, the Roy laboratory has been closed. Professor Roy conducts research on educational methods.

Selected Publications

Monographs

Roy, H.  (1992)  Chaperonins- What do they really do? Plant Physiol (Life Sci Adv) 11: 75-78.

Roy, H. and Gilson, M. Chaperonin Mediated Assembly of Plant Rubisco. Handbook of Photosynthesis. M. Pasararakli, ed. 295-304.

Roy, H., and Gilson, M. Rubisco and the Chaperonins. X International Congress of Photosynthesis, From Light to Biosphere, V, 553-558. (1995)

Roy, H., and Gilson, M. 1996 The Chloroplast Chaperonins, in Recent Advances in Plant Molecular Biology, Oxford and IBH Publishing Company, India. In press.

Roy, H. and Andrews, T.J. (2000) Rubisco: Assembly and Mechanism. Advances in Photosynthesis 9: 53-83, R.C. Leegood, T.D. Sharkey, and S. von Caemmerer, Eds, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London.

Journal Articles

Roy, H., Diwan, J., Segel, L.D., and Segel, I.H. 2001. Computer-assisted simulations of phosphofructokinase-1 kinetics using simplified velocity equations. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 29: 3-9. 

Roy, H. (2001) "Use of Web-based Testing of Students as a Method for Evaluating Courses" Bioscene 27(3) pp. 3-7. 

Roy, H. (2003) “Studio vs Interactive Lecture Demonstration as Effective Teaching Tool” Bioscene 29(1): 3-6. 

Balaji, B, Gilson, M., and Roy, H. (2006) Binding of a transition state analog to newly synthesized Rubisco. Photosynthesis Research, 89, 43-48.  

McDaniel, CN, Lister, BC, Hanna, MH, and Roy, H (2007) Increased learning observed in redesigned introductory biology course that employed web-enhanced, interactive pedagogy. CBE – Life Sciences Education 6: 243-249.