Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Education:
Dr. Lakshmi is trained in the development and application of advanced biophysical spectroscopy at Brandeis, the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory at MIT, and Yale University.

Career Highlights:
Dr. Lakshmi is recognized worldwide as a leader in the current generation of young biophysicists. She is one of very few researchers around the world with expertise and training in developing both advanced solids NMR and pulsed multi-frequency EPR spectroscopy methods.

Research Areas:
Her current research collaborations include academic institutions and national laboratories— Brookhaven National Laboratory, MIT, and Imperial College, London, to name a few. Dr. Lakshmi is a reviewer for the US Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, the American Chemical Society and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. She holds visiting appointments at Yale and the Argonne National Laboratory.

Dr. Lakshmi is the recipient of several awards for her outstanding contributions in the field of membrane bioenergetics and excellence in photosynthesis research, as well as a UNESCO Fellowship.

Publications:
Dr. Lakshmi has authored over 45 peer-reviewed journal publications, and is an invited speaker at numerous conferences.