Anant K. Paravastu
Assistant Professor
(850) 410-6578

Education

  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2004

Research Interests

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

Professional Affiliations & Qualifications

  • Member of Department Undergraduate Committee
  • Graduate Research Assistant, University of California Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Diabetes & Kidney Diseases (NIDDIK) and National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU/FSU College of Engineering

Professional Membership

  • Member of American Chemical Society
  • Member of Protein Society
  • Member of American Physical Society

Awards

  • Shell Foundation Fellowship
  • Student Employee Graduate Research Fellowship, Livermore National Laboratory
  • Scientific Director's Award Fellowship, NIDDK, NIH

Publications

Selected Peer-reviewed Journal Articles:

  1. 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).
  2. 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).
  3. Paravastu, A. K.; Tycko, R. "Frequency-selective homonuclear dipolar recoupling in solid state NMR." J. Chem. Phys., 124, 194203 (2006).
  4. 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).
  5. 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).
  6. 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).
  7. 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).