Vasanthi Jayaraman

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Nationality| Indian
Citizenship| India
Occupation| Scientist

Vasanthi Jayaraman was born in India. In 1988, Dr. Jayaraman received her B.S. from Meenakshi College for Women, University of Madras, in Chennai, India and her her M.S. in 1990 from Indian Institutes of Technology Chennai, India. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey in 1995.[1] For her doctoral work, Jayaraman explored the allosteric mechanism of hemoglobin under the mentorship of Dr. Thomas G. Spiro.[2]

From 1995-1997, Dr. Jayaraman worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York under George Paul Hess|George Paul Hess.[2] For her postdoctoral work, she used caged compounds to study sub-millisecond kinetics of Ligand-gated ion channel|ligand gated ion channels.[3] During this time, Jayaraman's work was funded by a Fellowship from the Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation.

## Contents

* 1 Career and Research
* 2 Research
* 3 Awards
* 4 Personal Life
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Career and Research[edit]

Dr. Jayaraman received her first academic appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Marquette University in Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1997.[4] Since 2002, she has worked at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) in Houston|Houston, Texas. During her time at UTHealth, Dr. Jayaraman has held positions as an Assistant Professor (2002-2006) and Associate Professor (2006-2007) in the Department of Integrative Biology. From 2007 to 2012, Dr. Jayaraman was an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. As of 2012, she holds the title of Professor in that same department.[1]

## Research[edit]

Dr. Jayaraman’s current research focusses on the structure and function of Ligand-gated ion channel|ligand gated ion channels. She uses spectroscopy and imaging methods to understand the role of Conformational dynamics data bank|conformational dynamics in mediating function by Agonist|agonists, and understanding the fine tuning of the function of the proteins by small molecule modulators and Viral regulatory and accessory protein|accessory proteins.[5]

## Awards[edit]

Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX in years 2005, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021[6][7][8][9][10][10]

2020 - Oldham Faculty Award Recipient[11]

2018 - Women Faculty Forum Research Excellence Award, McGovern Medical School, Houston TX [12]

2017 - UT System Regents Teaching Award, TX[13]

## Personal Life[edit]

Jayaraman is married to Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Chief Energy Officer and Professor, University of Houston, Houston|Houston, Texas.[14] They have two children.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 School, McGovern Medical. "Vasanthi Jayaraman, PhD". Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jayaraman, Vasanthi | University of Texas System". www.utsystem.edu. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
3. ↑ Jayaraman, Vasanthi; Thiran, Shalita; Hess, George P. (1999-08-01). "How Fast Does the γ-Aminobutyric Acid Receptor Channel Open? Kinetic Investigations in the Microsecond Time Region Using a Laser-Pulse Photolysis Technique". Biochemistry. 38 (35): 11372–11378. doi:10.1021/bi990454c. ISSN 0006-2960.
4. ↑ "Search Marquette.edu // Marquette University". www.marquette.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
5. ↑ School, McGovern Medical. "Vasanthi Jayaraman, PhD". Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
6. ↑ School, McGovern Medical (2021-05-04). "2021 Dean's Teaching Excellence Awards - McGovern Medical School". John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
7. ↑ School, McGovern Medical (2020-05-13). "2020 Dean's Teaching Excellence Awards". John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
8. ↑ School, McGovern Medical (2019-05-02). "Dean's Teaching Excellence Awards". John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
9. ↑ School, McGovern Medical (2018-05-02). "Dean's Teaching Excellence Awards". John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 School, McGovern Medical (2017-05-04). "Dean's Teaching Excellence Awards". John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
11. ↑ Barnett, Tracey. "Jayaraman named 2020 Oldham Faculty Award recipient". www.uth.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
12. ↑ School, McGovern Medical (2018-06-07). "Women Faculty Excellence". John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
13. ↑ "Awards by Institution | University of Texas System". www.utsystem.edu. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
14. ↑ "krishnamoorti-ramanan". www.uh.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-12.

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