Samim Sardar

I am happy to share that I joined the Department of Chemistry, NIT Warangal @warangal_nit as an Assistant Professor in August 2025.

Our collaboration with @CerulloLab and Prof. Bassi @UniVerona is finally out @JPhysChem Letters! @pierma_saraceno used #compchem and ultrafast #spectroscopy data to uncover robust EET pathways in WT and mutant CP29 in plants. 🌿✨ doi.org/10.1021/acs.jp…

@ziyauddinkhann @fva_camargo @CerulloLab @IITalk @ACSPublications @JPhysChem Thanks 😊@ziyauddinkhann

@SamimSardar @fva_camargo @CerulloLab @IITalk @ACSPublications @JPhysChem Congratulations 🎉

Our latest work on exploring the molecular mechanism of photosynthesis. Here we combine ultrafast spectroscopy & site-directed mutagenesis to investigate the sites involved in NPQ. @fva_camargo @CerulloLab @IITalk @ACSPublications @JPhysChem Lett. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Congratulations to @ArielGarcaFlei1 for his #paper on the "Influence of structural colour on the #photoprotective mechanism in the gametophyte phase of the red #alga Chondrus crispus"! 🎉 This is the result of strong collaboration within the BEEP 🌈 😄 doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2…

@EMarino_nano @RSocPublishing @IITalk Nice, looking forward to reading the review.

@SamimSardar @RSocPublishing @IITalk Very interesting, I'll see if I can add it to the review we are about to submit 😇

Fascinating light management! Marine macroalga C. crispus has structural color (blue iridescence) to photoprotect itself, simultaneously optimizing photosynthesis through the external antennae (phycobilisomes). Our recent work: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… @RSocPublishing @IITalk

@mpjonsson It's always a pleasure meeting you.

Great to meet up with alumni @SamimSardar from our group, in Como at the great Optical Probes conference.

@mpjonsson Indeed a very cool venue! @g_paterno

Richard Friend gives the first talk at Optical Probes 2023 in Como. Such a cool venue!

I am looking for two PhD students, one to focus on our new ERC project on dynamic organic metasurfaces and the other on cellulose-based optics within the Wallenberg Wood Science Centre. liu.se/en/work-at-liu… Please share! @ERC_Research @KAWstiftelsen #PhD #nanooptics

our latest work on the ultrafast excited state dynamics of polyfluorene films vs solution is now online @JPhysChem C! @utfpr @UFPR @CerulloLab @fisipolimi @UEA_Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Role of Efficient Charge Transfer at the Interface between Mixed-Phase Copper-Cuprous Oxide and Conducting Polymer Nanostructures for Photocatalytic Water Splitting pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… @ACS4Authors @ACS_AMI @ACSPublications

@mpjonsson @STIAS_SA @liu_universitet @LOE_at_LiU Congratulations Magnus!

Celebrating the news about receiving an ERC consolidator grant for a new exciting project, on the way to @STIAS_SA in South Africa for a mini sabbatical. Thankful for all involved in our research so far! @liu_universitet @LOE_at_LiU

Nice collaboration with old buddy! @nabarunpolley Nanopump on optical fiber tip: light-driven pumping & simultaneous plasmonic signal detection;4-fold increase in sensitivity compared to the photothermal-only effect. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10… @ACS4Authors @acsnano @ACSPublications

Interested in doing a PhD on optics and materials, with a touch of cellulose? Join our group @LOE_at_LiU @liu_universitet in Sweden, fully funded of course. Please retweet and share with potential candidates. liu.se/en/work-at-liu…

@LuciaCores I had similar experience. When I moved to Sweden for my 1st postdoc, the process was very simple and easier. On the contrary, when I moved to Italy for my 2nd postdoc, I faced very bad bureaucratic processes (not only me, everyone I know had same experience), stress & long wait.

75 years of asking questions. 75 years of finding solutions. 75 years of flying to new heights. 75 years of #IndiaKiUdaan. Take a moment to step back in time and celebrate some of India’s most game-changing moments over the past 75 years ❤️goo.gle/GACIndiaKiUdaan

Library cabin on the street in Lugano, Switzerland

Global analysis (TA) suggests a 1Chl* quenching mechanism dependent on excitation energy transfer to a carotenoid dark state, S*. We suggest that the accessibility of the S* state in different local environments plays a key role in determining the quenching of Chl excited states.

Using time-resolved fluorescence and femtosecond transient absorption, we have observed shortening of the Chl fluorescence lifetime with a decrease of the carotenoid triplet formation yield for CP29 in nanodiscs as compared to the protein in detergent.

Our recent study on molecular mechanism of photosynthesis in CP29 (minor antenna) inside near-native membrane environment (discoidal lipid bilayers, known as nanodiscs). @JChemPhys @fva_camargo @CerulloLab @fisipolimi @IITalk aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.…