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Publications: P Christopher Duffy

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Gray C, Chitnavis S, Buja T, Duffy CDP ( 2025 ) . Predicting the diversity of photosynthetic light-harvesting using thermodynamics and machine learning . PLOS Computational Biology vol. 21 , ( 3 ) e1012845 - e1012845 .
Pugsley T, Hanke G, Duffy CDP ( 2025 ) . Evaluating Transcriptomic Integration for Cyanobacterial Constraint-based Metabolic Modelling .
Keil E, Kumar A, Bäuml L, Reiter S, Thyrhaug E, Moser S, Duffy CDP, de Vivie-Riedle R et al. ( 2025 ) . Reassessing the role and lifetime of Q<sub><i>x</i></sub> in the energy transfer dynamics of chlorophyll <i>a</i> . Chemical Science vol. 16 , ( 4 ) 1684 - 1695 .
Chitnavis S, Gray C, Rousouli I, Gillen E, Mullineaux CW, Haworth TJ, Duffy CDP ( 2024 ) . Optimizing photosynthetic light-harvesting under stars: simple and general antenna models . Photosynthesis Research vol. 162 , ( 1 ) 75 - 92 .
Gray C, Chitnavis S, Buja TL, Duffy CDP ( 2024 ) . Predicting the diversity of photosynthetic light-harvesting using thermodynamics and machine learning .
Chitnavis S, Gray C, Rousouli I, Gillen E, Mullineaux CW, Haworth TJ, Duffy CDP ( 2024 ) . Optimizing photosynthetic light-harvesting under stars: Generalized thermodynamic models .
Gray C, Kailas L, Adams PG, Duffy CDP ( 2024 ) . Unravelling the fluorescence kinetics of light-harvesting proteins with simulated measurements . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1865 , ( 1 ) Article 149004 , 149004 - 149004 .
Chitnavis S, Haworth TJ, Gillen E, Mullineaux CW, Duffy CDP ( 2023 ) . Thermodynamic limits on oxygenic photosynthesis around M-dwarf stars: Generalized models and strategies for optimization .
Duffy CDP, Canchon G, Haworth TJ, Gillen E, Chitnavis S, Mullineaux CW ( 2023 ) . Photosynthesis under a red Sun: predicting the absorption characteristics of an extraterrestrial light-harvesting antenna . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 526 , ( 2 ) 2265 - 2277 .
Gray C, Kailas L, Adams PG, Duffy CDP ( 2023 ) . Unravelling the fluorescence kinetics of light-harvesting proteins with simulated measurements .
Duffy CDP, Canchon G, Haworth TJ, Gillen E, Chitnavis S, Mullineaux CW ( 2023 ) . Photosynthesis Under a Red Sun: Predicting the absorption characteristics of an extraterrestrial light-harvesting antenna .
Šebelík V, Duffy CDP, Keil E, Polívka T, Hauer J ( 2022 ) . Understanding Carotenoid Dynamics via the Vibronic Energy Relaxation Approach . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B vol. 126 , ( 22 ) 3985 - 3994 .
Gray C, Wei T, Polívka T, Daskalakis V, Duffy CDP ( 2022 ) . Trivial Excitation Energy Transfer to Carotenoids Is an Unlikely Mechanism for Non-photochemical Quenching in LHCII . Frontiers in Plant Science vol. 12 , Article 797373 ,
Gray C, Wei T, Polívka T, Daskalakis V, Duffy CDP ( 2021 ) . Trivial Excitation Energy Transfer to Carotenoids is an Unlikely Mechanism for Non-Photochemical Quenching in LHCII .
Hancock AM, Son M, Nairat M, Wei T, Jeuken LJC, Duffy CDP, Schlau-Cohen GS, Adams PG ( 2021 ) . Ultrafast energy transfer between lipid-linked chromophores and plant light-harvesting complex II . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics vol. 23 , ( 35 ) 19511 - 19524 .
( 2020 ) . Multimeric and monomeric photosystem II supercomplexes represent structural adaptations to low- and high-light conditions . Journal of Biological Chemistry vol. 295 , ( 43 ) 14537 - 14545 .
( 2020 ) . A Protein Environment-Modulated Energy Dissipation Channel in LHCII Antenna Complex . iScience vol. 23 , ( 9 ) Article 101430 , 101430 - 101430 .
Duffy CDP ( 2020 ) . The simplicity of robust light harvesting . Science vol. 368 , ( 6498 ) 1427 - 1428 .
Gelin MF, Abramavicius D, Duffy C, Mančal T ( 2020 ) . Photosynthetic light harvesting: Insights from multidisciplinary approaches . Chemical Physics vol. 533 , Article 110746 , 110746 - 110746 .
Balevičius V, Duffy CDP ( 2020 ) . Excitation quenching in chlorophyll–carotenoid antenna systems: ‘coherent’ or ‘incoherent’ . Photosynthesis Research vol. 144 , ( 3 ) 301 - 315 .
Daskalakis V, Maity S, Hart CL, Stergiannakos T, Duffy CDP, Kleinekathöfer U ( 2019 ) . Structural Basis for Allosteric Regulation in the Major Antenna Trimer of Photosystem II . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B vol. 123 , ( 45 ) 9609 - 9615 .
( 2019 ) . How carotenoid distortions may determine optical properties: lessons from the Orange Carotenoid Protein . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics vol. 21 , ( 41 ) 23187 - 23197 .
Balevičius Jr V, Wei T, Di Tommaso D, Abramavicius D, Hauer J, Polívka T, Duffy CDP ( 2019 ) . The full dynamics of energy relaxation in large organic molecules: from photo-excitation to solvent heating . Chemical Science vol. 10 , ( 18 ) 4792 - 4804 .
Fox KF, Ünlü C, Balevičius V, Ramdour BN, Kern C, Pan X, Li M, van Amerongen H et al. ( 2018 ) . A possible molecular basis for photoprotection in the minor antenna proteins of plants . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1859 , ( 7 ) 471 - 481 .
Balevičius V, Fox KF, Bricker WP, Jurinovich S, Prandi IG, Mennucci B, Duffy CDP ( 2017 ) . Fine control of chlorophyll-carotenoid interactions defines the functionality of light-harvesting proteins in plants . Scientific Reports vol. 7 , ( 1 ) Article 13956 ,
( 2017 ) . The carotenoid pathway: what is important for excitation quenching in plant antenna complexes? . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics vol. 19 , ( 34 ) 22957 - 22968 .
( 2016 ) . The nature of self-regulation in photosynthetic light-harvesting antenna . Nature Plants vol. 2 , ( 5 ) Article 16045 ,
Fox KF, Bricker WP, Lo C, Duffy CDP ( 2015 ) . Distortions of the Xanthophylls Caused by Interactions with Neighboring Pigments and the LHCII Protein Are Crucial for Studying Energy Transfer Pathways within the Complex . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B vol. 119 , ( 51 ) 15550 - 15560 .
( 2015 ) . Dissipative pathways in the photosystem-II antenna in plants . Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology vol. 152 , 215 - 226 .
( 2015 ) . An ‘all pigment’ model of excitation quenching in LHCII . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics vol. 17 , ( 24 ) 15857 - 15867 .
( 2014 ) . Economic photoprotection in photosystem II that retains a complete light-harvesting system with slow energy traps . Nature Communications vol. 5 , ( 1 ) Article 4433 ,
( 2014 ) . Modeling the NMR signatures associated with the functional conformational switch in the major light-harvesting antenna of photosystem II in higher plants . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics vol. 16 , ( 12 ) 5571 - 5571 .
( 2013 ) . Quantum Mechanical Calculations of Xanthophyll–Chlorophyll Electronic Coupling in the Light-Harvesting Antenna of Photosystem II of Higher Plants . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B vol. 117 , ( 25 ) 7605 - 7614 .
( 2013 ) . Changes in the Energy Transfer Pathways within Photosystem II Antenna Induced by Xanthophyll Cycle Activity . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B vol. 117 , ( 19 ) 5841 - 5847 .
( 2013 ) . Light-harvesting processes in the dynamic photosynthetic antenna . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics vol. 15 , ( 43 ) 18752 - 18752 .
( 2013 ) . Switching light harvesting complex II into photoprotective state involves the lumen-facing apoprotein loop . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics vol. 15 , ( 29 ) 12253 - 12253 .
( 2012 ) . Modeling of Fluorescence Quenching by Lutein in the Plant Light-Harvesting Complex LHCII . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B vol. 117 , ( 38 ) 10974 - 10986 .
( 2012 ) . Electronic Spectra of Structurally Deformed Lutein . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A vol. 116 , ( 40 ) 9843 - 9853 .
( 2012 ) . A Theoretical Investigation of Xanthophyll–Protein Hydrogen Bonding in the Photosystem II Antenna . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B vol. 116 , ( 14 ) 4310 - 4318 .
( 2012 ) . The photoprotective molecular switch in the photosystem II antenna . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1817 , ( 1 ) 167 - 181 .
( 2011 ) . Light‐harvesting antenna composition controls the macrostructure and dynamics of thylakoid membranes in Arabidopsis . The Plant Journal vol. 69 , ( 2 ) 289 - 301 .
( 2011 ) . Excitation Migration, Quenching, and Regulation of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting in Photosystem II . J PHYS CHEM B vol. 115 , ( 29 ) 9252 - 9260 .
( 2011 ) . Photoprotective Energy Dissipation Involves the Reorganization of Photosystem II Light-Harvesting Complexes in the Grana Membranes of Spinach Chloroplasts . PLANT CELL vol. 23 , ( 4 ) 1468 - 1479 .
( 2011 ) . Natural light harvesting: principles and environmental trends . Energy &amp; Environmental Science vol. 4 , ( 5 ) 1643 - 1643 .
( 2011 ) . Origin of Absorption Changes Associated with Photoprotective Energy Dissipation in the Absence of Zeaxanthin . Journal of Biological Chemistry vol. 286 , ( 1 ) 91 - 98 .
( 2010 ) . A Theoretical Investigation of the Photophysical Consequences of Major Plant Light-Harvesting Complex Aggregation within the Photosynthetic Membrane . J PHYS CHEM B vol. 114 , ( 46 ) 15244 - 15253 .
( 2008 ) . Theoretical Investigation of the Role of Strongly Coupled Chlorophyll Dimers in Photoprotection of LHCII . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B vol. 112 , ( 39 ) 12508 - 12515 .
Barford W, Duffy CDP ( 2006 ) . Role of Quantum Coherence and Energetic Disorder on Exciton Transport in Polymer Films .
Barford W, Duffy CDP ( 2006 ) . Role of Quantum Coherence and Energetic Disorder on Exciton Transport in\n Polymer Films .
Alner GJ, Araújo HM, Arnison GJ, Barton JC, Bewick A, Bungau C, Camanzi B, Carson MJ et al. ( 2005 ) . Limits on WIMP cross-sections from the NAIAD experiment at the Boulby Underground Laboratory . Physics Letters B vol. 616 , ( 1-2 ) 17 - 24 .
. A Flexible LHCII Structure Allows for Fine-Tuning of Excitation Energy Dissipation .
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