Shah Ekramul Alom

About

I obtained my Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree in Biotechnology in 2016 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG), graduating with a Cumulative Performance Index (C.P.I.) of 9.06. I then pursued my doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. Rajaram Swaminathan, culminating in a Ph.D. from IITG in 2023. My dissertation, titled "Analyzing Charge Transfer Spectra Arising From Non-Aromatic Amino Acids in Proteins, Aggregating Peptides, and Viral Capsid Assemblies," explored the optical properties and charge transfer phenomena in these systems.

Currently, I am engaged in postdoctoral research at Linköping University, Sweden, where I am developing functionalized protein-based luminescent materials. This work aims to advance the application of biological materials in lighting technologies and further explore their potential in various optoelectronic applications.

My research focus:

1. Develop sustainable protein-based fluorescent lighting materials and enhance the luminescent properties of proteins-hybrids to create innovative light-emitting systems.

2. Investigating the novel intrinsic luminescence observed in self-assembled peptides and supramolecular protein assemblies due to electron charge transfer.

Core competencies:

Bacterial Cell Culture; Protein Expression and Purification; Peptide aggregation; Self-assembly; Viral core protein capsid assembly; Bioconjugation: Protein surface modification and labeling with fluorescent organic dyes; Protein structural characterization; Light Microscopy; Charge Transfer in proteins, Fluorescence; Hydrogels; Bioplastics; Sol-gel transition; Functionalized Protein-based material; Mechanochemistry; Microfluidics; Bioinformatics.

Employment

• Linköping University Postdoctoral Fellow
  2023 - 2025
• Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati PhD scholar
  2016 - 2023

Education

• Assam Higher Secondary Education Council Higher Secondary
  2009 - 2011
• Secondary Education Board of Assam
  1999 - 2009

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (8)

• Label-Free Tracking of Hepatitis B Virus Core Protein Capsid Assembly in Real-Time Using Protein Charge Transfer Spectra
  Biomacromolecules 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00521
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• Early events during the aggregation of Aβ16-22-derived switch-peptides tracked using Protein Charge Transfer Spectra
  Analytica Chimica Acta 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2024.342374
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• Protein Charge Transfer Spectra in a Monomeric Protein with No Lysine
  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2023 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05836g
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• Role of Charged Amino Acids in Sullying the Fluorescence of Tryptophan or Conjugated Dansyl Probe in Monomeric Proteins
  Biochemistry 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00753
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• Monitoring the hepatitis B viral (HBV) capsid assembly by charge transfer spectroscopy
  Biophysical Journal 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.11.1116
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• Role of charged amino acids in sullying the fluorescence of tryptophan or conjugated Dansyl probe in monomeric proteins
  Biophysical Journal 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.11.697
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• Ordered structure induced in human c-Myc PEST region upon forming a disulphide bonded dimer
  Journal of Chemical Sciences 2021 DOI: 10.1007/s12039-021-01889-3
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• Unraveling the Origin of Multi-Exponential Fluorescence Intensity Decay of Tryptophan in Proteins
  Biophysical Journal 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.11.2604
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