Christopher J. Gisriel Curriculum Vitae

CHRISTOPHER J. GISRIEL CURRICULUM VITAE

Address: Department of Chemistry Yale University New Haven, CT 06520-8107, U.S.A. Phone: 480-415-4638 E-mail: [email protected] Date of Birth: June 17, 1984 Nationality: U.S.A.

Education: ASU, Tempe, AZ (2013 – 2017) Ph.D. Biochemistry, Cumulative GPA = 3.89 ASU, Tempe, AZ (2009 – 2013) B.S. Biochemistry

Research Experience: Oct 2019 – Current Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT Laboratory of Prof. Gary Brudvig Research focus: Cryo-electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, and protein purifications of photochemical reaction centers. Jan 2018 – Sept 2019 Postdoctoral Research Associate Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery and School of Molecular Sciences, ASU, Tempe, AZ Laboratory of Prof. Petra Fromme Research focus: Serial femtosecond crystallography (sample preparation team lead), X-ray free-electron laser technology, cryo- electron microscopy, improved crystallization methods, and protein purifications of photochemical reaction centers. May 2013 – Dec 2017 Graduate Research Assistant Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis and School of Molecular Sciences, ASU, Tempe, AZ Laboratory of Prof. Kevin E. Redding Research focus: X-ray crystallography, ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy, improved crystallization, and protein purifications of photochemical reaction centers. Aug 2011 – Apr 2013 Undergraduate Research Assistant School of Molecular Sciences, ASU, Tempe, AZ Laboratory of Prof. Kevin E. Redding Research focus: X-ray crystallography, ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy, improved crystallization, and protein purifications of photochemical reaction centers.

CHRISTOPHER J. GISRIEL CURRICULUM VITAE

Honors and Awards: 2017 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Outstanding Graduate, ASU 2017 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Graduate Excellence Award, ASU 2017 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences CLAS Leader, ASU 2017 Johnston Endowment Scholar award recipient, ARCS Foundation 2017 Richard Malkin Award recipient, Western Photosynthesis Conference 2012 Wayne W. Luchsinger Chemistry Scholarship recipient, ASU

Publications: Gisriel, C., Coe, J., Shen, G., Kurashov, V., Ho, M-Y., Zhang, S., Williams, D., Golbeck, J., Fromme, P., & Bryant, D.† (2019). The structure of Photosystem I acclimated to far-red light illuminates an ecologically important acclimation process in photosynthesis. Science Advances, 6 (6). Kaur, D.*, Gisriel, C. †, Burnap, R., Fromme, P., & Govindjee, G.† (2019). Gordon Research Conference 2019: From the biophysics of natural and artificial photosynthesis to bioenergy conversion. Current Plant Biology. (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2019.100129) Gisriel, C.*, Coe, J.*, Letrun, R., Yefanov, O. M., Luna-Chavez, C., Stander, N. E., Lisova, S., Mariani, V., Kuhn, M., Aplin, S., Grant, T. D., Dörner, K., Sato, T., Echelmeier, A., Cruz Villarreal, J., Hunter, M. S., Wiedorn, M. O., Knoska, J., Mazalova, V., Roy-Chowdhury, S., Yang, J.-H., Jones, A., Bean, R., Bielecki, J., Kim, Y., Mills, G., Weinhausen, B., Meza, J. D., Al-Qudami, N., Bajt, S., Brehm, G., Botha, S., Boukhelef, D., Brockhauser, S., Bruce, B. D., Coleman, M. A., Danilevski, C., Discianno, E., Dobson, Z., Fangohr, H., Martin-Garcia, J. M., Gevorkov, Y., Hauf, S., Hosseinizadeh, A., Januschek, F., Ketawala, G. K., Kupitz, C., Maia, L., Manetti, M., Messerschmidt, M., Michelat, T., Mondal, J., Ourmazd, A., Previtali, G., Sarrou, I., Schön, S., Schwander, P., Shelby, M. L., Silenzi, A., Sztuk-Dambietz, J., Szuba, J., Turcato, M., White, T. A., Wrona, K., Xu, C., Abdellatif, M. H., Zook, J. D., Spence, J. C. H., Chapman, H. N., Barty, A., Kirian, R. A., Frank, M., Ros, A., Schmidt, M., Fromme, R., Mancuso, A. P., Fromme, P.†, & Zatsepin, N. A.† (2019). Membrane protein megahertz crystallography at the European XFEL. Nature Communications, 10 (1), 5021. Orf, G.*, Gisriel, C.*, & Redding, K.† (2018). Evolution of photosynthetic reaction centers: insights from the structure of the heliobacterial reaction center. Photosynthesis Research, 138 (1), 11-37. Gisriel, C., Saroussi, A., Ramundo, S., Fromme, P., & Govindjee, G.† (2017). Gordon Research Conference on photosynthesis: photosynthetic Plasticity from the environment to synthetic systems. Photosynthesis Research, 136 (3), 393-405. Gisriel, C., Sarrou, I., Ferlez, B., Golbeck, J., Redding, K., & Fromme, R.† (2017). Structure of a symmetric photosynthetic reaction center–photosystem. Science, 357 (6355), 1021-1025. Herrera-Theut, K. A., Gisriel, C., Laureanti, J., Orf, G., Baker, P., Jones, A. K., & Redding, K.† (2017). Evaluating the role of a multi-heme cytochrome c in electron transfer from an electrode surface to Heliobacterium modesticaldum. The FASEB Journal, 31, 913.13-913.13. Ferlez, B., Cowgill, J., Dong, W., Gisriel, C., Lin, S., Flores, M., Walters, K., Cetnar, D., Redding, K.†, & Golbeck, J.† (2016). Thermodynamics of the electron acceptors in

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Heliobacterium modesticaldum: An exemplar of an early homodimeric type I photosynthetic reaction center. Biochemistry, 55(16), 2358-2370. †represents corresponding author, *represents co-first authors Selected Professional Presentations: Jan 2019 Western Photosynthesis Conference (Friday Harbor, WA), speaker Aug 2018 International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes (Vancouver, CD), speaker Jun 2018 Dissertation Writing Camp (Graduate and Professional Student Association, ASU), panel speaker Jan 2018 Caltech GeoClub Seminar (Pasadena, CA), invited speaker Jan 2018 Western Photosynthesis Conference (Oracle, AZ), speaker Oct 2017 Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis (ASU), invited speaker July 2017 Gordon Research Conference (Newry, ME), poster July 2017 Gordon Research Seminar (Newry, ME), invited speaker Aug 2016 Int’l Congress on Photosynthesis Research (Maastricht, NLD), speaker

Summary of Instruction Experience: Fromme Lab, Photosynthesis Team Leader, ASU, Spring 2018 to Present Biochemistry 463, Teacher’s Assistant, ASU, Fall 2017 Biochemistry 463, Teacher’s Assistant, ASU, Spring 2017 Biochemistry 462, Teacher’s Assistant, ASU, Spring 2016 Biochemistry 392, Graduate Mentor for Kathryn Herrera-Theut, ASU, Spring 2016 Biochemistry 392, Graduate Mentor for Kathryn Herrera-Theut, ASU, Fall 2015 Biochemistry 462, Teacher’s Assistant, ASU, Spring 2015 Biochemistry 392, Graduate Mentor for Dustin Luu, ASU, Spring 2015 Biochemistry 392, Graduate Mentor for Dustin Luu, ASU, Fall 2014 Biochemistry 463, Teacher’s Assistant, ASU, Spring 2014 Biochemistry 462, Teacher’s Assistant, ASU, Fall 2013

Selected Press: Feb YaleNews “A Science Discovery Made in the Shade” 2020 https://news.yale.edu/2020/02/05/science-discovery-made-shade Feb AAAS EurekAlert! “Scientists solve structure enabling cyanobacteria to thrive in 2020 low light” https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/ps-sss020320.php Nov European XFEL “Using European XFEL to shed light on photosynthesis” 2019 https://www.xfel.eu/news_and_events/news/index_eng.html?openDirectAnchor=173 3&two_columns=0

CHRISTOPHER J. GISRIEL CURRICULUM VITAE

Nov AAAS EurekAlert! “Photosynthesis seen in a new light by rapid X-ray pulses” 2019 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/asu-psi110819.php Apr Department of Energy “A New View on a Very Old Problem: Evolution of the 2019 Photochemical Reaction Centers” https://www.energy.gov/science/bes/articles/new-view-very-old-problem-evolution- photochemical-reaction-centers Apr AAAS EurekAlert! “ASU team discovers a new take on early evolution of 2018 photosynthesis” https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/asu-atd042318.php Dec Arizona State University (video), “Outstanding Graduate Fall 2017: Christopher 2017 Gisriel” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au1VOr25EjY&feature=player_embedded Oct Wired Magazine, “Scientists are rewriting the history of photosynthesis” 2017 https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-are-rewriting-the-history-of-photosynthesis/ Oct Advanced Photon Source, “The Origins of Photosynthesis in a Sun-loving Bacteria” 2017 https://www.aps.anl.gov/APS-Science-Highlight/2017/the-origins-of-photosynthesis- in-a-sun-loving-bacteria Oct Quanta Magazine, “Simple Bacteria Offer Clues to the Origins of Photosynthesis” 2017 https://www.quantamagazine.org/simple-bacteria-offer-clues-to-the-origins-of- photosynthesis-20171017/ Oct Arizona State University (video), “Chris Gisriel, Ph.D. Biochemistry, 2017 - ASU 2017 School of Molecular Sciences” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxlrQjt-f0k&feature=share

Membership and Service: 2019 – Present Ad hoc reviewer: Nature Communications (Nature Research) 2019 – Present Ad hoc reviewer: eLife (eLife Sciences Publications) 2019 – Present Ad hoc reviewer: Nature Plants (Nature Research) 2019 – Present Ad hoc reviewer: Free Radical Biology and Medicine (Elsevier) 2018 – Present Ad hoc reviewer: Geobiology (Wiley) 2018 – Present BioXFEL Scholar 2017 – Present Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholar 2017 – 2019 2019 Gordon Research Seminar Chair

Current Funding: Brown Postdoctoral Fellowship: Endowment for Plant Science from donors Forest B. H. and Elizabeth D. W. Brown to Christopher Gisriel Department of Energy: Grant Grant No. DE-FG02-05ER15646 to Gary Brudvig

CHRISTOPHER J. GISRIEL CURRICULUM VITAE

Additional Information: 2013 – 2014 Founder and past President of SSAO student organization at ASU 2003 – 2006 3/116th Light Infantry, VA Army National Guard (Afghanistan) Battalion Unit Logistics Specialist

Ph.D. Advisor: Kevin E. Redding School of Molecular Sciences, ASU, Tempe, AZ 85297. Postdoctoral P.I. (1): Petra Fromme Center for Applied Structural Discovery, ASU, Tempe, AZ 85297. Postdoctoral P.I. (2): Gary W. Brudvig Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511.