Alex Smirnov
AS
Governor Robert W. Scott Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Cox Hall 614F
919-513-4377 aismirno@ncsu.edu WebsiteEducation
Ph.D. Moscow Physical Technical Institute & Institute of Chemical Physics of the Soviet Academy of Science 1990
Area(s) of Expertise
We merge development of magnetic resonance and analytical methods, building specialized spectroscopic instrumentation, fabricating nanostructures, and synthesizing molecular probes to understand structure, dynamics, and function of membrane proteins in lipid bilayers and to use this information for building hybrid nanostructures for biomedical uses.
Publications
- BPS2026 – Maintaining macroscopic alignment of lipid bilayers with and without external magnetic field , Biophysical Journal (2026)
- Data for water penetration profile as measured by HYSCORE spectroscopy , Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026)
- Data for water penetration profile as measured by HYSCORE spectroscopy , Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026)
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Radical S -Adenosyl-
l -Methionine Oxygenase DarE Forms Ether Bond via a Partially Delocalized Tryptophan C β Radical , Journal of the American Chemical Society (2026) - Water concentrations across lipid bilayers by HYSCORE spectroscopy of nitroxides , Biophysical Journal (2026)
- BPS2025 - Local electrostatics of transmembrane domains by spin labeling EPR , Biophysical Journal (2025)
- BPS2025 - Nanotemplate approach to stabilize macroscopically aligned lipid bilayers and membrane proteins in dry state , Biophysical Journal (2025)
- Electronic Spin Relaxation and Clustering in High-Pressure High-Temperature Synthesized Microcrystalline Diamond Particles with Reduced Nitrogen Content , The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2025)
- Liquid Metals as Initiators of Free‐Radical Polymerization of Hydrogels: A Perspective , Advanced Functional Materials (2025)
- Optimizing ensemble NV− spin properties of fluorescent diamond microparticles by systematic low pressure high temperature annealing , Frontiers in Quantum Science and Technology (2025)