Dr. Christine Lewis, PhD

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

• Microbial Electrophotosynthesis, Lewis, C. (2019, July 21-26),  Gordon research conference 2019: From the biophysics of natural and artificial photosynthesis to bioenergy conversion, Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River [Paper presentation: Work in Progress], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2019.100129

• Electrochemically Driven Photosynthetic Electron Transport in Cyanobacteria Lacking Photosystem II, Christine M. Lewis,* Justin D. Flory, Thomas A. Moore, Ana L. Moore, Bruce E. Rittmann, Wim F.J. Vermaas, César I. Torres, and Petra Fromme Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022 144 (7), 2933-2942  https://pubs-acs-org.ezproxy1lib.asu.edu/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c09291

• Govindjee’s 90th birthday – Congratulations from friends and colleagues, S. Naithani et al (Christine Lewis contributing entry) Current Plant Biology, vol. 32, p. 100263, 2022/12/01/ 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2022.100263.

• Functionalized Nitrobenzothiadiazoles as Embedded Fluorescent Probes, Omar M. Khdour, Christine M. Lewis, Sanjay Giridharan, Sydney M. Hecht (2025) Journal of Organic Chemistry, ID: jo-2025-00700c.R1.

• Christine Lewis, Juan F. Ortiz Medina, Jesús A. Perez, César I. Torres*, "Extracellular electron transfer in microbial bioelectrocatalysis" in  Bioelectrocatalysis: From Electron Transfer Processes to Emerging Technological Applications, ECS Series, ed. 1, Shelley Minteer, Matteo Grattieri (Wiley, 2025)

Current work in progress or manuscripts in preparation

• Modeling light/dark cycles for mediated electron transport in microbial electrophotosynthesis (manuscript in preparation) *Christine M. Lewis, Alex Fonseca, César I. Torres.

• Tuning redox small molecule compounds for one stop electron delivery or cyclic mediation of flux in electron transport chains of photosynthetic cells lacking PSII, Christine M. Lewis,* Omar M. Khdour, Petra Fromme , César I. Torres.

• A quantum view of the captodative effect of multifunctional radical quencher on reactive oxygen species, Christine Lewis, Omar Khdour, Sanjay Giridharan, Sydney Hecht.

• Inhibition of temperature induced c-ferroptosis with multifunctional radical quenching in green algae and cyanobacteria , *Christine Lewis, Omar Khdour, Megan Langella, Everett Eustance, Cesar Torres.

• Cathodic electron flux analysis of Rhodospeudomonas Palustrus upon addition of electron shuttles,*Christine Lewis, Jacob Hackney, Cesar Torres.

• Methodology techniques for CRISPR to express lactose expression while knocking out water splitting capability Nandini Kanaju, Christine Lewis, Arul Varman.

•  Cathodic electron shuttling characterization in Rhodospeudomonas Palustris Christine Lewis, Jacob Hackney, Cesar Torres.

• Engineering the Cyanobacterial Photosynthetic Electron Transport Chain to Improve Photosynthetic Efficiency (manuscript in submittal) Nima Hajinajaf , Aditya Sarnaik, Sumant Brahmankar, Jackson Comes, Parker Poole, Christine M. Lewis, Nandini Kannoju, Danika Kartchner, Jonathan Nguyen, Willem Vermaas, Abhishek Singharoy, Arul M. Varman.-submitted

ASU KEEPS Published Thesis of students

• Redox characterization of small molecule tuning and its interactions within electron transport of cellular systems, (ASU Barrett, Honors Thesis) written by Mohamad Alquran, committee member and PIs: Christine Lewis Director: Dr Christine Lewis. 2nd Reader: Dr Omar Khdour, ASU Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, ASU KEEP, 2025 submitted for online publication.

• Flow Cytometry Analysis of Chlorella Vulgaris to Screen for the Effect of Small Molecule Ferroptosis Inhibition in Temperature-Related Cell Damage, (ASU Barrett, Honors Thesis) written by Megan Langella, PI: Christine Lewis and Everette Eustance Director: Dr Christine Lewis 2nd Reader: Dr Omar Khdour. ASU Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, ASU KEEP, 2025 submitted for online publication.

• Microanalysis of Cyanobacteria and Algae Related to Oxidative Stress, (ASU Barrett, Honors Thesis) written by Rammy Rayes, committee member and PIs: Christine Lewis and Everette Eustance Director: Bruce Rittmann. School of Sustainability, ASU KEEP, 2023, 1-24, https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.186025

• Effects of Organic Carbon Source and Light Exposure on Glycogen Mitigation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Mutant Lacking PSII for Microbial Electro Photosynthesis, (ASU Barrett, Honors Thesis) written by Anna Mangus, committee member, reader and PI: Christine Lewis, Director: Cesar Torres. School of Sustainability, ASU KEEP, 2020, 1-25,  https://keep.lib.asu.edu/itoems/131037?check_logged_in=1

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SCIENCE WRITING ARTICLES FOR THE PUBLIC

• Cloth masks a worthy line of defense to mitigate COVID-19 pandemic, Christine Lewis, ASU NOW, 2020, https://news.asu.edu/20200514-cloth-masks-worthy-line-defense-mitigate-covid-19-pandemic

• Just follow the butterfly, Christine Lewis, ASU News, 2019, https://news.asu.edu/20200110-just-follow-butterfly

• Biodesign receives $1.5 million to develop early warning system for flu outbreaks, Christine Lewis, ASU News, 2019, https://news.asu.edu/20190724-biodesign-receives-15-million-develop-early-warning-system-flu-outbreaks

• NASA awards grant to ASU researcher to study ways to protect water for space travelers, Christine Lewis, ASU News, 2019, https://news.asu.edu/20191023-nasa-artemis-project-awards-grant-jiseon-yang-study-ways-protect-water-space-travelers

• Finding answers to cancer in the cosmos, Christine Lewis, ASU News, 2019, https://news.asu.edu/20190426-discoveries-finding-answers-cancer-cosmos

• Pervasive polymers of the deep blue sea, Christine Lewis, ASU News, 2019, https://news.asu.edu/20190607-pervasive-polymers-deep-blue-sea

• Biodesign researchers identify a new way to diagnose urinary tract infections, Christine Lewis, ASU Biodesign and ASU News, 2019, no longer in circulation but can provide on request

• Rittmann sounds a call to action for a more sustainable phosphorus supply Christine Lewis, ASU Biodesign and ASU News, 2019, no longer in circulation but can provide on request

• NASA and Biodesign scientists team up to protect astronauts’ health, Christine Lewis, ASU Biodesign and ASU News, 2019, no longer in circulation but can provide on request

PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENCE CONFERENCES AND CONSORTIUMS

• Poster Presentation, 2024, Univ. of Arizona, Arizona Postdoctoral Conference

• Collaborative Grant Presentation, 2024, Univ. of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, Agae4IBD Summer School for Early Career Scientists

• Poster Presentation, 2024, Rice University, Intl. Society of Electrochem. Microbes

• Poster Presentation, 2024, Univ. of Arizona, 33rd Western Photosynthesis Conference

• Oral Presentation, 2023, Univ. of Utah, International Bioelectrochemical Society

• Poster Presentation, 2023, Univ. of  Utah, Intl Bioelectrochemical Society Shedding New Light on Our MEPS project

• Poster Presentation, 2023, Cambridge UK, Inernational Photobioelectro microbial workshop. MEPS system

• Panel, 2022, Online, National Graduate Student Association Panel Speaker

• Oral Presentation, 2022, New Zealand, Intl. Photosynth. Conf., Driving Electron Flow into PSII-less Cyanobacteria

• Oral Presentation, 2022, Belgium, Bioelect. & Tech. Symp., Small molecule delivery of electron flow

• Oral Presentation, 2021, UCLA, North Am. Intl. Society of Electrochem. Microbes (Best Oral Presentation Award)

• Poster Exhibit, 2021 Online, Intl. Symposium on Bioelectrochem. and Bioenergetics of the Bioelectrochem. Society

• Poster Exhibit, 2021 Online, Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conf.—dynamic of electron flow (Best Poster)

• Poster Exhibit, 2020 Vancouver, West. Reg. Photosynthesis Conf.—Microbial electrophotosynthesis (Travel Award)

• Poster Exhibit, 2019, ASU, Nature Conf. on Functional Dynamics-Visualizing Molecules in Action (Energy award)

• Oral Flash talk, 2019, ASU, Nature Conference on Functional Dynamics—Visualizing Molecules in Action

• Oral Presentation, 2019, Maine, presented to 200 experts at Gordon Research Conference

• Poster Exhibit, 2019, Maine, Gordon Research Conference on Photosynthesis (Best Poster and Presentation Award)

• Poster Exhibit, 2019, U of A Biome, presented research for Arizona Biophest, Microbial electrophotosynthesis

• Oral Presentation, 2018, Biodesign Fusion Biodesign, Microbial electrophotosynthesis (Marie Curie Award)

• Poster Presentation, 2018, Intl. Photosynthesis Conference, Microbial electrophotosynthesis

• Oral Presentation, 2017, Biodesign Fusion Biodesign, Microbial electrophotosynthesis