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Prof. Dr. Jayaraman Sivaguru (Siva) is the Distinguished University Professor and the Antonia and Marshall Wilson Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University (BGSU), Bowling Green, Ohio. Prof. Sivaguru completed his bachelor’s (1996) and master’s (1998) degrees from St. Joseph’s College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India, and IndianInstitute of Technology, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, respectively. He came to the United States in 1998 to pursue hisdoctoral degree with Prof. V. Ramamurthy at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. For his doctoral work, he wasrecognized by Inter-American Photochemical society with the Closs award in 2003. After receiving his Ph.D. in 2003, he did his postdoctoral studies with Prof. Nicholas J. Turro at Columbia University, NY, USA, from 2003 to 2006. Siva began his independent career as an assistant professor at North Dakota State University (NDSU) in 2006, promoted to an associate professor in 2011 and to a full professor in 2014. His recognitions include 2008 NSF CAREER award, 2010 Grammaticakis-Neumann Prize from the Swiss Chemical Society for outstanding independent research by a young faculty below 40 years in the areas of photochemistry and photobiology, 2011 young-investigator award fromthe Inter-American Photochemical Society (I-APS), and 2012-young investigator award from Sigma-Xi. At NDSU, Siva was honored with the 2010 Excellence in Research award and 2011 Excellence in Teaching awards, both from theCollege of Science and Mathematics, and the 2012 Peltier Award for Innovation in Teaching. He was a visiting young professor for Global Centre for Excellence at Osaka University, Japan. In Fall 2017, he moved his research program to Bowling Green State University. In 2018 he was a visiting fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences underPresident's International Fellowship Initiative. He serves as the American editor for the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry (from 2013), published by Elsevier. From 2020, he serves as the co-editor-in-chief of Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. He is also an international advisory board member of the photochemistry IUPAC symposium. In 2021, Prof. Sivaguru was named Honda-Fujishima Lectureship awardee by the Japanese photochemical association for extremely outstanding achievement in the study of photochemistry. In 2022, he was named as the Distinguished University Professor by BGSU. Currently his research program works on both basic and applied aspects of photochemical sciences. Currently his research program is investigating (a) Uncovering new excited state chemical reactivity, b) light induced axial to central chiral transfer in atropisomeric systems, (c) asymmetric organo-photocatalysis, (d) supramolecular photocatalysis with water-soluble nanocontainers, (e) light responsive materials and initiators, and (f) Designing light-initiated strategies for eye protection and ophthalmic applications (e.g. contact lenses, eyeware etc.).