Anderson

G.

Oliveira

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Email:

a.oliveira@yu.edu

Office Phone:

(646) 592-4870

Office Address:

245 Lexington Avenue, Room 549
New York, NY 10016

Biography:

Anderson G. Oliveira is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Stern College, Yeshiva University, where he directs the Oliveira Lab. His research explores the molecular mechanisms of bioluminescence, the production of light by living organisms.

His laboratory discovers, characterizes, and engineers luciferases and photoproteins from diverse marine and terrestrial organisms. Combining biochemistry, molecular biology, and protein engineering, the group investigates how these systems generate light and how their emission color, activity, and stability can be modified for biological imaging and sensing.

Recent work includes the discovery of green-light-emitting, calcium-regulated photoproteins and the characterization of luciferases from deep-sea corals and glowing millipedes. Together, these efforts connect the study of natural light-producing systems with the development of new experimental tools.

Before joining Yeshiva University in 2022, Dr. Oliveira held positions at the University of São Paulo and the Federal University of São Paulo. His research is supported by the National Science Foundation.

Publications:

Galeazzo GA, Soares DMM, Amaral DT, Sartorelli P, Silva A, Samuels E, Melo MRS, Stevani CV, Oliveira AG. (2026) A coelenterazine-dependent luciferase from the deep-sea coral Anthoptilum murrayi. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 829:154204.
Perin LS, Saldanha-Corrêa FM, Menashe M, Rahmani L, Braga ES, Oliveira AG. (2026) High-throughput microplate luminometry of Pyrocystis lunula bioluminescence for metal toxicity assessment. Journal of Applied Phycology.
Soares DMM, Galeazzo GA, Sgro GG, de Moraes GV, Kronenberg L, Borukh E, Migotto AE, Gruber DF, Sparks JS, Pieribone VA, Stevani CV, Oliveira AG. (2025) Velamins: green-light-emitting calcium-regulated photoproteins isolated from the ctenophore Velamen parallelum. The FEBS Journal.
Stevani CV, Zamuner CK, Bastos EL, de Nóbrega BB, Soares DMM, Oliveira AG, Bechara EJH, Shakhova ES, Sarkisyan KS, Yampolsky IV, Kaskova ZM. (2024) The living light from fungi. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews 58:100654.
Tessler M, Gaffney JP, Oliveira AG, et al., Gruber DF. (2020) A putative chordate luciferase from a cosmopolitan tunicate indicates convergent bioluminescence evolution across phyla. Scientific Reports 10(1).
Galeazzo GA, Mirza JD, Dorr FA, Pinto E, Stevani CV, Lohrmann KB, Oliveira AG. (2019) Characterizing the bioluminescence of the Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas (d'Orbigny, 1835): one of the largest luminescent animals in the world. Photochemistry and Photobiology 95(5).
Kotlobay AA, Sarkisyan KS, Mokrushina YA, et al., Oliveira AG, et al., Yampolsky IV. (2018) Genetically encodable bioluminescent system from fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 115(50).
Kaskova ZM, Dörr FA, Petushkov VN, et al., Oliveira AG, et al., Yampolsky IV. (2017) Mechanism and color modulation of fungal bioluminescence. Science Advances 3(4).
Oliveira AG, Stevani CV, Waldenmaier HE, Viviani V, Emerson JM, Loros JJ, Dunlap JC. (2015) Circadian control sheds light on fungal bioluminescence. Current Biology 25(7).

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