Andrew A. Beharry

4.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
40 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Andrew A. Beharry is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew A. Beharry has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Materials Chemistry and 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Andrew A. Beharry's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (12 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (11 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers). Andrew A. Beharry is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (12 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (11 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers). Andrew A. Beharry collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Türkiye. Andrew A. Beharry's co-authors include G. Andrew Woolley, Oleg Sadovski, Subhas Samanta, Amirhossein Babalhavaeji, Mingxin Dong, Theresa M. McCormick, Fuzhong Zhang, Eric T. Kool, Kamalpreet Singh and Timothy O’Connor and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Andrew A. Beharry

39 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Azobenzene photoswitches for biomolecules 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2011 2015 2013 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Azobenzene photoswitches for biomolecules
    2011 1.6k citations Andrew A. Beharry, G. Andrew Woolley Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  2. Azobenzene Photoswitching without Ultraviolet Light
    2011 592 citations Andrew A. Beharry, Oleg Sadovski et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. Red-Shifting Azobenzene Photoswitches for in Vivo Use
    2015 540 citations Mingxin Dong, Amirhossein Babalhavaeji et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  4. Photoswitching Azo Compounds in Vivo with Red Light
    2013 454 citations Subhas Samanta, Andrew A. Beharry et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andrew A. Beharry Canada 21 3.2k 1.8k 1.2k 971 605 40 4.2k
David Bléger Germany 25 3.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 942 0.8× 358 0.4× 678 1.1× 43 3.9k
Willem A. Velema Netherlands 21 2.6k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 396 0.7× 37 3.7k
Alexander D. Q. Li United States 33 3.4k 1.0× 899 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 773 0.8× 860 1.4× 71 4.7k
H. M. Dhammika Bandara United States 12 2.2k 0.7× 879 0.5× 863 0.7× 277 0.3× 438 0.7× 13 2.9k
Mariano L. Bossi Germany 32 1.9k 0.6× 775 0.4× 828 0.7× 902 0.9× 168 0.3× 79 3.9k
Massimiliano Tomasulo United States 29 2.8k 0.9× 955 0.5× 886 0.8× 530 0.5× 227 0.4× 37 3.3k
Tuyoshi Fukaminato Japan 29 5.2k 1.6× 2.3k 1.3× 1.9k 1.6× 316 0.3× 514 0.8× 66 6.0k
Michael M. Lerch Netherlands 22 2.0k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 843 0.7× 413 0.4× 334 0.6× 30 2.6k
Tomáš Šolomek Switzerland 23 2.0k 0.6× 586 0.3× 1.6k 1.3× 840 0.9× 132 0.2× 52 3.2k
Joakim Andréasson Sweden 43 4.1k 1.3× 1.8k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 1.5k 1.6× 410 0.7× 100 5.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ma, Tianyi, et al.. (2025). Nitroreductase-activatable photosensitizers for selective antimicrobial photodynamic therapy. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 16(5). 2133–2141. 1 indexed citations
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Ayan, Seylan, et al.. (2024). A chloromethyl-triazole fluorescent chemosensor for O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 22(14). 2749–2753. 5 indexed citations
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Auld, Douglas S., et al.. (2024). Tight-Binding Small-Molecule Carboxylesterase 2 Inhibitors Reduce Intracellular Irinotecan Activation. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(3). 2019–2030. 2 indexed citations
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Beharry, Andrew A., et al.. (2024). Antimicrobial Efficacy of Photocaged β‐Lapachone in Bacillus subtilis Biofilms. ChemPhotoChem. 8(12).
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Beharry, Andrew A., et al.. (2024). A series of potent BODIPY photosensitisers featuring tellurophene motifs at boron. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 22(20). 4157–4162. 1 indexed citations
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Ayan, Seylan, et al.. (2022). Photocaged DNA-Binding Photosensitizer Enables Photocontrol of Nuclear Entry for Dual-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(24). 16679–16694. 17 indexed citations
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Nagel, Zachary D., Andrew A. Beharry, Patrizia Mazzucato, et al.. (2019). Fluorescent reporter assays provide direct, accurate, quantitative measurements of MGMT status in human cells. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0208341–e0208341. 19 indexed citations
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Sadovski, Oleg, Michela Capello, Ya’an Kang, et al.. (2019). Measuring human carboxylesterase 2 activity in pancreatic cancer patient-derived xenografts using a ratiometric fluorescent chemosensor. Chemical Science. 10(36). 8428–8437. 41 indexed citations
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Wilson, David L., Andrew A. Beharry, Avinash C. Srivastava, Timothy O’Connor, & Eric T. Kool. (2018). Fluorescence Probes for ALKBH2 Allow the Measurement of DNA Alkylation Repair and Drug Resistance Responses. Angewandte Chemie. 130(39). 13078–13082. 8 indexed citations
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Wilson, David L., Andrew A. Beharry, Avinash C. Srivastava, Timothy O’Connor, & Eric T. Kool. (2018). Fluorescence Probes for ALKBH2 Allow the Measurement of DNA Alkylation Repair and Drug Resistance Responses. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(39). 12896–12900. 22 indexed citations
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Auld, Douglas S., Debin Ji, Andrew A. Beharry, et al.. (2018). Potent and Selective Inhibitors of 8-Oxoguanine DNA Glycosylase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(6). 2105–2114. 59 indexed citations
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Singh, Kamalpreet, et al.. (2018). Fluorescent Chemosensors as Future Tools for Cancer Biology. ACS Chemical Biology. 13(7). 1785–1798. 63 indexed citations
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Beharry, Andrew A., Zachary D. Nagel, Leona D. Samson, & Eric T. Kool. (2016). Fluorogenic Real-Time Reporters of DNA Repair by MGMT, a Clinical Predictor of Antitumor Drug Response. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0152684–e0152684. 22 indexed citations
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Ji, Debin, Andrew A. Beharry, James M. Ford, & Eric T. Kool. (2016). A Chimeric ATP-Linked Nucleotide Enables Luminescence Signaling of Damage Surveillance by MTH1, a Cancer Target. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(29). 9005–9008. 20 indexed citations
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Dong, Mingxin, Amirhossein Babalhavaeji, Subhas Samanta, Andrew A. Beharry, & G. Andrew Woolley. (2015). Red-Shifting Azobenzene Photoswitches for in Vivo Use. Accounts of Chemical Research. 48(10). 2662–2670. 540 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rullo, Anthony F., Andrew A. Beharry, Rodolfo F. Gómez‐Biagi, Xiong Zhao, & Mark Nitz. (2012). Site‐Selective Affinity Labelling of Maltose Binding Protein in Bacterial Cells. ChemBioChem. 13(6). 783–787. 7 indexed citations
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Beharry, Andrew A., et al.. (2011). Fluorescence Imaging of Azobenzene Photoswitching In Vivo. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(6). 1325–1327. 131 indexed citations
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Beharry, Andrew A. & G. Andrew Woolley. (2011). Azobenzene photoswitches for biomolecules. Chemical Society Reviews. 40(8). 4422–4422. 1550 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sadovski, Oleg, Andrew A. Beharry, Fuzhong Zhang, & G. Andrew Woolley. (2009). Spectral Tuning of Azobenzene Photoswitches for Biological Applications. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(8). 1484–1486. 214 indexed citations
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Beharry, Andrew A., Oleg Sadovski, & G. Andrew Woolley. (2008). Photo-control of peptide conformation on a timescale of seconds with a conformationally constrained, blue-absorbing, photo-switchable linker. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 6(23). 4323–4323. 33 indexed citations

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