Christopher T. Lee

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Christopher T. Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher T. Lee has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Christopher T. Lee's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (9 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (5 papers). Christopher T. Lee is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (9 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (5 papers). Christopher T. Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Christopher T. Lee's co-authors include Rommie E. Amaro, Sophia Y. Tsai, Francesco J. DeMayo, Ming‐Jer Tsai, Li‐Ru You, Fu‐Jung Lin, Christopher J. Porter, Stephen L. Archer, Lakshmi Puttagunta and Joan Allalunis‐Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher T. Lee

45 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

A Mitochondria-K+ Channel Axis Is Suppressed in Cancer an... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 400 800 1.2k
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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. A Mitochondria-K+ Channel Axis Is Suppressed in Cancer and Its Normalization Promotes Apoptosis and Inhibits Cancer Growth
    2007 1.2k citations Christopher T. Lee et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher T. Lee United States 20 1.9k 720 286 237 200 46 2.9k
Timothy A. Lewis United States 29 2.0k 1.0× 309 0.4× 502 1.8× 335 1.4× 271 1.4× 78 3.8k
Elena Papaleo Denmark 36 3.5k 1.8× 393 0.5× 423 1.5× 411 1.7× 188 0.9× 134 4.5k
Michael Blaber United States 42 3.7k 1.9× 639 0.9× 650 2.3× 555 2.3× 169 0.8× 137 5.9k
Kevin N. Dalby United States 37 3.3k 1.7× 371 0.5× 527 1.8× 346 1.5× 135 0.7× 165 4.8k
James T. Palmer United States 30 1.5k 0.8× 568 0.8× 508 1.8× 152 0.6× 174 0.9× 57 3.8k
Mingyang Lu United States 31 2.2k 1.1× 655 0.9× 775 2.7× 370 1.6× 155 0.8× 77 3.4k
Antonio del Sol Luxembourg 31 3.4k 1.7× 421 0.6× 540 1.9× 289 1.2× 107 0.5× 96 4.2k
Eran Eyal Israel 28 2.8k 1.5× 562 0.8× 176 0.6× 218 0.9× 94 0.5× 51 3.5k
Yasumitsu Kondoh Japan 22 1.3k 0.7× 485 0.7× 204 0.7× 166 0.7× 107 0.5× 96 2.1k
Robert A. Beckman United States 33 1.8k 0.9× 662 0.9× 787 2.8× 125 0.5× 254 1.3× 113 3.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher T. Lee

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lee, Christopher T., et al.. (2025). Local enrichment of cardiolipin to transient membrane undulations. Biophysical Journal. 124(15). 2476–2487.
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Lee, Christopher T., et al.. (2024). Setting the curve: the biophysical properties of lipids in mitochondrial form and function. Journal of Lipid Research. 65(10). 100643–100643. 11 indexed citations
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Dinasquet, Julie, Francesca Malfatti, Christopher T. Lee, et al.. (2024). Size-Dependent Nascent Sea Spray Aerosol Bounce Fractions and Estimated Viscosity: The Role of Divalent Cation Enrichment, Surface Tension, and the Kelvin Effect. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(44). 19666–19678. 3 indexed citations
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Dokken, Jørgen S., et al.. (2024). Spatial modeling algorithms for reactions and transport in biological cells. Nature Computational Science. 5(1). 76–89. 2 indexed citations
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Dokken, Jørgen S., et al.. (2023). SMART: Spatial Modeling Algorithms for Reactions andTransport. The Journal of Open Source Software. 8(90). 5580–5580. 2 indexed citations
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Yuan, Feng, Christopher T. Lee, Justin R. Houser, et al.. (2023). The ins and outs of membrane bending by intrinsically disordered proteins. Science Advances. 9(27). eadg3485–eadg3485. 24 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Hideki, Christopher T. Lee, Kie Itoh, et al.. (2023). ActuAtor, a Listeria-inspired molecular tool for physical manipulation of intracellular organizations through de novo actin polymerization. Cell Reports. 42(10). 113089–113089. 3 indexed citations
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Frieden, Thomas R., et al.. (2023). The road to achieving epidemic-ready primary health care. The Lancet Public Health. 8(5). e383–e390. 23 indexed citations
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Lee, Christopher T., et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal modelling reveals geometric dependence of AMPAR dynamics on dendritic spine morphology. The Journal of Physiology. 601(15). 3329–3350. 5 indexed citations
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Lee, Christopher T., et al.. (2022). Mem3DG: Modeling membrane mechanochemical dynamics in 3D using discrete differential geometry. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 100062–100062. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Cynthia, et al.. (2022). Benchmarking ensemble docking methods in D3R Grand Challenge 4. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 36(2). 87–99. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Christopher T., et al.. (2022). Mem3DG: modeling membrane mechanochemical dynamics in 3D using discrete differential geometry. Biophysical Journal. 121(3). 71a–71a. 4 indexed citations
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Hempel, Tim, et al.. (2021). Independent Markov decomposition: Toward modeling kinetics of biomolecular complexes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(31). 14 indexed citations
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Lee, Christopher T. & Manolis Maragkakis. (2021). SamQL: a structured query language and filtering tool for the SAM/BAM file format. BMC Bioinformatics. 22(1). 474–474. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Christopher T., Matthew Akamatsu, & Padmini Rangamani. (2021). Value of models for membrane budding. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 71. 38–45. 8 indexed citations
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Brown, Rebecca T., David Guzman, Lauren M. Kaplan, et al.. (2019). Trajectories of functional impairment in homeless older adults: Results from the HOPE HOME study. PLoS ONE. 14(8). e0221020–e0221020. 16 indexed citations
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Lee, Christopher T., et al.. (2019). Computational Predictions of Drug-Protein Binding Kinetics with a Hybrid Molecular Dynamics, Brownian Dynamics, and Milestoning Approach. Biophysical Journal. 116(3). 562a–562a. 2 indexed citations
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Sarma, Aartik, João Ribas, Babak Movassaghi, et al.. (2017). A Systems Approach to Healthcare Innovation Using the MIT Hacking Medicine Model. Cell Systems. 5(1). 6–10. 17 indexed citations
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Price, Carol W., et al.. (2015). Known structure, unknown function: An inquiry‐based undergraduate biochemistry laboratory course. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 43(4). 245–262. 35 indexed citations
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You, Li‐Ru, Fu‐Jung Lin, Christopher T. Lee, et al.. (2005). Suppression of Notch signalling by the COUP-TFII transcription factor regulates vein identity. Nature. 435(7038). 98–104. 498 indexed citations

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