Eric L. Hegg

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Eric L. Hegg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric L. Hegg has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 15 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Eric L. Hegg's work include Lignin and Wood Chemistry (23 papers), Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (14 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers). Eric L. Hegg is often cited by papers focused on Lignin and Wood Chemistry (23 papers), Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (14 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers). Eric L. Hegg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and France. Eric L. Hegg's co-authors include Judith N. Burstyn, Lawrence Que, Adam J. Cornish, Katrin Gärtner, Zhen Fang, M.P. Mehn, David B. Hodge, James R. Ehleringer, Helen W. Kreuzer-Martin and James E. Jackson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Eric L. Hegg

74 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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Toward the development of metal-based synthetic nucleases and peptidases: a rationale and progress report in applying the principles of coordination chemistry

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric L. Hegg United States	32	1.6k	1.0k	888	861	752	78	3.9k
Maria João Romão Portugal	43	2.7k 1.7×	1.4k 1.4×	510 0.6×	2.1k 2.4×	697 0.9×	182	6.1k
Timothy L. Stemmler United States	43	2.6k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	513 0.6×	782 0.9×	205 0.3×	110	5.5k
Mark J. Nilges United States	40	1.4k 0.8×	993 1.0×	491 0.6×	812 0.9×	263 0.3×	101	3.8k
Jennifer L. DuBois United States	32	1.2k 0.7×	968 1.0×	427 0.5×	236 0.3×	435 0.6×	84	3.3k
Alvin L. Crumbliss United States	39	1.7k 1.1×	894 0.9×	707 0.8×	286 0.3×	307 0.4×	198	6.1k
Michael J. Maroney United States	48	1.8k 1.1×	1.9k 1.9×	1.4k 1.6×	1.7k 2.0×	291 0.4×	139	6.3k
Yoshiki Higuchi Japan	44	2.9k 1.8×	768 0.8×	693 0.8×	2.6k 3.0×	314 0.4×	225	7.4k
M.A. Carrondo Portugal	37	3.0k 1.8×	960 1.0×	566 0.6×	633 0.7×	187 0.2×	165	5.7k
Silke Leimkühler Germany	46	3.3k 2.0×	735 0.7×	287 0.3×	2.7k 3.2×	544 0.7×	195	6.1k
Wilfred R. Hagen Netherlands	50	3.1k 1.9×	1.9k 1.9×	632 0.7×	3.1k 3.6×	601 0.8×	245	8.2k

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Hegg, Eric L., et al.. (2025). Plastic-binding peptides as anchors for protein scaffolds on synthetic plastics: opportunities and challenges. RSC Advances. 15(48). 41115–41128.

Lehnert, Nicolai, et al.. (2024). Recent mechanistic developments for cytochrome c nitrite reductase, the key enzyme in the dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium pathway. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 256. 112542–112542. 7 indexed citations

Yuan, Zhaoyang, Sandip K. Singh, Saeid Nikafshar, et al.. (2024). Scale-Up of a Two-Stage Cu-Catalyzed Alkaline-Oxidative Pretreatment of Hybrid Poplar. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 63(14). 6182–6193. 2 indexed citations

Yuan, Zhaoyang, et al.. (2024). Recovery of p-Hydroxybenzoic Acid from Cu-Catalyzed Alkaline Hydrogen Peroxide Pretreatment of Hybrid Poplar. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 12(15). 5726–5730. 1 indexed citations

Ostrom, Nathaniel E., et al.. (2024). Position-specific kinetic isotope effects for nitrous oxide: a new expansion of the Rayleigh model. Biogeosciences. 21(20). 4549–4567.

Gupta, Shipra, et al.. (2023). Evidence that the catalytic mechanism of heme a synthase involves the formation of a carbocation stabilized by a conserved glutamate. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 744. 109665–109665. 1 indexed citations

Yuan, Zhaoyang, Bryan Bals, Eric L. Hegg, & David B. Hodge. (2022). Technoeconomic evaluation of recent process improvements in production of sugar and high-value lignin co-products via two-stage Cu-catalyzed alkaline-oxidative pretreatment. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. 15(1). 45–45. 8 indexed citations

Hegg, Eric L., et al.. (2022). Skeletal Ni electrode-catalyzed C-O cleavage of diaryl ethers entails direct elimination via benzyne intermediates. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2050–2050. 11 indexed citations

Yuan, Zhaoyang, Saeid Nikafshar, Yanbin Cui, et al.. (2021). Effective Biomass Fractionation through Oxygen-Enhanced Alkaline–Oxidative Pretreatment. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(3). 1118–1127. 22 indexed citations

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Wawrzak, Z., et al.. (2020). Cytochrome c nitrite reductase from the bacterium Geobacter lovleyi represents a new NrfA subclass. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(33). 11455–11465. 26 indexed citations

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Yuan, Zhaoyang, Sandip K. Singh, Bryan Bals, David B. Hodge, & Eric L. Hegg. (2019). Integrated Two-Stage Alkaline–Oxidative Pretreatment of Hybrid Poplar. Part 2: Impact of Cu-Catalyzed Alkaline Hydrogen Peroxide Pretreatment Conditions on Process Performance and Economics. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 58(35). 16000–16008. 8 indexed citations

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Singh, Sandip K., Zhaoyang Yuan, Hao Luo, et al.. (2019). Integrated Two-Stage Alkaline-Oxidative Pretreatment of Hybrid Poplar. Part 1: Impact of Alkaline Pre-Extraction Conditions on Process Performance and Lignin Properties. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 58(35). 15989–15999. 25 indexed citations

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Bhalla, Aditya, Charles M. Cai, Feng Xu, et al.. (2019). Performance of three delignifying pretreatments on hardwoods: hydrolysis yields, comprehensive mass balances, and lignin properties. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 12(1). 28 indexed citations

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Bhalla, Aditya, Peyman Fasahati, Ryan J. Stoklosa, et al.. (2018). Integrated experimental and technoeconomic evaluation of two-stage Cu-catalyzed alkaline–oxidative pretreatment of hybrid poplar. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 11(1). 143–143. 15 indexed citations

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Bhalla, Aditya, Namita Bansal, Sivakumar Pattathil, et al.. (2018). Engineered Lignin in Poplar Biomass Facilitates Cu-Catalyzed Alkaline-Oxidative Pretreatment. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(3). 2932–2941. 30 indexed citations

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Bhalla, Aditya, Namita Bansal, Ryan J. Stoklosa, et al.. (2016). Effective alkaline metal-catalyzed oxidative delignification of hybrid poplar. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 9(1). 34–34. 32 indexed citations

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Yang, Hui, Hasand Gandhi, Adam J. Cornish, et al.. (2015). Isotopic fractionation associated with [NiFe]‐ and [FeFe]‐hydrogenases. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 30(2). 285–292. 4 indexed citations

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Cornish, Adam J., et al.. (2011). On understanding proton transfer to the biocatalytic [Fe―Fe]H sub-cluster in [Fe―Fe]H2ases: QM/MM MD simulations. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1807(5). 510–517. 44 indexed citations

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Miller, Rachel E., Guangxi Wu, Rahul Deshpande, et al.. (2010). Changes in Transcript Abundance in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii following Nitrogen Deprivation Predict Diversion of Metabolism. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 154(4). 1737–1752. 413 indexed citations

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Kreuzer-Martin, Helen W., James R. Ehleringer, & Eric L. Hegg. (2005). Oxygen isotopes indicate most intracellular water in log-phase Escherichia coli is derived from metabolism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(48). 17337–17341. 63 indexed citations

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