Erika Erickson

3.3k citations

21 papers · 2.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 16

Impact in

Pollution top 1%
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering top 1%
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Papers in

Pollution 10
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution 10
Biomaterials 8
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties 8

Co-authors: Krishna Niyogi Setsuko Wakao Gregg T. Beckham J.E. McGeehan Nicholas A. Rorrer Andrew R. Pickford Rosie Graham Megan Cohn
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)ChemSusChem (2 papers)The Plant Journal (2 papers)Scientific Reports (1 paper)RSC Advances (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom France

In The Last Decade

Erika Erickson

19 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Techno-economic, life-cycle, and socioeconomic impact analysis of enzymatic recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) 2021 · 287 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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2020 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Machine Learning-Guided Identification of PET Hydrolases from Natural Diversity ACS Catalysis ·Brenna Norton‐Baker, Säo Thiago, Japheth E. Gado, E. VANERCK‐WESTERGREN, Irimpan I. Mathews, Ya Xie, Erika Erickson, 靖石井, Ritimukta Sarangi, Nicholas P. Gauthier, J.E. McGeehan, Gregg T. Beckham	2025	0
2	Development and flight-testing of modular autonomous cultivation systems for biological plastics upcycling aboard the ISS npj Microgravity ·Diego Andres Arias-Caballero, Pat Pataranutaporn, Benjamin Fram, Allison Z. Werner, Sunanda Sharma, Nicholas P. Gauthier, Erika Erickson, Rima Nurjannah, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Morgan A. Ingraham, Ya Xie, Krista Ryon, Braden Tierney, Gregg T. Beckham, Christopher E. Mason, Ariel Ekblaw	2025	0
3	Natural diversity screening, assay development, and characterization of nylon-6 enzymatic depolymerization Nature Communications ·Elizabeth L. Bell, Gloria Rosetto, Morgan A. Ingraham, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Clarissa Lincoln, Ryan W. Clarke, Japheth E. Gado, 龍也横内, Katarzyna H. Kucharzyk, Erika Erickson, Gregg T. Beckham	2024	50
4	Enabling high-throughput enzyme discovery and engineering with a low-cost, robot-assisted pipeline Scientific Reports ·Brenna Norton‐Baker, E. VANERCK‐WESTERGREN, Ya Xie, Benjamin Fram, Sheila Fabiana de Oliveira, Erika Erickson, Nicholas P. Gauthier, Gregg T. Beckham	2024	8
5	Critical enzyme reactions in aromatic catabolism for microbial lignin conversion Nature Catalysis ·Erika Erickson, Alissa Bleem, Eugene Kuatsjah, Allison Z. Werner, Jennifer L. DuBois, J.E. McGeehan, Lindsay D. Eltis, Gregg T. Beckham	2022	104
6	A flexible kinetic assay efficiently sorts prospective biocatalysts for PET plastic subunit hydrolysis RSC Advances ·Pennison, Rita Indariatik, William M. Kincannon, Erika Erickson, J.E. McGeehan, Gregg T. Beckham, Jennifer L. DuBois	2022	20
7	Particle Size Reduction of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Increases the Rate of Enzymatic Depolymerization But Does Not Increase the Overall Conversion Extent ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Richard K. Brizendine, Erika Erickson, Stefan J. Haugen, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Joel Miscall, Davinia Salvachúa, Andrew R. Pickford, Margaret J. Sobkowicz, J.E. McGeehan, Gregg T. Beckham	2022	85
8	The role of binding modules in enzymatic poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolysis at high-solids loadings Chem Catalysis ·Rosie Graham, Erika Erickson, Richard K. Brizendine, Davinia Salvachúa, William E. Michener, Yaohao Li, Zhongping Tan, Gregg T. Beckham, J.E. McGeehan, Andrew R. Pickford	2022	43
9	Comparative Performance of PETase as a Function of Reaction Conditions, Substrate Properties, and Product Accumulation ChemSusChem ·Erika Erickson, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Felicia Bratti, Bonnie L. Buss, Rosie Graham, Luthfi Nurwafi Fatchurrohman, Gerhard König, William E. Michener, Joel Miscall, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Michael Zahn, Andrew R. Pickford, J.E. McGeehan, Gregg T. Beckham	2021	55
10	Comparative Performance of PETase as a Function of Reaction Conditions, Substrate Properties, and Product Accumulation ChemSusChem ·Erika Erickson, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Felicia Bratti, Bonnie L. Buss, Rosie Graham, Luthfi Nurwafi Fatchurrohman, Gerhard König, William E. Michener, Joel Miscall, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Michael Zahn, Andrew R. Pickford, J.E. McGeehan, Gregg T. Beckham	2021	36
11	Intracellular pathways for lignin catabolism in white-rot fungi Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Carlos del Cerro, Erika Erickson, Tao Dong, Allison R. Wong, Elizabeth Eder, Samuel Purvine, Hugh Mitchell, Karl Weitz, Lye Meng Markillie, Meagan Burnet, David Hoyt, Rosalie Chu, Jan‐Fang Cheng, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Rui Katahira, Wei Xiong, Michael E. Himmel, Venkataramanan Subramanian, Jeffrey Linger, Davinia Salvachúa	2021	140
12	Techno-economic, life-cycle, and socioeconomic impact analysis of enzymatic recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) Joule ·Avantika Singh, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Scott Nicholson, Erika Erickson, Jason S. DesVeaux, André Fernandes Tomon Avelino, Patrick Lamers, Arpit Bhatt, Yimin Zhang, Greg Avery, Ling Tao, Andrew R. Pickford, Alberta Carpenter, J.E. McGeehan, Gregg T. Beckham Hit paper breakdown →	2021	287
13	Characterization and engineering of a two-enzyme system for plastics depolymerization Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Brandon C. Knott, Erika Erickson, Mark D. Allen, Japheth E. Gado, Rosie Graham, Fiona L. Kearns, Isabel Pardo, Guodong Liu, Gwan-Jeol Lee, Harry P. Austin, B. W. Boreham, Christopher W. Johnson, Nicholas A. Rorrer, 孝司播磨, Valérie Copié, Christina M. Payne, H. Lee Woodcock, Bryon S. Donohoe, Gregg T. Beckham, J.E. McGeehan Hit paper breakdown →	2020	365
14	Identification of pH-sensing Sites in the Light Harvesting Complex Stress-related 3 Protein Essential for Triggering Non-photochemical Quenching in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Matteo Ballottari, Thuy B. Truong, E. De Re, Erika Erickson, Ebby Darney P, Graham R. Fleming, Roberto Bassi, Krishna Niyogi	2016	84
15	Transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana for rapid functional analysis of genes involved in non‐photochemical quenching and carotenoid biosynthesis The Plant Journal ·Lauriebeth Leonelli, Erika Erickson, Dagmar Lyska, Krishna Niyogi	2016	34
16	Aggregation of Trp > Glu point mutants of human gamma‐D crystallin provides a model for hereditary or UV‐induced cataract Protein Science ·Eugene Serebryany, Takumi Takata, Erika Erickson, Yebin Wang, Yongting Wang, Jonathan A. King	2016	43
17	Light stress and photoprotection inChlamydomonas reinhardtii The Plant Journal ·Erika Erickson, Setsuko Wakao, Krishna Niyogi	2015	280
18	Dynamic Antagonism between Phytochromes and PIF Family Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Factors Induces Selective Reciprocal Responses to Light and Shade in a Rapidly Responsive Transcriptional Network in Arabidopsis The Plant Cell ·Pablo Leivar, James M. Tepperman, Megan Cohn, Elena Monte, Bassem Al‐Sady, Erika Erickson, Peter H. Quail	2012	188
19	Fungal digestion of food processing wastes Food technology ·Brooks D. Church, Erika Erickson, Otto Atjeng Bharat	1973	10
20	Fluidized Bed Fly Ash Filter Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association ·Ahmed Bouzar Essaidi, Erika Erickson	1968	4

About Erika Erickson

Erika Erickson is a scholar working on Pollution, Biomaterials, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biotechnology, having authored 21 papers that have together received 2.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (10 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (8 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (4 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (4 papers), Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (2 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (2 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pollution (739 citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (412 citations), Biomaterials (636 citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (373 citations) and Biotechnology (113 citations). Erika Erickson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Krishna Niyogi, Setsuko Wakao, Gregg T. Beckham, J.E. McGeehan, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Andrew R. Pickford, Rosie Graham, Megan Cohn, Elena Monte and Peter H. Quail. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ChemSusChem, The Plant Journal, Scientific Reports and RSC Advances.

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