Gregory S. Engel

10.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
103 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Gregory S. Engel is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory S. Engel has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 64 papers in Molecular Biology and 33 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Gregory S. Engel's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (78 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (62 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (33 papers). Gregory S. Engel is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (78 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (62 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (33 papers). Gregory S. Engel collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Qatar. Gregory S. Engel's co-authors include Robert E. Blankenship, Graham R. Fleming, Elizabeth L. Read, Tomáš Mančal, Tessa R. Calhoun, Yuan‐Chung Cheng, Elad Harel, Dugan Hayes, Justin R. Caram and Andrew F. Fidler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gregory S. Engel

100 papers receiving 7.5k citations

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Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems

2007 2.3k citations Gregory S. Engel, Elizabeth L. Read et al. profile →
Long-lived quantum coherence in photosynthetic complexes at physiological temperature

2010 773 citations Dugan Hayes, Justin R. Caram et al. profile →
Using coherence to enhance function in chemical and biophysical systems

2017 488 citations Graham R. Fleming, Gregory S. Engel et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Functional Connectivity of Red Chlorophylls in Cyanobacterial Photosystem I Revealed by Fluence-Dependent Transient Absorption 2025 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Craig MacGregor-Chatwin, Andrew Hitchcock, C. Neil Hunter, Gregory S. Engel, (unknown)	2
2	Exciton-phonon coupling and phonon-assisted exciton relaxation dynamics in In1-xGaxP quantum dots 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Ping Wu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Justin C. Ondry, Zirui Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), Stella Chariton, David J. Gosztola, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Richard D. Schaller, Dmitri V. Talapin, Eran Rabani, Gregory S. Engel	4
3	Non-perturbative exciton transfer rate analysis of the Fenna–Matthews–Olson photosynthetic complex under reducing and oxidizing conditions 2025 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·(unknown), (unknown), Jacob S. Higgins, Gregory S. Engel, Alexandra Olaya-Castro	0
4	Resonant Vibrational Enhancement of Downhill Energy Transfer in the C-Phycocyanin Chromophore Dimer 2024 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Qijie Shen, (unknown), Craig MacGregor-Chatwin, Andrew Hitchcock, Gregory S. Engel	2
5	Optically accessible long-lived electronic biexcitons at room temperature in strongly coupled H- aggregates 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Geoffrey T. Nash, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zitong Wang, Wenbin Lin, Gregory S. Engel	1
6	Quantum sensing using multiqubit quantum systems and the Pauli polytope 2023 ·Physical Review Research ·(unknown), LeeAnn M. Sager-Smith, (unknown), (unknown), Jacob S. Higgins, Gregory S. Engel, David A. Mazziotti	6
7	Phycobilisome’s Exciton Transfer Efficiency Relies on an Energetic Funnel Driven by Chromophore–Linker Protein Interactions 2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Andrew Hitchcock, Craig MacGregor-Chatwin, (unknown), (unknown), Qijie Shen, C. Neil Hunter, Gregory S. Engel	9
8	Correlated Protein Environments Drive Quantum Coherence Lifetimes in Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes 2018 ·Chem ·Brian S. Rolczynski, Haibin Zheng, Ved Prakash Singh, (unknown), (unknown), Justin R. Caram, Khuram U. Ashraf, Alastair T. Gardiner, (unknown), Sabre Kais, Richard J. Cogdell, Gregory S. Engel	44
9	Modeling Ultrafast Exciton Migration within the Electron Donor Domains of Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics 2017 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·(unknown), (unknown), Ryan D. McGillicuddy, Kenley M. Pelzer, Gregory S. Engel, Graham B. Griffin	2
10	Controlling quantum-beating signals in 2D electronic spectra by packing synthetic heterodimers on single-walled carbon nanotubes 2017 ·Nature Chemistry ·Lili Wang, Graham B. Griffin, Alice Zhang, Feng Zhai, Nicholas Williams, Richard F. Jordan, Gregory S. Engel	42
11	Optical Resonance Imaging: An Optical Analog to MRI with Subdiffraction-Limited Capabilities 2016 ·ACS Photonics ·Marco A. Allodi, Peter D. Dahlberg, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gregory S. Engel	4
12	Bacteriophytochrome Photoisomerization Proceeds Homogeneously Despite Heterogeneity in Ground State 2016 ·Biophysical Journal ·Cheng Wang, (unknown), Ryan D. McGillicuddy, Haibin Zheng, (unknown), Xiaojing Yang, Keith Moffat, Gregory S. Engel	20
13	Quantum Effects in Biology 2014 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Masoud Mohseni, Yasser Omar, Gregory S. Engel, Martin B. Plenio	44
14	Quantum Effects in Biology 2014 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Masoud Mohseni, Masoud Mohseni, Tony Leggett, Graham R. Fleming, Alireza Shabani, Seogjoo Jang, Tomáš Mančal, Ioan Kosztin, Gregory S. Engel, Elisabet Romero, Spiros S. Skourtis, Ilia A. Solov’yov, Klaus Schulten, A. M. Stoneham, Hans J. Briegel, Mohan Sarovar, Leonas Valkūnas	150
15	Extracting the Excitonic Hamiltonian of the Fenna-Matthews-Olson Complex Using Three-Dimensional Third-Order Electronic Spectroscopy 2011 ·Biophysical Journal ·Dugan Hayes, Gregory S. Engel	68
16	Single-shot ultrabroadband two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of the light-harvesting complex LH2 2011 ·Optics Letters ·Elad Harel, Phillip D. Long, Gregory S. Engel	29
17	Extracting dynamics of excitonic coherences in congested spectra of photosynthetic light harvesting antenna complexes 2011 ·Faraday Discussions ·Justin R. Caram, Gregory S. Engel	24
18	Visualization of Excitonic Structure in the Fenna-Matthews-Olson Photosynthetic Complex by Polarization-Dependent Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy 2008 ·Biophysical Journal ·Elizabeth L. Read, Gabriela S. Schlau‐Cohen, Gregory S. Engel, Jianzhong Wen, Robert E. Blankenship, Graham R. Fleming	94
19	Precise multipass Herriott cell design: Derivation of controlling design equations 2007 ·Optics Letters ·Gregory S. Engel, E. J. Moyer	21
20	Superficially porous silica microspheres for fast high-performance liquid chromatography of macromolecules 2000 ·Journal of Chromatography A ·J. J. Kirkland, (unknown), C.H. Dilks, Gregory S. Engel	219

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