Nimesh Khadka

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Nimesh Khadka is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nimesh Khadka has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 7 papers in Catalysis and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Nimesh Khadka's work include Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (12 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (7 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (6 papers). Nimesh Khadka is often cited by papers focused on Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (12 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (7 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (6 papers). Nimesh Khadka collaborates with scholars based in United States, Puerto Rico and Ireland. Nimesh Khadka's co-authors include Lance C. Seefeldt, Dennis R. Dean, Brian M. Hoffman, Dmitriy Lukoyanov, Derek F. Harris, Paul W. King, Stephen M. Keable, John W. Peters, Andrew J. Rasmussen and Hayden Hamby and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Nimesh Khadka

18 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

Light-driven dinitrogen reduction catalyzed by a CdS:nitrogenase MoFe protein biohybrid

2016 751 citations Katherine A. Brown, Derek F. Harris et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nimesh Khadka United States	15	1.3k	966	571	207	187	18	1.6k
Chi Chung Lee United States	20	1.3k 1.1×	735 0.8×	426 0.7×	490 2.4×	191 1.0×	48	1.6k
Hyowon Seo United States	14	598 0.5×	131 0.1×	159 0.3×	173 0.8×	108 0.6×	25	1.4k
Martin T. Stiebritz United States	18	646 0.5×	166 0.2×	193 0.3×	231 1.1×	177 0.9×	39	848
Ana Rita Oliveira Portugal	17	771 0.6×	107 0.1×	205 0.4×	90 0.4×	204 1.1×	27	1.0k
Oleg A. Zadvornyy United States	14	440 0.3×	104 0.1×	132 0.2×	93 0.4×	261 1.4×	20	715
Jiayi Li China	14	216 0.2×	125 0.1×	200 0.4×	105 0.5×	136 0.7×	57	675
Zhe Li China	22	733 0.6×	130 0.1×	1.4k 2.5×	35 0.2×	520 2.8×	55	2.1k
Vincent C.‐C. Wang Taiwan	16	452 0.4×	149 0.2×	325 0.6×	435 2.1×	257 1.4×	22	1.1k
Benjamin R. Duffus Germany	13	964 0.8×	121 0.1×	189 0.3×	367 1.8×	496 2.7×	21	1.3k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Khadka, Nimesh, Wuxian Shi, Ronald E. Stenkamp, et al.. (2021). Structure of 3-mercaptopropionic acid dioxygenase with a substrate analog reveals bidentate substrate binding at the iron center. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100492–100492. 17 indexed citations

Bandara, Sepalika, Srinivasagan Ramkumar, Nimesh Khadka, et al.. (2021). The Structural and Biochemical Basis of Apocarotenoid Processing by β-Carotene Oxygenase-2. ACS Chemical Biology. 16(3). 480–490. 24 indexed citations

Zhang, Jianye, Nimesh Khadka, Erik R. Farquhar, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for carotenoid cleavage by an archaeal carotenoid dioxygenase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(33). 19914–19925. 20 indexed citations

Bandara, Sepalika, Vipul M. Parmar, Srinivasagan Ramkumar, et al.. (2020). The human mitochondrial enzyme BCO2 exhibits catalytic activity toward carotenoids and apocarotenoids. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(46). 15553–15565. 31 indexed citations

Khadka, Nimesh, et al.. (2019). Evidence for distinct rate-limiting steps in the cleavage of alkenes by carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(27). 10596–10606. 8 indexed citations

Lukoyanov, Dmitriy, Nimesh Khadka, Zhi‐Yong Yang, et al.. (2018). Hydride Conformers of the Nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor Two-Electron Reduced State E₂(2H), Assigned Using Cryogenic Intra Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Cavity Photolysis. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(12). 6847–6852. 32 indexed citations

Choi, Elliot H., Susie Suh, Christopher L. Sander, et al.. (2018). Insights into the pathogenesis of dominant retinitis pigmentosa associated with a D477G mutation in RPE65. Human Molecular Genetics. 27(13). 2225–2243. 29 indexed citations

Liou, Shu-Hao, Nimesh Khadka, Francis E. Jenney, et al.. (2018). Cluster-Dependent Charge-Transfer Dynamics in Iron–Sulfur Proteins. Biochemistry. 57(6). 978–990. 10 indexed citations

Lukoyanov, Dmitriy, Nimesh Khadka, Dennis R. Dean, et al.. (2017). Photoinduced Reductive Elimination of H₂ from the Nitrogenase Dihydride (Janus) State Involves a FeMo-cofactor-H₂ Intermediate. Inorganic Chemistry. 56(4). 2233–2240. 38 indexed citations

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Khadka, Nimesh, Ross D. Milton, Sudipta Shaw, et al.. (2017). Mechanism of Nitrogenase H₂ Formation by Metal-Hydride Protonation Probed by Mediated Electrocatalysis and H/D Isotope Effects. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(38). 13518–13524. 49 indexed citations

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Brown, Katherine A., Derek F. Harris, Molly B. Wilker, et al.. (2016). Light-driven dinitrogen reduction catalyzed by a CdS:nitrogenase MoFe protein biohybrid. Science. 352(6284). 448–450. 751 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lukoyanov, Dmitriy, Nimesh Khadka, Zhi‐Yong Yang, et al.. (2016). Reversible Photoinduced Reductive Elimination of H₂ from the Nitrogenase Dihydride State, the E₄(4H) Janus Intermediate. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(4). 1320–1327. 56 indexed citations

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Milton, Ross D., Sofiène Abdellaoui, Nimesh Khadka, et al.. (2016). Nitrogenase bioelectrocatalysis: heterogeneous ammonia and hydrogen production by MoFe protein. Energy & Environmental Science. 9(8). 2550–2554. 206 indexed citations

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Davydov, Roman, Nimesh Khadka, Zhi‐Yong Yang, et al.. (2016). Exploring Electron/Proton Transfer and Conformational Changes in the Nitrogenase MoFe Protein and FeMo‐cofactor Through Cryoreduction/EPR Measurements. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 56(9-10). 841–851. 14 indexed citations

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Khadka, Nimesh, Dennis R. Dean, Dayle M. A. Smith, et al.. (2016). CO₂ Reduction Catalyzed by Nitrogenase: Pathways to Formate, Carbon Monoxide, and Methane. Inorganic Chemistry. 55(17). 8321–8330. 44 indexed citations

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Lukoyanov, Dmitriy, Nimesh Khadka, Zhi‐Yong Yang, et al.. (2016). Reductive Elimination of H₂Activates Nitrogenase to Reduce the N≡N Triple Bond: Characterization of the E₄(4H) Janus Intermediate in Wild-Type Enzyme. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(33). 10674–10683. 129 indexed citations

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Lukoyanov, Dmitriy, Zhi‐Yong Yang, Nimesh Khadka, et al.. (2015). Identification of a Key Catalytic Intermediate Demonstrates That Nitrogenase Is Activated by the Reversible Exchange of N₂ for H₂. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(10). 3610–3615. 92 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhi‐Yong, Nimesh Khadka, Dmitriy Lukoyanov, et al.. (2013). On reversible H ₂ loss upon N ₂ binding to FeMo-cofactor of nitrogenase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(41). 16327–16332. 82 indexed citations

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