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Chemical Synthesis and Analysis

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Justin Jurczyk
University of California, Berkeley
2
Anna Lauko
University of Washington
3
Samuel L. Scinto
University of Delaware
4
Grant M. Landwehr
Northwestern University
5
Benjamin I. Tingle
University of California, San Francisco
6
Tianwei Dai
University of Liverpool
7
Arman A. Sadybekov
QB3
8
Susana Vázquez Torres
University of Washington
9
Quan Zuo
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
10
Miljan Kuljanin
Harvard University

Papers

1
Publication in Science (2025) [178 citations, W4407434658]
Science|2025
178 cit.
2
Publication in Nature (2024) [173 citations, W4404105402]
Nature|2024
173 cit.
3
De novo designed proteins neutralize lethal snake venom toxins
Nature|2025
133 cit.
4
Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [100 citations, W4406614983]
Nature Communications|2025
100 cit.
5
Publication in Nature Chemical Engineering (2025) [4 citations, W7116795022]
Nature Chemical Engineering|2025
4 cit.
6
Publication in ˜The œbiomedical & life sciences collection. (2026) [W7144024264]
˜The œbiomedical & life sciences collection.|2026
0 cit.
7
Tunable Cell Surface Proximity Labeling via Photocatalytic and Enzymatic Activation of Fast Bioorthogonal Chemistry
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Sébastien Campagne
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2
Dale A. Thomas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3
Justin A. M. Lummiss
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4
Yitao Liu
Donghua University
5
Silvia Marchesan
University of Trieste
6
Sereina Riniker
ETH Zurich
7
Sabuj Kundu
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
8
Xiaojie Lu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
9
Yangfeng Li
Jiaxing Vocational Technical College
10
Sheng-You Huang
Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Papers

1
The diversity of splicing modifiers acting on A -1 bulged 5 -splice sites reveals rules for rational drug design
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)|2024
1.2k cit.
2
Combining IC <sub>50</sub> or <i>K</i> <sub> <i>i</i> </sub> Values from Different Sources Is a Source of Significant Noise
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling|2024
145 cit.
3
Well-Defined Phosphine-Free Manganese(II)-Complex-Catalyzed Synthesis of Quinolines, Pyrroles, and Pyridines
The Journal of Organic Chemistry|2022
63 cit.
4
Lessons for Oral Bioavailability: How Conformationally Flexible Cyclic Peptides Enter and Cross Lipid Membranes
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry|2023
54 cit.
5
Triazine-Based Covalent DNA-Encoded Libraries for Discovery of Covalent Inhibitors of Target Proteins
ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters|2022
49 cit.
6
Well-Defined Bis(NHC)Mn(I) Complex Catalyzed Tandem Transformation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones to α-Methylated Ketones Using Methanol
ACS Catalysis|2022
48 cit.
7
Molecular basis of RNA-binding and autoregulation by the cancer-associated splicing factor RBM39
Nature Communications|2023
36 cit.
8
Ammonia decomposition for carbon-free hydrogen production over Ni/Al-Ce catalysts: Synergistic effect between Al and Ce
Fuel|2023
36 cit.
9
<i>Regio</i>-Selective C3- and N-Alkylation of Indolines in Water under Air Using Alcohols
The Journal of Organic Chemistry|2022
33 cit.
10
Graph Convolutional Neural Networks for (QM)ML/MM Molecular Dynamics Simulations
arXiv (Cornell University)|2022
33 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
K. Barry Sharpless
Scripps Research Institute
2
Robert H. Grubbs
Stony Brook University
3
Samuel H. Gellman
University of Wisconsin–Madison
4
Matthias Beller
Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
5
Stephen L. Buchwald
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6
Peter G. Schultz
Scripps Research Institute
7
Amir H. Hoveyda
Boston College
8
Stephen B. H. Kent
University of Illinois Chicago
9
Morten Meldal
University of Copenhagen
10
Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Papers

1
Click Chemistry: Diverse Chemical Function from a Few Good Reactions
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2001
13k cit.
2
A Stepwise Huisgen Cycloaddition Process: Copper(I)-Catalyzed Regioselective “Ligation” of Azides and Terminal Alkynes
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2002
11.5k cit.
3
Click Chemistry: Diverse Chemical Function from a Few Good Reactions
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2001
9.3k cit.
4
Peptidotriazoles on Solid Phase:  [1,2,3]-Triazoles by Regiospecific Copper(I)-Catalyzed 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of Terminal Alkynes to Azides
The Journal of Organic Chemistry|2002
8.5k cit.
5
Synthesis of Proteins by Native Chemical Ligation
Science|1994
4.1k cit.
6
The Development of L<sub>2</sub>X<sub>2</sub>RuCHR Olefin Metathesis Catalysts:  An Organometallic Success Story
Accounts of Chemical Research|2000
3.5k cit.
7
Synthesis and Activity of a New Generation of Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Coordinated with 1,3-Dimesityl-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene Ligands
Organic Letters|1999
3.4k cit.
8
Bioorthogonal Chemistry: Fishing for Selectivity in a Sea of Functionality
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2009
3.1k cit.
9
Organization of 'nanocrystal molecules' using DNA
Nature|1996
3k cit.
10
A Strain-Promoted [3 + 2] Azide−Alkyne Cycloaddition for Covalent Modification of Biomolecules in Living Systems
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2004
2.9k cit.

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