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D-Index
49
Citations
7721
World Ranking
2987
National Ranking
1119

Aaron R. Hawkins publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aaron R. Hawkins sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 367 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Aaron R. Hawkins D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aaron R. Hawkins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to optofluidics
  • 2015 - OSA Fellows Aaron R. Hawkins Brigham Young University, USA For developments in optical communications photodiodes and receivers, specifically wafer-fused photodiodes, and for contributions in the field of optofluidics, especially hollow-core waveguide-based analysis platforms.

Overview

Aaron R. Hawkins is affiliated with Brigham Young University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Molecular Biology, and Spectroscopy as subfields of study.

The main topics of their research encompass Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies, Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications, Biosensors and Analytical Detection, Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies, Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation, and Photonic and Optical Devices.

Frequent coauthors in their work include Holger Schmidt, Gopikrishnan G. Meena, Mohammad Julker Neyen Sampad, Matthew A. Stott, and Md Nafiz Amin. Their research has been published extensively in venues such as Micromachines, the 2020 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC) conference, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Analytical Chemistry, and the Journal of Lightwave Technology.

Selected recent papers demonstrate the breadth of their research interests:

  • Recent advances in integrated solid-state nanopore sensors, 2021, Lab on a Chip
  • Optofluidic multiplex detection of single SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A antigens using a novel bright fluorescent probe assay, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Optical trapping assisted label-free and amplification-free detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNAs with an optofluidic nanopore sensor, 2021, Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • 3× multiplexed detection of antibiotic resistant plasmids with single molecule sensitivity, 2020, Lab on a Chip
  • Fast custom wavelet analysis technique for single molecule detection and identification, 2022, Nature Communications

Aaron R. Hawkins has received recognitions including the IEEE Fellow award in 2016 for contributions to optofluidics and was named an OSA Fellow in 2015 for developments in optical communications photodiodes and receivers, specifically wafer-fused photodiodes, and contributions in optofluidics related to hollow-core waveguide-based analysis platforms.

Best Publications

  • The photonic integration of non-solid media using optofluidics

    Holger Schmidt;Aaron R. Hawkins

  • Atomic spectroscopy on a chip

    Wenge Yang;Donald B. Conkey;Bin Wu;Dongliang Yin

  • Optofluidic waveguides: I. Concepts and implementations

    Holger Schmidt;Aaron R. Hawkins

  • Integrated ARROW waveguides with hollow cores.

    D. Yin;Holger Schmidt;J. P. Barber;A. R. Hawkins

  • Wafer fusion: materials issues and device results

    A. Black;A.R. Hawkins;N.M. Margalit;D.I. Babic

  • Halo Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer

    Daniel E. Austin;Miao Wang;Samuel E. Tolley;Jeffrey D. Maas

  • Electronic color charts for dielectric films on silicon

    Justin Henrie;Spencer Kellis;Stephen M. Schultz;Aaron Hawkins

  • High gain-bandwidth-product silicon heterointerface photodetector

    Aaron R. Hawkins;Weishu Wu;Patrick Abraham;Klaus Streubel

  • Planar optofluidic chip for single particle detection, manipulation, and analysis

    Dongliang Yin;Evan J. Lunt;Mikhail I. Rudenko;David W. Deamer

  • Integrated optical waveguides with liquid cores

    D. Yin;D. W. Deamer;H. Schmidt;J. P. Barber

  • Optofluidic analysis system for amplification-free, direct detection of Ebola infection.

    H. Cai;J. W. Parks;T. A. Wall;M. A. Stott

  • Optofluidic waveguides: II. Fabrication and structures

    Aaron R. Hawkins;Holger Schmidt

  • Single-molecule detection sensitivity using planar integrated optics on a chip.

    Dongliang Yin;David W Deamer;Holger Schmidt;John P Barber

  • Slow light on a chip via atomic quantum state control

    Bin Wu;John F. Hulbert;Evan J. Lunt;Katie Hurd

  • Hollow-core waveguides and 2-D waveguide arrays for integrated optics of gases and liquids

    H. Schmidt;Dongliang Yin;J.P. Barber;A.R. Hawkins

  • Integrated sensor with electrical and optical single molecule sensitivity

    Holger Schmidt;Aaron Roe Hawkins

  • High-temperature sensing using surface relief fiber Bragg gratings

    T.L. Lowder;K.H. Smith;B.L. Ipson;A.R. Hawkins

  • Plastic latching accelerometer based on bistable compliant mechanisms

    B J Hansen;C J Carron;B D Jensen;A R Hawkins

  • Magneto-optical observation of picosecond dynamics of single nanomagnets.

    Anjan Barman;Suqin Wang;Jeffrey D. Maas;Aaron R. Hawkins

  • On-chip surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection using integrated liquid-core waveguides

    Philip Measor;Leo Seballos;Dongliang Yin;Jin Z. Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of California, Santa Barbara
Milton L. Lee
Milton L. Lee Brigham Young University
Adam T. Woolley
Adam T. Woolley Brigham Young University
Jean L. Patterson
Jean L. Patterson Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Jeffrey Bokor
Jeffrey Bokor University of California, Berkeley
Richard A. Mathies
Richard A. Mathies University of California, Berkeley
Anjan Barman
Anjan Barman S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
Evelyn L. Hu
Evelyn L. Hu Harvard University
Harry F. Noller
Harry F. Noller University of California, Santa Cruz
Karl F. Warnick
Karl F. Warnick Brigham Young University

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