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Alfred R. Holzwarth
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Chemistry
Netherlands
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
85
Citations
20892
World Ranking
2737
National Ranking
65

Alfred R. Holzwarth publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alfred R. Holzwarth sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 330 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Alfred R. Holzwarth D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alfred R. Holzwarth sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Alfred R. Holzwarth is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands and has a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, agricultural and biological sciences, and physics and astronomy. Their work integrates several subfields including molecular biology, plant science, atomic and molecular physics, optics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and spectroscopy.

The main topics covered in Holzwarth's research include photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, plant stress responses and tolerance, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, light effects on plants, plant responses to elevated CO2, and photochemistry and electron transfer studies.

Holzwarth has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several scientific venues. Their top publication venues by number of works are:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Photosynthesis Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Open Biology

Notable recent papers authored by Holzwarth include:

  • "Direct energy transfer from photosystem II to photosystem I confers winter sustainability in Scots Pine," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Characterization of fluorescent chlorophyll charge-transfer states as intermediates in the excited state quenching of light-harvesting complex II," 2020, Photosynthesis Research
  • "On the PsbS-induced quenching in the plant major light-harvesting complex LHCII studied in proteoliposomes," 2020, Photosynthesis Research
  • "Plants cope with fluctuating light by frequency-dependent nonphotochemical quenching and cyclic electron transport," 2023, New Phytologist
  • "Manifestation of Hydrogen Bonding and Exciton Delocalization on the Absorption and Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectra of Chlorosomes," 2023, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Holzwarth's research, with frequent co-authors including Huub J. M. de Groot, Vesna Erić, Xinmeng Li, Lolita Dsouza, and Annemarie Huijser. These collaborations have contributed to advancing studies across their range of scientific interests.

Best Publications

  • The role of the xanthophyll cycle and of lutein in photoprotection of photosystem II

    Peter Jahns;Alfred R. Holzwarth

  • Identification of a slowly inducible zeaxanthin-dependent component of non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence generated under steady-state conditions in Arabidopsis

    Manuela Nilkens;Eugen Kress;Petar Lambrev;Yuliya Miloslavina

  • Kinetic and Energetic Model for the Primary Processes in Photosystem II.

    Günther H. Schatz;Helmut Brock;Alfred R. Holzwarth

  • Synthetic Zinc and Magnesium Chlorin Aggregates as Models for Supramolecular Antenna Complexes in Chlorosomes of Green Photosynthetic Bacteria

    Hitoshi Tamiaki;Masaaki Amakawa;Yoshiyuki Shimono;Rikuhei Tanikaga

  • Kinetics and mechanism of electron transfer in intact photosystem II and in the isolated reaction center: Pheophytin is the primary electron acceptor

    A. R. Holzwarth;M. G. Müller;M. Reus;M. Nowaczyk

  • Alternating syn-anti bacteriochlorophylls form concentric helical nanotubes in chlorosomes

    Swapna Ganapathy;Gert T. Oostergetel;Piotr K. Wawrzyniak;Michael Reus

  • Far-red fluorescence: a direct spectroscopic marker for LHCII oligomer formation in non-photochemical quenching.

    Yuliya Miloslavina;Antje Wehner;Petar H. Lambrev;Emilie Wientjes

  • Global target analysis of picosecond chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics from pea chloroplasts: A new approach to the characterization of the primary processes in photosystem II α- and β-units

    Theo A. Roelofs;Choon-Hwan Lee;Alfred R. Holzwarth

  • Identification of two quenching sites active in the regulation of photosynthetic light-harvesting studied by time-resolved fluorescence

    Alfred R. Holzwarth;Yuliya Miloslavina;Manuela Nilkens;Peter Jahns

  • Carotenoid-to-chlorophyll energy transfer in recombinant major light-harvesting complex (LHCII) of higher plants. I. Femtosecond transient absorption measurements.

    Roberta Croce;Marc G. Müller;Roberto Bassi;Alfred R. Holzwarth

  • On the structure of bacteriochlorophyll molecular aggregates in the chlorosomes of green bacteria. A molecular modelling study

    Alfred R. Holzwarth;Kurt Schaffner

  • Design, synthesis, and photophysical studies of a porphyrin-fullerene dyad with parachute topology; charge recombination in the marcus inverted region

    David I. Schuster;Peng Cheng;Peter D. Jarowski;Dirk M. Guldi

  • Singlet Energy Dissipation in the Photosystem II Light‐Harvesting Complex Does Not Involve Energy Transfer to Carotenoids

    Marc G. Müller;Petar Lambrev;Michael Reus;Emilie Wientjes

  • Picosecond kinetics of fluorescence and absorbance changes in photosystem II particles excited at low photon density.

    Günther H. Schatz;Helmut Brock;Alfred R. Holzwarth

  • Ultrafast Transient Absorption Studies on Photosystem I Reaction Centers from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. 2: Mutations near the P700 Reaction Center Chlorophylls Provide New Insight into the Nature of the Primary Electron Donor

    Alfred R. Holzwarth;Marc G. Müller;Jens Niklas;Wolfgang Lubitz

  • Efficient energy transfer from peripheral chromophores to the self-assembled zinc chlorin rod antenna: a bioinspired light-harvesting system to bridge the "green gap".

    Cornelia Röger;Marc G. Müller;Marina Lysetska;Yulia Miloslavina

  • Primary Processes and Structure of the Photosystem II Reaction Center: A Photon Echo Study†,‡

    Valentin I. Prokhorenko and;Alfred R. Holzwarth

  • Data Analysis of Time-Resolved Measurements

    Alfred R. Holzwarth

  • A refined model of the chlorosomal antennae of the green bacterium Chlorobium tepidum from proton chemical shift constraints obtained with high-field 2-D and 3-D MAS NMR dipolar correlation spectroscopy.

    B.-J. van Rossum,‡,§;D. B. Steensgaard;F. M. Mulder;G. J. Boender

  • CP-MAS 13C-NMR Dipolar Correlation Spectroscopy of 13C-Enriched Chlorosomes and Isolated Bacteriochlorophyll c Aggregates of Chlorobium tepidum: The Self-Organization of Pigments Is the Main Structural Feature of Chlorosomes

    T. S. Balaban;A. R. Holzwarth;K. Schaffner;G.-J. Boender

  • Ultrafast transient absorption studies on Photosystem I reaction centers from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. 1. A new interpretation of the energy trapping and early electron transfer steps in Photosystem I.

    Marc G. Müller;Jens Niklas;Wolfgang Lubitz;Alfred R. Holzwarth

Frequent Co-Authors

Kurt Schaffner
Kurt Schaffner Max Planck Society
Silvia E. Braslavsky
Silvia E. Braslavsky Max Planck Society
Hitoshi Tamiaki
Hitoshi Tamiaki Ritsumeikan University
Roberto Bassi
Roberto Bassi University of Verona
Roberta Croce
Roberta Croce Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Peter Jahns
Peter Jahns Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Huub J. M. de Groot
Huub J. M. de Groot Leiden University
Matthias Rögner
Matthias Rögner Ruhr University Bochum
Kai Griebenow
Kai Griebenow University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Conrad W. Mullineaux
Conrad W. Mullineaux Queen Mary University of London

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