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2025
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Australia
2022

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54

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Citations
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1301
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2011 - John B. Goodenough Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) for research into polymeric materials for optoelectronics and light harvesting.
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • 2003 - Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1994 - Bader Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Andrew B. Holmes is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine, particularly touching upon materials chemistry, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and metals and alloys.

The scientist's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Effect of Hydrogen Exposure Temperature on Hydrogen Embrittlement in the Palladium-Copper Alloy System (Copper Content 5-25 wt.%), 2022, Materials
  • BTG2 SUPER-ENHANCER MUTATIONS DISRUPT TFAP4 BINDING AND DYSREGULATE BTG2 EXPRESSION IN DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA, 2023, Hematological Oncology
  • Atria display reduced conduction velocity and enhanced sensitivity to flecainide compared to ventricles, 2022, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • Sympathetic nervous stimulation promotes complex rotational ventricular fibrillation events in guinea pig hearts, 2022, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • Operational research highlights ongoing challenges for comprehensive TB services in Papua New Guinea, 2024, Public Health Action

The main topics of Andrew B. Holmes's work cover:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Hydrogen Storage and Materials
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Frequent co-authors collaborating on research projects include:

  • Christopher O'Shea
  • Davor Pavlović
  • Tayt Boeckholt
  • B. N. Roy
  • Erin LaPointe

Andrew B. Holmes's research has been published repeatedly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • Public Health Action
  • Materials
  • Hematological Oncology

Awards and honors received during the career include the following:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2015
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2013
  • John B. Goodenough Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 2011, for research into polymeric materials for optoelectronics and light harvesting
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, 2006
  • Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 2003
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2000
  • Bader Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 1994

Best Publications

  • Light-emitting diodes based on conjugated polymers

    J. H. Burroughes;D. D. C. Bradley;A. R. Brown;R. N. Marks

  • Electroluminescence in conjugated polymers

    R. H. Friend;R. W. Gymer;A. B. Holmes;J. H. Burroughes

  • Efficient photodiodes from interpenetrating polymer networks

    J. J. M. Halls;C. A. Walsh;N. C. Greenham;E. A. Marseglia

  • Characterization of a 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase which phosphorylates and activates protein kinase Bα

    Dario R. Alessi;Stephen R. James;C.Peter Downes;Andrew B. Holmes

  • ELECTROLUMINESCENT CONJUGATED POLYMERS : SEEING POLYMERS IN A NEW LIGHT

    Arno Kraft;Andrew C. Grimsdale;Andrew B. Holmes

  • Synthesis of Light-Emitting Conjugated Polymers for Applications in Electroluminescent Devices

    Andrew C Grimsdale;Khai Leok Chan;Rainer E Martin;Pawel G Jokisz

  • Efficient light-emitting diodes based on polymers with high electron affinities

    N. C. Greenham;S. C. Moratti;D. D. C. Bradley;R. H. Friend

  • Dual Role of Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate in the Activation of Protein Kinase B

    David Stokoe;Leonard R. Stephens;Terry Copeland;Piers R. J. Gaffney

  • Protein Kinase B Kinases That Mediate Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-Trisphosphate-Dependent Activation of Protein Kinase B

    Len Stephens;Karen Anderson;David Stokoe;Hediye Erdjument-Bromage

  • EXCITON DIFFUSION AND DISSOCIATION IN A POLY(P-PHENYLENEVINYLENE)/C60 HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL

    J. J. M. Halls;K. Pichler;R. H. Friend;S. C. Moratti

  • Measurement of absolute photoluminescence quantum efficiencies in conjugated polymers

    N.C. Greenham;I.D.W. Samuel;G.R. Hayes;R.T. Phillips

  • Chemical tuning of electroluminescent copolymers to improve emission efficiencies and allow patterning

    P. L. Burn;A. B. Holmes;A. Kraft;D. D. C. Bradley

  • Poly(p-phenylenevinylene) light-emitting diodes : enhanced electroluminescent efficiency through charge carrier confinement

    A. R. Brown;D. D. C. Bradley;J. H. Burroughes;R. H. Friend

  • High-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells with ferrocene-based electrolytes.

    Torben Daeneke;Tae-Hyuk Kwon;Andrew B Holmes;Noel W Duffy

  • A molecular nematic liquid crystalline material for high-performance organic photovoltaics

    Kuan Sun;Zeyun Xiao;Shirong Lu;Wojciech Zajaczkowski

  • A Highly π-Stacked Organic Semiconductor for Thin Film Transistors Based on Fused Thiophenes

    † Xiao-Chang Li;Henning Sirringhaus;Francis Garnier;Andrew B. Holmes

  • Bcl-2 functionally interacts with inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors to regulate calcium release from the ER in response to inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate

    Rui-rui Chen;Ignacio Valencia;Fei Zhong;Karen S McColl

  • The photovoltaic response in poly(p-phenylene vinylene) thin-film devices

    R N Marks;J J M Halls;D D C Bradley;R H Friend

  • Specific binding of the Akt-1 protein kinase to phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate without subsequent activation

    Stephen R. James;C. Peter Downes;Roy Gigg;Simon J. A. Grove

  • Light-emitting diodes based on conjugated polymers

    A.R. Brown;D.D.C. Bradley;J.H. Burroughes;R.H. Friend

  • Light-emitting diodes based on conjugated polymers (vol 347, pg 539 1990)

    J. H. Burroughes;D. D. C. Bradley;A. R. Brown;R. N. Marks

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard H. Friend
Richard H. Friend University of Cambridge
Stephen C. Moratti
Stephen C. Moratti University of Otago
David J. Jones
David J. Jones University of Melbourne
Franco Cacialli
Franco Cacialli Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Neil C. Greenham
Neil C. Greenham University of Cambridge
Ian Collins
Ian Collins PharmEnable Therapeutics
Paul R. Raithby
Paul R. Raithby University of Bath
Andrew C. Grimsdale
Andrew C. Grimsdale Nanyang Technological University
Paul L. Burn
Paul L. Burn University of Queensland

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