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D-Index
61
Citations
14313
World Ranking
9186
National Ranking
2597

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Chad M. Rienstra is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on Chemistry and Medicine. Within these main disciplines, their work emphasizes several subfields, including Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's publication record highlights a considerable contribution to advanced analytical and biomedical techniques. Their research topics predominantly cover:

  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • NMR spectroscopy and applications
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Muon and positron interactions and applications

Notable recent papers by Chad M. Rienstra include:

  • "Tuning sterol extraction kinetics yields a renal-sparing polyene antifungal" (2023, Nature)
  • "Structure of alpha-synuclein fibrils derived from human Lewy body dementia tissue" (2024, Nature Communications)
  • "Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications" (2021, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences)
  • "Sterol Sponge Mechanism Is Conserved for Glycosylated Polyene Macrolides" (2021, ACS Central Science)
  • "Fungicidal amphotericin B sponges are assemblies of staggered asymmetric homodimers encasing large void volumes" (2021, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology)

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Magnetic Resonance
  • Biophysical Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Biomolecular NMR Assignments

Chad M. Rienstra collaborates regularly with several recurrent coauthors, including Collin G. Borcik, Songlin Wang, Owen A. Warmuth, Moses H. Milchberg, and Ruixian Han.

Recognition of their contributions includes fellowships awarded by prestigious organizations:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016
  • Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2007

Best Publications

  • Heteronuclear decoupling in rotating solids

    Andrew E. Bennett;Chad M. Rienstra;Michèle Auger;Michèle Auger;K. V. Lakshmi;K. V. Lakshmi

  • Solid-state NMR structure of a pathogenic fibril of full-length human α-synuclein

    Marcus D Tuttle;Marcus D Tuttle;Gemma Comellas;Andrew J Nieuwkoop;Andrew J Nieuwkoop;Dustin J Covell

  • Amphotericin forms an extramembranous and fungicidal sterol sponge

    Thomas M Anderson;Mary C Clay;Alexander G Cioffi;Katrina A Diaz

  • Fivefold symmetric homonuclear dipolar recoupling in rotating solids: Application to double quantum spectroscopy

    M. Hohwy;M. Hohwy;Chad Rienstra;C. P. Jaroniec;R. G. Griffin

  • Homonuclear radio frequency-driven recoupling in rotating solids

    Andrew E. Bennett;Andrew E. Bennett;Chad M. Rienstra;Chad M. Rienstra;Janet M. Griffiths;Janet M. Griffiths;Weiguo Zhen;Weiguo Zhen

  • Magic-Angle Spinning Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of the β1 Immunoglobulin Binding Domain of Protein G (GB1): 15N and 13C Chemical Shift Assignments and Conformational Analysis

    W. Trent Franks;Donghua H. Zhou;Benjamin J. Wylie;Brian G. Money

  • Polyphosphate exerts differential effects on blood clotting, depending on polymer size

    Stephanie A. Smith;Sharon H. Choi;Rebecca Davis-Harrison;Jillian Huyck

  • De novo determination of peptide structure with solid-state magic-angle spinning NMR spectroscopy.

    Chad M. Rienstra;Lisa Tucker-Kellogg;Christopher P. Jaroniec;Morten Hohwy

  • Proton-Detected Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of Fully Protonated Proteins at 40 kHz Magic-Angle Spinning

    Donghua H. Zhou;Gautam Shah;Mircea Cormos;Charles Mullen

  • High-performance solvent suppression for proton detected solid-state NMR

    Donghua H. Zhou;Chad M. Rienstra

  • Solid‐State Protein‐Structure Determination with Proton‐Detected Triple‐Resonance 3D Magic‐Angle‐Spinning NMR Spectroscopy

    Donghua H. Zhou;John J. Shea;Andrew J. Nieuwkoop;W. Trent Franks

  • Reduction of RF-induced sample heating with a scroll coil resonator structure for solid-state NMR probes.

    John A. Stringer;Charles E. Bronnimann;Charles G. Mullen;Donghua H. Zhou

  • Structured regions of α-synuclein fibrils include the early-onset Parkinson’s disease mutation sites

    Gemma Comellas;Luisel R. Lemkau;Andrew J. Nieuwkoop;Kathryn D. Kloepper

  • 1H-1H MAS correlation spectroscopy and distance measurements in a deuterated peptide.

    B. Reif;C. P. Jaroniec;Chad Rienstra;M. Hohwy

  • Dipole tensor-based atomic-resolution structure determination of a nanocrystalline protein by solid-state NMR.

    W. Trent Franks;Benjamin J. Wylie;Heather L Frericks Schmidt;Andrew J. Nieuwkoop

  • Coupling Amplification in 2D MAS NMR and Its Application to Torsion Angle Determination in Peptides

    Mei Hong;John D. Gross;Chad M. Rienstra;Robert G. Griffin

  • Efficient Multispin Homonuclear Double-Quantum Recoupling for Magic-Angle Spinning NMR: 13C−13C Correlation Spectroscopy of U-13C-Erythromycin A

    Chad M. Rienstra;Mary E. Hatcher;Mary E. Hatcher;Mary E. Hatcher;Leonard J. Mueller;Leonard J. Mueller;Boqin Sun

  • 2D and 3D 15N-13C-13C NMR chemical shift correlation spectroscopy of solids: Assignment of MAS spectra of peptides

    Chad M. Rienstra;Morten Hohwy;Mei Hong;Robert G. Griffin

  • Crystal Polymorphism of Protein GB1 Examined by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy and X-ray Diffraction.

    Heather L. Frericks Schmidt;Lindsay J. Sperling;Yi Gui Gao;Benjamin J. Wylie

  • Structural intermediates during α-synuclein fibrillogenesis on phospholipid vesicles.

    Gemma Comellas;Luisel R. Lemkau;Donghua H. Zhou;Julia M. George

Frequent Co-Authors

James H. Morrissey
James H. Morrissey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert B. Gennis
Robert B. Gennis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Christopher P. Jaroniec
Christopher P. Jaroniec The Ohio State University
Bernd Reif
Bernd Reif Technical University of Munich
Emad Tajkhorshid
Emad Tajkhorshid University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brenda A. Wilson
Brenda A. Wilson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephen G. Sligar
Stephen G. Sligar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Judith Herzfeld
Judith Herzfeld Brandeis University
Catherine J. Murphy
Catherine J. Murphy University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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