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Christian Melander

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
10273
World Ranking
13975
National Ranking
5903

Christian Melander publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian Melander sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 191 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Christian Melander D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian Melander sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christian Melander is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a particular focus on molecular biology, molecular medicine, pharmacology, epidemiology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist has contributed to a number of research topics, including:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms
  • Phenothiazines and Benzothiazines Synthesis and Activities
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

Frequent publication venues for Christian Melander include:

  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
  • mBio
  • ChemMedChem
  • Antibiotics

Some of the recent published papers by Christian Melander are:

  • Natural products as inspiration for the development of bacterial antibiofilm agents, 2020, Natural Product Reports
  • Pyochelin biotransformation by Staphylococcus aureus shapes bacterial competition with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in polymicrobial infections, 2023, Cell Reports
  • Screening an Established Natural Product Library Identifies Secondary Metabolites That Potentiate Conventional Antibiotics, 2020, ACS Infectious Diseases
  • A Clerodane Diterpene from Callicarpa americana Resensitizes Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to β-Lactam Antibiotics, 2020, ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Overcoming intrinsic resistance in gram-negative bacteria using small molecule adjuvants, 2022, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Christian Melander has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Roberta J. Melander
  • Michael J. Zeiler
  • Anne E. Mattingly
  • Ansley M. Nemeth

Best Publications

  • Combination approaches to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria

    Roberta J. Worthington;Christian Melander

  • Inhibition of HIV Fusion with Multivalent Gold Nanoparticles

    Mary Catherine Bowman;T. Eric Ballard;Christopher J. Ackerson;Daniel L. Feldheim

  • Small molecule control of bacterial biofilms

    Roberta J. Worthington;Justin J. Richards;Christian Melander

  • Synergistic Effects between Conventional Antibiotics and 2-Aminoimidazole-Derived Antibiofilm Agents

    Steven A. Rogers;Robert W. Huigens;John Cavanagh;Christian Melander

  • Controlling bacterial biofilms.

    Justin J. Richards;Christian Melander

  • Overcoming Resistance to β-Lactam Antibiotics

    Roberta J. Worthington;Christian Melander

  • The Challenge of Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance: An Adjuvant Approach?

    Roberta J. Melander;Christian Melander

  • Crystal Structures of Nucleosome Core Particles in Complex with Minor Groove DNA-binding Ligands

    Robert K. Suto;Rajeswari S. Edayathumangalam;Cindy L. White;Christian Melander

  • Narrow-Spectrum Antibacterial Agents.

    Roberta J. Melander;Daniel V. Zurawski;Christian Melander

  • Inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation with Bromoageliferin Analogues

    Robert W. Huigens;Justin J. Richards;Gina Parise;T. Eric Ballard

  • Synthesis and screening of an oroidin library against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.

    Justin J. Richards;T. Eric Ballard;Robert W. Huigens;Christian Melander

  • Sequence specific fluorescence detection of double strand DNA.

    Victor C. Rucker;Shane Foister;Christian Melander;Peter B. Dervan

  • Biologically inspired strategies for combating bacterial biofilms

    Meghan S Blackledge;Roberta J Worthington;Christian Melander

  • Construction and Screening of a 2‑Aminoimidazole Library Identifies a Small Molecule Capable of Inhibiting and Dispersing Bacterial Biofilms across Order, Class, and Phylum

    Steven A. Rogers;Christian Melander

  • Sequence-specific recognition of DNA in the nucleosome by pyrrole-imidazole polyamides.

    Joel M. Gottesfeld;Christian Melander;Christian Melander;Christian Melander;Robert K. Suto;Robert K. Suto;Robert K. Suto;Holger Raviol;Holger Raviol;Holger Raviol

  • DNA sequence-specific polyamides alleviate transcription inhibition associated with long GAA·TTC repeats in Friedreich's ataxia

    Ryan Burnett;Christian Melander;James W. Puckett;Leslie S. Son

  • Anti-Biofilm Compounds Derived from Marine Sponges

    Sean D. Stowe;Justin J. Richards;Ashley T. Tucker;Richele Thompson

  • Inhibition and dispersion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms with reverse amide 2-aminoimidazole oroidin analogues

    Justin J. Richards;T. Eric Ballard;Christian Melander

  • Library-Based Lead Compound Discovery: Antioxidants by an Analogous Synthesis/Deconvolutive Assay Strategy

    Mark J. Kurth;Lisa A. Ahlberg Randall;Chixu Chen;Christian Melander

  • Synthesis and Antibiofilm Activity of a Second-Generation Reverse-Amide Oroidin Library: A Structure–Activity Relationship Study

    T. Eric Ballard;Justin J. Richards;Amanda L. Wolfe;Christian Melander

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter B. Dervan
Peter B. Dervan California Institute of Technology
Joel M. Gottesfeld
Joel M. Gottesfeld Scripps Research Institute
Robert K. Ernst
Robert K. Ernst University of Maryland, Baltimore
Randall J. Basaraba
Randall J. Basaraba Colorado State University
David M. Margolis
David M. Margolis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Karolin Luger
Karolin Luger University of Colorado Boulder
Beverly H. Koller
Beverly H. Koller University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jonathan S. Lindsey
Jonathan S. Lindsey North Carolina State University
Wei Zeng
Wei Zeng South China University of Technology
John S. Gunn
John S. Gunn Nationwide Children's Hospital

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