2026 Christine D. Keating: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	71	4240	4107	1138	1073	166	18513

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2004 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Christine D. Keating is a researcher affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Food Science.

The main topics of their research include:

RNA Research and Splicing
RNA modifications and cancer
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
Origins and Evolution of Life
Proteins in Food Systems

Christine D. Keating has published extensively, contributing to fields related to complex coacervates, membraneless compartments, RNA condensates, and lipid membranes. Selected recent papers include:

Prebiotically-relevant low polyion multivalency can improve functionality of membraneless compartments, 2020, Nature Communications
Phase-specific RNA accumulation and duplex thermodynamics in multiphase coacervate models for membraneless organelles, 2022, Nature Chemistry
Impact of wet-dry cycling on the phase behavior and compartmentalization properties of complex coacervates, 2020, Nature Communications
Phospholipid Membrane Formation Templated by Coacervate Droplets, 2021, Langmuir
RNA sequence and structure control assembly and function of RNA condensates, 2021, RNA

Frequent co-authors associated with their research include:

Philip C. Bevilacqua
Saehyun Choi
McCauley O. Meyer
Fatma Pir Cakmak
Andrew T. Rowland

Their work is often published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Small, and Methods in Enzymology.

Christine D. Keating has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2014 and also as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation starting in 2004.

Best Publications

Submicrometer metallic barcodes.

Sheila R. Nicewarner-Peña;R. Griffith Freeman;Brian D. Reiss;Lin He

1851
Citations
Colloidal Au-Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance for Ultrasensitive Detection of DNA Hybridization

Lin He;Michael D. Musick;Sheila R. Nicewarner;Frank G. Salinas

1295
Citations
Self-assembly of single electron transistors and related devices

Daniel L. Feldheim;Christine D. Keating

590
Citations
Two-dimensional arrays of colloidal gold particles : A flexible approach to macroscopic metal surfaces

Katherine C. Grabar;Keith J. Allison;Bonnie E. Baker;Robin M. Bright

586
Citations
Glass-Coated, Analyte-Tagged Nanoparticles: A New Tagging System Based on Detection with Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Shawn P. Mulvaney;Michael D. Musick;Christine Dolan Keating;Michael J. Natan

583
Citations
Phosphorylation-mediated RNA/peptide complex coacervation as a model for intracellular liquid organelles.

William M. Aumiller;Christine D. Keating

583
Citations
Aqueous Phase Separation as a Possible Route to Compartmentalization of Biological Molecules

Christine D. Keating

427
Citations
DNA‐Directed Assembly of Gold Nanowires on Complementary Surfaces

Jeremiah K. N. Mbindyo;Brian D. Reiss;Benjamin R. Martin;Christine D. Keating

420
Citations
RNA catalysis through compartmentalization

Christopher A. Strulson;Rosalynn C. Molden;Rosalynn C. Molden;Christine D. Keating;Philip C. Bevilacqua

392
Citations
Bottom-up assembly of large-area nanowire resonator arrays

Mingwei Li;Rustom B. Bhiladvala;Thomas J. Morrow;James A. Sioss

361
Citations
Metal Films Prepared by Stepwise Assembly. 2. Construction and Characterization of Colloidal Au and Ag Multilayers

Michael D. Musick;Christine D. Keating;L. Andrew Lyon;Steven L. Botsko

359
Citations
RNA-Based Coacervates as a Model for Membraneless Organelles: Formation, Properties, and Interfacial Liposome Assembly.

William M. Aumiller;Fatma Pir Cakmak;Bradley W. Davis;Christine D. Keating

323
Citations
Stepwise Construction of Conductive Au Colloid Multilayers from Solution

Michael D. Musick;Christine D. Keating;Melinda H. Keefe;Michael J. Natan

318
Citations
The polymer/colloid duality of microgel suspensions.

L Andrew Lyon;Alberto Fernandez-Nieves

316
Citations
Protein: Colloid conjugates for surface enhanced raman scattering: Stability and control of protein orientation

Christine Dolan Keating;Kenneth M. Kovaleski;Michael J. Natan

294
Citations
Template-directed RNA polymerization and enhanced ribozyme catalysis inside membraneless compartments formed by coacervates

Raghav R. Poudyal;Rebecca M. Guth-Metzler;Andrew J. Veenis;Erica A. Frankel;Erica A. Frankel

293
Citations
Nanoscale characterization of gold colloid monolayers: a comparison of four techniques.

Katherine C. Grabar;Kenneth R. Brown;Christine Dolan Keating;Stephan J. Stranick

292
Citations
Striped metal nanowires as building blocks and optical tags

Christine Dolan Keating;Michael J. Natan

277
Citations
Dynamic microcompartmentation in synthetic cells.

M. Scott Long;Clinton D. Jones;Marcus R. Helfrich;Lauren K. Mangeney-Slavin

276
Citations
Bioreactor droplets from liposome-stabilized all-aqueous emulsions

Daniel C. Dewey;Christopher A. Strulson;David N. Cacace;Philip C. Bevilacqua

275
Citations
Template Growth of Photoconductive Metal−CdSe−Metal Nanowires

David J. Peña;Jeremiah K. N. Mbindyo;Anthony J. Carado;Thomas E. Mallouk

254
Citations
Hybridization and enzymatic extension of au nanoparticle-bound oligonucleotides.

Sheila R. Nicewarner Peña;Surabhi Raina;Glenn P. Goodrich;Nina V. Fedoroff

240
Citations