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Christine L. Willis

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Chemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
6176
World Ranking
17287
National Ranking
943

Christine L. Willis 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 Christine L. Willis sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 272 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christine L. Willis 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 Christine L. Willis sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christine L. Willis is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields with a focus on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and chemistry.

The subfields explored in their work include pharmacology, organic chemistry, molecular biology, materials chemistry, and biotechnology. Their main research topics comprise microbial natural products and biosynthesis, synthetic organic chemistry methods, carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, genomics and phylogenetic studies, plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, and fungal biology and applications.

Recent papers authored by Christine L. Willis cover a range of subjects, providing insights across biology and chemistry. Notable publications include:

  • ACE2 activation protects against cognitive decline and reduces amyloid pathology in the Tg2576 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Acta Neuropathologica
  • A New Micromonospora Strain with Antibiotic Activity Isolated from the Microbiome of a Mid-Atlantic Deep-Sea Sponge, 2021, Marine Drugs
  • Polyketide β-branching: diversity, mechanism and selectivity, 2020, Natural Product Reports
  • The Kalimantacin Polyketide Antibiotics Inhibit Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus by Targeting the Enoyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Binding Site of FabI, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Core Steps to the Azaphilone Family of Fungal Natural Products, 2021, ChemBioChem

Christine L. Willis frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors reflecting areas of their research interest. These collaborators include Matthew P. Crump, Paul R. Race, Thomas J. Simpson, Zhongshu Song, and Andy M. Bailey.

Their work has been published consistently in several scientific journals, with recurring appearances in Chemical Science, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, and The Cambridge Structural Database.

Christine L. Willis has also contributed to academic literature through book publications, including a title released by Oxford University Press titled Organic Synthesis published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • The barbamide biosynthetic gene cluster: a novel marine cyanobacterial system of mixed polyketide synthase (PKS)-non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) origin involving an unusual trichloroleucyl starter unit

    Zunxue Chang;Patricia Flatt;William H. Gerwick;Viet Anh Nguyen

  • Resistance to and synthesis of the antibiotic mupirocin

    Christopher M. Thomas;Joanne Hothersall;Christine L. Willis;Thomas J. Simpson

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Safety and Tolerability of Hyperpolarized 129Xe MR Imaging in Healthy Volunteers and Patients

    Bastiaan Driehuys;Santiago Martinez-Jimenez;Zackary I. Cleveland;Gregory M. Metz

  • Oxonia-cope rearrangement and side-chain exchange in the Prins cyclization.

    Stuart R. Crosby;John R. Harding;Clare D. King;Gregory D. Parker

  • Synthesis of fluorinated amino acids

    Andrew Sutherland;Christine L. Willis

  • The Catalytic Mechanism of a Natural Diels–Alderase Revealed in Molecular Detail

    Matthew J. Byrne;Nicholas R. Lees;Nicholas R. Lees;Li-Chen Han;Marc W. van der Kamp

  • Genetic regulation of gibberellin deactivation in Pisum

    John J. Ross;James B. Reid;Stephen M. Swain;Omar Hasan

  • Stereoselective synthesis of 4-hydroxy-2,3,6-trisubstituted tetrahydropyrans.

    Barry Cs;Crosby;Harding;Hughes Ra

  • Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Allylboration of Aldehydes using α-Substituted Allyl/Crotyl Pinacol Boronic Esters via in Situ Generated Borinic Esters

    Jack L.-Y. Chen;Helen K. Scott;Matthew J. Hesse;Christine L. Willis

  • Biosynthesis of the marine cyanobacterial metabolite barbamide. 1. Origin of the trichloromethyl group

    Namthip Sitachitta;James Rossi;Mary Ann Roberts;William H. Gerwick

  • Strobilurin biosynthesis in Basidiomycete fungi

    Risa Nofiani;Kate M.J. De Mattos-Shipley;Karen E. Lebe;Li-Chen Han

  • Intramolecular Prins cyclisations for the stereoselective synthesis of bicyclic tetrahydropyrans

    Jon D. Elsworth;Christine L. Willis

  • Stereocontrolled synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted tetrahydropyrans

    CL Willis;TJ Simpson;SR Crosby;EH Al-Mutairi

  • Stereoselective synthesis of the tetrahydropyran core of polycarvernoside A.

    Conor S. Barry;Nick Bushby;John R. Harding;Christine L. Willis

  • Biosynthetic Pathway and Origin of the Chlorinated Methyl Group in Barbamide and Dechlorobarbamide, Metabolites from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula

    Namthip Sitachitta;Brian L. Márquez;R. Thomas Williamson;James Rossi

  • Characterization of the initial enzymatic steps of barbamide biosynthesis.

    Patricia M. Flatt;Susan J. O'Connell;Kerry L. McPhail;Gloria Zeller

  • Diastereodivergent Synthesis of Trisubstituted Alkenes through Protodeboronation of Allylic Boronic Esters: Application to the Synthesis of the Californian Red Scale Beetle Pheromone

    Matthew J. Hesse;Craig P. Butts;Christine L. Willis;Varinder K. Aggarwal

  • Prins Cyclizations: Labeling Studies and Application to Natural Product Synthesis

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  • A natural plasmid uniquely encodes two biosynthetic pathways creating a potent anti-MRSA antibiotic.

    Daisuke Fukuda;Anthony S Haines;Zhongshu Song;Annabel C Murphy

  • A conserved motif flags acyl carrier proteins for β-branching in polyketide synthesis

    Anthony S Haines;Xu Dong;Zhongshu Song;Rohit Farmer

  • Probing the mechanism of Prins cyclisations and application to the synthesis of 4-hydroxytetrahydropyrans

    Conor S. Barry;Nick Bushby;John R. Harding;Rachael A. Hughes

  • Total synthesis of (-)-blepharocalyxin D and analogues.

    Benjamin D. Cons;Adam J. Bunt;Christopher D. Bailey;Christine L. Willis

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Simpson
Thomas J. Simpson University of Bristol
Russell J. Cox
Russell J. Cox University of Hannover
Matthew P. Crump
Matthew P. Crump University of Bristol
Jake MacMillan
Jake MacMillan University of Bristol
Christopher M. Thomas
Christopher M. Thomas University of Birmingham
Michael H. Beale
Michael H. Beale Rothamsted Research
William H. Gerwick
William H. Gerwick University of California, San Diego
Varinder K. Aggarwal
Varinder K. Aggarwal University of Bristol
Rob Lavigne
Rob Lavigne KU Leuven
Peter Hedden
Peter Hedden Rothamsted Research

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David H. Sherman

David H. Sherman

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Publications: 25

B. V. Subba Reddy

B. V. Subba Reddy

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Publications: 22

Christian Hertweck

Christian Hertweck

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Publications: 22

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Publications: 20

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Publications: 18

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Publications: 16

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