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2025

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D-Index
79
Citations
22384
World Ranking
3609
National Ranking
90

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1980 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

David Dolphin is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their academic career is distinguished by recognition through several fellowships from prestigious organizations.

The scientist was awarded the Fellowship of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1980. Subsequently, they were elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2001, under the Academy of Science category. The following year, in 2002, David Dolphin became a Fellow of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom.

No specific details are available regarding their recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, or dedicated fields and subfields of study. Additionally, no records of book publications or main research topics have been documented in the provided data.

Best Publications

  • Porphyrin-based photosensitizers for use in photodynamic therapy

    Ethan D Sternberg;David Dolphin;Christian Brückner

  • Structure and Biodistribution Relationships of Photodynamic Sensitizers

    Ross W. Boyle;David Dolphin

  • Compounds I of Catalase and Horse Radish Peroxidase: π-Cation Radicals

    D. Dolphin;A. Forman;D. C. Borg;J. Fajer

  • Expanded Porphyrins and Their Heterologs.

    Ayub Jasat;David Dolphin

  • Polyhaloporphyrins: Unusual Ligands for Metals and Metal-Catalyzed Oxidations

    David Dolphin;Teddy G. Traylor;Lily Y. Xie

  • pi-Cation radicals and dications of metalloporphyrins.

    Jack Fajer;Donald C. Borg;Arthur Forman;David Dolphin

  • Glutathione : chemical, biochemical, and medical aspects

    David Dolphin;Olga Avramović;Rozanne Poulson

  • Biochemical significance of porphyrin .pi. cation radicals

    David Dolphin;Ronald H. Felton

  • Sapphyrins: novel aromatic pentapyrrolic macrocycles

    Victor J. Bauer;Derrick L. J. Clive;David Dolphin;John B. Paine

  • Porphyrins XVII. Vapor absorption spectra and redox reactions: Tetraphenylporphins and porphin

    L. Edwards;D.H. Dolphin;M. Gouterman;A.D. Adler

  • THE VITAMIN B12 COENZYME

    Robert H. Abeles;David Dolphin

  • Wavelength-specific cytotoxic agents

    Julia G. Levy;David Dolphin;Jack K. Chow;Ethan Sternberg

  • Sterically protected hemins with electronegative substituents: efficient catalysts for hydroxylation and epoxidation

    Patricia S. Traylor;David Dolphin;Teddy G. Traylor

  • The π -cation Radical of Chlorophyll a

    Donald C. Borg;Jack Fajer;Ronald H. Felton;David Dolphin

  • Porphyrinogens and Porphodimethenes, Intermediates in the Synthesis of meso-Tetraphenylporphins from Pyrroles and Benzaldehyde.

    D. Dolphin

  • Preliminary studies on a more effective phototoxic agent than hematoporphyrin.

    Richter Am;Kelly B;Chow J;Liu Dj

  • Synthesis of meso-phenyl-4,6-dipyrrins, preparation of their Cu(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II) chelates, and structural characterization of bis[meso-phenyl-4,6-dipyrrinato]Ni(II)

    Christian Brückner;Veranja Karunaratne;Steven J. Rettig;David Dolphin

  • 2-Deoxy-2-fluoroglucosides: a novel class of mechanism-based glucosidase inhibitors

    Stephen G. Withers;Ian P. Street;Paul Bird;David H. Dolphin

  • The Use of Dipyrromethene Ligands in Supramolecular Chemistry

    Yongjun Zhang;Alison Thompson;Steven J. Rettig;David Dolphin

  • Porphyrins. XXVII. Spin‐orbit coupling and luminescence of Group IV complexes

    Martin Gouterman;Frederick P. Schwarz;Paul D. Smith;D. Dolphin

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian R. James
Brian R. James University of British Columbia
Christian Brückner
Christian Brückner University of Connecticut
Brian O. Patrick
Brian O. Patrick University of British Columbia
Richard B. Silverman
Richard B. Silverman Northwestern University
Jack Fajer
Jack Fajer Brookhaven National Laboratory
Steven J. Rettig
Steven J. Rettig University of British Columbia
Martin Gouterman
Martin Gouterman University of Washington
Stephen G. Withers
Stephen G. Withers University of British Columbia
Teddy G. Traylor
Teddy G. Traylor University of California, San Diego
Dewey Holten
Dewey Holten Washington University in St. Louis

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