The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Douglas A. Lauffenburger sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 681 publications — 98th percentile
98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Douglas A. Lauffenburger sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 140 D-Index — 96th percentile
96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.
Douglas A. Lauffenburger is a researcher affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their work spans multiple scientific disciplines including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology.
Lauffenburger has contributed extensively to subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Oncology. Their research focus includes topics related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, COVID-19 clinical research studies, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, immunotherapy and immune responses, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, immune cell function and interaction, and tuberculosis research and epidemiology.
Among recent published papers are:
Frequent co-authors working with Douglas A. Lauffenburger include:
The venues where Lauffenburger has frequently published include:
Throughout their career, Lauffenburger has been recognized with several honors such as:
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Sean P. Palecek;Joseph C. Loftus;Mark H. Ginsberg;Douglas A. Lauffenburger
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Muhammad H. Zaman;Linda M. Trapani;Alisha L. Sieminski;Drew MacKellar
G. Maheshwari;G. Brown;D.A. Lauffenburger;A. Wells
P.A. DiMilla;K. Barbee;D.A. Lauffenburger
PA DiMilla;JA Stone;JA Quinn;SM Albelda
Bree B. Aldridge;Bree B. Aldridge;John M. Burke;Douglas A. Lauffenburger;Peter K. Sorger;Peter K. Sorger
David V. Schaffer;Nick A. Fidelman;Nily Dan;Douglas A. Lauffenburger
Lenette L. Lu;Lenette L. Lu;Amy W. Chung;Amy W. Chung;Tracy R. Rosebrock;Musie Ghebremichael
Yi Zhang;Alejandro Wolf-Yadlin;Phillip L. Ross;Darryl J. Pappin
Kevin A. Janes;John G. Albeck;Suzanne Gaudet;Peter K. Sorger
Alejandro Wolf-Yadlin;Sampsa Hautaniemi;Douglas A. Lauffenburger;Forest M. White
Lily Y. Koo;Darrell J. Irvine;Anne M. Mayes;Douglas A. Lauffenburger
Hang Lu;Lily Y. Koo;Wechung M. Wang;Douglas A. Lauffenburger
Anna Huttenlocher;Sean P. Palecek;Qin Lu;Wenli Zhang
Angela Glading;Douglas A. Lauffenburger;Alan Wells
William Wei-Lun Chen;Birgit Schoeberl;Paul J Jasper;Mario Niepel
Shuguang Zhang;Lin Yan;Michael Altman;Michael Lässle
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