2026 Ellen D. Williams: 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	64	5813	5625	1497	1401	321	17555

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2003 - David Turnbull Lectureship, Materials Research Society
2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2001 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics
1992 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For her experimental studies of the role of thermodynamics in the morphology of macroscopic surfaces

Overview

Ellen D. Williams is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Education, General Health Professions, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. The scope of their work involves several main topics, such as Private Equity and Venture Capital, Innovation Policy and R&D, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Extraction and Separation Processes, and Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems.

Williams has contributed to a range of scientific publications. Recent notable papers include:

Technologies and policies to decarbonize global industry: Review and assessment of mitigation drivers through 2070 (2020), published in Applied Energy
The role of corporate investment in start-ups for climate-tech innovation (2023), published in Joule
The effects of corporate investment and public grants on climate and energy startup outcomes (2024), published in Nature Energy
Rapid rise in corporate climate-tech investments complements support from public grants (2024), published in Nature Energy
The Hospitality of the Commons: A Collaborative Reflection on a SoTL Conference (2023), published in International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Williams include Kavita Surana, Morgan R. Edwards, Zachary H. Thomas, Kathleen M. Kennedy, and Maria A. Borrero.

Williams' research has been published repeatedly in venues such as Nature Energy, Applied Energy, Joule, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and Bioanalysis.

The professional career of Ellen D. Williams includes significant recognition through various awards and honors. These include being elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019, a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2016, membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2005, and fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2003. Other distinctions include the David Turnbull Lectureship from the Materials Research Society in 2003, the David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics in 2001, and being a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) since 1992. The APS fellowship citation specifically notes work on experimental studies related to the role of thermodynamics in the morphology of macroscopic surfaces.

Best Publications

Atomic Structure of Graphene on SiO2

Masa Ishigami;J. H. Chen;W. G. Cullen;M. S. Fuhrer

1909
Citations
Charged-impurity scattering in graphene

Jianhao H Chen;C Jang;Shaffique Adam;Michael Fuhrer

1864
Citations
Steps on surfaces: experiment and theory

Hyeong-Chai Jeong;Ellen D. Williams

878
Citations
Defect scattering in graphene.

Jianhao H Chen;William G Cullen;C Jang;Michael Fuhrer

749
Citations
Tunable Kondo effect in graphene with defects

Jian-Hao Chen;Jian-Hao Chen;Liang Li;William G. Cullen;Ellen D. Williams

458
Citations
Tuning the effective fine structure constant in graphene: opposing effects of dielectric screening on short- and long-range potential scattering.

C Jang;Shaffique Adam;Jianhao H Chen;Ellen D Williams

448
Citations
Printed Graphene Circuits

Jian Hao Chen;Masa Ishigami;Chaun Jang;Daniel R. Hines

371
Citations
Thermodynamics of surface morphology.

Ellen D. Williams;N. C. Bartelt

350
Citations
The chemisorption of Co on Rh(111)

P.A. Thiel;E.D. Williams;J.T. Yates;W.H. Weinberg

285
Citations
The geometric structure of carbon monoxide chemisorbed on the ruthenium (001) surface at low temperatures

Ellen D. Williams;W.H. Weinberg

247
Citations
High atom density in the "1 x 1" phase and origin of the metastable reconstructions on Si(111).

Y.-N. Yang;E. D. Williams

240
Citations
Nanotransfer printing of organic and carbon nanotube thin-film transistors on plastic substrates

D. R. Hines;S. Mezhenny;M. Breban;E. D. Williams

233
Citations
Polarization relaxation kinetics and 180° domain wall dynamics in ferroelectric thin films

C. S. Ganpule;A. L. Roytburd;V. Nagarajan;B. K. Hill

231
Citations
Step capillary waves and equilibrium island shapes on Si(001).

N. C. Bartelt;R. M. Tromp;Ellen D. Williams

214
Citations
The equilibration of terrace width distributions on stepped surfaces

N.C. Bartelt;J.L. Goldberg;T.L. Einstein;Ellen D. Williams

212
Citations
Role of 90° domains in lead zirconate titanate thin films

C. S. Ganpule;V. Nagarajan;H. Li;A. S. Ogale

210
Citations
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of the faceting of stepped Si(111)

Ellen D. Williams;R.J. Phaneuf;Jian Wei;N.C. Bartelt

207
Citations
Scaling of ferroelectric properties in thin films

C. S. Ganpule;A. Stanishevsky;Q. Su;S. Aggarwal

202
Citations
Terrace-width distributions on vicinal Si(111).

X. S. Wang;J. L. Goldberg;N. C. Bartelt;T. L. Einstein

201
Citations
Spontaneous ordering of oxide nanostructures

S. Aggarwal;A. P. Monga;S. R. Perusse;R. Ramesh

191
Citations
Imaging three-dimensional polarization in epitaxial polydomain ferroelectric thin films

C. S. Ganpule;V. Nagarajan;B. K. Hill;A. L. Roytburd

189
Citations
Charged Impurity Scattering in Graphene

Masa Ishigami;Jianhao Chen;C. Jang;E.D. Williams

119
Citations