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Ernst-Walter Knapp

Ernst-Walter Knapp

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Chemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
10704
World Ranking
12143
National Ranking
894

Overview

Ernst-Walter Knapp is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their research spans several scientific disciplines, evident in the diversity of their publication record and subfields of study.

Their recent publications include two notable papers: "Quantification of Local Electric Field Changes at the Active Site of Cytochrome c Oxidase by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroelectrochemical Titrations" published in 2021 in Frontiers in Chemistry, and "Moments of Gaussian Distributions for Small and Large Sample Sizes Revisited" published in 2024 in Mathematics and Statistics.

Knapp's collaboration network consists of frequent co-authors such as Federico Baserga, Jovan Dragelj, Jacek Kozuch, Hendrik Mohrmann, and Sven T. Stripp, each contributing to at least one joint publication.

The research topics covered in Knapp's work reflect an interdisciplinary approach, including:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models
  • Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications

These topics illustrate the scientist's involvement in both experimental and theoretical studies, linking molecular biology and physical chemistry with advanced statistical and computational methods.

Knapp's research areas further encompass the following subfields of study:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Statistics and Probability

Publishing in Frontiers in Chemistry and Mathematics and Statistics highlights the interdisciplinary nature of their work, bridging chemistry and mathematical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Multivalency as a chemical organization and action principle.

    Carlo Fasting;Christoph A. Schalley;Marcus Weber;Oliver Seitz

  • Lineshapes of molecular aggregates, exchange narrowing and intersite correlation

    E.W. Knapp

  • Protein dynamics. Mössbauer spectroscopy on deoxymyoglobin crystals.

    F. Parak;F. Parak;E.W. Knapp;E.W. Knapp;D. Kucheida;D. Kucheida

  • Electrostatic models for computing protonation and redox equilibria in proteins.

    Ullmann Gm;Knapp Ew

  • α-Helices direct excitation energy flow in the Fenna–Matthews–Olson protein

    Frank Müh;Mohamed El Amine Madjet;Julia Adolphs;Ayjamal Abdurahman;Ayjamal Abdurahman

  • A consistent picture of protein dynamics.

    F Parak;E W Knapp

  • Energetics of a possible proton exit pathway for water oxidation in photosystem II.

    Hiroshi Ishikita;Wolfram Saenger;Bernhard Loll;Jacek Biesiadka

  • Calculated pH-dependent population and protonation of carbon-monoxy-myoglobin conformers.

    Björn Rabenstein;Ernst-Walter Knapp

  • Optimizing pKA computation in proteins with pH adapted conformations

    Gernot Kieseritzky;Ernst-Walter Knapp

  • Analysis of optical spectra from single crystals of Rhodopseudomonas viridis reaction centers

    Ernst Walter Knapp;Sighart Fischer;Wolfgang Zinth;M. Sander

  • Recent advances in anion–π interactions

    Arturo Robertazzi;Florian Krull;Ernst-Walter Knapp;Patrick Gamez

  • Oxygen-evolving Mn cluster in photosystem II: the protonation pattern and oxidation state in the high-resolution crystal structure.

    Artur Galstyan;Arturo Robertazzi;Ernst Walter Knapp

  • Redox potential of quinones in both electron transfer branches of photosystem I.

    Hiroshi Ishikita;Ernst-Walter Knapp

  • Metal Ligand Aromatic Cation–π Interactions in Metalloproteins: Ligands Coordinated to Metal Interact with Aromatic Residues

    Snežana D. Zarić;Dragan M. Popović;Ernst-Walter Knapp

  • Empirical Conversion of pKa Values between Different Solvents and Interpretation of the Parameters: Application to Water, Acetonitrile, Dimethyl Sulfoxide, and Methanol

    Emanuele Rossini;Emanuele Rossini;Art D. Bochevarov;Ernst Walter Knapp

  • Protein dynamics from Moessbauer spectra. The temperature dependence

    E. W. Knapp;S. F. Fischer;F. Parak

  • Multivalenz als chemisches Organisations- und Wirkprinzip

    Carlo Fasting;Christoph A. Schalley;Marcus Weber;Oliver Seitz

  • How photosynthetic reaction centers control oxidation power in chlorophyll pairs P680, P700, and P870

    Hiroshi Ishikita;Wolfram Saenger;Jacek Biesiadka;Bernhard Loll

  • Accurate pKa Determination for a Heterogeneous Group of Organic Molecules

    Marcel Schmidt am Busch;Ernst-Walter Knapp

  • The concentration dependence of the vibrational linewidth and shift in liquid binary mixtures: An analytical model

    E. W. Knapp;S. F. Fischer

  • How to guarantee optimal stability for most representative structures in the Protein Data Bank.

    Ugo Bastolla;Jochen Farwer;Ernst Walter Knapp;Michele Vendruscolo

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfram Saenger
Wolfram Saenger Freie Universität Berlin
Stefan Hecht
Stefan Hecht Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Christoph A. Schalley
Christoph A. Schalley Freie Universität Berlin
Joachim Heberle
Joachim Heberle Freie Universität Berlin
Oliver Seitz
Oliver Seitz Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Rainer Haag
Rainer Haag Freie Universität Berlin
Beate Koksch
Beate Koksch Freie Universität Berlin
Lennart Nilsson
Lennart Nilsson Karolinska Institute
Andreas Herrmann
Andreas Herrmann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Johann Deisenhofer
Johann Deisenhofer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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