2026 Eva Zurek: 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	52	9392	9069	2270	2106	265	18559

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Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Eva Zurek is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. The primary domain of their research is Materials Science, with a focus that includes several subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, Geophysics, Inorganic Chemistry, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including:

X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
High-pressure geophysics and materials
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
Rare-earth and actinide compounds
Superconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys
Hydrogen Storage and Materials
Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

Eva Zurek has published extensively, with frequent contributions appearing in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Cambridge Structural Database
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Some of the recent papers associated with their research include:

RETRACTED: Synthesis of Yttrium Superhydride Superconductor with a Transition Temperature up to 262 K by Catalytic Hydrogenation at High Pressures, 2021, Physical Review Letters
Chemistry under high pressure, 2020, Nature Reviews Chemistry
Disordered enthalpy-entropy descriptor for high-entropy ceramics discovery, 2024, Nature
Route to high-Tc superconductivity via CH4-intercalated H3S hydride perovskites, 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
The XtalOpt Evolutionary Algorithm for Crystal Structure Prediction, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Katerina P. Hilleke
Xiaoyu Wang
Daniel P. Miller
Stefano Racioppi
Stefano Curtarolo

Eva Zurek was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2013. This affiliation indicates a level of acknowledgment within scientific circles. Their research often revolves around high-pressure phenomena, materials characterization, and crystallographic methods, elements central to the advancement of condensed matter physics and materials chemistry.

Best Publications

A little bit of lithium does a lot for hydrogen

Eva Zurek;Roald Hoffmann;N. W. Ashcroft;Artem R. Oganov

328
Citations
Synthesis of Yttrium Superhydride Superconductor with a Transition Temperature up to 262 K by Catalytic Hydrogenation at High Pressures.

Elliot Snider;Nathan Dasenbrock-Gammon;Raymond McBride;Xiaoyu Wang

251
Citations
Theoretical studies of the structure and function of MAO (methylaluminoxane)

Eva Zurek;Tom Ziegler

241
Citations
Chemistry under high pressure

Maosheng Miao;Yuanhui Sun;Eva Zurek;Haiqing Lin

212
Citations
Graphene-like Boron–Carbon–Nitrogen Monolayers

Sumit Beniwal;James Hooper;Daniel P. Miller;Paulo S. Costa

207
Citations
A molecular perspective on lithium-ammonia solutions.

Eva Zurek;Peter P. Edwards;Roald Hoffmann

191
Citations
Disordered enthalpy–entropy descriptor for high-entropy ceramics discovery

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189
Citations
Density functional calculations of the 13C NMR chemical shifts in (9,0) single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Eva Zurek;Jochen Autschbach

186
Citations
Route to high- T c superconductivity via CH 4 -intercalated H 3 S hydride perovskites

Wenwen Cui;Tiange Bi;Jingming Shi;Yinwei Li

161
Citations
Pressure-stabilized sodium polyhydrides: NaH(n) (n>1).

Pio Baettig;Eva Zurek

143
Citations
Metallization of magnesium polyhydrides under pressure

David C. Lonie;James Hooper;Bahadir Altintas;Bahadir Altintas;Eva Zurek

143
Citations
Predicting crystal structures and properties of matter under extreme conditions via quantum mechanics: the pressure is on

Eva Zurek;Wojciech Grochala

135
Citations
Decomposition Products of Phosphine Under Pressure: PH2 Stable and Superconducting?

Andrew Shamp;Tyson Terpstra;Tiange Bi;Zackary Falls

119
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High Hydrides of Scandium under Pressure: Potential Superconductors

Xiaoqiu Ye;Niloofar Zarifi;Eva Zurek;Roald Hoffmann

113
Citations
Rubidium Polyhydrides Under Pressure: Emergence of the Linear H3− Species

James Hooper;Eva Zurek

105
Citations
Theoretical study of the interactions between cations and anions in group IV transition-metal catalysts for single-site homogeneous olefin polymerization

Zhitao Xu;Kumar Vanka;Timothy Firman;Artur Michalak

105
Citations
Polyhydrides of the Alkaline Earth Metals: A Look at the Extremes under Pressure

James Hooper;Bahadir Altintas;Bahadir Altintas;Andrew Shamp;Eva Zurek

104
Citations
Identifying duplicate crystal structures: XtalComp, an open-source solution

David C. Lonie;Eva Zurek

104
Citations
Modeling the dynamic equilibrium between oligomers of (AlOCH3)n in methylaluminoxane (MAO). A theoretical study based on a combined quantum mechanical and statistical mechanical approach.

Zurek E;Woo Tk;Firman Tk;Ziegler T

101
Citations
Toward the Identification of Dormant and Active Species in MAO (Methylaluminoxane)-Activated, Dimethylzirconocene-Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization

Eva Zurek;Tom Ziegler

98
Citations
Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Carboetherification of Unactivated Alkenes

Michael T. Bovino;Timothy W. Liwosz;Nicole E. Kendel;Yan Miller

97
Citations
Predicting superhard materials via a machine learning informed evolutionary structure search

Patrick Avery;Xiaoyu Wang;Corey Oses;Eric Gossett

95
Citations
High-temperature superconductivity in alkaline and rare earth polyhydrides at high pressure: A theoretical perspective.

Eva Zurek;Tiange Bi

91
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