2026 G. Andrew Woolley: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	48	15086	13599	409	358	127	10743

Research.com Recognitions

1995 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental advances in the proper quantum description of molecules and their interaction with radiation
1953 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

G. Andrew Woolley is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, contributing to various subfields such as molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, materials chemistry, music, and plant science.

The scientist's research encompasses several main topics, including:

Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Photochromic and fluorescence chemistry
Light effects on plants
Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
Click chemistry and applications
Musicology and musical analysis
Retinal development and disorders

G. Andrew Woolley has contributed to multiple publications across various respected venues. Frequent publication venues include:

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
Nature Cancer
Nature Methods
Nature Chemistry
Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on biochemical processes, photoreceptor mechanisms, and light-induced molecular interactions. Selected recent publications are:

"An anti-PD-1-GITR-L bispecific agonist induces GITR clustering-mediated T cell activation for cancer immunotherapy," 2022, Nature Cancer
"Engineering of bidirectional, cyanobacteriochrome-based light-inducible dimers (BICYCL)s," 2023, Nature Methods
"Isomerization of bioactive acylhydrazones triggered by light or thiols," 2023, Nature Chemistry
"Yeast Two-Hybrid Screening of Photoswitchable Protein-Protein Interaction Libraries," 2020, Journal of Molecular Biology
"Mechanistic Basis for Red Light Switching of Azonium Ions," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Throughout their career, Woolley has collaborated frequently with the following co-authors:

Maruti Uppalapati
Jaewan Jang
P. Maximilian M. Reed
Giang N. T. Le
Ryan M. Woloschuk

Recognition of their contributions includes election as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1995, with a citation acknowledging advances in the quantum description of molecules and their interaction with radiation. Woolley was also named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1953.

Best Publications

Azobenzene photoswitches for biomolecules.

Andrew A. Beharry;G. Andrew Woolley

1949
Citations
Azobenzene Photoswitching without Ultraviolet Light

Andrew A. Beharry;Oleg Sadovski;G. Andrew Woolley

734
Citations
Red-Shifting Azobenzene Photoswitches for in Vivo Use.

Mingxin Dong;Amirhossein Babalhavaeji;Subhas Samanta;Subhas Samanta;Andrew A. Beharry;Andrew A. Beharry

675
Citations
Photoswitching Azo Compounds in Vivo with Red Light

Subhas Samanta;Andrew A. Beharry;Oleg Sadovski;Theresa M. McCormick

570
Citations
Photo-control of helix content in a short peptide.

Janet R. Kumita;Oliver S. Smart;G. Andrew Woolley

373
Citations
Spectral tuning of azobenzene photoswitches for biological applications.

Oleg Sadovski;Andrew A. Beharry;Fuzhong Zhang;G. Andrew Woolley

286
Citations
Photocontrolling Peptide α Helices

G. Andrew Woolley

253
Citations
α-Helix formation in a photoswitchable peptide tracked from picoseconds to microseconds by time-resolved IR spectroscopy

Jens Bredenbeck;Jan Helbing;Janet R. Kumita;G. Andrew Woolley

244
Citations
Near-infrared photoswitching of azobenzenes under physiological conditions

Mingxin Dong;Amirhossein Babalhavaeji;Catherine V. Collins;Kareem Jarrah

236
Citations
Using an azobenzene cross-linker to either increase or decrease peptide helix content upon trans-to-cis photoisomerization.

Daniel G Flint;Janet R Kumita;Oliver S Smart;G.Andrew Woolley

209
Citations
Bidirectional Photocontrol of Peptide Conformation with a Bridged Azobenzene Derivative

Subhas Samanta;Chuanguang Qin;Alan J. Lough;G. Andrew Woolley

180
Citations
Fluorescence Imaging of Azobenzene Photoswitching In Vivo

Andrew A. Beharry;Loksum Wong;Vince Tropepe;G. Andrew Woolley

179
Citations
Robust Visible Light Photoswitching with Ortho-Thiol Substituted Azobenzenes

Subhas Samanta;Theresa M. McCormick;Simone K. Schmidt;Dwight S. Seferos

176
Citations
Photoswitching of ortho‐Substituted Azonium Ions by Red Light in Whole Blood

Subhas Samanta;Amirhossein Babalhavaeji;Ming-xin Dong;G. Andrew Woolley

163
Citations
α-Helix folding in the presence of structural constraints

Janne A. Ihalainen;Beatrice Paoli;Stefanie Muff;Ellen H. G. Backus

134
Citations
Simultaneous Optical and Electrical Recording of Single Gramicidin Channels

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132
Citations
Photocontrol of Coiled‐Coil Proteins in Living Cells

Fuzhong Z. Zhang;Katharina A. Timm;Katharina A. Timm;Katja M. Arndt;Katja M. Arndt;G. Andrew Woolley

123
Citations
Red, far-red, and near infrared photoswitches based on azonium ions

M. Dong;A. Babalhavaeji;M. J. Hansen;L. Kálmán

120
Citations
Reversible photocontrol of DNA binding by a designed GCN4-bZIP protein.

G. Andrew Woolley;Anna S. I. Jaikaran;Maxim Berezovski;Joseph P. Calarco

118
Citations
Photomodulation of ionic current through hemithioindigo-modified gramicidin channels

Tyler Lougheed;Vitali Borisenko;Thomas Hennig;Karola Rück-Braun

117
Citations
Photocontrol of DNA binding specificity of a miniature engrailed homeodomain.

Lucia Guerrero;Oliver S. Smart;G. Andrew Woolley;Rudolf Konrad Allemann

114
Citations
Structure-based approach to the photocontrol of protein folding.

Fuzhong Zhang;Arash Zarrine-Afsar;M. Sameer Al-Abdul-Wahid;R. Scott Prosser

112
Citations
Gramicidin channel controversy--the structure in a lipid environment.

Olaf S. Andersen;Hans-Jürgen Apell;Ernst Bamberg;David D. Busath

112
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles M. Deber University of Toronto

Peter Hamm University of Zurich

Mark S.P. Sansom University of Oxford

R. J. Dwayne Miller University of Toronto

Sheena A. Josselyn University of Toronto

Rudolf Konrad Allemann Cardiff University

Nahum Sonenberg McGill University

Paul W. Frankland University of Toronto

Alan R. Davidson University of Toronto

Dwight S. Seferos University of Toronto

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