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D-Index
139
Citations
72314
World Ranking
217
National Ranking
104

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1994 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1986 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1980 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Graham R. Fleming is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Physics and Astronomy as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The main fields of study include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, their work covers several subfields such as Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Plant Science, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

  • Molecular Biology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Plant Science
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Graham R. Fleming's research topics frequently explore Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies, Light Effects on Plants, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, and Perovskite Materials and Applications.

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Light effects on plants
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

The scientist has published frequently in venues such as The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, The Journal of Chemical Physics, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Recent published papers include:

  • Single-photon absorption and emission from a natural photosynthetic complex, 2023, Nature
  • Halide perovskites enable polaritonic XY spin Hamiltonian at room temperature, 2022, Nature Materials
  • Room-temperature polariton quantum fluids in halide perovskites, 2022, Nature Communications
  • The initial charge separation step in oxygenic photosynthesis, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Vibronic mixing enables ultrafast energy flow in light-harvesting complex II, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Krishna Niyogi, Eric A. Arsenault, Yusuke Yoneda, Masakazu Iwai, and Shiun-Jr Yang.

  • Krishna Niyogi
  • Eric A. Arsenault
  • Yusuke Yoneda
  • Masakazu Iwai
  • Shiun-Jr Yang

Graham R. Fleming has been recognized with several awards and honors throughout their career, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2008), a Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2007), a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom (1994), a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991), a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1986), and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1980).

Best Publications

  • Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems

    Gregory S. Engel;Gregory S. Engel;Tessa R. Calhoun;Tessa R. Calhoun;Elizabeth L. Read;Elizabeth L. Read;Tae-Kyu Ahn;Tae-Kyu Ahn

  • Lessons from nature about solar light harvesting

    Gregory D. Scholes;Graham R. Fleming;Graham R. Fleming;Alexandra Olaya-Castro;Rienk van Grondelle

  • Comparing photosynthetic and photovoltaic efficiencies and recognizing the potential for improvement.

    Robert E. Blankenship;David M. Tiede;James Barber;James Barber;Gary W. Brudvig

  • Femtosecond solvation dynamics of water

    Ralph Jimenez;Graham R. Fleming;P. V. Kumar;M. Maroncelli

  • Two-dimensional spectroscopy of electronic couplings in photosynthesis

    Tobias Brixner;Tobias Brixner;Jens Stenger;Jens Stenger;Harsha M. Vaswani;Harsha M. Vaswani;Minhaeng Cho

  • Picosecond solvation dynamics of coumarin 153: The importance of molecular aspects of solvation

    Mark Maroncelli;Graham R. Fleming

  • Coherence Dynamics in Photosynthesis: Protein Protection of Excitonic Coherence

    Hohjai Lee;Yuan-Chung Cheng;Graham R. Fleming

  • Chemical applications of ultrafast spectroscopy

    Graham R. Fleming

  • Theoretical examination of quantum coherence in a photosynthetic system at physiological temperature

    Akihito Ishizaki;Graham R. Fleming

  • Carotenoid Cation Formation and the Regulation of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting

    Nancy E. Holt;Donatas Zigmantas;Donatas Zigmantas;Leonas Valkunas;Xiao-Ping Li

  • Unified treatment of quantum coherent and incoherent hopping dynamics in electronic energy transfer: reduced hierarchy equation approach.

    Akihito Ishizaki;Graham R. Fleming

  • Quantum entanglement in photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes

    Mohan Sarovar;Akihito Ishizaki;Akihito Ishizaki;Graham R. Fleming;Graham R. Fleming;K. Birgitta Whaley

  • Dynamics of light harvesting in photosynthesis.

    Yuan-Chung Cheng;Graham R. Fleming

  • Polar Solvent Dynamics and Electron-Transfer Reactions

    Mark Maroncelli;Jean MacInnis;Graham R. Fleming

  • Calculation of Couplings and Energy-Transfer Pathways between the Pigments of LH2 by the ab Initio Transition Density Cube Method

    Brent P. Krueger;Gregory D. Scholes;Graham R. Fleming

  • CHROMOPHORE-SOLVENT DYNAMICS

    Graham R. Fleming;Minhaeng Cho

  • Phase-stabilized two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy

    Tobias Brixner;Tomáš Mančal;Igor V. Stiopkin;Graham R. Fleming

  • Fluorescence-detected wave packet interferometry: Time resolved molecular spectroscopy with sequences of femtosecond phase-locked pulses

    Norbert F. Scherer;Roger J. Carlson;Alexander Matro;Mei Du

  • Using coherence to enhance function in chemical and biophysical systems

    Gregory D. Scholes;Graham R. Fleming;Lin X. Chen;Lin X. Chen;Alán Aspuru-Guzik

  • Computer simulation of the dynamics of aqueous solvation

    Mark Maroncelli;Graham R. Fleming

Frequent Co-Authors

Krishna K. Niyogi
Krishna K. Niyogi University of California, Berkeley
Roberto Bassi
Roberto Bassi University of Verona
Gregory D. Scholes
Gregory D. Scholes Princeton University
Minhaeng Cho
Minhaeng Cho Korea University
Sandra J. Rosenthal
Sandra J. Rosenthal Vanderbilt University
Mark Maroncelli
Mark Maroncelli Pennsylvania State University
Taiha Joo
Taiha Joo Pohang University of Science and Technology
James R. Norris
James R. Norris University of Chicago
Ritesh Agarwal
Ritesh Agarwal University of Pennsylvania
Delmar S. Larsen
Delmar S. Larsen University of California, Davis

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