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Harold G. Craighead

Harold G. Craighead

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Engineering and Technology
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
118
Citations
51080
World Ranking
522
National Ranking
186

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
119
Citations
52049
World Ranking
54
National Ranking
21

Harold G. Craighead publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harold G. Craighead sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 561 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Harold G. Craighead D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harold G. Craighead sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 119 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the fabrication and exploitation of nanostructures for electronic, optical, mechanical, and biological applications.
  • 2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his significant advances in experimental studies of the physical properties and utilization of nanoscale materials and structures
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Harold G. Craighead is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the broader fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Engineering. Their work specifically contributes to subfields including Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Oncology.

The scientist's research topics include Microbial Inactivation Methods, Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Electrostatic Discharge in Electronics, CAR-T cell therapy research, and Transgenic Plants and Applications.

The recent papers by Harold G. Craighead chronologically include:

  • Scalable continuous-flow electroporation platform enabling T cell transfection for cellular therapy manufacturing, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • A multiplexed microfluidic continuous-flow electroporation system for efficient cell transfection, 2023, Research Square (Research Square)
  • A multiplexed microfluidic continuous-flow electroporation system for efficient cell transfection, 2024, Biomedical Microdevices

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Craighead include:

  • Jacob A. VanderBurgh
  • Stephen L. Levy
  • Grant T. Corso
  • Thomas N. Corso

The main venues for the scientist's publications are:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Biomedical Microdevices
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Harold G. Craighead has received several recognitions including:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2014)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2013)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2007) for contributions to the fabrication and exploitation of nanostructures for electronic, optical, mechanical, and biological applications
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2004) for advances in experimental studies of physical properties and utilization of nanoscale materials and structures
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (2002)

Best Publications

  • Impermeable atomic membranes from graphene sheets.

    J. Scott Bunch;Scott S. Verbridge;Jonathan S. Alden;Arend M. van der Zande

  • Electromechanical Resonators from Graphene Sheets

    J. Scott Bunch;Arend M. van der Zande;Scott S. Verbridge;Ian W. Frank

  • Zero-Mode Waveguides for Single-Molecule Analysis at High Concentrations

    M. J. Levene;J. Korlach;S. W. Turner;M. Foquet

  • Separation of long DNA molecules in a microfabricated entropic trap array.

    J. Han;Harold G. Craighead

  • Brain responses to micro-machined silicon devices.

    D. H. Szarowski;M. D. Andersen;S. Retterer;A. J. Spence

  • Micro- and nanomechanical sensors for environmental, chemical, and biological detection

    Philip S. Waggoner;Harold G. Craighead

  • Polymeric Nanowire Chemical Sensor

    Haiqing Liu;Jun Kameoka;David A. Czaplewski;Harold G. Craighead

  • Future lab-on-a-chip technologies for interrogating individual molecules

    Harold G. Craighead

  • Cerebral Astrocyte Response to Micromachined Silicon Implants

    J. N. Turner;J. N. Turner;J. N. Turner;W. Shain;W. Shain;D. H. Szarowski;M. Andersen;M. Andersen

  • Powering an Inorganic Nanodevice with a Biomolecular Motor

    Ricky K. Soong;George D. Bachand;Hercules P. Neves;Anatoli G. Olkhovets

  • Attogram detection using nanoelectromechanical oscillators

    B. Ilic;Harold G. Craighead;S. Krylov;W. Senaratne

  • Method for sequencing nucleic acid molecules

    Jonas Korlach;Watt W. Webb;Michael Levene;Stephen Turner

  • Mechanical resonant immunospecific biological detector

    B. Ilic;D. Czaplewski;Harold G. Craighead;P. Neuzil

  • Single cell detection with micromechanical oscillators

    B. Ilic;D. Czaplewski;M. Zalalutdinov;Harold G. Craighead

  • Waveguides for performing enzymatic reactions

    Michael J. Levene;Jonas Korlach;Stephen W. Turner;Harold G. Craighead

  • Quenching of the Hall effect in a one-dimensional wire.

    M. L. Roukes;A. Scherer;S. J. Allen;Harold G. Craighead

  • Large-Scale Arrays of Single-Layer Graphene Resonators

    Arend M. van der Zande;Robert A. Barton;Jonathan S. Alden;Carlos S. Ruiz-Vargas

  • Entropic Trapping and Escape of Long DNA Molecules at Submicron Size Constriction

    J. Han;S. W. Turner;Harold G. Craighead

  • Virus detection using nanoelectromechanical devices

    B. Ilic;Y. Yang;Harold G. Craighead

  • Observation of Locked Intrinsic Localized Vibrational Modes in a Micromechanical Oscillator Array

    Masayuki Sato;B.E. Hubbard;A.J. Sievers;B. Ilic

  • Attogram detection using nanoelectromechanical oscillators

    Harold Craighead

Frequent Co-Authors

Bojan Ilic
Bojan Ilic National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jonas Korlach
Jonas Korlach Pacific Biosciences (United States)
Alan T. Zehnder
Alan T. Zehnder Cornell University
David A. Czaplewski
David A. Czaplewski Argonne National Laboratory
Paul L. McEuen
Paul L. McEuen Cornell University
Richard Howard
Richard Howard Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
William Shain
William Shain Seattle Children's Hospital
Axel Scherer
Axel Scherer California Institute of Technology
John T. Lis
John T. Lis Cornell University
Joshua B. Edel
Joshua B. Edel Imperial College London

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