2026 Jennifer A. Lewis: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	111	831	793	504	477	407	62362
Materials Science	110	694	661	240	220	362	61572

Jennifer A. Lewis publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jennifer A. Lewis sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 362 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Jennifer A. Lewis D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jennifer A. Lewis sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 110 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2017 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development of materials and processes for 3-dimensional direct fabrication of multifunctional structures.
2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2012 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society For pioneering contributions in the design of viscoelastic inks composed of colloidal, polymeric, and organometallic building blocks and their directed assembly into planar and 3D functional architectures
2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Jennifer A. Lewis is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a focus on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Molecular Biology among other subfields. Their work encompasses topics related to 3D printing in biomedical research, advanced materials and mechanics, and additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies.

The scientist has made contributions in several key areas, including:

3D Printing in Biomedical Research
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
Renal and related cancers
Polymer composites and self-healing
Pluripotent Stem Cells Research

Their frequent co-authors include:

Sebastien G. M. Uzel
Katharina T. Kroll
Ryuji Morizane
Ken Hiratsuka
Lisa M. Satlin

Jennifer A. Lewis publishes often in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

Advanced Materials
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Nature
Advanced Functional Materials

Some of their recent papers include:

"Innervated, Self-Sensing Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators with Closed Loop Control," 2021, Advanced Materials
"Towards enduring autonomous robots via embodied energy," 2022, Nature
"Rotational multimaterial printing of filaments with subvoxel control," 2023, Nature
"Orthogonally induced differentiation of stem cells for the programmatic patterning of vascularized organoids and bioprinted tissues," 2022, Nature Biomedical Engineering
"Programming Cellular Alignment in Engineered Cardiac Tissue via Bioprinting Anisotropic Organ Building Blocks," 2022, Advanced Materials

Over the course of their career, Jennifer A. Lewis has received several awards, including:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2017) for development of materials and processes for 3-dimensional direct fabrication of multifunctional structures
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2015)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012)
MRS Medal, Materials Research Society (2012) for pioneering contributions in the design of viscoelastic inks and their assembly into planar and 3D functional architectures

Best Publications

Biomimetic 4D printing

A. Sydney Gladman;A. Sydney Gladman;Elisabetta A. Matsumoto;Elisabetta A. Matsumoto;Ralph G. Nuzzo;L. Mahadevan;L. Mahadevan

3041
Citations
3D Bioprinting of Vascularized, Heterogeneous Cell‐Laden Tissue Constructs

David B. Kolesky;Ryan L. Truby;A. Sydney Gladman;Travis A. Busbee

2205
Citations
Self-healing materials with microvascular networks

Kathleen S. Toohey;Nancy R. Sottos;Jennifer A. Lewis;Jeffrey S. Moore

1874
Citations
Direct ink writing of 3D functional materials

Jennifer A. Lewis

1833
Citations
3D-Printing of Lightweight Cellular Composites

Brett G. Compton;Jennifer A. Lewis

1802
Citations
Embedded 3D Printing of Strain Sensors within Highly Stretchable Elastomers

Joseph Thomas Muth;Daniel Vogt;Ryan Landon Truby;Yiğit Mengüç

1790
Citations
Colloidal Processing of Ceramics

Jennifer A. Lewis

1786
Citations
Printing soft matter in three dimensions

Ryan Landon Truby;Jennifer Lewis;Jennifer Lewis

1630
Citations
Three-dimensional bioprinting of thick vascularized tissues.

David B. Kolesky;Kimberly A. Homan;Mark A. Skylar-Scott;Jennifer A. Lewis

1539
Citations
3D Printing of Interdigitated Li‐Ion Microbattery Architectures

Ke Sun;Teng Sing Wei;Bok Yeop Ahn;Jung Yoon Seo

1492
Citations
Omnidirectional Printing of Flexible, Stretchable, and Spanning Silver Microelectrodes

Bok Yeop Ahn;Eric B. Duoss;Michael J. Motala;Xiaoying Guo

1386
Citations
Multistable Architected Materials for Trapping Elastic Strain Energy

Sicong Shan;Sung H. Kang;Sung H. Kang;Jordan R. Raney;Jordan R. Raney;Pai Wang

987
Citations
Voxelated soft matter via multimaterial multinozzle 3D printing.

Mark A. Skylar-Scott;Mark A. Skylar-Scott;Jochen Mueller;Jochen Mueller;Claas W. Visser;Claas W. Visser;Jennifer A. Lewis;Jennifer A. Lewis

985
Citations
Direct Ink Writing of Three‐Dimensional Ceramic Structures

Jennifer A. Lewis;James E. Smay;John Stuecker;Joseph Cesarano

958
Citations
Chaotic mixing in three-dimensional microvascular networks fabricated by direct-write assembly

Daniel Therriault;Scott R. White;Jennifer A. Lewis

906
Citations
Omnidirectional printing of 3D microvascular networks.

Willie Wu;Adam DeConinck;Jennifer A. Lewis

868
Citations
Biomanufacturing of organ-specific tissues with high cellular density and embedded vascular channels

Mark A. Skylar-Scott;Mark A. Skylar-Scott;Sebastien G. M. Uzel;Sebastien G. M. Uzel;Lucy L. Nam;Lucy L. Nam;John H. Ahrens;John H. Ahrens

859
Citations
Colloidal inks for directed assembly of 3-D periodic structures

James E. Smay;Joseph Cesarano;Jennifer A. Lewis

852
Citations
Instrumented cardiac microphysiological devices via multimaterial three-dimensional printing

Johan U. Lind;Johan U. Lind;Travis A. Busbee;Travis A. Busbee;Alexander D. Valentine;Alexander D. Valentine;Francesco S. Pasqualini;Francesco S. Pasqualini

849
Citations
Pen‐on‐Paper Flexible Electronics

Analisa Russo;Bok Yeop Ahn;Jacob J. Adams;Eric B. Duoss

797
Citations
Ultrathin silicon solar microcells for semitransparent, mechanically flexible and microconcentrator module designs

Jongseung Yoon;Alfred J. Baca;Sang Il Park;Paulius Elvikis

763
Citations