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Juan Manuel García-Ruiz

Juan Manuel García-Ruiz

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Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
10590
World Ranking
11678
National Ranking
426

Overview

Juan Manuel García-Ruiz is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Materials Science. Their research encompasses various subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Materials Chemistry, Biomaterials, Paleontology, and Molecular Biology.

Much of their work focuses on core topics such as Origins and Evolution of Life, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, Planetary Science and Exploration, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

The scientist has published in several notable academic journals, with frequent contributions appearing in:

  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Crystal Growth & Design
  • Journal of Applied Crystallography
  • Scientific Reports

Among their recent papers are:

  • "The role of borosilicate glass in Miller-Urey experiment," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Mineral self-organization on a lifeless planet," 2020, Physics of Life Reviews
  • "An Alternative Approach for Assessing Biogenicity," 2020, Astrobiology
  • "Prebiotic Organic Chemistry of Formamide and the Origin of Life in Planetary Conditions: What We Know and What Is the Future," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Nanoscale Anatomy of Iron-Silica Self-Organized Membranes: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Collaborations have been a significant part of their research, with frequent co-authors including Fermín Otálora, Melese Getenet, Joaquín Criado-Reyes, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, and Àngels Canals. These partnerships have contributed to advancing studies in mineral self-organization, crystallization processes, and origins of life chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Self-assembled silica-carbonate structures and detection of ancient microfossils

    J. M. García-Ruiz;S. T. Hyde;A. M. Carnerup;A. G. Christy

  • Avian eggshell mineralization: biochemical and functional characterization of matrix proteins

    Yves Nys;Joël Gautron;Juan M. Garcia-Ruiz;Maxwell T. Hincke

  • The role and implications of bassanite as a stable precursor phase to gypsum precipitation.

    A. E. S. Van Driessche;L. G. Benning;J. D. Rodriguez-Blanco;M. Ossorio;M. Ossorio

  • Morphogenesis of self-assembled nanocrystalline materials of barium carbonate and silica.

    Juan Manuel García-Ruiz;Emilio Melero-García;Stephen T. Hyde

  • Influence of the microstructure on the shell strength of eggs laid by hens of different ages.

    A Rodriguez-Navarro;O Kalin;Y Nys;J M Garcia-Ruiz

  • Avian eggshell mineralization

    José Arias-Bautista;J. García-Ruiz;M. Hincke;Y. Nys

  • Identification and localization of lysozyme as a component of eggshell membranes and eggshell matrix.

    M.T Hincke;J Gautron;M Panheleux;J Garcia-Ruiz

  • Investigations on protein crystal growth by the gel acupuncture method

    J.M. García-Ruiz;A. Moreno

  • Formation of Chemical Gardens

    Julyan H.E. Cartwright;Juan Manuel García-Ruiz;María Luisa Novella;Fermín Otálora

  • Stabilization of amorphous calcium carbonate in inorganic silica-rich environments.

    Matthias Kellermeier;Emilio Melero-Garcia;Fabian Glaab;Regina Klein

  • Multifunctional Luminescent and Proton-Conducting Lanthanide Carboxyphosphonate Open-Framework Hybrids Exhibiting Crystalline-to-Amorphous-to-Crystalline Transformations

    Rosario M. P. Colodrero;Konstantinos E. Papathanasiou;Nikoleta Stavgianoudaki;Pascual Olivera-Pastor

  • Protein crystallization by capillary counterdiffusion for applied crystallographic structure determination.

    Joseph D Ng;José A Gavira;Juan M Garcı́a-Ruı́z

  • Nucleation of protein crystals.

    Juan Manuel Garcı́a-Ruiz

  • Counterdiffusion methods applied to protein crystallization.

    Fermín Otálora;José Antonio Gavira;Joseph D. Ng;Juan Manuel García-Ruiz

  • Changes in eggshell mechanical properties, crystallographic texture and in matrix proteins induced by moult in hens.

    A M H Ahmed;A B Rodriguez-Navarro;M L Vidal;J Gautron

  • Ovotransferrin is a matrix protein of the hen eggshell membranes and basal calcified layer.

    Joel Gautron;Maxwell T Hincke;M Panheleux;J Garcia-Ruiz

  • Colloidal Stabilization of Calcium Carbonate Prenucleation Clusters with Silica

    Matthias Kellermeier;Denis Gebauer;Emilio Melero-García;Markus Drechsler

  • Agarose as crystallization media for proteins. I: Transport processes

    J.M Garcı́a-Ruiz;M.L Novella;R Moreno;J.A Gavira

  • Three study cases of growth morphology in minerals: Halite, calcite and gypsum

    Dino Aquilano;Fermín Otálora;Linda Pastero;Juan Manuel García-Ruiz

  • The gypsum–anhydrite paradox revisited

    M. Ossorio;A.E.S. Van Driessche;P. Pérez;J.M. García-Ruiz

  • General Palaeontology (Palaeobiochemistry) Avian eggshell mineralization: biochemical and functional characterization of matrix proteins

    Yves Nys;Joël Gautron;Juan M. Garcia-Ruiz;Maxwell T. Hincke

  • Iconography : Avian eggshell mineralization: biochemical and functional characterization of matrix proteins

    Yves Nys;Joël Gautron;Juan M Garcia-Ruiz;Maxwell T Hincke

Frequent Co-Authors

Werner Kunz
Werner Kunz University of Regensburg
Giuseppe Falini
Giuseppe Falini University of Bologna
Stephen T. Hyde
Stephen T. Hyde Australian National University
Yves Nys
Yves Nys INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Wolfgang Bach
Wolfgang Bach University of Bremen
Juan M. Cuerva
Juan M. Cuerva University of Granada
Miguel A. G. Aranda
Miguel A. G. Aranda University of Malaga
Carlos J. Garrido
Carlos J. Garrido Spanish National Research Council
Konstantinos D. Demadis
Konstantinos D. Demadis University of Crete
Russell Messier
Russell Messier Pennsylvania State University

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