World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Chemistry
Germany
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
102
Citations
49467
World Ranking
1137
National Ranking
85

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2012 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Jürgen Popp is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany. Their research spans a wide range of topics primarily centered on spectroscopy techniques and their applications in biomedical and chemical research. The scientist has contributed extensively to fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Engineering.

Their work encompasses several prominent subfields such as Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Specific topics covered in their research include Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research, Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses, Biosensors and Analytical Detection, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging.

Jürgen Popp has authored and co-authored numerous papers, with frequent collaborators including Michael Schmitt, Thomas Bocklitz, Dana Cialla-May, Thomas G. Mayerhöfer, and Tobias Meyer-Zedler. Their publication record is also marked by consistent contributions to several key scientific journals and venues.

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Applied Spectroscopy
  • The Analyst
  • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
  • Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

Among the selected recent papers are:

  • The Bouguer-Beer-Lambert Law: Shining Light on the Obscure, 2020, ChemPhysChem
  • Chemometric analysis in Raman spectroscopy from experimental design to machine learning-based modeling, 2021, Nature Protocols
  • Deep Learning for Raman Spectroscopy: A Review, 2022, Analytica-A Journal of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Analysis
  • Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a half-century historical perspective, 2024, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Raman microspectroscopy for microbiology, 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers

Jürgen Popp is also an author of a book titled Raman Spectroscopy in Human Health and Biomedicine, published by World Scientific in 2022.

The scientist's contributions have been recognized by professional organizations, including the award of SPIE Fellow in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Present and Future of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

    Judith Langer;Dorleta Jimenez de Aberasturi;Javier Aizpurua;Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla

  • Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS): progress and trends

    Dana Cialla;Anne März;René Böhme;Frank Theil

  • SERS: a versatile tool in chemical and biochemical diagnostics

    Katharina Hering;Dana Cialla;Katrin Ackermann;Thomas Dörfer

  • Recent progress in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for biological and biomedical applications: from cells to clinics

    D. Cialla-May;X.-S. Zheng;K. Weber;K. Weber;J. Popp;J. Popp

  • Raman Spectroscopy—A Prospective Tool in the Life Sciences

    Renate Petry;Renate Petry;Michael Schmitt;Jürgen Popp;Jürgen Popp

  • Sample size planning for classification models.

    Claudia Beleites;Ute Neugebauer;Thomas Bocklitz;Christoph Krafft

  • Tracking heavy water (D2O) incorporation for identifying and sorting active microbial cells

    David Berry;Esther Mader;Tae Kwon Lee;Dagmar Woebken

  • The Bouguer-Beer-Lambert Law: Shining Light on the Obscure.

    Thomas Günter Mayerhöfer;Thomas Günter Mayerhöfer;Susanne Pahlow;Jürgen Popp;Jürgen Popp

  • Vibrational spectroscopy--a powerful tool for the rapid identification of microbial cells at the single-cell level.

    M. Harz;P. Rösch;J. Popp

  • Self‐Healing Polymer Coatings Based on Crosslinked Metallosupramolecular Copolymers

    Stefan Bode;Linda Zedler;Felix H. Schacher;Benjamin Dietzek

  • Chemotaxonomic Identification of Single Bacteria by Micro-Raman Spectroscopy: Application to Clean-Room-Relevant Biological Contaminations

    Petra Rösch;Michaela Harz;Michael Schmitt;Klaus-Dieter Peschke

  • Raman and CARS microspectroscopy of cells and tissues.

    Christoph Krafft;Benjamin Dietzek;Jürgen Popp

  • Isolation and identification of bacteria by means of Raman spectroscopy.

    Susanne Pahlow;Susann Meisel;Dana Cialla-May;Karina Weber

  • How to pre-process Raman spectra for reliable and stable models?

    Thomas Bocklitz;Angela Walter;Katharina Hartmann;Petra Rösch

  • A reproducible surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy approach. Online SERS measurements in a segmented microfluidic system.

    Katrin R Strehle;Dana Cialla;Petra Rösch;Thomas Henkel

  • The application of Raman spectroscopy for the detection and identification of microorganisms

    Stephan Stöckel;Johanna Kirchhoff;Ute Neugebauer;Petra Rösch

  • Micro-Raman spectroscopic identification of bacterial cells of the genus Staphylococcus and dependence on their cultivation conditions

    M. Harz;P. Rösch;K. Peschke;Olaf Ronneberger

  • Chemometric analysis in Raman spectroscopy from experimental design to machine learning-based modeling.

    Shuxia Guo;Shuxia Guo;Shuxia Guo;Jürgen Popp;Jürgen Popp;Thomas Bocklitz;Thomas Bocklitz

  • Structural investigations of copper doped B2O3–Bi2O3 glasses with high bismuth oxide content

    Lucian Baia;Razvan Stefan;Wolfgang Kiefer;Jürgen Popp

  • Raman spectroscopy at the beginning of the twenty-first century

    M. Schmitt;J. Popp

  • Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

    Jürgen Popp;Thomas Mayerhöfer

Frequent Co-Authors

Petra Rösch
Petra Rösch Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Benjamin Dietzek
Benjamin Dietzek Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Christoph Krafft
Christoph Krafft Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
Wolfgang Kiefer
Wolfgang Kiefer University of Würzburg
Ulrich S. Schubert
Ulrich S. Schubert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Volker Deckert
Volker Deckert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Martin D. Hager
Martin D. Hager Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Sebastian Schlücker
Sebastian Schlücker University of Duisburg-Essen
Andreas Tünnermann
Andreas Tünnermann Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jens Limpert
Jens Limpert Friedrich Schiller University Jena

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring related online degrees can open diverse career pathways for students interested in Chemistry and its applications. For those considering cost factors, understanding how much does it cost to get a criminal justice degree offers insights into budgeting for education, which can be valuable when comparing programs in related fields.

Additionally, students might find best online associates in criminal justice relevant, especially if they are interested in interdisciplinary skills that include analytical thinking and lab work often used in forensic chemistry.

For those leaning towards administrative or legal aspects within the sciences, a paralegal studies associate degree could complement a chemistry background, broadening career opportunities in regulatory or patent law related to pharmaceuticals and chemical inventions.

Careers such as pharmaceutical sales offer dynamic prospects; learning about the pharma sales rep salary and career paths helps students understand potential earnings and growth in this sector, aligning science knowledge with business and communication skills.

Best Scientists Citing Jürgen Popp

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles