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D-Index
60
Citations
19569
World Ranking
9537
National Ranking
2679

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his development of photofragment spectroscopy, his pioneering work on the dynamics of chemical reactions in solution, and his recent innovations in ultrafast xray diffraction and absorption and quantum control
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1970 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Kent R. Wilson was affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focused on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, contributing notably to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The main topics covered in their scientific work included:

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Lipid Metabolism and Biosynthesis
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Kent R. Wilson contributed to a number of publications throughout their career. Frequent publication venues comprised the Biophysical Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Notable recent papers included:

  • "Several common methods of making vesicles (except an emulsion method) capture intended lipid ratios," 2024, Biophysical Journal
  • "Sterol-lipids enable large-scale, liquid-liquid phase separation in bilayer membranes of only two components," 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Several common methods of making vesicles (except an emulsion method) capture intended lipid ratios," 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Vesicles made by several methods contain the ratio of phospholipids in the stock solution," 2023, Biophysical Journal
  • "Sterol-lipids enable large-scale, liquid-liquid phase separation in bilayer membranes of only 2 components," 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Throughout their research career, Kent R. Wilson frequently collaborated with other scientists. Frequent co-authors were Sarah L. Keller, Heidi M.J. Weakly, Gunnar J. Goetz, Emily L. Pruitt, and Amy Li.

The scientist received several professional recognitions, including being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1999, with a citation referencing their development of photofragment spectroscopy, pioneering work on the dynamics of chemical reactions in solution, and innovations in ultrafast x-ray diffraction, absorption, and quantum control.

Additional fellowships were awarded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1992, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1970.

Best Publications

  • A computer simulation method for the calculation of equilibrium constants for the formation of physical clusters of molecules: Application to small water clusters

    William C. Swope;Hans C. Andersen;Peter H. Berens;Kent R. Wilson

  • Feedback quantum control of molecular electronic population transfer

    Christopher J Bardeen;Vladislav V Yakovlev;Kent R Wilson;Scott D Carpenter

  • Triatomic Photofragment Spectra: I. Energy Partitioning in NO2 Photodissociation,

    George E. Busch;Kent R. Wilson

  • Triatomic Photofragment Spectra. II. Angular Distributions from NO2 Photodissociation

    George E. Busch;Kent R. Wilson

  • Third harmonic generation microscopy

    Jeffrey A. Squier;Michiel Muller;G. J. Brakenhoff;Kent R. Wilson

  • Nonequilibrium solvation effects on reaction rates for model SN2 reactions in water

    Bradley J. Gertner;Kent R. Wilson;James T. Hynes

  • Excited fragments from excited molecules: energy partitioning in the photodissociation of alkyl iodides

    Stephen J. Riley;Kent R. Wilson

  • Molecular dynamics of a model SN1 reaction in water

    John P. Bergsma;Bradley J. Gertner;Kent R. Wilson;James T. Hynes

  • Thermodynamics and quantum corrections from molecular dynamics for liquid water

    Peter H. Berens;Donald H. J. Mackay;Gary M. White;Kent R. Wilson

  • Molecular dynamics and spectra. I. Diatomic rotation and vibration

    Peter H. Berens;Kent R. Wilson

  • Molecular Dynamics of Photodissociation: Quasidiatomic Model for ICN

    Kalman E. Holdy;Lynn C. Klotz;Kent R. Wilson

  • Vibrational relaxation of a dipolar molecule in water

    Robert M. Whitnell;Kent R. Wilson;James T. Hynes

  • Ultrafast x‐ray absorption probing of a chemical reaction

    Ferenc Ráksi;Kent R. Wilson;Zhiming Jiang;Abdelaziz Ikhlef

  • Optical control of molecular dynamics: Molecular cannons, reflectrons, and wave‐packet focusers

    Jeffrey L. Krause;Robert M. Whitnell;Kent R. Wilson;YiJing Yan

  • Nonadiabatic solvation model for SN2 reactions in polar solvents

    Bradley J. Gertner;John P. Bergsma;Kent R. Wilson;Sangyoub Lee

  • Two-photon image correlation spectroscopy and image cross-correlation spectroscopy

    P. W. Wiseman;J. A. Squier;M. H. Ellisman;K. R. Wilson

  • Molecular `` π Pulse'' for Total Inversion of Electronic State Population

    Jianshu Cao;Christopher J. Bardeen;Kent R. Wilson

  • Structure and dynamics of ion transport through gramicidin A.

    D. H. J. Mackay;P. H. Berens;K. R. Wilson;A. T. Hagler

  • ACTIVATION TO THE TRANSITION STATE : REACTANT AND SOLVENT ENERGY FLOW FOR A MODEL SN2 REACTION IN WATER

    Bradley J. Gertner;Robert M. Whitnell;Kent R. Wilson;James T. Hynes

  • Optical Control of Molecular Dynamics -- Liouville-Space Theory

    Yijing Yan;Richard Edward Gillilan;Robert M. Whitnell;Kent R. Wilson

  • Collinear Collisions of an Atom and Harmonic Oscillator

    Fred E. Heidrich;Kent R. Wilson;Donald Rapp

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladislav V. Yakovlev
Vladislav V. Yakovlev Texas A&M University
Bern Kohler
Bern Kohler The Ohio State University
Christopher J. Bardeen
Christopher J. Bardeen University of California, Riverside
James T. Hynes
James T. Hynes University of Colorado Boulder
Andrea Cavalleri
Andrea Cavalleri Max Planck Society
Ilan Benjamin
Ilan Benjamin University of California, Santa Cruz
Rick Trebino
Rick Trebino Georgia Institute of Technology
Jeffrey R. Reimers
Jeffrey R. Reimers University of Technology Sydney
David M. Leitner
David M. Leitner University of Nevada Reno
Eric J. Heller
Eric J. Heller Harvard University

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