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Materials Science

D-Index
62
Citations
13999
World Ranking
6465
National Ranking
1643

Chemistry

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62
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World Ranking
8822
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Kristi L. Kiick 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 Kristi L. Kiick sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 215 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kristi L. Kiick 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 Kristi L. Kiick sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% 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

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2019 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Kristi L. Kiick is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, materials science, and medicine. They have published extensively across these disciplines, contributing to advances in biomaterials, molecular biology, and clinical applications.

Their work encompasses a range of subfields such as biomaterials, molecular biology, genetics, rehabilitation, and surgery. The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications
  • Supramolecular self-assembly in materials
  • Wound healing and treatments
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • RNA research and splicing
  • Connective tissue disorders research

Kiick has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in journals such as Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Biomacromolecules, Biophysical Journal, ACS Applied Bio Materials, and Acta Biomaterialia.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Expanding the molecular language of protein liquid-liquid phase separation, 2024, Nature Chemistry
  • Targeted Drug Delivery via the Use of ECM-Mimetic Materials, 2020, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Enhanced Wound Healing via Collagen-Turnover-Driven Transfer of PDGF-BB Gene in a Murine Wound Model, 2020, ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • Expanding the molecular language of protein liquid-liquid phase separation, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Growth factors and growth factor gene therapies for treating chronic wounds, 2023, Bioengineering & Translational Medicine

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Millicent O. Sullivan, Sai S. Patkar, Cristobal Garcia Garcia, Jeffery G. Saven, and Jeetain Mittal.

Throughout their career, Kiick has received several professional recognitions, being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2020, a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2019, a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2014, and a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Incorporation of azides into recombinant proteins for chemoselective modification by the Staudinger ligation

    Kristi L. Kiick;Eliana Saxon;David A. Tirrell;Carolyn R. Bertozzi

  • Designing degradable hydrogels for orthogonal control of cell microenvironments

    Prathamesh M. Kharkar;Kristi L. Kiick;Kristi L. Kiick;April M. Kloxin

  • Tunable degradation of maleimide-thiol adducts in reducing environments

    Aaron D. Baldwin;Kristi L. Kiick;Kristi L. Kiick

  • Efficient incorporation of unsaturated methionine analogues into proteins in vivo

    Jan C. M. van Hest;Kristi L. Kiick;David A. Tirrell

  • Heparin-functionalized polymeric biomaterials in tissue engineering and drug delivery applications

    Yingkai Liang;Kristi L. Kiick

  • Polysaccharide-modified synthetic polymeric biomaterials.

    Aaron D. Baldwin;Kristi L. Kiick;Kristi L. Kiick

  • Hybrid Multicomponent Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering

    Xinqiao Jia;Kristi L. Kiick

  • Production of heparin-functionalized hydrogels for the development of responsive and controlled growth factor delivery systems

    Ting Nie;Aaron Baldwin;Nori Yamaguchi;Kristi L. Kiick;Kristi L. Kiick

  • Functionalizing electrospun fibers with biologically relevant macromolecules.

    Cheryl L Casper;Nori Yamaguchi;Kristi L Kiick;John F Rabolt

  • Polymer-Based Therapeutics

    Shuang Liu;Ronak Maheshwari;Kristi L. Kiick

  • Growth Factor Mediated Assembly of Cell Receptor-Responsive Hydrogels

    Nori Yamaguchi;Le Zhang;Byeong-Seok Chae;Chandra S. Palla

  • Hybrid hydrogels for biomedical applications.

    Luisa L Palmese;Raj Kumar Thapa;Millicent O Sullivan;Kristi L Kiick

  • Reversible maleimide–thiol adducts yield glutathione-sensitive poly(ethylene glycol)–heparin hydrogels

    Aaron D. Baldwin;Kristi L. Kiick;Kristi L. Kiick

  • Protein- and peptide-modified synthetic polymeric biomaterials

    Ohm D. Krishna;Kristi L. Kiick;Kristi L. Kiick

  • Protein Engineering by In Vivo Incorporation of Non-Natural Amino Acids: Control of Incorporation of Methionine Analogues by Methionyl-tRNA Synthetase

    Kristi L. Kiick;David A. Tirrell

  • Opportunities for Multicomponent Hybrid Hydrogels in Biomedical Applications

    Hang Kuen Lau;Kristi L. Kiick

  • Glycosaminoglycan-Based Biohybrid Hydrogels: A Sweet and Smart Choice for Multifunctional Biomaterials.

    Uwe Freudenberg;Yingkai Liang;Kristi L. Kiick;Kristi L. Kiick;Carsten Werner;Carsten Werner

  • Polysaccharide-poly(ethylene glycol) star copolymer as a scaffold for the production of bioactive hydrogels.

    Nori Yamaguchi;Kristi L Kiick

  • Expanding the Scope of Protein Biosynthesis by Altering the Methionyl‐tRNA Synthetase Activity of a Bacterial Expression Host

    Kristi L. Kiick;Jan C. M. van Hest;David A. Tirrell

  • Hydrophilic elastomeric biomaterials based on resilin-like polypeptides

    Manoj B. Charati;Jamie L. Ifkovits;Jason A. Burdick;Jeffery G. Linhardt

  • Conformation and assembly of polypeptide scaffolds in templating the synthesis of silica: an example of a polylysine macromolecular "switch".

    Siddharth V. Patwardhan;Ronak Maheshwari;Niloy Mukherjee;Kristi L. Kiick

Frequent Co-Authors

Xinqiao Jia
Xinqiao Jia University of Delaware
Darrin J. Pochan
Darrin J. Pochan University of Delaware
Eric M. Furst
Eric M. Furst University of Delaware
Jeffery G. Saven
Jeffery G. Saven University of Pennsylvania
David A. Tirrell
David A. Tirrell California Institute of Technology
Patrick Theato
Patrick Theato Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
John F. Rabolt
John F. Rabolt University of Delaware
Christopher J. Roberts
Christopher J. Roberts University of Delaware
Carsten Werner
Carsten Werner Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Lewis J. Rothberg
Lewis J. Rothberg University of Rochester

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