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Kurt V. Gothelf

Kurt V. Gothelf

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
21414
World Ranking
7535
National Ranking
62

Kurt V. Gothelf publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kurt V. Gothelf sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 272 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Kurt V. Gothelf D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kurt V. Gothelf sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kurt V. Gothelf is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their research has primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with extensive work in molecular biology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, organic chemistry, oncology, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's main topics of work include advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, RNA interference and gene delivery, DNA and nucleic acid chemistry, click chemistry and applications, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, and HER2/EGFR in cancer research.

Key recent publications by Kurt V. Gothelf include:

  • DNA origami, 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • Chemical Conjugation to Less Targeted Proteinogenic Amino Acids, 2022, ChemBioChem
  • A Wireframe DNA Cube: Antibody Conjugate for Targeted Delivery of Multiple Copies of Monomethyl Auristatin E, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • On-demand synthesis of phosphoramidites, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Folding Double-Stranded DNA into Designed Shapes with Triplex-Forming Oligonucleotides, 2023, Advanced Materials

The scientist frequently collaborates with the following researchers:

  • Anders Märcher
  • Jørgen Kjems
  • Minke A. D. Nijenhuis
  • Emily Tsang
  • Rikke A. Hansen

Kurt V. Gothelf has published extensively in several scientific journals, with multiple contributions to these venues:

  • Bioconjugate Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ChemBioChem

Best Publications

  • Asymmetric 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions

    Kurt V. Gothelf;Karl Anker Jørgensen

  • Self-assembly of a nanoscale DNA box with a controllable lid.

    Ebbe S. Andersen;Mingdong Dong;Morten M. Nielsen;Kasper Jahn

  • DNA origami

    Swarup Dey;Chunhai Fan;Kurt V. Gothelf;Jiang Li

  • Quantum-dot/aptamer-based ultrasensitive multi-analyte electrochemical biosensor.

    Jacob A Hansen;Joseph Wang;Abdel-Nasser Kawde;Yun Xiang

  • Single-molecule chemical reactions on DNA origami

    Niels V. Voigt;Thomas Tørring;Alexandru Rotaru;Mikkel F. Jacobsen

  • DNA origami: a quantum leap for self-assembly of complex structures

    Thomas Tørring;Niels V. Voigt;Jeanette Nangreave;Hao Yan

  • Chemistries for DNA Nanotechnology.

    Mikael Madsen;Kurt V. Gothelf

  • An RNA Aptamer-Based Electrochemical Biosensor for Detection of Theophylline in Serum

    Elena E. Ferapontova;Eva M. Olsen;Kurt V. Gothelf

  • Selective dsDNA-templated formation of copper nanoparticles in solution.

    Alexandru Rotaru;Subrata Dutta;Elmar Jentzsch;Kurt Gothelf

  • DNA Origami Design of Dolphin-Shaped Structures with Flexible Tails

    Ebbe S. Andersen;Ebbe S. Andersen;Mingdong Dong;Mingdong Dong;Morten M. Nielsen;Morten M. Nielsen;Kasper Jahn;Kasper Jahn

  • A DNA tweezer-actuated enzyme nanoreactor

    Minghui Liu;Jinglin Fu;Christian Hejesen;Yuhe Yang

  • Toward Reliable Gold Nanoparticle Patterning On Self-Assembled DNA Nanoscaffold

    Jaswinder Sharma;Rahul Chhabra;Casper S. Andersen;Kurt V. Gothelf

  • Catalytic Asymmetric 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions of Azomethine Ylides—A Simple Approach to Optically Active Highly Functionalized Proline Derivatives†

    Aase Sejr Gothelf;Kurt V. Gothelf;Rita G. Hazell;Karl Anker Jørgensen

  • DNA-programmed assembly of nanostructures

    Kurt V. Gothelf;Thomas H. LaBean

  • Single-step rapid assembly of DNA origami nanostructures for addressable nanoscale bioreactors.

    Yanming Fu;Dongdong Zeng;Jie Chao;Yanqiu Jin

  • A yoctoliter-scale DNA reactor for small-molecule evolution.

    Margit Haahr Hansen;Peter Blakskjær;Lars Kolster Petersen;Tara Heitner Hansen

  • Catalytic enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of nitrones

    Kurt V. Gothelf;Karl Anker Jørgensen

  • Chiral switching by spontaneous conformational change in adsorbed organic molecules

    Sigrid Weigelt;Carsten Busse;Carsten Busse;Lars Petersen;Eva Rauls

  • Covalent interlinking of an aldehyde and an amine on a Au(111) surface in ultrahigh vacuum.

    Sigrid Weigelt;Carsten Busse;Carsten Busse;Christian Bombis;Martin M. Knudsen

  • Active Intracellular Delivery of a Cas9/sgRNA Complex Using Ultrasound-Propelled Nanomotors

    Malthe Hansen-Bruhn;Malthe Hansen-Bruhn;Berta Esteban Fernández de Ávila;Mara Beltrán-Gastélum;Jing Zhao

  • Femtomolar electrochemical detection of DNA targets using metal sulfide nanoparticles.

    Jacob Ask Hansen;Rupa Mukhopadhyay;Jonas Ørbæk Hansen;Kurt Vesterager Gothelf

Frequent Co-Authors

Flemming Besenbacher
Flemming Besenbacher Aarhus University
Jørgen Kjems
Jørgen Kjems Aarhus University
Karl Anker Jørgensen
Karl Anker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Mingdong Dong
Mingdong Dong Aarhus University
Erik Lægsgaard
Erik Lægsgaard Aarhus University
Bjørk Hammer
Bjørk Hammer Aarhus University
Peter R. Ogilby
Peter R. Ogilby Aarhus University
Thomas H. LaBean
Thomas H. LaBean North Carolina State University
Hao Yan
Hao Yan Arizona State University
Chunhai Fan
Chunhai Fan Chinese Academy of Sciences

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