2026 Laura L. Kiessling: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	83	2944	2652	998	838	284	24731

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
2017 - Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Elsevier
2013 - Murray Goodman Memorial Prize, American Chemical Society (ACS)
2010 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
2008 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology General Microbiology
2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2007 - Garvan–Olin Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1999 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Laura L. Kiessling is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple fields, including history and philosophy of science, molecular biology, organic chemistry, immunology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, notably academic writing and publishing, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, galectins and cancer biology, health sciences research and education, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, and monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with the scientist include:

M. G. Finn
Cynthia J. Burrows
Shu Wang
Hyun Jae Kim
Gerald J. Meyer

Publications by Laura L. Kiessling appear regularly in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
ACS Chemical Biology
Journal of the American Chemical Society
ACS Central Science
ACS Nano

Selected recent papers include:

A proteome-wide atlas of lysine-reactive chemistry (2021, Nature Chemistry)
CH−π Interactions in Glycan Recognition (2021, ACS Chemical Biology)
Glycan-Modified Virus-like Particles Evoke T Helper Type 1-like Immune Responses (2020, ACS Nano)
Stereoelectronic Effects Impact Glycan Recognition (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
Stereochemical Control Yields Mucin Mimetic Polymers (2021, ACS Central Science)

The scientist has received multiple awards and distinctions, including the Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2019 and the Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry from Elsevier in 2017.

Other honors include the Murray Goodman Memorial Prize from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 2013, elections as a fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2010, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2008. Membership in the National Academy of Sciences was conferred in 2007 alongside fellowships with the American Academy of Microbiology and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Additional recognitions include fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the MacArthur Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Garvan-Olin Medal from the ACS was awarded in 2007.

Best Publications

Chemical glycobiology : Carbohydrates and glycobiology

Carolyn R. Bertozzi;Laura L. Kiessling

1750
Citations
Synthetic Multivalent Ligands as Probes of Signal Transduction

Laura L. Kiessling;Jason E. Gestwicki;Jason E. Gestwicki;Laura E. Strong

1016
Citations
How many human proteoforms are there

Ruedi Aebersold;Jeffrey N. Agar;I. Jonathan Amster;Mark S. Baker

1011
Citations
Influencing Receptor−Ligand Binding Mechanisms with Multivalent Ligand Architecture

Jason E. Gestwicki;Christopher W. Cairo;Laura E. Strong;Karolyn A. Oetjen

904
Citations
Synthetic multivalent ligands in the exploration of cell-surface interactions.

Laura L. Kiessling;Jason E Gestwicki;Laura E Strong

742
Citations
Staudinger ligation: a peptide from a thioester and azide.

Bradley L. Nilsson;Laura L. Kiessling;Ronald T. Raines

696
Citations
Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging Studies of Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions

Emily A. Smith;William D. Thomas;Laura L. Kiessling;Robert M. Corn

655
Citations
Strength in numbers: non-natural polyvalent carbohydrate derivatives

Laura L. Kiessling;Nicola L. Pohl

561
Citations
Control of Multivalent Interactions by Binding Epitope Density

Christopher W Cairo;Jason E Gestwicki;Motomu Kanai;Laura L Kiessling

479
Citations
Carbohydrate–Aromatic Interactions in Proteins

Kieran L. Hudson;Gail J. Bartlett;Roger C. Diehl;Jon Agirre

443
Citations
Varying the Size of Multivalent Ligands: The Dependence of Concanavalin A Binding on Neoglycopolymer Length

Motomu Kanai;Kathleen H. Mortell;Laura L. Kiessling

400
Citations
Probing Low Affinity and Multivalent Interactions with Surface Plasmon Resonance: Ligands for Concanavalin A

David A. Mann;Motomu Kanai;and Dustin J. Maly;Laura L. Kiessling

381
Citations
The Ecstasy and Agony of Assay Interference Compounds

Courtney Aldrich;Carolyn Bertozzi;Gunda I. Georg;Laura Kiessling

377
Citations
Recognition Specificity of Neoglycopolymers Prepared by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization

Kathleen H. Mortell;Ross V. Weatherman;Laura L. Kiessling

364
Citations
Glycopolymer probes of signal transduction

Laura L. Kiessling;Joseph C. Grim

360
Citations
Inter-receptor communication through arrays of bacterial chemoreceptors

Jason E. Gestwicki;Laura L. Kiessling

332
Citations
A defined glycosaminoglycan-binding substratum for human pluripotent stem cells

Joseph R Klim;Lingyin Li;Paul J Wrighton;Marian S Piekarczyk

327
Citations
A Strategy for Designing Inhibitors of β-Amyloid Toxicity

Jyothi Ghanta;Chih Lung Shen;Laura L. Kiessling;Regina M. Murphy

322
Citations
High-Yielding Staudinger Ligation of a Phosphinothioester and Azide To Form a Peptide

Bradley L. Nilsson;Laura L. Kiessling;Ronald T. Raines

320
Citations
Synthesis of Cell Agglutination Inhibitors by Aqueous Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization

Kathleen H. Mortell;Marc Gingras;Laura L. Kiessling

316
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Carolyn R. Bertozzi Stanford University

Alanna Schepartz University of California, Berkeley

Gunda I. Georg University of Minnesota

Dennis C. Liotta Emory University

Craig W. Lindsley Vanderbilt University

Kenneth M. Merz Michigan State University

Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles

Joseph A. Loo University of California, Los Angeles

Sébastien Lecommandoux Bordeaux INP

Vincent M. Rotello University of Massachusetts Amherst

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