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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
25381
World Ranking
3070
National Ranking
41

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Luc Moens is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple interconnected subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Genetics, and Physiology.

The primary topics addressed in Moens's research encompass hemoglobin structure and function, innovative microfluidic and catalytic techniques, hemoglobinopathies and related disorders, erythrocyte function and pathophysiology, physiological and biochemical adaptations, protein structure and dynamics, and photosynthetic processes and mechanisms.

Moens has coauthored several publications with frequent collaborators such as Sylvia Dewilde, Dietmar Hammerschmid, Sabine Van Doorslaer, Frank Sobott, and Joris Claes, with coauthorship counts ranging from two to four papers for these colleagues.

Their research has been published in various scientific venues, notably:

  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics
  • Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
  • Organic Process Research & Development
  • Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification

Recent publications by Luc Moens include:

  • "Micro-Raman spectroscopy for the analysis of materials found in rock art shelters in Piedra Parada valley, Chubut province, Argentinian Patagonia" (2021) published in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
  • "Exploratory Process Development of a High-Temperature Thermal (3 + 2) Cycloaddition in Continuous Flow for the Synthesis of Seltorexant" (2023) published in Organic Process Research & Development
  • "Synthesis of amines: From a microwave batch reactor to a continuous milliflow reactor with heterogeneous feed and product" (2022) published in Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification
  • "Globin phylogeny, evolution and function, the newest update" (2024) published in Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
  • "Ontogeny of hemoglobin-oxygen binding and multiplicity in the obligate air-breathing fish Arapaima gigas" (2022) published in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Best Publications

  • Reference database of Raman spectra of biological molecules

    Joke De Gelder;Kris De Gussem;Peter Vandenabeele;Luc Moens

  • Biochemical Characterization and Ligand Binding Properties of Neuroglobin, a Novel Member of the Globin Family

    Sylvia Dewilde;Laurent Kiger;Thorsten Burmester;Thomas Hankeln

  • Analysis with micro-Raman spectroscopy of natural organic binding media and varnishes used in art

    P Vandenabeele;B Wehling;L Moens;H Edwards

  • A decade of raman spectroscopy in art and archaeology

    Peter Vandenabeele;Howell G. M. Edwards;Luc Moens

  • Calculation of the absolute peak efficiency of gamma-ray detectors for different counting geometries

    L. Moens;J. De Donder;Lin Xi-lei;F. De Corte

  • Neuroglobin and cytoglobin. Fresh blood for the vertebrate globin family.

    Alessandra Pesce;Martino Bolognesi;Alessio Bocedi;Paolo Ascenzi

  • Human Brain Neuroglobin Structure Reveals a Distinct Mode of Controlling Oxygen Affinity

    Alessandra Pesce;Sylvia Dewilde;Marco Nardini;Luc Moens

  • Neuroglobin and cytoglobin in search of their role in the vertebrate globin family.

    Thomas Hankeln;Bettina Ebner;Christine Fuchs;Frank Gerlach

  • The Redox State of the Cell Regulates the Ligand Binding Affinity of Human Neuroglobin and Cytoglobin

    Djemel Hamdane;Laurent Kiger;Sylvia Dewilde;Brian N. Green

  • Reactivity Studies of the Fe(III) and Fe(II)NO Forms of Human Neuroglobin Reveal a Potential Role against Oxidative Stress

    Susanna Herold;Angela Fago;Roy Edwin Weber;Sylvia Dewilde

  • Raman spectroscopic database of azo pigments and application to modern art studies

    Peter Vandenabeele;Luc Moens;Howell Gm Edwards;Richard Dams

  • Reference database of Raman spectra of pharmaceutical excipients

    Marleen de Veij;Peter Vandenabeele;Thomas De Beer;Jean Paul Remon

  • A novel two-over-two alpha-helical sandwich fold is characteristic of the truncated hemoglobin family.

    Alessandra Pesce;Manon Couture;Manon Couture;Sylvia Dewilde;Michel Guertin

  • k0-measurements and related nuclear data compilation for (n, γ) reactor neutron activation analysis

    L. Moens;F. De Corte;A. De Wispelaere;J. Hoste

  • Raman spectroscopy for the investigation of carbon‐based black pigments

    Alessia Coccato;Jan Jehlicka;Luc Moens;Peter Vandenabeele

  • Sector field mass spectrometers in ICP-MS

    Norbert Jakubowski;Luc Moens;Frank Vanhaecke

  • Diversity of Globin Function: Enzymatic, Transport, Storage, and Sensing

    Serge N. Vinogradov;Luc Moens

  • Allosteric Regulation and Temperature Dependence of Oxygen Binding in Human Neuroglobin and Cytoglobin MOLECULAR MECHANISMS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

    Angela Fago;Christian Hundahl;Sylvia Dewilde;Kambiz Gilany

  • Neuroglobin and cytoglobin overexpression protects human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells against oxidative stress-induced cell death.

    Elke Fordel;Liesbet Thijs;Wim Martinet;Marc Lenjou

  • Crystal structure of cytoglobin: the fourth globin type discovered in man displays heme hexa-coordination.

    Daniele de Sanctis;Sylvia Dewilde;Alessandra Pesce;Luc Moens

  • Stir bar sorptive extraction for the determination of ppq-level traces of organotin compounds in environmental samples with thermal desorption-capillary gas chromatography--ICP mass spectrometry.

    Jordy Vercauteren;Christophe Pérès;Christophe Devos;Patrick Sandra

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Vandenabeele
Peter Vandenabeele Ghent University
Frank Vanhaecke
Frank Vanhaecke Ghent University
Richard Dams
Richard Dams Ghent University
Martín Resano
Martín Resano University of Zaragoza
Pat Sandra
Pat Sandra Ghent University
Roland Verhé
Roland Verhé Ghent University
Paul De Vos
Paul De Vos Ghent University
Jozef Van Beeumen
Jozef Van Beeumen Ghent University
Norbert De Kimpe
Norbert De Kimpe Ghent University
Colin R. Janssen
Colin R. Janssen Ghent University

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