2026 Marc Messerschmidt: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	80	2995	2845	1456	1357	244	27852

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Overview

Marc Messerschmidt is a researcher affiliated with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields within Physics and Astronomy as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist has made significant contributions to the study of advanced imaging and molecular techniques, particularly through the application of X-ray technologies.

Messerschmidt's research interests cover a range of topics including:

Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
Enzyme Structure and Function
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Biochemical and Molecular Research
Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

The primary fields of study associated with Messerschmidt include:

Physics and Astronomy
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The scientist's work is further specialized by subfields such as:

Radiation
Structural Biology
Molecular Biology
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Materials Chemistry

Marc Messerschmidt has been published in several scientific venues with multiple contributions, notably:

Nature Communications
Journal of Applied Crystallography
AI
Open Access System for Information Sharing (Pohang University of Science and Technology)
Fuel Cells

Among recent publications are:

"Megahertz single-particle imaging at the European XFEL," 2021, Open Access System for Information Sharing (Pohang University of Science and Technology)
"Segmented flow generator for serial crystallography at the European X-ray free electron laser," 2020, Nature Communications
"In cellulo crystallization of Trypanosoma brucei IMP dehydrogenase enables the identification of genuine co-factors," 2020, Nature Communications
"Co-flow injection for serial crystallography at X-ray free-electron lasers," 2021, Journal of Applied Crystallography
"Megahertz pulse trains enable multi-hit serial femtosecond crystallography experiments at X-ray free electron lasers," 2022, Nature Communications

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

Henry N. Chapman
Anton Barty
Richard A. Kirian
Johan Bielecki
Adrian P. Mancuso

Best Publications

First lasing and operation of an ångstrom-wavelength free-electron laser

P. Emma;R. Akre;J. Arthur;R. Bionta

3640
Citations
Femtosecond X-ray protein nanocrystallography

Henry N. Chapman;Petra Fromme;Anton Barty;Thomas A White

2481
Citations
Single mimivirus particles intercepted and imaged with an X-ray laser

M. Marvin Seibert;Tomas Ekeberg;Filipe R.N.C. Maia;Martin Svenda

1084
Citations
High-Resolution Protein Structure Determination by Serial Femtosecond Crystallography

Sébastien Boutet;Lukas Lomb;Garth J. Williams;Thomas R. M. Barends

1004
Citations
Femtosecond electronic response of atoms to ultra-intense X-rays

L. Young;E. P. Kanter;B. Krässig;Y. Li

928
Citations
Crystal structure of rhodopsin bound to arrestin by femtosecond X-ray laser

Yanyong Kang;X. Edward Zhou;Xiang Gao;Yuanzheng He

758
Citations
Structure of the toxic core of α-synuclein from invisible crystals

Jose A. Rodriguez;Magdalena I. Ivanova;Michael R. Sawaya;Duilio Cascio

659
Citations
Creation and diagnosis of a solid-density plasma with an X-ray free-electron laser

S. M. Vinko;O. Ciricosta;B. I. Cho;K. Engelhorn

533
Citations
Serial time-resolved crystallography of photosystem II using a femtosecond X-ray laser.

Christopher Kupitz;Shibom Basu;Ingo Grotjohann;Raimund Fromme

526
Citations
Ultrafast X-ray probing of water structure below the homogeneous ice nucleation temperature.

Jonas A. Sellberg;C. Huang;T. A. McQueen;N. D. Loh

525
Citations
Natively inhibited Trypanosoma brucei cathepsin B structure determined by using an X-ray laser

Lars Redecke;Lars Redecke;Karol Nass;Daniel P. DePonte;Thomas A. White

520
Citations
A MHz-repetition-rate hard X-ray free-electron laser driven by a superconducting linear accelerator

W. Decking;S. Abeghyan;P. Abramian;A. Abramsky

513
Citations
Simultaneous Femtosecond X-ray Spectroscopy and Diffraction of Photosystem II at Room Temperature

Jan Kern;Jan Kern;Roberto Alonso-Mori;Rosalie Tran;Johan Hattne

490
Citations
Corrigendum: Diffraction data of core-shell nanoparticles from an X-ray free electron laser

Xuanxuan Li;Chun Ya Chiu;Hsiang Ju Wang;Stephan Kassemeyer

461
Citations
Nanoscale spin reversal by non-local angular momentum transfer following ultrafast laser excitation in ferrimagnetic GdFeCo

C.E. Graves;A.H.M. Reid;A.H.M. Reid;T. Wang;T. Wang;B. Wu;B. Wu

388
Citations
Direct measurements of the ionization potential depression in a dense plasma.

O. Ciricosta;S. M. Vinko;H. K. Chung;B. I. Cho

343
Citations
Ultrafast three-dimensional imaging of lattice dynamics in individual gold nanocrystals

J. N. Clark;L. Beitra;G. Xiong;A. Higginbotham

330
Citations
De novo protein crystal structure determination from X-ray free-electron laser data.

Thomas R. M. Barends;Lutz Foucar;Sabine Botha;R. Bruce Doak

298
Citations
X-ray diffraction from isolated and strongly aligned gas-phase molecules with a free-electron laser

Jochen Küpper;Stephan Stern;Lotte Holmegaard;Frank Filsinger

295
Citations
Nonlinear Atomic Response to Intense Ultrashort X Rays

G. Doumy;G. Doumy;C. Roedig;S.-K. Son;C. I. Blaga

293
Citations