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Marion C. Thurnauer 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 Marion C. Thurnauer sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 142 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marion C. Thurnauer 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 Marion C. Thurnauer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Garvan–Olin Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Marion C. Thurnauer is affiliated with Argonne National Laboratory in the United States and has contributed to research across multiple scientific disciplines. Their work spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Physics and Astronomy, and Neuroscience, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach in their studies.

Their research includes subfields such as Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. This range of expertise indicates a focus on molecular-level processes and their applications in various biological and physical contexts.

Major topics addressed in Thurnauer's work include:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

The scientist has coauthored work with frequent collaborators, notably R. David Britt.

One of their publications is titled In memoriam of Professor Bridgette Barry (March 1, 1957-January 20, 2021), published in 2022 in the journal Photosynthesis Research.

Thurnauer has published primarily in the venue Photosynthesis Research, contributing at least one paper there.

Throughout their career, they have been recognized with awards including the Garvan-Olin Medal from the American Chemical Society in 2002, and the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Explaining the Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Degussa P25 Mixed-Phase TiO2 Using EPR

    Deanna C. Hurum;Alexander G. Agrios;Kimberly A. Gray;Tijana Rajh

  • Surface Restructuring of Nanoparticles: An Efficient Route for Ligand−Metal Oxide Crosstalk

    T. Rajh;L. X. Chen;K. Lukas;T. Liu

  • Recombination pathways in the Degussa P25 formulation of TiO2: surface versus lattice mechanisms.

    Deanna C. Hurum;Kimberly A. Gray;Tijana Rajh;Marion C. Thurnauer

  • Trapped holes on titania colloids studied by electron paramagnetic resonance

    Olga I. Micic;Yuenian Zhang;Keith R. Cromack;Alexander D. Trifunac

  • Improving Optical and Charge Separation Properties of Nanocrystalline TiO2 by Surface Modification with Vitamin C

    T. Rajh;J. M. Nedeljkovic;L. X. Chen;O. Poluektov

  • XAFS Studies of Surface Structures of TiO2 Nanoparticles and Photocatalytic Reduction of Metal Ions

    Lin X. Chen;Tijana Rajh;Zhiyu Wang;Marion C. Thurnauer

  • The purple phototrophic bacteria

    C. Neil Hunter;Fevzi Daldal;Marion C. Thurnauer;J. Thomas Beatty

  • Fe2O3 Nanoparticle Structures Investigated by X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure, Surface Modifications, and Model Calculations

    Lin X. Chen;Tao Liu;Marion C. Thurnauer;Roseann Csencsits

  • Biology of TiO2-oligonucleotide nanocomposites.

    Tatjana Paunesku;Tijana Rajh;Gary Wiederrecht;Jörg Maser

  • Probing reaction mechanisms in mixed phase TiO2 by EPR

    D.C. Hurum;A.G. Agrios;S.E. Crist;K.A. Gray

  • The Triplet State in Bacterial Photosynthesis: Possible Mechanisms of the Primary Photo-Act

    Marion C. Thurnauer;Joseph J. Katz;James R. Norris

  • Surface Modification of Small Particle TiO2 Colloids with Cysteine for Enhanced Photochemical Reduction: An EPR Study†

    Tijana Rajh;Agnes E. Ostafin;Olga I. Micic;David M. Tiede

  • Surface Modification of TiO2 Nanoparticles For Photochemical Reduction of Nitrobenzene

    Olga V. Makarova;Tijana Rajh;Marion C. Thurnauer;A. M. Y. Martin

  • Computational studies of catechol and water interactions with titanium oxide nanoparticles.

    P. C. Redfern;P. Zapol;L. A. Curtiss;T. Rajh

  • A general model of electron spin polarization arising from the interactions within radical pairs

    J. R. Norris;A. L. Morris;M. C. Thurnauer;J. Tang

  • Charge Transfer Across the Nanocrystalline-DNA Interface: Probing DNA Recognition

    Tijana Rajh;Zoran Saponjic;Jianqin Liu;Nada M. Dimitrijevic

  • The chlorophyll triplet state as a probe of structure and function in photosynthesis.

    David E. Budil;Marion C. Thurnauer

  • Chlorophyll function in the photosynthetic reaction center.

    Joseph J. Katz;James R. Norris;Lester L. Shipman;Marion C. Thurnauer

  • Electron spin echo envelope modulation due to exchange and dipolar interactions in a spin-correlated radical pair

    Jau Tan;Marion C. Thurnauer;James R. Norris

  • X-ray absorption reveals surface structure of titanium dioxide nanoparticles.

    Lin X. Chen;Tijana Rajh;Wighard Jäger;Jovan Nedeljkovic

  • Erratum: Recombination Pathways in the Degussa P25 Formulation of TiO 2: Surface versus Lattice Mechanisms (Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2005) 109B)

    Deanna C. Hurum;Kimberly A. Gray;Tijana Rajh;Marion C. Thurnauer

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Norris
James R. Norris University of Chicago
Tijana Rajh
Tijana Rajh Arizona State University
Oleg G. Poluektov
Oleg G. Poluektov Argonne National Laboratory
Michael K. Bowman
Michael K. Bowman University of Alabama
David M. Tiede
David M. Tiede Argonne National Laboratory
Lin X. Chen
Lin X. Chen Northwestern University
Kimberly A. Gray
Kimberly A. Gray Northwestern University
Joseph Katz
Joseph Katz Johns Hopkins University
Gerhard Link
Gerhard Link Ruhr University Bochum
Jovan M. Nedeljković
Jovan M. Nedeljković University of Belgrade

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