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Michael A. Baldwin

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
15624
World Ranking
13621
National Ranking
5779

Michael A. Baldwin publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael A. Baldwin sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 136 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Michael A. Baldwin D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael A. Baldwin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael A. Baldwin is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research centers on environmental science, with a focus on microbial community ecology and physiology as well as wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal. They have contributed to advancing knowledge in phosphorus and nutrient management alongside studies of soil and water nutrient dynamics.

Their recent publications cover various topics related to phosphorus sustainability, microbial community responses to climate change, and nitrogen-phosphorus interactions in treatment processes. Notable works include:

  • Advancements in phosphorus species profiling and bioavailability assessment with implications for phosphorus sustainability, 2025, Current Opinion in Biotechnology
  • Climate warming enhances biodiversity and stability of grassland soil phosphorus-cycling microbial communities, 2025, The ISME Journal
  • Combined Partial-Nitrification and Phosphorus Removal with the co-Existence of Nitrite-resistant phosphorous accumulating organisms (PAOs) and nitrifiers in the treatment of high-strength manure digestate, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Shedding Light on the Complex of Internal Carbon Driven Denitrifiers in Biofilm & Floc, 2024, Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation

Michael A. Baldwin collaborates frequently with several researchers, including April Z. Gu, Zijian Wang, Guangyu Li, Nehreen Majed, and Salah Uddin.

Their publications appear in journals such as Current Opinion in Biotechnology, The ISME Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation.

Michael A. Baldwin's work spans multiple environmental subfields including industrial and manufacturing engineering, ecology, pollution, environmental chemistry, and nephrology. The primary scientific topics addressed include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

Best Publications

  • Conversion of alpha-helices into beta-sheets features in the formation of the scrapie prion proteins.

    K M Pan;M Baldwin;J Nguyen;M Gasset

  • Structural studies of the scrapie prion protein using mass spectrometry and amino acid sequencing

    Neil Stahl;Michael A. Baldwin;David B. Teplow;Leroy Hood

  • The characteristics of peptide collision-induced dissociation using a high-performance MALDI-TOF/TOF tandem mass spectrometer.

    Katalin F. Medzihradszky;Jennifer M. Campbell;Michael A. Baldwin;Arnold M. Falick

  • The Need for Guidelines in Publication of Peptide and Protein Identification Data Working Group On Publication Guidelines For Peptide And Protein Identification Data

    Steven Carr;Ruedi Aebersold;Michael Baldwin;Al Burlingame

  • Atmospheric pressure matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.

    Victor V. Laiko;Michael A. Baldwin;Alma L. Burlingame

  • Pathway complexity of prion protein assembly into amyloid.

    Ilia V. Baskakov;Giuseppe Legname;Michael A. Baldwin;Stanley B. Prusiner

  • Binding of neural cell adhesion molecules (N-CAMs) to the cellular prion protein.

    Gerold Schmitt-Ulms;Giuseppe Legname;Michael A Baldwin;Haydn L Ball

  • Predicted alpha-helical regions of the prion protein when synthesized as peptides form amyloid.

    Maria Gasset;Michael A. Baldwin;David H. Lloyd;Jean-Marc Gabriel

  • Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Protein Mixtures at Low Levels Using Cleavable 13C-Isotope-coded Affinity Tag and Multidimensional Chromatography

    Kirk C. Hansen;Gerold Schmitt-Ulms;Robert J. Chalkley;Jan Hirsch

  • Perturbation of the secondary structure of the scrapie prion protein under conditions that alter infectivity

    Maria Gasset;Michael A. Baldwin;Robert J. Fletterick;Stanley B. Prusiner

  • Prion protein peptides induce alpha-helix to beta-sheet conformational transitions.

    Jack Nguyen;Michael A. Baldwin;Fred E. Cohen;Stanley B. Prusiner

  • Copper binding to octarepeat peptides of the prion protein monitored by mass spectrometry.

    Randy M. Whittal;Haydn L. Ball;Fred E. Cohen;Alma L. Burlingame

  • Protein Identification by Mass Spectrometry Issues to be Considered

    Michael A. Baldwin

  • High-Level Expression and Characterization of a Purified 142-Residue Polypeptide of the Prion Protein†

    I Mehlhorn;D Groth;J Stöckel;B Moffat

  • The active form of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, StAR, appears to be a molten globule

    Himangshu S. Bose;Randy M. Whittal;Michael A. Baldwin;Walter L. Miller

  • Conformational transitions in peptides containing two putative alpha-helices of the prion protein.

    Hong Zhang;Kiyotoshi Kaneko;Jack T. Nguyen;Tatiana L. Livshits

  • Proposed three-dimensional structure for the cellular prion protein

    Ziwei Huang;Jean-Marc Gabriel;Michael A. Baldwin;Robert J. Fletterick

  • Identification of glycoinositol phospholipid linked and truncated forms of the scrapie prion protein.

    Neil Stahl;Michael A. Baldwin;Alma L. Burlingame;Stanley B. Prusiner

  • Low-mass ions produced from peptides by high-energy collision-induced dissociation in tandem mass spectrometry

    A. M. Falick;W. M. Hines;K. F. Medzihradszky;M. A. Baldwin

  • X-ray diffraction of scrapie prion rods and PrP peptides.

    Jack T. Nguyen;Hideyo Inouye;Michael A. Baldwin;Robert J. Fletterick

Frequent Co-Authors

Stanley B. Prusiner
Stanley B. Prusiner University of California, San Francisco
Alma L. Burlingame
Alma L. Burlingame University of California, San Francisco
Christopher C. Benz
Christopher C. Benz Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Fred E. Cohen
Fred E. Cohen University of California, San Francisco
Bradford W. Gibson
Bradford W. Gibson Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Frederick Cohen
Frederick Cohen Nurix Therapeutics
Holger Wille
Holger Wille University of Alberta
Darlene Groth
Darlene Groth University of California, San Francisco
Birgit Schilling
Birgit Schilling Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Giuseppe Legname
Giuseppe Legname International School for Advanced Studies

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Best Scientists Citing Michael A. Baldwin

Stanley B. Prusiner

Stanley B. Prusiner

University of California, San Francisco

Publications: 165

Ilia V. Baskakov

Ilia V. Baskakov

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Publications: 60

Giuseppe Legname

Giuseppe Legname

International School for Advanced Studies

Publications: 56

Stephen J. DeArmond

Stephen J. DeArmond

University of California, San Francisco

Publications: 51

Byron Caughey

Byron Caughey

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Publications: 43

David R. Brown

David R. Brown

University of Bath

Publications: 43

Alma L. Burlingame

Alma L. Burlingame

University of California, San Francisco

Publications: 41

Holger Wille

Holger Wille

University of Alberta

Publications: 39

Ruedi Aebersold

Ruedi Aebersold

ETH Zurich

Publications: 38

Douglas M. Stocco

Douglas M. Stocco

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Publications: 38

Fred E. Cohen

Fred E. Cohen

University of California, San Francisco

Publications: 37

Walter L. Miller

Walter L. Miller

University of California, San Francisco

Publications: 36

John Collinge

John Collinge

University College London

Publications: 34

David Westaway

David Westaway

University of Alberta

Publications: 27

Bruce Chesebro

Bruce Chesebro

National Institutes of Health

Publications: 26

Fabrizio Tagliavini

Fabrizio Tagliavini

Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

Publications: 25

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