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98
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47073
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1629
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909

Michael E. Himmel 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 E. Himmel sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 439 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael E. Himmel 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 E. Himmel sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 98 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael E. Himmel is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy. Their scholarly output includes studies in related subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, and Biotechnology.

Their main research topics focus on biofuel production and bioconversion, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, geophysics and gravity measurements, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, solar and space plasma dynamics, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, and enzyme production and characterization.

Frequent coauthors of Michael E. Himmel include Venkataramanan Subramanian, Jeffrey Linger, Yannick J. Bomble, Carlos del Cerro, and Davinia Salvachua Rodriguez. These collaborations have contributed significantly to their research output.

The scientist has published extensively, with venues notably including the OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), Biotechnology for Biofuels, Methods in Molecular Biology, Molecules, and Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. Their work appears in both journals and book chapters.

Publications include the following recent papers:

  • Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels, 2022, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Intracellular pathways for lignin catabolism in white-rot fungi, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Challenges and opportunities in decarbonizing the U.S. energy system, 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Towards sustainable production and utilization of plant-biomass-based nanomaterials: a review and analysis of recent developments, 2021, Biotechnology for Biofuels
  • Metabolic engineering of Zymomonas mobilis for anaerobic isobutanol production, 2020, Biotechnology for Biofuels

In addition to articles, Michael E. Himmel has contributed to book publications. One such title is Metabolic Pathway Engineering, published in 2020 by Springer Science+Business Media.

Best Publications

  • Biomass recalcitrance: engineering plants and enzymes for biofuels production.

    Michael E. Himmel;Shi You Ding;David K. Johnson;William S. Adney

  • Cellulose crystallinity index: measurement techniques and their impact on interpreting cellulase performance

    Sunkyu Park;Sunkyu Park;John O Baker;Michael E Himmel;Philip A Parilla

  • Outlook for cellulase improvement: screening and selection strategies.

    Y.-H. Percival Zhang;Michael E. Himmel;Jonathan R. Mielenz

  • Wood-Derived Materials for Green Electronics, Biological Devices, and Energy Applications.

    Hongli Zhu;Wei Luo;Peter N. Ciesielski;Zhiqiang Fang

  • How biotech can transform biofuels

    Lee R Lynd;Mark S Laser;David Bransby;Bruce E Dale

  • Deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals

    Shishir P. S. Chundawat;Gregg T. Beckham;Michael E. Himmel;Bruce E. Dale

  • How Does Plant Cell Wall Nanoscale Architecture Correlate with Enzymatic Digestibility

    Shi You Ding;Yu San Liu;Yining Zeng;Michael E. Himmel

  • Visualizing lignin coalescence and migration through maize cell walls following thermochemical pretreatment

    Bryon S. Donohoe;Stephen R. Decker;Melvin P. Tucker;Michael E. Himmel

  • Fractionating recalcitrant lignocellulose at modest reaction conditions.

    Yi Heng Percival Zhang;Shi You Ding;Jonathan R. Mielenz;Jing Biao Cui

  • The maize primary cell wall microfibril: a new model derived from direct visualization.

    Shi You Ding;Michael E. Himmel

  • Cellulase digestibility of pretreated biomass is limited by cellulose accessibility.

    Tina Jeoh;Claudia I. Ishizawa;Mark F. Davis;Michael E. Himmel

  • Multi-scale visualization and characterization of lignocellulosic plant cell wall deconstruction during thermochemical pretreatment

    Shishir P. S. Chundawat;Shishir P. S. Chundawat;Bryon S. Donohoe;Leonardo da Costa Sousa;Thomas Elder

  • Welcome to biotechnology for biofuels.

    Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal;Michael E. Himmel;Chris R Somerville;Charles Wyman

  • Deposition of Lignin Droplets Produced During Dilute Acid Pretreatment of Maize Stems Retards Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose

    Michael J. Selig;Sridhar Viamajala;Stephen R. Decker;Melvin P. Tucker

  • Enzymes, Energy, and the Environment: A Strategic Perspective on the U.S. Department of Energy's Research and Development Activities for Bioethanol

    John Sheehan;Michael Himmel

  • In planta expression of A. cellulolyticus Cel5A endocellulase reduces cell wall recalcitrance in tobacco and maize.

    Roman Brunecky;Michael J Selig;Todd B Vinzant;Michael E Himmel

  • Computer simulation studies of microcrystalline cellulose Iβ

    James F. Matthews;Cathy E. Skopec;Philip E. Mason;Pierfrancesco Zuccato;Pierfrancesco Zuccato

  • Cellulosic ethanol: status and innovation.

    Lee R Lynd;Xiaoyu Liang;Mary J Biddy;Andrew Allee

  • The potential of cellulases and cellulosomes for cellulosic waste management.

    Edward A Bayer;Raphael Lamed;Michael E Himmel

  • Cellulase for commodity products from cellulosic biomass

    Michael E Himmel;Mark F Ruth;Charles E Wyman

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregg T. Beckham
Gregg T. Beckham National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Stephen R. Decker
Stephen R. Decker National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Michael F. Crowley
Michael F. Crowley National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Melvin P. Tucker
Melvin P. Tucker National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Bryon S. Donohoe
Bryon S. Donohoe National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Mark R. Nimlos
Mark R. Nimlos National Renewable Energy Laboratory
John W. Brady
John W. Brady Cornell University
Charles E. Wyman
Charles E. Wyman University of California, Riverside
Edward A. Bayer
Edward A. Bayer Weizmann Institute of Science
Shihui Yang
Shihui Yang Wuhan YZY Biopharma (China)

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