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D-Index
65
Citations
12602
World Ranking
7804
National Ranking
2273

Michael F. Brown 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 Michael F. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 347 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael F. Brown 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 Michael F. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael F. Brown is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research spans several fields related to biochemistry, molecular biology, and neuroscience, with a particular focus on lipid membranes, receptor mechanisms, and photoreceptor studies.

The main fields of study associated with their work include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Subfields prominently represented in their research are Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Spectroscopy, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The key topics explored by Michael F. Brown's research cover:

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications

Michael F. Brown has been published extensively, with frequent contributions to journals such as the Biophysical Journal, The FASEB Journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and The Journal of Membrane Biology.

The following are some of their recent papers:

  • How cholesterol stiffens unsaturated lipid membranes, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cholesterol Stiffening of Lipid Membranes, 2022, The Journal of Membrane Biology
  • Activation of the G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Rhodopsin by Water, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Hydration-mediated G-protein-coupled receptor activation, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Reply to Nagle et al.: The universal stiffening effects of cholesterol on lipid membranes, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaboration forms an important part of their research endeavors. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Andrey V. Struts
  • Suchithranga M.D.C. Perera
  • Steven D.E. Fried
  • Nipuna Weerasinghe
  • Rana Ashkar

Best Publications

  • Area per Lipid and Acyl Length Distributions in Fluid Phosphatidylcholines Determined by 2H NMR Spectroscopy

    Horia I. Petrache;Steven W. Dodd;Michael F. Brown

  • Modulation of rhodopsin function by properties of the membrane bilayer

    Michael F. Brown

  • How cholesterol stiffens unsaturated lipid membranes

    Saptarshi Chakraborty;Milka Doktorova;Trivikram R. Molugu;Frederick A. Heberle

  • Perturbation of the hydrophobic core of lipid bilayers by the human antimicrobial peptide LL-37.

    Katherine A. Henzler-Wildman;Gary V. Martinez;Michael F. Brown;A. Ramamoorthy

  • Curvature and hydrophobic forces drive oligomerization and modulate activity of rhodopsin in membranes

    Ana Vitória Botelho;Thomas Huber;Thomas P. Sakmar;Michael F. Brown

  • The N-Terminus of the Intrinsically Disordered Protein α-Synuclein Triggers Membrane Binding and Helix Folding

    Tim Bartels;Logan S. Ahlstrom;Avigdor Leftin;Frits Kamp

  • Influence of cholesterol on the polar region of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine bilayers.

    Michael F. Brown;Joachim Seelig

  • Structural dynamics in phospholipid bilayers from deuterium spin–lattice relaxation time measurements

    Michael F. Brown;Michael F. Brown;Joachim Seelig;Ulrich Häberlen;Ulrich Häberlen

  • Theory of spin‐lattice relaxation in lipid bilayers and biological membranes. 2H and 14N quadrupolar relaxation

    Michael F. Brown

  • Curvature Forces in Membrane Lipid-Protein Interactions

    Michael F. Brown

  • Lipid headgroup and acyl chain composition modulate the MI-MII equilibrium of rhodopsin in recombinant membranes

    Nicholas J. Gibson;Michael F. Brown

  • New view of lipid bilayer dynamics from 2H and 13C NMR relaxation time measurements

    Michael F. Brown;Anthony A. Ribeiro;Gerald D. Williams

  • Conformational energetics of Rhodopsin modulated by nonlamellar-forming lipids

    Ana Vitória Botelho;Nicholas J. Gibson;Robin L. Thurmond;Yin Wang

  • Lipid-protein interactions mediate the photochemical function of rhodopsin

    Timothy S. Wiedmann;Robert D. Pates;James M. Beach;Amir Salmon

  • Plasmon resonance spectroscopy: probing molecular interactions within membranes

    Zdzislaw Salamon;Michael F. Brown;Gordon Tollin

  • Ion-induced changes in head group conformation of lecithin bilayers

    Michael F. Brown;Joachim Seelig

  • Two protonation switches control rhodopsin activation in membranes

    Mohana Mahalingam;Karina Martínez-Mayorga;Karina Martínez-Mayorga;Michael F. Brown;Reiner Vogel

  • Structure of docosahexaenoic acid-containing phospholipid bilayers as studied by (2)H NMR and molecular dynamics simulations.

    Thomas Huber;Kannan Rajamoorthi;Volker F. Kurze;Klaus Beyer

  • Membrane Model for the G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Rhodopsin: Hydrophobic Interface and Dynamical Structure

    Thomas Huber;Ana V. Botelho;Klaus Beyer;Michael F. Brown

  • Configurational statistics of acyl chains in polyunsaturated lipid bilayers from deuterium nmr

    Amir Salmon;Steven W. Dodd;Gerald D. Williams;James M. Beach

Frequent Co-Authors

Koji Nakanishi
Koji Nakanishi Columbia University
Victor J. Hruby
Victor J. Hruby University of Arizona
Petra Fromme
Petra Fromme Arizona State University
Gordon Tollin
Gordon Tollin University of Arizona
Maarten P. Heyn
Maarten P. Heyn Freie Universität Berlin
David S. Kliger
David S. Kliger University of California, Santa Cruz
Herbert Waldmann
Herbert Waldmann Max Planck Society
Dale P. Cruikshank
Dale P. Cruikshank University of Central Florida
David Haussler
David Haussler University of California, Santa Cruz
Todd M. Alam
Todd M. Alam Sandia National Laboratories

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