2026 Michael L. Simpson: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	58	7776	7517	1928	1788	195	10662

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Overview

Michael L. Simpson is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research spans several fields, with a primary focus on medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and materials science.

Their subfields of study include materials chemistry, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and ecology. This diverse range reflects an interdisciplinary approach bridging biological systems and materials science.

Simpson has contributed to multiple scientific topics, including:

Material Dynamics and Properties
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

Their research outputs have appeared in various publication venues. Frequent venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
ACS Synthetic Biology
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Soft Matter
JTCVS Open

Recent papers by Michael L. Simpson include:

Crowding-induced interactions of ring polymers, 2020, Soft Matter
Crowding-Induced Spatial Organization of Gene Expression in Cell-Sized Vesicles, 2022, ACS Synthetic Biology
Adsorption of semiflexible polymers in crowded environments, 2021, The Journal of Chemical Physics
Central aortic versus axillary artery cannulation for aortic arch surgery, 2023, JTCVS Open
Macromolecular Crowding Affects Voltage-Dependent Alamethicin Pore Formation in Lipid Bilayer Membranes, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Michael L. Simpson collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

Gaurav Chauhan
Steven M. Abel
C. Patrick Collier
S. Elizabeth Norred
Rosemary M. Dabbs

Best Publications

PHENIX detector overview

K. Adcox;S.S. Adler;M. Aizama;N.N. Ajitanand

1015
Citations
Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers and Related Structures: Controlled Synthesis and Directed Assembly

Anatoli Vasilievich Melechko;Vladimir I Merkulov;Timothy E McKnight;M. A. Guillorn

926
Citations
PHENIX inner detectors

M. Allen;M.J. Bennett;M. Bobrek;J.B. Boissevain

346
Citations
Alignment mechanism of carbon nanofibers produced by plasma-enhanced chemical-vapor deposition

Vladimir I. Merkulov;Anatoli V. Melechko;Michael A. Guillorn;Douglas H. Lowndes

331
Citations
Transcriptional Bursting from the HIV-1 Promoter Is a Significant Source of Stochastic Noise in HIV-1 Gene Expression

Abhyudai Singh;Brandon Razooky;Chris D. Cox;Michael L. Simpson

293
Citations
Shaping carbon nanostructures by controlling the synthesis process

Vladimir I. Merkulov;Michael A. Guillorn;Douglas H. Lowndes;Michael L. Simpson

257
Citations
The sorting direct method for stochastic simulation of biochemical systems with varying reaction execution behavior

James M. McCollum;Gregory D. Peterson;Chris D. Cox;Michael L. Simpson

250
Citations
Intracellular integration of synthetic nanostructures with viable cells for controlled biochemical manipulation

Timothy E McKnight;Anatoli V Melechko;Guy D Griffin;Michael A Guillorn

250
Citations
Surface characterization and functionalization of carbon nanofibers

Kate L Klein;Anatoli Vasilievich Melechko;Timothy E McKnight;Scott T Retterer

241
Citations
Bridge structure for the graphene/Ni(111) system : A first principles study

Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera;M. I. Baskes;Anatoli V. Melechko;Michael L. Simpson;Michael L. Simpson

214
Citations
Tracking Gene Expression after DNA Delivery Using Spatially Indexed Nanofiber Arrays

Timothy E. McKnight;Anatoli V. Melechko;Dale K. Hensley;David G. J. Mann

189
Citations
Bioluminescent-bioreporter integrated circuits form novel whole-cell biosensors

Michael L. Simpson;Gary S. Sayler;Bruce M. Applegate;Steven Ripp

184
Citations
Microluminometer chip and method to measure bioluminescence

Michael L. Simpson;Michael J. Paulus;Gary S. Sayler;Bruce M. Applegate

183
Citations
Controlled alignment of carbon nanofibers in a large-scale synthesis process

Vladimir I. Merkulov;A. V. Melechko;M. A. Guillorn;M. L. Simpson

180
Citations
Individually addressable vertically aligned carbon nanofiber-based electrochemical probes

M. A. Guillorn;T. E. McKnight;A. Melechko;V. I. Merkulov

175
Citations
Bioluminescent bioreporter integrated circuits: potentially small, rugged and inexpensive whole-cell biosensors for remote environmental monitoring.

D.E. Nivens;T.E. McKnight;S.A. Moser;S.J. Osbourn

166
Citations
Vertically aligned carbon nanofiber arrays record electrophysiological signals from hippocampal slices.

Zhe Yu;Timothy E. Mcknight;M. Nance Ericson;Anatoli V. Melechko

157
Citations
Whole-cell biocomputing.

Michael L. Simpson;Gary S. Sayler;James T. Fleming;Bruce Applegate

155
Citations
Expression optimization and synthetic gene networks in cell-free systems

David K. Karig;Sukanya Iyer;Michael L. Simpson;Mitchel J. Doktycz

146
Citations
Reversible Electrowetting of Vertically Aligned Superhydrophobic Carbon Nanofibers

Manjeet S. Dhindsa;and Neil R. Smith;Jason Heikenfeld;Philip D. Rack

139
Citations