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Neil Gershenfeld

Neil Gershenfeld

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
52
Citations
20316
World Ranking
3528
National Ranking
1035

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For significant contributions ranging from quantum computing to advanced technologies for global development and for leadership in bringing science out of the laboratory and into the real world

Overview

Neil Gershenfeld is affiliated with MIT in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work encompasses several subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Aerospace Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's research focuses on a range of topics, with notable emphasis on Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence, Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Gene Regulatory Network Analysis, Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics, as well as Soft Robotics and Applications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Neil Gershenfeld include:

  • Microfluidic electrochemistry for single-electron transfer redox-neutral reactions (2020, Science)
  • Discretely assembled mechanical metamaterials (2020, Science Advances)
  • Genetic requirements for cell division in a genomically minimal cell (2021, Cell)
  • The role of Micro-CT in imaging breast cancer specimens (2020, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment)
  • Self-replicating hierarchical modular robotic swarms (2022, Communications Engineering)

Frequent collaborators include Filippos Tourlomousis, Patritsia Maria Stathatou, David Preiss, Benjamin Jenett, and Alfonso Parra Rubio.

The scientist has published multiple works in prominent venues such as the Journal of Magnetic Resonance, Advanced Science, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Neil Gershenfeld has received recognitions including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2007, with a citation noting contributions ranging from quantum computing to advanced technologies for global development and leadership in applying science beyond the laboratory

Best Publications

  • Bulk Spin-Resonance Quantum Computation

    Neil A. Gershenfeld;Isaac L. Chuang

  • FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop--from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication

    Neil Gershenfeld

  • The nature of mathematical modeling

    Neil Gershenfeld

  • Parasitic power harvesting in shoes

    J. Kymissis;C. Kendall;J. Paradiso;N. Gershenfeld

  • Experimental Implementation of Fast Quantum Searching

    Isaac L. Chuang;Neil Gershenfeld;Mark Kubinec

  • E-broidery: design and fabrication of textile-based computing

    E. R. Post;M. Orth;P. R. Russo;N. Gershenfeld

  • Microfluidic Bubble Logic

    Manu Prakash;Neil Gershenfeld

  • When Things Start to Think

    Neil Gershenfeld

  • Bulk quantum computation with nuclear magnetic resonance: theory and experiment

    I. L. Chuang;N. Gershenfeld;M. G. Kubinec;D. W. Leung

  • Applying electric field sensing to human-computer interfaces

    Thomas G. Zimmerman;Joshua R. Smith;Joseph A. Paradiso;David Allport

  • Time series prediction: Forecasting the future and understanding the past: Neil A. Gershenfeld and Andreas S. Weigend, 1994, ‘The future of time series’, in: A.S. Weigend and N.A. Gershenfeld, eds., (Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA), 1-70.

    Chris Chatfield;Andreas S. Weigend

  • SEA: a scalable encryption algorithm for small embedded applications

    François-Xavier Standaert;Gilles Piret;Neil Gershenfeld;Jean-Jacques Quisquater

  • Reversibly Assembled Cellular Composite Materials

    Kenneth C. Cheung;Neil Gershenfeld

  • Method and device for transmitting power and information through human body

    Nivi Babak;Remi Post E;Gershenfeld Neal;イー・レーミ・ポスト

  • Microfluidic electrochemistry for single-electron transfer redox-neutral reactions.

    Yiming Mo;Zhaohong Lu;Girish Rughoobur;Prashant Patil

  • MIT-Media Lab

    Neil Gershenfeld

  • Digital Morphing Wing: Active Wing Shaping Concept Using Composite Lattice-Based Cellular Structures

    Benjamin Jenett;Sam Calisch;Daniel Cellucci;Nick Cramer

  • Electrically active resonant structures for wireless monitoring and control

    Neil Gershenfeld;Richard Fletcher

  • Musical Applications of Electric Field Sensing

    Joseph A. Paradiso;Neil Gershenfeld

  • Electric field sensing for graphical interfaces

    J. Smith;T. White;C. Dodge;J. Paradiso

  • The Internet of things.

    Neil Gershenfeld;Raffi Krikorian;Danny Cohen

  • SEA: A scalable encryption algorithm for small embedded applications

    François-Xavier Standaert;Jean-Jacques Quisquater;G. Piret;N Gershenfeld

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua R. Smith
Joshua R. Smith University of Washington
John I. Glass
John I. Glass J. Craig Venter Institute
Benjamin Recht
Benjamin Recht University of California, Berkeley
Matthew S. Reynolds
Matthew S. Reynolds University of Washington
Thomas J. Deerinck
Thomas J. Deerinck University of California, San Diego
Mark H. Ellisman
Mark H. Ellisman University of California, San Diego
François-Xavier Standaert
François-Xavier Standaert Université Catholique de Louvain

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