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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
25667
World Ranking
1926
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

Pavel Jungwirth is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic. Their research spans multiple disciplines including physics, astronomy, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study associated with their work are:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Jungwirth's research also engages with various subfields, notably:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Spectroscopy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Catalysis

The primary topics covered across their publications include:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research

Jungwirth has authored several papers recently, highlighting research across chemistry and physics. Examples include:

  • "A practical guide to biologically relevant molecular simulations with charge scaling for electronic polarization," 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Photoelectron spectra of alkali metal-ammonia microjets: From blue electrolyte to bronze metal," 2020, Science
  • "Binding of divalent cations to acetate: molecular simulations guided by Raman spectroscopy," 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "The glycine arginine-rich domain of the RNA-binding protein nucleolin regulates its subcellular localization," 2021, The EMBO Journal
  • "Simulation of Raman and Raman optical activity of saccharides in solution," 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Frequent publication venues for Jungwirth's work include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal

Collaboration is evident in Jungwirth's career, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Hector Martinez-Seara
  • Philip E. Mason
  • Carmelo Tempra
  • Vojtěch Košt́ál
  • H. Christian Schewe

Best Publications

  • Specific ion effects at the air/water interface.

    Pavel Jungwirth;Douglas J. Tobias

  • Experiments and Simulations of Ion-Enhanced Interfacial Chemistry on Aqueous NaCl Aerosols

    E. M. Knipping;M. J. Lakin;K. L. Foster;P. Jungwirth

  • Beyond the Hofmeister Series: Ion-Specific Effects on Proteins and Their Biological Functions

    Halil I. Okur;Jana Hladílková;Kelvin B. Rembert;Younhee Cho

  • Unified molecular picture of the surfaces of aqueous acid, base, and salt solutions.

    Martin Mucha;Tomaso Frigato;Lori M. Levering;Heather C. Allen

  • Hofmeister series and specific interactions of charged headgroups with aqueous ions

    Nina Vlachy;Barbara Jagoda-Cwiklik;Robert Vácha;Didier Touraud

  • Water surface is acidic.

    Victoria Buch;Anne Milet;Robert Vácha;Pavel Jungwirth

  • Molecular mechanisms of ion-specific effects on proteins.

    Kelvin B. Rembert;Jana Paterová;Jan Heyda;Christian Hilty

  • Ions at aqueous interfaces: from water surface to hydrated proteins.

    Pavel Jungwirth;Bernd Winter

  • Biomolecular simulations of membranes: physical properties from different force fields

    Shirley W. I. Siu;Robert Vácha;Pavel Jungwirth;Rainer A. Böckmann

  • Quantification and rationalization of the higher affinity of sodium over potassium to protein surfaces

    Luboš Vrbka;Jiří Vondrášek;Barbara Jagoda-Cwiklik;Robert Vácha

  • The complex nature of calcium cation interactions with phospholipid bilayers.

    Adéla Melcrová;Sarka Pokorna;Saranya Pullanchery;Miriam Kohagen

  • The Orientation and Charge of Water at the Hydrophobic Oil Droplet–Water Interface

    Robert Vácha;Steven W Rick;Pavel Jungwirth;Alex G F de Beer

  • Mechanisms of Acceleration and Retardation of Water Dynamics by Ions

    Guillaume Stirnemann;Erik Wernersson;Pavel Jungwirth;Damien Laage

  • Air-Liquid Interfaces of Aqueous Solutions Containing Ammonium and Sulfate: Spectroscopic and Molecular Dynamics Studies

    Sandhya Gopalakrishnan;Pavel Jungwirth;Douglas J. Tobias;Heather C. Allen

  • Propensity of soft ions for the air/water interface

    Lubos Vrbka;Martin Mucha;Babak Minofar;Pavel Jungwirth

  • Adsorption of Atmospherically Relevant Gases at the Air/Water Interface: Free Energy Profiles of Aqueous Solvation of N2, O2, O3, OH, H2O, HO2, and H2O2

    Robert Vacha;Petr Slavicek;Martin Mucha;Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts

  • Brine rejection from freezing salt solutions: a molecular dynamics study.

    Luboš Vrbka;Pavel Jungwirth

  • Reversal of the Hofmeister Series: Specific Ion Effects on Peptides

    Jana Paterová;Kelvin B. Rembert;Jan Heyda;Yadagiri Kurra

  • Enhanced Concentration of Polarizable Anions at the Liquid Water Surface: SHG Spectroscopy and MD Simulations of Sodium Thiocyanide

    Poul B. Petersen;Richard J. Saykally;Martin Mucha;Pavel Jungwirth

  • Arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides induce membrane multilamellarity and subsequently enter via formation of a fusion pore.

    Christoph Allolio;Aniket Magarkar;Aniket Magarkar;Piotr Jurkiewicz;Katarína Baxová

  • Surface solvation of halogen anions in water clusters: An ab initio molecular dynamics study of the Cl−(H2O)6 complex

    Douglas J. Tobias;Pavel Jungwirth;Michele Parrinello

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip E. Mason
Philip E. Mason Czech Academy of Sciences
Martin Hof
Martin Hof Czech Academy of Sciences
Bernd Winter
Bernd Winter Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Petr Slavíček
Petr Slavíček University of Chemistry and Technology
Stephen E. Bradforth
Stephen E. Bradforth University of Southern California
Douglas J. Tobias
Douglas J. Tobias University of California, Irvine
R. Benny Gerber
R. Benny Gerber Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tomasz Róg
Tomasz Róg University of Helsinki
Paul S. Cremer
Paul S. Cremer Pennsylvania State University
Manfred Faubel
Manfred Faubel Max Planck Society

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