2026 Rebekah A. Drezek: 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	60	6918	6685	1740	1618	151	22354

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Research.com Recognitions

2009 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Rebekah A. Drezek is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and engineering, focusing primarily on molecular biology and biomedical engineering subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include:

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Biosensors and Analytical Detection
Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
Interferon and immune responses
RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Their scholarly output includes papers published in a variety of venues, with notable publications in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Analytical Chemistry
Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics
PLoS ONE

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Drezek include:

Simulation-guided tunable DNA probe design for mismatch tolerant hybridization, 2024, PLoS ONE
Expanded Multiplexing on Sensor-Constrained Microfluidic Partitioning Systems, 2023, Analytical Chemistry
Extreme Compressed Sensing of Poisson Rates From Multiple Measurements, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Development of a Novel Class of Self-Assembling dsRNA Cancer Therapeutics: A Proof-of-Concept Investigation, 2020, Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics
Development of a Novel Class of Self-Assembling dsRNA Cancer Therapeutics: a Proof of Concept Investigation, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Drezek are:

Vishwaratn Asthana
Pallavi Bugga
Pavan K. Kota
Daniel LeJeune
Richard G. Baraniuk

Their research prominently integrates elements of molecular biology and biomedical engineering to explore mechanisms related to RNA and protein synthesis as well as innovative approaches in biosensing and microfluidics.

Rebekah A. Drezek was recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2009.

Best Publications

Cytotoxicity of Nanoparticles

Nastassja Lewinski;Vicki Colvin;Rebekah Drezek

3482
Citations
IMMUNOTARGETED NANOSHELLS FOR INTEGRATED CANCER IMAGING AND THERAPY

Christopher Loo;Amanda Lowery;Naomi Halas;Jennifer West

2350
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Near-Infrared Resonant Nanoshells for Combined Optical Imaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy

André M Gobin;Min Ho Lee;Naomi J Halas;William D James

1631
Citations
Nanoshell-enabled photonics-based imaging and therapy of cancer.

Christopher Loo;Alex Lin;Leon Hirsch;Min Ho Lee

1583
Citations
A New Era for Cancer Treatment: Gold‐Nanoparticle‐Mediated Thermal Therapies

Laura C. Kennedy;Lissett R. Bickford;Nastassja A. Lewinski;Andrew J. Coughlin

1073
Citations
Forming biocompatible and nonaggregated nanocrystals in water using amphiphilic polymers

William W Yu;Emmanuel Chang;Joshua C Falkner;Junyan Zhang

651
Citations
In vivo biodistribution of nanoparticles

Joao Paulo Mattos Almeida;Allen L Chen;Aaron Foster;Rebekah Drezek

647
Citations
WATER-SOLUBLE QUANTUM DOTS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

William W. Yu;Emmanuel Chang;Rebekah Drezek;Vicki L. Colvin

603
Citations
Light scattering from cells: finite-difference time-domain simulations and goniometric measurements.

Rebekah Drezek;Andrew Dunn;Rebekah Richards-Kortum

467
Citations
Evaluation of quantum dot cytotoxicity based on intracellular uptake.

Emmanuel Chang;Nadhi Thekkek;William W. Yu;Vicki L. Colvin

456
Citations
Gold nanoshell bioconjugates for molecular imaging in living cells.

Christopher Loo;Leon Hirsch;Min-Ho Lee;Emmanuel Chang

427
Citations
Plasmonic nanobubbles as transient vapor nanobubbles generated around plasmonic nanoparticles.

Ekaterina Lukianova-Hleb;Ying Hu;Loredana Latterini;Luigi Tarpani

403
Citations
Understanding the contributions of NADH and collagen to cervical tissue fluorescence spectra: Modeling, measurements, and implications

Rebekah A. Drezek;Konstantin V. Sokolov;Urs Utzinger;Iouri Boiko

379
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Light scattering from cervical cells throughout neoplastic progression: influence of nuclear morphology, DNA content, and chromatin texture

Rebekah A. Drezek;Martial Guillaud;Thomas G. Collier;Iouri Boiko

352
Citations
Protease-activated quantum dot probes.

Emmanuel Chang;Jordan S. Miller;Jiantang Sun;William W. Yu

298
Citations
Reflectance spectroscopy with polarized light: is it sensitive to cellular and nuclear morphology.

Konstantin Sokolov;Rebekah A. Drezek;Kirk Gossage;Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum

286
Citations
Metal Nanoshells

Unknown

278
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Autofluorescence Microscopy of Fresh Cervical‐Tissue Sections Reveals Alterations in Tissue Biochemistry with Dysplasia¶

Rebekah Drezek;Carrie Brookner;Ina Pavlova;Iouri Boiko

274
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Gold nanoparticle mediated cancer immunotherapy

Joao Paulo Mattos Almeida;Elizabeth Raquel Figueroa;Rebekah Anna Drezek

258
Citations
Near infrared laser-tissue welding using nanoshells as an exogenous absorber.

Andre M. Gobin;D. Patrick O'Neal;Daniel M. Watkins;Naomi J. Halas

252
Citations
Aqueous dispersion of monodisperse magnetic iron oxide nanocrystals through phase transfer

William W Yu;Emmanuel Chang;Christie M Sayes;Rebekah Drezek

251
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