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74
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22164
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4622
National Ranking
1457

Ronald N. Zuckermann 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 Ronald N. Zuckermann sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 275 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ronald N. Zuckermann 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 Ronald N. Zuckermann sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ronald N. Zuckermann is affiliated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas primarily within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and materials science. The work focuses on molecular biology, biomaterials, materials chemistry, surfaces, coatings and films, and organic chemistry.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics including chemical synthesis and analysis, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, supramolecular self-assembly in materials, advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, electron and X-ray spectroscopy techniques, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and enzyme structure and function.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "DNA origami protection and molecular interfacing through engineered sequence-defined peptoids," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Hierarchical supramolecular assembly of a single peptoid polymer into a planar nanobrush with two distinct molecular packing motifs," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Submonomer synthesis of sequence defined peptoids with diverse side-chains," 2021, Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology
  • "Diblock copolypeptoids: a review of phase separation, crystallization, self-assembly and biological applications," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • "Engineering the atomic structure of sequence-defined peptoid polymers and their assemblies," 2020, Polymer

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Xi Jiang, Nitash P. Balsara, Sunting Xuan, David Prendergast, and Xubo Luo.

The scientist often publishes in venues such as Microscopy and Microanalysis, ACS Nano, Macromolecules, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Efficient method for the preparation of peptoids [oligo(N-substituted glycines)] by submonomer solid-phase synthesis

    Ronald N. Zuckermann;Janice M. Kerr;Stephen B. H. Kent;Walter H. Moos

  • Peptoids: a modular approach to drug discovery.

    R J Simon;R S Kania;R N Zuckermann;V D Huebner

  • Peptoids that mimic the structure, function, and mechanism of helical antimicrobial peptides

    Nathaniel P. Chongsiriwatana;James A. Patch;Ann M. Czyzewski;Michelle T. Dohm

  • Gold nanoparticle self-similar chain structure organized by DNA origami.

    Baoquan Ding;Zhengtao Deng;Hao Yan;Stefano Cabrini

  • Sequence-specific polypeptoids: a diverse family of heteropolymers with stable secondary structure.

    Kent Kirshenbaum;Annelise E. Barron;Annelise E. Barron;Richard A. Goldsmith;Philippe Armand

  • Discovery of nanomolar ligands for 7-transmembrane G-protein-coupled receptors from a diverse N-(substituted)glycine peptoid library.

    R N Zuckermann;E J Martin;D C Spellmeyer;G B Stauber

  • Comparison of the proteolytic susceptibilities of homologous L-amino acid, D-amino acid, and N-substituted glycine peptide and peptoid oligomers

    Susan M. Miller;Reyna J. Simon;Simon Ng;Ronald N. Zuckermann

  • Free-floating ultrathin two-dimensional crystals from sequence-specific peptoid polymers

    Ki Tae Nam;Sarah A. Shelby;Philip H. Choi;Amanda B. Marciel

  • Peptoid Polymers: A Highly Designable Bioinspired Material

    Jing Sun;Ronald N. Zuckermann

  • Exploiting the basis of proline recognition by SH3 and WW domains: design of N-substituted inhibitors.

    Jack T. Nguyen;Christoph W. Turck;Fred E. Cohen;Ronald N. Zuckermann

  • Proteolytic studies of homologous peptide and N-substituted glycine peptoid oligomers

    Susan M. Miller;Reyna J. Simon;Simon Ng;Ronald N. Zuckermann

  • Structural and Spectroscopic Studies of Peptoid Oligomers with α-Chiral Aliphatic Side Chains

    Cindy W. Wu;Kent Kirshenbaum;Tracy J. Sanborn;James A. Patch

  • NMR determination of the major solution conformation of a peptoid pentamer with chiral side chains

    Philippe Armand;Kent Kirshenbaum;Richard A. Goldsmith;Shauna Farr-Jones

  • In vitro self-assembly of tailorable nanotubes from a simple protein building block

    Edward R. Ballister;Angela H. Lai;Ronald N. Zuckermann;Yifan Cheng

  • Encoded combinatorial peptide libraries containing non-natural amino acids

    Janice M. Kerr;Steven C. Banville;Ronald N. Zuckermann

  • Designing polymers that mimic biomolecules.

    Kent Kirshenbaum;Ronald N Zuckermann;Ken A Dill

  • A combinatorial approach to the discovery of efficient cationic peptoid reagents for gene delivery

    John E. Murphy;Tetsuo Uno;Janice D. Hamer;Fred E. Cohen

  • Synthesis of N-substituted glycine peptoid libraries.

    Gianine M. Figliozzi;Richard Goldsmith;Simon C. Ng;Steven C. Banville

  • Peptoids as potential therapeutics.

    Ronald N Zuckermann;Thomas Kodadek

  • Bioinspired polymeric materials: in-between proteins and plastics.

    Annelise E Barron;Ronald N Zuckermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel A. Segalman
Rachel A. Segalman University of California, Santa Barbara
Nitash P. Balsara
Nitash P. Balsara University of California, Berkeley
Kent Kirshenbaum
Kent Kirshenbaum New York University
Annelise E. Barron
Annelise E. Barron Stanford University
Ken A. Dill
Ken A. Dill Stony Brook University
Stephen B. H. Kent
Stephen B. H. Kent University of Chicago
David Prendergast
David Prendergast Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Daniel V. Santi
Daniel V. Santi University of California, San Francisco
Peter G. Schultz
Peter G. Schultz Scripps Research Institute
Andrew M. Minor
Andrew M. Minor University of California, Berkeley

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