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D-Index
110
Citations
36388
World Ranking
820
National Ranking
327

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Murray Goodman Memorial Prize, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2013 - E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2008 - Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1979 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Steven G. Boxer is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, atomic and molecular physics and optics, spectroscopy, and biophysics.

The scientist has focused on several main topics in their work, such as photoreceptor and optogenetics research, lipid membrane structure and behavior, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, protein structure and dynamics, and influenza virus research studies.

Steven G. Boxer has published numerous papers in well-regarded scientific journals, with frequent contributions to Biophysical Journal (26 publications), Journal of the American Chemical Society (11 publications), The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (5 publications), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications), and Nature Chemistry (4 publications).

Some recent representative papers include:

  • Electrostatic control of photoisomerization pathways in proteins, 2020, Science
  • Membrane-tethered mucin-like polypeptides sterically inhibit binding and slow fusion kinetics of influenza A virus, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Enhanced active-site electric field accelerates enzyme catalysis, 2023, Nature Chemistry
  • A two-directional vibrational probe reveals different electric field orientations in solution and an enzyme active site, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • A Preorganized Electric Field Leads to Minimal Geometrical Reorientation in the Catalytic Reaction of Ketosteroid Isomerase, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Collaborators who have frequently co-authored publications with Steven G. Boxer include Jacek Kozuch, Irimpan I. Mathews, Chi-Yun Lin, Yuezhi Mao, and Jacob M. Kirsh.

Throughout their career, Steven G. Boxer has been recognized by several awards and honors. These include the Murray Goodman Memorial Prize from the American Chemical Society in 2014, the E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy from the American Chemical Society in 2013, membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2008, the Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy awarded by the American Physical Society in 2008, and fellowships with the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1997. Additionally, they were a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation starting in 1979.

Best Publications

  • Ultra-fast excited state dynamics in green fluorescent protein: multiple states and proton transfer.

    Mita Chattoraj;Brett A. King;Gerold U. Bublitz;Steven G. Boxer

  • Formation and spreading of lipid bilayers on planar glass supports

    Paul S. Cremer;Steven G. Boxer

  • STARK SPECTROSCOPY: Applications in Chemistry, Biology, and Materials Science

    Gerold U. Bublitz;Steven G. Boxer

  • Micropatterning fluid lipid bilayers on solid supports.

    Jay T. Groves;Nick Ulman;Steven G. Boxer

  • Model membrane systems and their applications

    Yee-Hung M Chan;Steven G Boxer

  • Extreme electric fields power catalysis in the active site of ketosteroid isomerase.

    Stephen D. Fried;Sayan Bagchi;Steven G. Boxer

  • Measuring electric fields and noncovalent interactions using the vibrational stark effect.

    Stephen D. Fried;Steven G. Boxer

  • Large Molecular Third-Order Optical Nonlinearities in Polarized Carotenoids

    Seth R. Marder;William E. Torruellas;Mirelle Blanchard-Desce;Vincent Ricci

  • Probing protein electrostatics with a synthetic fluorescent amino acid.

    Bruce E. Cohen;Tim B. McAnaney;Eun Sun Park;Yuh Nung Jan

  • Micropattern formation in supported lipid membranes.

    Jay T. Groves;Steven G. Boxer

  • Electric Fields and Enzyme Catalysis

    Stephen D. Fried;Steven G. Boxer

  • Architecture and Function of Membrane Proteins in Planar Supported Bilayers: A Study with Photosynthetic Reaction Centers†

    Joshua Salafsky;Jay T. Groves;Steven G. Boxer

  • Electric fields at the active site of an enzyme: direct comparison of experiment with theory.

    Ian T. Suydam;Christopher D. Snow;Vijay S. Pande;Steven G. Boxer

  • Effects of linker sequences on vesicle fusion mediated by lipid-anchored DNA oligonucleotides.

    Yee-Hung M. Chan;Bettina van Lengerich;Steven G. Boxer

  • Advances in Imaging Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry for Biological Samples

    Steven G. Boxer;Mary L. Kraft;Peter K. Weber

  • Dielectric asymmetry in the photosynthetic reaction center.

    Martin A. Steffen;Kaiqin Lao;Steven G. Boxer

  • Brownian Ratchets: Molecular Separations in Lipid Bilayers Supported on Patterned Arrays

    Alexander van Oudenaarden;Steven G. Boxer

  • Vibrational Stark Effects Calibrate the Sensitivity of Vibrational Probes for Electric Fields in Proteins

    Ian T. Suydam;Steven G. Boxer

  • Choose your label wisely: water-soluble fluorophores often interact with lipid bilayers.

    Laura D. Hughes;Robert J. Rawle;Steven G. Boxer

  • Early Steps of Supported Bilayer Formation Probed by Single Vesicle Fluorescence Assays

    Joseph M. Johnson;Taekjip Ha;Steve Chu;Steven G. Boxer

  • Vibrational Stark Effects of Nitriles I. Methods and Experimental Results

    Steven S. Andrews;Steven G. Boxer

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Franzen
Stefan Franzen North Carolina State University
Jay T. Groves
Jay T. Groves University of California, Berkeley
Dewey Holten
Dewey Holten Washington University in St. Louis
David G. Lambright
David G. Lambright University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Christine Kirmaier
Christine Kirmaier Washington University in St. Louis
Christopher E. D. Chidsey
Christopher E. D. Chidsey Stanford University
Ian D. Hutcheon
Ian D. Hutcheon Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Michael D. Fayer
Michael D. Fayer Stanford University
Richard A. Goldstein
Richard A. Goldstein University College London
Richard A. Mathies
Richard A. Mathies University of California, Berkeley

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