The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wah Chiu sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 615 publications — 97th percentile
97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wah Chiu sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 117 D-Index — 96th percentile
96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.
Wah Chiu is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several key subfields, including Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Materials Chemistry.
The scientist's research primarily revolves around advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, with significant focus areas including RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, enzyme structure and function, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, electron and X-ray spectroscopy techniques, genomics and phylogenetic studies, as well as cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research.
Frequent coauthors collaborating with Wah Chiu include Kaiming Zhang, Grigore Pintilie, Michael F. Schmid, Shanshan Li, and Rachael C. Kretsch, with several joint works reflecting ongoing research partnerships.
Wah Chiu's works have been published in a variety of scientific venues. Notable publication platforms include:
Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Wah Chiu are:
The scientist has received several awards throughout their career, including the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Mineralogical Society of America and fellowship status from the same society in 2014. They were inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2012 and were named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1986.
Steven J. Ludtke;Philip R. Baldwin;Wah Chiu
Amy McGough;Brian Pope;Wah Chiu;Alan Weeds
Rebecca L. Stone;Alpa M. Nick;Iain A. McNeish;Frances Balkwill
Dijun Du;Zhao Wang;Nathan R. James;Jarrod E. Voss
Rémi Veneziano;Sakul Ratanalert;Kaiming Zhang;Fei Zhang
James J. Moon;Heikyung Suh;Heikyung Suh;Anna Bershteyn;Matthias T. Stephan
Guohui Wu;Alexander Mikhailovsky;Htet A. Khant;Caroline Fu
Richard Henderson;Andrej Sali;Matthew L. Baker;Bridget Carragher
Sukyeong Lee;Mathew E. Sowa;Yo Hei Watanabe;Paul B. Sigler
B.V.Venkataram Prasad;G.J. Wang;John P.M. Clerx;Wah Chiu
Z. Hong Zhou;Matthew Dougherty;Joanita Jakana;Jing He
Grigore D. Pintilie;Junjie Zhang;Thomas D. Goddard;Wah Chiu
Wah Chiu;Roger M. Burnett;Robert L. Garcea
Maya Topf;Keren Lasker;Keren Lasker;Ben Webb;Haim Wolfson
Balaji Sitharaman;Kyle R. Kissell;Keith B. Hartman;Lesa A. Tran
Z. Hong Zhou;Dong Hua Chen;Joanita Jakana;Frazer J. Rixon
Muyuan Chen;Wei Dai;Stella Y Sun;Darius Jonasch
Wen Jiang;Juan Chang;Joanita Jakana;Peter Weigele
Wen Jiang;Matthew L. Baker;Steven J. Ludtke;Wah Chiu
Frank DiMaio;Michael D. Tyka;Matthew L. Baker;Wah Chiu
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