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Willem H. Koppenol

Willem H. Koppenol

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Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
33088
World Ranking
3929
National Ranking
94

Overview

Willem H. Koppenol is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, chemistry, and medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields, including physiology, molecular biology, oceanography, cancer research, and inorganic chemistry.

The scientist's published work frequently appears in specific venues, indicating areas of focused study. These publication venues include:

  • Redox Biology
  • Nature Metabolism
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Nature Communications
  • Chemical Research in Toxicology

Research topics covered by Koppenol range across several specialized areas. The main topics of their work are:

  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Electron Spin Resonance Studies
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Frequent coauthors in their published work include:

  • Helmut Sies (4 joint publications)
  • Craig B. Thompson (1 joint publication)
  • Karen H. Vousden (1 joint publication)
  • Randall S. Johnson (1 joint publication)
  • Zhimin Lu (1 joint publication)

Selected recent papers highlight a focus on oxidative processes, radical chemistry, and metabolic pathways. Some of these are:

  • "A century of the Warburg effect", 2023, Nature Metabolism
  • "Ferryl for real. The Fenton reaction near neutral pH", 2022, Dalton Transactions
  • "A resurrection of the Haber-Weiss reaction", 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Was hydrogen peroxide present before the arrival of oxygenic photosynthesis? The important role of iron(II) in the Archean ocean", 2023, Redox Biology
  • "Thinking Outside the Cage: A New Hypothesis That Accounts for Variable Yields of Radicals from the Reaction of CO2 with ONOO-", 2020, Chemical Research in Toxicology

Best Publications

  • Nitric oxide, superoxide, and peroxynitrite: the good, the bad, and ugly.

    J. S. Beckman;W. H. Koppenol

  • Otto Warburg's contributions to current concepts of cancer metabolism

    Willem H. Koppenol;Patricia L. Bounds;Chi V. Dang

  • Peroxynitrite, a cloaked oxidant formed by nitric oxide and superoxide.

    W. H. Koppenol;J. J. Moreno;William A. Pryor;H. Ischiropoulos

  • ALS, SOD and peroxynitrite

    Joseph S. Beckman;Michael Carson;Craig D. Smith;Willem H. Koppenol

  • Formation and properties of peroxynitrite as studied by laser flash photolysis, high-pressure stopped-flow technique, and pulse radiolysis.

    Reinhard Kissner;Thomas Nauser;Pascal Bugnon;Peter G. Lye

  • The Haber-Weiss cycle – 70 years later

    Willem H. Koppenol

  • Standard electrode potentials involving radicals in aqueous solution: Inorganic radicals

    David A. Armstrong;Robert E. Huie;Willem H. Koppenol;Sergei V. Lymar

  • The oxidizing nature of the hydroxyl radical. A comparison with the ferryl ion (FeO2

    W. H. Koppenol;Joel F. Liebman

  • Electrode potentials of partially reduced oxygen species, from dioxygen to water.

    Willem H. Koppenol;David M. Stanbury;Patricia L. Bounds

  • The complex interplay of iron metabolism, reactive oxygen species, and reactive nitrogen species: Insights into the potential of various iron therapies to induce oxidative and nitrosative stress

    Taija S. Koskenkorva-Frank;Günter Weiss;Willem H. Koppenol;Susanna Burckhardt;Susanna Burckhardt

  • The asymmetric distribution of charges on the surface of horse cytochrome c. Functional implications.

    W H Koppenol;E Margoliash

  • THE BASIC CHEMISTRY OF NITROGEN MONOXIDE AND PEROXYNITRITE

    W.H. Koppenol

  • The centennial of the Fenton reaction

    W.H. Koppenol

  • Energetics of interconversion reactions of oxyradicals

    W.H. Koppenol;J. Butler

  • Chemical Characterization of the Smallest S-Nitrosothiol, HSNO; Cellular Cross-talk of H2S and S-Nitrosothiols

    Milos R. Filipovic;Jan Lj. Miljkovic;Thomas Nauser;Maksim Royzen

  • Radical (HO•, H• and HOO•) Formation and Ionomer Degradation in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

    Lorenz Gubler;Sindy M. Dockheer;Sindy M. Dockheer;Willem H. Koppenol

  • Reduction potential of the carbon dioxide/carbon dioxide radical anion: a comparison with other C1 radicals

    W. H. Koppenol;J. D. Rush

  • Kinetics and mechanism of the reduction of ferricytochrome c by the superoxide anion.

    John Butler;Willem H. Koppenol;E. Margoliash

  • Oxidizing intermediates in the reaction of ferrous EDTA with hydrogen peroxide. Reactions with organic molecules and ferrocytochrome c.

    J D Rush;W H Koppenol

  • Syntheses of peroxynitrite: to go with the flow or on solid grounds?

    Willem H. Koppenol;R. Kissner;Joseph S. Beckman

  • On the pH-dependent yield of hydroxyl radical products from peroxynitrite

    John P. Crow;Christiana Spruell;Jun Chen;Christopher Gunn

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Schöneich
Christian Schöneich University of Kansas
Janusz M. Gebicki
Janusz M. Gebicki Macquarie University
Anthony J. Kettle
Anthony J. Kettle University of Otago
Joseph S. Beckman
Joseph S. Beckman Oregon State University
Christine C. Winterbourn
Christine C. Winterbourn University of Otago
Helmut Sies
Helmut Sies Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Robert C. Hider
Robert C. Hider King's College London
Cornelia G. Palivan
Cornelia G. Palivan University of Basel
Alexander Wokaun
Alexander Wokaun Paul Scherrer Institute
Wolfgang Meier
Wolfgang Meier University of Basel

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