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D-Index
48
Citations
8036
World Ranking
15269
National Ranking
3870

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, American Physical Society
  • 1971 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1958 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William D. Phillips was a scientist affiliated with DuPont in the United States. Their research spanned multiple disciplines, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with significant contributions in Molecular Biology and related subfields such as Cancer Research, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their scholarly output included a variety of topics, notably extracellular vesicles in disease, RNA modifications and cancer, microRNA in disease regulation, and quantum mechanics and applications. Additional areas of their work covered school choice and performance, CRISPR and genetic engineering, as well as genomics and chromatin dynamics.

William D. Phillips authored and co-authored several research papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • "Understanding extracellular vesicle and nanoparticle heterogeneity: Novel methods and considerations," 2021, PROTEOMICS
  • "Experimental tests of Bell's inequalities: a first-hand account by Alain Aspect," 2023, The European Physical Journal D

They frequently collaborated with co-authors such as Andrew F. Hill, Eduard Willms, Lesley Cheng, Peter Burge, and Hui Lu. These collaborations contributed to a multi-author body of work largely centered on extracellular vesicle biology and related molecular studies.

William D. Phillips published in various venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Extracellular Biology, PROTEOMICS, The European Physical Journal D, and Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, reflecting a diverse engagement with both biological sciences and infrastructure resilience themes.

In addition to journal articles, they contributed to book publications with RAND Corporation eBooks. These works focused on education research, specifically teacher retention in England, exemplified by titles such as "Understanding Teaching Retention: Using a discrete choice experiment to measure teacher retention in England" (2021) and "Discrete choice experiments: A unique approach to understanding teacher retention in England" (2021).

William D. Phillips was recognized by several professional organizations. They were a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1971 and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1958. Additionally, they received the Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science from the American Physical Society in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Quantized hysteresis in a superfluid atomtronic circuit

    Stephen Eckel;Jeffrey G. Lee;Fred Jendrzejewski;Noel Murray

  • Proton magnetic resonance spectra of proteins in random-coil configurations.

    Charles C. McDonald;William D. Phillips

  • Cyanocarbon Chemistry. II.<sup>1</sup> Spectroscopic Studies of the Molecular Complexes of Tetracyanoethylene

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  • NMR Studies of Some Liquid Crystal Systems

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  • Manifestations of the tertiary structures of proteins in high-frequency nuclear magnetic resonance.

    Charles C. McDonald;William Dale. Phillips

  • An Electron Spin Resonance Study of Some Complexes of Iron, Nitric Oxide, and Anionic Ligands

    C. C. McDonald;W. D. Phillips;H. F. Mower

  • Solution Dimerization of the Tetracyanoquinodimethane Ion Radical

    Richard H. Boyd;William D. Phillips

  • Structure and Properties of a Synthetic Analogue of Bacterial Iron-Sulfur Proteins

    T. Herskovitz;B. A. Averill;R. H. Holm;James A. Ibers

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Paramagnetic Molecules

    D.R. Eaton;W.D. Phillips

  • SENSITIVE CRITERIA FOR THE CRITICAL SIZE FOR HELIX FORMATION IN OLIGOPEPTIDES

    Murray Goodman;Antonio S. Verdini;Claudio Toniolo;William D. Phillips

  • Restricted Rotation in Amides as Evidenced by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

    W. D. Phillips

  • Measurement of the atomic Na(3P) lifetime and of retardation in the interaction between two atoms bound in a molecule

    K. M. Jones;P. S. Julienne;P. D. Lett;W. D. Phillips

  • A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Structures of Cobalt(II)-Histidine Complexes

    C. C. McDonald;W. D. Phillips

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Infrared Study of Hindered Rotation in Nitrosamines

    Catharine E. Looney;W. D. Phillips;E. L. Reilly

  • Structure and Exchange Processes in Some Inorganic Fluorides by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance1

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  • Proton magnetic resonance studies of horse cytochrome c.

    McDonald Cc;Phillips Wd

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance study of the mechanism of reversible denaturation of lysozyme

    Charles C. McDonald;William Dale Phillips;J. D. Glickson

  • B11 Magnetic Resonance Study of Boron Compounds

    W. D. Phillips;H. C. Miller;E. L. Muetterties

  • Synthetic analogs of the active sites of iron-sulfur proteins. V. Proton resonance properties of the tetranuclear clusters [tetra-.mu.-sulfido-tetrakis(alkyl or aryl thiolato)tetraferrate](2-)

    R. H. Holm;W. D. Phillips;B. A. Averill;J. J. Mayerle

  • Photoassociative spectroscopy of laser-cooled atoms.

    P. D. Lett;P. S. Julienne;W. D. Phillips

  • EPR Studies of the Tetracyanoethylene Anion Radical

    W. D. Phillips;J. C. Rowell;S. I. Weissman

  • Proton magnetic resonance evidence for methionine-iron coordination in mammalian-type ferrocytochrome c

    C.C. McDonald;W.D. Phillips;S.N. Vinogradov

  • Solution behavior, circular dichroism and 220 MHz PMR studies of the bovine myelin basic protein

    Leonard F. Liebes;Leonard F. Liebes;Robert Zand;Robert Zand;William D. Phillips;William D. Phillips

  • High-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Advances in instrumentation in this field are leading to new applications in chemistry and biology.

    R. C. Ferguson;W. D. Phillips

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul S. Julienne
Paul S. Julienne University of Maryland, College Park
Richard H. Holm
Richard H. Holm Harvard University
Jerry D. Glickson
Jerry D. Glickson University of Pennsylvania
Kevin S. Jones
Kevin S. Jones University of Florida
Jean Dalibard
Jean Dalibard Collège de France
Walter Lovenberg
Walter Lovenberg National Institutes of Health
Richard B. Frankel
Richard B. Frankel California Polytechnic State University
Bruce A. Averill
Bruce A. Averill University of Toledo
Richard H. Boyd
Richard H. Boyd University of Utah

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