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![Jens Nielsen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/71/1402596.jpg)
metabolic engineering
metabolism
systems biology
synthetic biology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,431
66,900
0.521
![George Georgiou](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Protein engineering
genetics
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,443
15,709
0.353
![zhang liaoyuan](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Synthetic Biology
Protein Engineering
Enzymology
Metabolic Engineering
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,463
24,387
0.574
![Birte Svensson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/86/1571097.jpg)
Protein Structure
Function and Engineering
Molecular Interactions
Carbohydrates
Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,449
6,151
0.242
![Wilfred Chen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7e/1777573.jpg)
Synthetic Biology
Protein Engineering
Biofuel
Biosensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,774
6,614
0.278
![Steven James Hallam](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/39/642993.jpg)
Microbial Ecology
Biological Engineering
Microbial Cell Factories
Bioinformatics
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,502
12,825
0.570
![Lars Keld Nielsen](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Systems biology
synthetic biology
biochemical engineering
metabolic engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,429
11,298
0.504
![Asadollah Gholamian](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/37/303210.jpg)
Medical Physiology
Tissue engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,070
18,997
0.996
![Adam Feist](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/15/1771848.jpg)
Adaptive Laboratory Evolution
Metabolic Engineering
Constraint Based Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,635
8,557
0.485
![Ling Tau Chuan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9b/412515.jpg)
biotechnology
bioseparation
bioprocess engineering
bioproducts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,484
12,948
0.785
![Mark Anthony Browne](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/90/126710.jpg)
Ecology
ecological engineering
ecotoxicology
environmental science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,428
11,485
0.699
![Mark R Marten *](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f6/1290093.jpg)
systems biology
bioprocess engineering
fungal morphogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,398
6,978
0.426
![Peter Gawthrop](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/78/129007.jpg)
Systems Biology
Control Engineering
Intermittent Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,657
3,014
0.193
![Feng Chen](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Secondary Metabolism
Plant Biotic Interactions
Metabolic Evolution
Metabolic Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,032
7,331
0.522
![Sami Kara](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9c/130532.jpg)
Sustainability in Manufacturing
Life Cycle Engineering
Low carbon manufacturing
Industrial ecology
circular economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,827
7,577
0.548
![Henggui Zhang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ba/1447210.jpg)
Computational Cardiology
Nonlinear Dynamics
Biophysics
Biomedical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,257
6,281
0.474
![Mark Howarth](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Synthetic Biology
Protein Engineering
Vaccines
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,362
6,977
0.564
![Tsihrintzis Vassilios](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b7/1847477.jpg)
Water Resources Management
Environmental Engineering
Ecological Engineering
Ecohydrology
Ecohydraulics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,946
5,178
0.473
![Matthew Wook Chang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ba/412629.jpg)
Synthetic Biology
Metabolic Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,071
6,171
0.613
![Maarten Merkx](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a8/4365165.jpg)
protein engineering
chemical biololgy
synthetic biology
biosensors
point-of-care diagnostics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,460
4,001
0.423
![Pablo Iván Nikel Mayer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a1/906803.jpg)
Metabolic Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Synthetic Metabolism
Biotechnology
C1 metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,355
6,975
0.746
![Peter A Todd](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0f/413362.jpg)
Experimental Marine Ecology
Urban Marine Ecology
Marine Biology
Tropical Marine Ecosystems
Ecological Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,265
5,648
0.610
![Giuliano M Dragone](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/93/1591605.jpg)
Industrial biotechnology
Fermentation
Bioprocess development
Biochemical engineering
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,406
4,716
0.561
![Iwane Suzuki](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Cyanobacteria
histidine kinase
metabolic engineering
system biology
Microalgae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,372
2,210
0.264
![Dae Kyun Ro](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7d/648749.jpg)
Plant Biochemistry
Metabolic engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,343
3,243
0.389
Jens Nielsen
Chalmers University of Technology
Göteborg, Sweden
![Sweden](/flags/se.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,431
66,900
0.521
metabolic engineering
metabolism
systems biology
synthetic biology
biotechnology
George Georgiou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,443
15,709
0.353
Protein engineering
genetics
immunology
zhang liaoyuan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,463
24,387
0.574
Synthetic Biology
Protein Engineering
Enzymology
Metabolic Engineering
Microbiology
Birte Svensson
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
![Denmark](/flags/dk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,449
6,151
0.242
Protein Structure
Function and Engineering
Molecular Interactions
Carbohydrates
Proteomics
Wilfred Chen
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,774
6,614
0.278
Synthetic Biology
Protein Engineering
Biofuel
Biosensing
Steven James Hallam
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,502
12,825
0.570
Microbial Ecology
Biological Engineering
Microbial Cell Factories
Bioinformatics
Sustainability
Lars Keld Nielsen
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,429
11,298
0.504
Systems biology
synthetic biology
biochemical engineering
metabolic engineering
Asadollah Gholamian
University of Tehran
Tehran, Iran
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,070
18,997
0.996
Medical Physiology
Tissue engineering
Adam Feist
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,635
8,557
0.485
Adaptive Laboratory Evolution
Metabolic Engineering
Constraint Based Modeling
Ling Tau Chuan
University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
![Malaysia](/flags/my.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,484
12,948
0.785
biotechnology
bioseparation
bioprocess engineering
bioproducts
Mark Anthony Browne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,428
11,485
0.699
Ecology
ecological engineering
ecotoxicology
environmental science
Mark R Marten *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,398
6,978
0.426
systems biology
bioprocess engineering
fungal morphogenesis
Peter Gawthrop
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,657
3,014
0.193
Systems Biology
Control Engineering
Intermittent Control
Feng Chen
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Knoxville, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,032
7,331
0.522
Secondary Metabolism
Plant Biotic Interactions
Metabolic Evolution
Metabolic Engineering
Sami Kara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,827
7,577
0.548
Sustainability in Manufacturing
Life Cycle Engineering
Low carbon manufacturing
Industrial ecology
circular economy
Henggui Zhang
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,257
6,281
0.474
Computational Cardiology
Nonlinear Dynamics
Biophysics
Biomedical Engineering
Mark Howarth
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,362
6,977
0.564
Synthetic Biology
Protein Engineering
Vaccines
Immunology
Tsihrintzis Vassilios
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,946
5,178
0.473
Water Resources Management
Environmental Engineering
Ecological Engineering
Ecohydrology
Ecohydraulics
Matthew Wook Chang
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
![Singapore](/flags/sg.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,071
6,171
0.613
Synthetic Biology
Metabolic Engineering
Maarten Merkx
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
![Netherlands](/flags/nl.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,460
4,001
0.423
protein engineering
chemical biololgy
synthetic biology
biosensors
point-of-care diagnostics
Pablo Iván Nikel Mayer
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
![Denmark](/flags/dk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,355
6,975
0.746
Metabolic Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Synthetic Metabolism
Biotechnology
C1 metabolism
Peter A Todd
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
![Singapore](/flags/sg.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,265
5,648
0.610
Experimental Marine Ecology
Urban Marine Ecology
Marine Biology
Tropical Marine Ecosystems
Ecological Engineering
Giuliano M Dragone
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
![Denmark](/flags/dk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,406
4,716
0.561
Industrial biotechnology
Fermentation
Bioprocess development
Biochemical engineering
Microbiology
Iwane Suzuki
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba, Japan
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,372
2,210
0.264
Cyanobacteria
histidine kinase
metabolic engineering
system biology
Microalgae
Dae Kyun Ro
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,343
3,243
0.389
Plant Biochemistry
Metabolic engineering