Papers regarding treatments for difficult diseases, energy efficiency, and understanding human emotion are among the multitude of groundbreaking research that has earned four College of Science professors a spot on2021’s list of “Highly Cited Researchers.”

Each year,Clarivate Analytics刺激uces this list based on citation data from the Web of Science. This online platform tracks research papers’ mentions in other papers’ citations. The list features more than 6,000 scientific researchers around the world who have produced papers that rank in the top 1 percent by citations in their fields between 2009 and 2021.

The following College of Science faculty were named on 2021’s list, each of whom has appeared on the list in previous years:

• 阿伦Bansil, a University Distinguished Professor of Physics, studies how electrons behave in complex materials. His work provides novel insight into how to design new materials forquantum information systems, more efficient batteries, andsuperconductorsthat could eventually work at room temperature.
• Albert-László Barabásithe Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science and Distinguished Professor of Physics, studies complex systems such as sub-cellular networks and the extent to which complex systems can be controlled. His research into thescience of successshows that the top performers aren’t always recognized as the best in their fields.
• Lisa Feldman Barretta University Distinguished Professor of Psychology, studies the nature of emotion from the perspectives of both psychology and neuroscience. Herlab’s researchuses experiential, behavioral, psychophysiological and brain-imaging techniques to study emotions.
• Kim Lewisa University Distinguished Professor of Biology, has produced major discoveries in the fight against bacterial infections. He hasdiscovered a new antibioticthat kills pathogens without encountering any detectable resistance and investigated promisingnew treatments for Lyme disease.