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Last published 2025
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Josh Sakon

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Federal Grant PI High Impact

Professor

Faculty Researcher

5 h-index 8 pubs 70 cited

  • Models, Molecular
  • Collagen
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Protein Conformation
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Protein Binding
  • Animals
  • Collagenases
  • Binding Sites
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Parathyroid Hormone
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Cellulose

Biography and Research Information

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Josh Sakon, Professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, leads a research group focused on materials science, with a particular emphasis on magnetism and electronic properties of layered materials. His recent publications investigate the understanding and tuning of magnetism in layered Ising-type antiferromagnets like FePSe3, and the evolution of magnetism in the magnetic topological semimetal NdSb<sub>x</sub>Te<sub>2-x+δ</sub>. Sakon also explores field-induced spin polarization in substituted layered antiferromagnets such as NiPS3 and medium-entropy engineering of magnetism in Cu<sub>x</sub>Ni<sub>2(1-x)</sub>Cr<sub>x</sub>P<sub>2</sub>S<sub>6</sub>. His work extends to quantum oscillation studies of nodal line semimetals like Ni3In2S2-Se.

Beyond magnetism, Sakon's research interests include the development of cellulose nanocrystal-based materials. Publications in this area cover covalent crosslinking for multifunctional nanostructured hydrogels with tunable properties, as well as the impact of wood feedstock variability on the physicochemical properties of cellulose nanocrystals. He also studies the crystal growth and electronic properties of materials such as LaSbSe.

Sakon's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 5, with 66 citations across 8 publications. He has served as PI on a $403,423 NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences grant to understand the mechanisms of antibiotic inhibition of ribosomal subunit joining. Key collaborators include Rabindra Basnet (University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff), and University of Arkansas at Fayetteville colleagues Dinesh Upreti, Md Rafique Un Nabi, and Gokul Acharya.

Metrics

  • h-index: 5
  • Publications: 8
  • Citations: 70

Selected Publications

  • Thermodynamics of Binding Between Adeno-Associated Viruses and Heparin in Bulk and at Interfaces via Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (2026)
    Bioengineering DOI OpenAlex
  • Crystal structures of <i>Escherichia coli</i> glucokinase acetylation-mimicking variants and insights into the impact of acetylation (2026)
    Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications DOI OpenAlex
  • Bacterial collagenase harnesses collagen geometry for processive cleavage (2026)
    Nature Communications DOI OpenAlex
  • Crystal structures of <i>Escherichia coli</i> glucokinase and insights into phosphate binding (2025)
    Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Quantum oscillation studies of the nodal line semimetal Ni3In2S2-Se (2025)
    Acta Materialia 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Tuning magnetism in Ising-type van der Waals magnet FePS<sub>3</sub> by lithium intercalation (2025)
    Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Large negative magnetoresistance in the off-stoichiometric topological semimetal <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>PrSb</mml:mi> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Te</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> (2025)
    Physical review. B./Physical review. B 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Large negative magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">G</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">d</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">S</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">e</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> (2025)
    Physical review. B./Physical review. B 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Medium‐Entropy Engineering of Magnetism in Layered Antiferromagnet Cu<i><sub>x</sub></i>Ni<sub>2(1‐</sub><i><sub>x</sub></i><sub>)</sub>Cr<i><sub>x</sub></i>P<sub>2</sub>S<sub>6</sub> (2024)
    Advanced Functional Materials 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Evolution of magnetism in the magnetic topological semimetal <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>NdS</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">b</mml:mi><mml:mi>x</mml:mi></mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">T</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">e</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mo>−</mml:mo><mml:mi>x</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>δ</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> (2024)
    Physical review. B./Physical review. B 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Field-induced spin polarization in the lightly Cr-substituted layered antiferromagnet <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>NiP</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">S</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> (2024)
    Physical review. B./Physical review. B 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Understanding and Tuning Magnetism in Layered Ising‐Type Antiferromagnet FePSe<sub>3</sub> for Potential 2D Magnet (2024)
    Advanced Electronic Materials 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Crystal Growth and Electronic Properties of LaSbSe (2022)
    Crystals 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Covalent Crosslinking of Colloidal Cellulose Nanocrystals for Multifunctional Nanostructured Hydrogels with Tunable Physicochemical Properties (2022)
    Biomacromolecules 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Impact of species-based wood feedstock variability on physicochemical properties of cellulose nanocrystals (2022)
    Cellulose 13 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 1 $403,423 total

NIH Contact PI Aug 2024 - Jul 2027

Understanding Mechanisms of Antibiotic Inhibition of Ribosomal Subunit Joining

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $403,423 R15

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