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Presence Formerly Arkansas
Last published 2026
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Paul D. Adams

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High Impact

Professor

Formerly Arkansas Affiliated with University of Arkansas through 2024; recent publications list Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Joint BioEnergy Institute.

99 h-index 577 pubs 134,611 cited

  • Models, Molecular
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Protein Conformation
  • Software
  • Proteins
  • Databases, Protein
  • Humans
  • Algorithms
  • Escherichia coli
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Cryoelectron Microscopy
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Animals

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Paul D. Adams is a professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. His research focuses on the development and application of computational methods and software for determining macromolecular structures. He is a highly cited researcher with an h-index of 99 and over 134,000 citations across more than 577 publications.

Adams has a significant publication record in the field of structural biology, including foundational work on software systems such as PHENIX and CNS (Crystallography & NMR System). His work has contributed to advancements in macromolecular structure solution using X-ray crystallography, neutron diffraction, and electron diffraction. He has also explored the use of neural networks for predicting protein structures and interactions, as indicated by a 2021 publication on this topic.

His research group collaborates with other researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Carol Gattis, Jennie Popp, Xochitl Delgado Solorzano, and Patience Okoto, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications. Adams maintains an active lab website and leads a research group.

Metrics

  • h-index: 99
  • Publications: 577
  • Citations: 134,611

Positions

  • Professor 2007–present
    University of California, Berkeley Bioengineering ORCID
  • Division Director 1999–present
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging ORCID
  • Professor
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville ORCID
  • Research Scientist 1998–1999
    Yale University Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry ORCID
  • Associate Research Scientist 1997–1998
    Yale University Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry ORCID
  • Postdoctoral Associate 1992–1997
    Yale University Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry ORCID
  • Project Scientist 1992
    University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Parallel Computing Center ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Corrigendum to “One-step purification of a bioactive PAK1-derived peptide” [Anal. Biochem. (2026), 709, 116014] (2026)
    Analytical Biochemistry DOI OpenAlex
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors: Roles and Emerging Therapeutic Applications (2025)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Board 198: An Innovation-Themed National Science Foundation S-STEM Grant Program (2024)
  • Board 312: Increasing Retention for Rural and Underrepresented STEM Students (2024)
  • Board 302: Helping Rural and Underrepresented Students Succeed in STEM (2024)
  • A Simple Purification Method for Heat-Stable Recombinant Low Molecular Weight Proteins and Peptides Via GST-Fusion Products (2023)
  • Targeting K-Ras Mutations Show Promise Towards Ending Ras’s“Undruggable” Era (2022)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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22 Collaborators 6 Institutions 1 Country

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