Andrew Pohorille

Ames Research Center — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

47h-index11.3kcitations223works3.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies(54), Origins and Evolution of Life(44), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior(38), Protein Structure and Dynamics(33), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(23)

Publications223 total

Gas and Aqueous Phase Computations on the Keto–Enol Tautomerization of Pyruvic and Zymonic Acids: Implications for Prebiotic Enol Phosphates
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A·2025· 1 cited
Life Detection Knowledge Base: Taxonomy of Potential Biosignatures
Astrobiology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Life Detection Knowledge Base: Assessment Criteria for Potential Biosignatures
Astrobiology·2025· 2 cited
Structural Biosignatures—A Category of Potential Biosignatures in the Life Detection Knowledge Base
Astrobiology·2025· 2 cited
Introduction to the Life Detection Knowledge Base Project
Astrobiology·2025· 3 cited
Life Detection Knowledge Base: A Community Tool for Knowledge Management and Representation
Astrobiology·2025· 6 cited
Multi-oligomeric states of alamethicin ion channel: Assemblies and conductance
Biophysical Journal·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Structure and Computational Electrophysiology of Ac-LS3, a Synthetic Ion Channel
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B·2022· 1 cited
Electrophysiological Properties from Computations at a Single Voltage: Testing Theory with Stochastic Simulations
Entropy·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Fast bilayer-micelle fusion mediated by hydrophobic dipeptides
Biophysical Journal·2021· 5 citedOpen Access
Groundwork for Life Detection
2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Computational Electrophysiology from a Single Molecular Dynamics Simulation and the Electrodiffusion Model
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B·2021· 6 cited
<i>In vitro</i>selections with RNAs of variable length converge on a robust catalytic core
Nucleic Acids Research·2020· 6 citedOpen Access
Fast Vesicle Fusion Mediated by Hydrophobic Dipeptides
2020Open Access
Evaluating Biosignatures for Life Detection
Astrobiology·2020· 18 citedOpen Access
Ion Channels – From Structure to Electrophysiology and Back
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2020
Big on Change, Small on Innovation: Evolutionary Consequences of RNA Sequence Duplication
Journal of Molecular Evolution·2019· 4 citedOpen Access
Gene Expression Measurement Module (GEMM) for space application: Design and validation
Life Sciences in Space Research·2019· 7 cited
NAI Supported Research, a Case Study: the Origin of Protein Functions
NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)·2019Open Access
Emergence of Simple Ion Channels by Self-Assembly of Short Peptides
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2019
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Frequent Co-authors

Michael A. Wilson(17), Lawrence R. Pratt(10), Christophe Chipot(8), Edmond I. Eger(4), R. Adron Harris(4), Joan J. Kendig(4), James R. Trudell(4), Eric Darve(3), Karl J. Schweighofer(3), David Rodríguez‐Gómez(2), Jérôme Hénin(2), David W. Deamer(2), Donald D. Koblin(2), Michael J. Halsey(2), R. D. Macelroy(2), Ilan Benjamin(2), Michael J. Laster(2), Diane Gong(2), Tomáš Hudlický(2), Christopher Jarzynski(1)