Dieter Oesterhelt

448 papers and 27.9k indexed citations i.

About

Dieter Oesterhelt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Dieter Oesterhelt has authored 448 papers receiving a total of 27.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 328 papers in Molecular Biology, 272 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 72 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Dieter Oesterhelt’s work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (272 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (133 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (116 papers). Dieter Oesterhelt is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (272 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (133 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (116 papers). Dieter Oesterhelt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Dieter Oesterhelt's co-authors include Walther Stoeckenius, Jörg Tittor, Ernst Bamberg, Hartmut Michel, Wolfgang Zinth, Lorenz Kerscher, Ulrich Haupts, Lars‐Oliver Essen, Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Wolfgang Marwan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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