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William Benjamin Carpenter

Earth and Planetary Sciences · The Ohio State University

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1969
Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchMarine and environmental studiesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesPaleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsHistory of Science and Natural History

Publications

305

Citations

2,746

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

58

Publishing since 1969

Research summary
AI-generated

This researcher develops and applies advanced single-molecule biophysics tools, especially anti-Brownian electrokinetic (ABEL) trapping combined with interferometric scattering and fluorescence, to study individual nanoparticles and biological structures such as carboxysomes (bacterial microcompartments involved in carbon fixation). The work also spans spectroscopic techniques like 2D infrared spectroscopy and studies of molecular clusters and hydrogen bonding, indicating a broad interest in physical chemistry methods for probing matter at the nanoscale. Note: the listed OpenAlex topics (geology, paleoclimatology) do not match the publication record, which is centered on biophysical chemistry and spectroscopy rather than Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Single-molecule biophysics and nanoparticle trappingInterferometric scattering and fluorescence detectionCarboxysome structure and functionInfrared and 2D IR spectroscopyMolecular clustering and hydrogen bonding studies

Publication output has been steady but modest over the past decade, fluctuating between 2 and 6 papers per year with no clear upward or downward trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 6 publications6182019: 2 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 6 publications6222023: 4 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 3 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics×6
  • Biophysical Journal×5
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B×4
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
  • Oxford University Press eBooks×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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