Harvard MRSEC Researchers named 2025 Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers in several categories, including Cross-Field
By Carole H. Mezian
December 1, 2025
Congratulations to eight Harvard MRSEC researchers within the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). They were nominated with the Highly Cited Researchers™ from Clarivate™ in the biology/biochemistry, cross-field, engineering, and materials science categories.
Clarivate identifies individual researchers within the sciences and social scientists fields, and those who demonstrated significant and broad influence in their ESI field(s) (Essential Science Indicators™) of research. There are 22 ESI field categories, which includes the Cross-Field category.
A total of 7,131 Highly Cited Researchers™ was awarded to 6,868 individuals. Nominations for 2025 work in 60 countries where 83.8% researchers are from 10 countries. Harvard University holds the #1 rank in the United States of 46 global universities where researchers are mostly cited, and also have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their ESI field(s) of research. Clarivate compiles a list to honor researchers with a Citation Laureate every year, which many Harvard MRSEC researchers are selected every year. Of the world's population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers™ equates to 1 researcher in 1,000 researchers globally.
Highly Cited Researchers in the field of Cross-Field for 2025
Four MRSEC @ Harvard University researchers have been named as Highly Cited Researcher 2025 in the Cross-Field category. This is the eighth year that identifies researchers with the Cross-Field impact, those who contribute multiple highly cited papers in several different fields, but would not register enough highly cited papers in one single ESI field to be considered for a single selection.
The recognition of these researchers keeps our list contemporary and relevant with those who work at the intersection of different scientific or scholarly domains. This small fraction of the global researcher population contributes to extending the frontiers of knowledge and gaining for society innovations that make the world healthier, more sustainable and more secure.
The following researchers are Harvard University's NSF-MRSEC IRG I: Programmable Multiscale and Multi-Material Control of Functional Soft Matter
Katia Bertoldi, William and Ami Kuan Danoff Professor of Applied Mechanics
Subject Category: Cross-Field
Katia is published as author/co-author in 403 total documents with Cited Articles reaching over 35,851 times cited.
Jennifer Lewis, Hansjorg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering
Jianming Yu Professor of Arts and Sciences
Subject Category: Materials Science
Jennifer is published as author/co-author in 576 total documents with 26,725 Citing Articles reaching over 74,258 times cited.
Kevin Kit Parker, Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics
Subject Category: Cross-Field
Kevin is published as author/co-author in 327 total documents with Cited Articles reaching 28,954 times cited.
Conor J. Walsh, Paul A. Maeder Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Associate Faculty Member, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Subject Category: Engineering
Conor is published as author/co-author in 535 total documents with Cited Articles reaching over 34,700 times cited.
Robert J. Wood, Harry Lewis and Marlyn McGrath Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Director of Graduate Studies
Subject Category: Engineering
Robert is published as author/co-author in 582 total documents with Cited Articles reaching over 62,192 times cited.
The following researchers are Harvard University's NSF-MRSEC IRG II: Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Mechanically Soft Systems
Zhigang Suo, Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and Materials
Kavli Scholar, Kavli Institute for Bionano Science & Technology
Subject Category: Cross-Field
Zhigang is published as author/co-author in x total documents with Cited Articles reaching over 103,321 times cited.
David A. Weitz, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics
Core Faculty Member, Wyss Institute for Biomedical Engineering
Member, Kavli Institute for Bionano Science & Technology
Subject Category: Cross-Field
David is published as author/co-author in 1667 total documents with Cited Articles reaching over 185,789 times cited.
The following researchers are Harvard University's NSF-MRSEC Seed Projects
David J. Mooney, Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering
Core Faculty Member, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired
Engineering at Harvard University
Subject Category: Materials Science, and Biology and Biochemistry
David is published as author/co-author in 1,112 total documents with Cited Articles reaching over 167,364 times cited.
Authorship, funding, disclosures
MRSEC researcher's work was partially sponsored by the National Science Foundation through the Harvard University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (DMR-2011754).
