Omer Markovitch

@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Instituto Superior Tecnico

1674

Scholar Citations

15

Scholar h-index

17

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Better origin (s) of life research through collaboration across disciplines
    S Rajamani, C Mathis, S Asche, D Boulesteix, C Blanco, O Markovitch, ...
    Cell Reports Physical Science 7 (4) , 2026
    2026
  • What it takes to solve the origin of life: An integrated review. Part 1–Experimental methods and data repositories
    S Asche, C Bautista, C Blanco, D Boulesteix, A Champagne-Ruel, ...
    Cell Reports Physical Science , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • What it takes to solve the origins of life: An integrated review. Part 2: Theoretical methods and emerging trends
    S Asche, C Bautista, C Blanco, D Boulesteix, A Champagne-Ruel, ...
    Cell Reports Physical Science , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Selection for photocatalytic function through Darwinian evolution of synthetic self-replicators
    K Liu, O Markovitch, C van Ewijk, YK Knelissen, A Kiani, M Eleveld, ...
    Nature Catalysis 8 (10), 1000-1009 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • Departure from randomness: Evolution of self-replicators that can self-sort through steric zipper formation
    MJ Eleveld, J Wu, K Liu, J Ottelé, O Markovitch, A Kiani, LC Herold, ...
    Chem 11 (5) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 8
  • Self-Organization in Prebiotic Networks Towards Open-Ended Evolution
    T Vicente, Z Martins, O Markovitch
    https://eana-net.eu/conferences/EANA2025/abstract_show.php?id=16 , 2025
    2025
  • Binding of precursors to replicator assemblies can improve replication fidelity and mediate error correction
    O Markovitch, J Wu, S Otto
    Angewandte Chemie 136 (14), e202317997 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • The GARD Prebiotic Reproduction Model Described in Order and Complexity
    C Mayer, D Lancet, O Markovitch
    Life 14 (3), 288 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 9
  • What it takes to solve the Origin (s) of Life: An integrated review of techniques
    S Asche, C Bautista, D Boulesteix, A Champagne-Ruel, C Mathis, ...
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.11665 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 3
  • Out‐of‐equilibrium self‐replication allows selection for dynamic kinetic stability in a system of competing replicators
    B Liu, J Wu, M Geerts, O Markovitch, CG Pappas, K Liu, S Otto
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (18), e202117605 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 68
  • Prebiotic chemistry: From dust to molecules and beyond
    E Camprubi, O Markovitch, KB Muchowska, S Otto, IL ten Kate
    New Frontiers in Astrobiology, 19-47 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Chemical Fueling Enables Molecular Complexification of Self‐Replicators
    S Yang, G Schaeffer, E Mattia, O Markovitch, K Liu, AS Hussain, J Ottelé, ...
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (20), 11344-11349 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 184
  • Automated device for continuous stirring while sampling in liquid chromatography systems
    O Markovitch, J Ottelé, O Veldman, S Otto
    Communications Chemistry 3 (1), 180 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 18
  • Perspective: Science policy through public engagement
    R Loureiro, O Markovitch, CS Riley, HJ Cleaves, IH Mogoșanu, ...
    Science and Public Policy 47 (6), 890-891 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 2
  • All-Photochemical Rotation of Molecular Motors with a Phosphorus Stereoelement
    GB Boursalian, ER Nijboer, R Dorel, L Pfeifer, O Markovitch, A Blokhuis, ...
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (39), 16868-16876 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 58
  • Caught in the Act: Mechanistic Insight into Supramolecular Polymerization-Driven Self-Replication from Real-Time Visualization
    S Maity, J Ottelé, GM Santiago, PWJM Frederix, P Kroon, O Markovitch, ...
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (32), 13709-13717 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 77
  • Competition Dynamics in a Chemical System of Self-replicating Macrocycles
    O Markovitch, BH Kramer, FJ Weissing, GS van Doorn, S Otto
    Artificial Life Conference Proceedings 32, 462-464 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 1
  • Systems protobiology: origin of life in lipid catalytic networks
    D Lancet, R Zidovetzki, O Markovitch
    Journal of The Royal Society Interface 15 (144), 20180159 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 176
  • Chemical Heredity as Group Selection at the Molecular Level
    O Markovitch, O Witkowski, N Virgo
    arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.08024 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 3
  • Accompnaying Dataset for: Chemical Heredity as Group Selection at the Molecular Level
    O Markovitch, O Witkowski, N Virgo
    (No Title) , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 1

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Special pair dance and partner selection: Elementary steps in proton transport in liquid water
    O Markovitch, H Chen, S Izvekov, F Paesani, GA Voth, N Agmon
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112 (31), 9456-9466 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 414
  • Structure and energetics of the hydronium hydration shells
    O Markovitch, N Agmon
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111 (12), 2253-2256 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 312
  • Chemical Fueling Enables Molecular Complexification of Self‐Replicators
    S Yang, G Schaeffer, E Mattia, O Markovitch, K Liu, AS Hussain, J Ottelé, ...
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (20), 11344-11349 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 184
  • Systems protobiology: origin of life in lipid catalytic networks
    D Lancet, R Zidovetzki, O Markovitch
    Journal of The Royal Society Interface 15 (144), 20180159 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 176
  • Excess mutual catalysis is required for effective evolvability
    O Markovitch, D Lancet
    Artificial Life 18 (3), 243-266 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 82
  • Caught in the Act: Mechanistic Insight into Supramolecular Polymerization-Driven Self-Replication from Real-Time Visualization
    S Maity, J Ottelé, GM Santiago, PWJM Frederix, P Kroon, O Markovitch, ...
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (32), 13709-13717 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 77
  • Out‐of‐equilibrium self‐replication allows selection for dynamic kinetic stability in a system of competing replicators
    B Liu, J Wu, M Geerts, O Markovitch, CG Pappas, K Liu, S Otto
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (18), e202117605 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 68
  • All-Photochemical Rotation of Molecular Motors with a Phosphorus Stereoelement
    GB Boursalian, ER Nijboer, R Dorel, L Pfeifer, O Markovitch, A Blokhuis, ...
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (39), 16868-16876 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 58
  • Reversible geminate recombination of hydrogen-bonded water molecule pair
    O Markovitch, N Agmon
    The Journal of chemical physics 129, 084505 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 53
  • The distribution of acceptor and donor hydrogen-bonds in bulk liquid water
    O Markovitch, N Agmon
    Molecular Physics 106 (2-4), 485-495 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 48
  • Multispecies population dynamics of prebiotic compositional assemblies
    O Markovitch, D Lancet
    Journal of theoretical biology 357, 26-34 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 41
  • Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in early molecular networks
    R Kafri, O Markovitch, D Lancet
    Biology direct 5 (1), 38 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 31
  • Quasispecies in population of compositional assemblies
    R Gross, I Fouxon, D Lancet, O Markovitch
    BMC evolutionary biology 14 (1), 265 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 20
  • Automated device for continuous stirring while sampling in liquid chromatography systems
    O Markovitch, J Ottelé, O Veldman, S Otto
    Communications Chemistry 3 (1), 180 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 18
  • Predicting species emergence in simulated complex pre-biotic networks
    O Markovitch, N Krasnogor
    PLOS ONE 13 (2), e0192871 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 18
  • Is there an optimal level of open-endedness in prebiotic evolution?
    O Markovitch, D Sorek, LT Lui, D Lancet, N Krasnogor
    Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres 42, 469-474 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 12
  • Replication of simulated prebiotic amphiphile vesicles controlled by experimental lipid physicochemical properties
    DL Armstrong, O Markovitch, R Zidovetzki, D Lancet
    Physical Biology 8 (6), 066001 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 12
  • The GARD Prebiotic Reproduction Model Described in Order and Complexity
    C Mayer, D Lancet, O Markovitch
    Life 14 (3), 288 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 9
  • Departure from randomness: Evolution of self-replicators that can self-sort through steric zipper formation
    MJ Eleveld, J Wu, K Liu, J Ottelé, O Markovitch, A Kiani, LC Herold, ...
    Chem 11 (5) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 8
  • Toward Programmable Biology
    H Fellermann, O Markovitch, O Gilfellon, C Madsen, A Phillips
    ACS synthetic biology 5 (8), 793-794 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 6