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Derek R. Lovley

Amherst College · US
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Area of research
Environmental Engineering · Inorganic Chemistry
Research interest
Research interests include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and Metal Extraction and Bioleaching.
h-index
182
citations
115,614
works
695
NIH funding
primary concept
Chemistry
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Recent publications

Electroactive Microbes Short-Circuit the Passive Film to Corrode Stainless Steel.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Fe(III) Oxide Reduction Bypassing Outer-Surface Cytochromes in a Marine Respiratory Anaerobe.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Evaluating the importance of flavin-based electron shuttling in corrosion
Corrosion Science 2025cited by 8position: contributordoi
Sensing devices fabricated with Escherichia coli expressing genetically tunable nanowires incorporated into a water-stable polymer.
2025cited by 3position: contributordoi
Constructing artificial neurons with functional parameters comprehensively matching biological values.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Microbial nanowires for sustainable electronics
Nature Reviews Bioengineering 2024cited by 32position: contributordoi
Electrobiocorrosion by microbes without outer-surface cytochromes.
2024cited by 13position: contributordoi
Lack of physiological evidence for cytochrome filaments functioning as conduits for extracellular electron transfer.
2024cited by 6position: contributordoi
Expression of filaments of the Geobacter extracellular cytochrome OmcS in Shewanella oneidensis.
2024cited by 5position: contributordoi
Elucidating microbial iron corrosion mechanisms with a hydrogenase-deficient strain of <i>Desulfovibrio vulgaris</i>.
2024cited by 2position: contributordoi
Comment on "Humic acid-dependent respiratory growth of Methanosarcina acetivorans involves pyrroloquinoline quinone" by Yuanxu Song et al.
2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
Medium Composition Affects Microbial Corrosion Rates
2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
Incorporating Microbial Pilin-Based Nanowires into a Water-Stable Electronic Polymer Composite
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Elucidating Microbial Iron Corrosion Mechanisms with a Hydrogenase-Deficient Strain of<i>Desulfovibrio vulgaris</i>
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Microbially mediated metal corrosion.
2023cited by 108position: contributordoi
Accelerated Microbial Corrosion by Magnetite and Electrically Conductive Pili through Direct Fe<sup>0</sup> -to-Microbe Electron Transfer.
2023cited by 20position: contributordoi
Accelerated Microbial Corrosion by Magnetite and Electrically Conductive Pili through Direct Fe<sup>0</sup>‐to‐Microbe Electron Transfer
Angewandte Chemie 2023cited by 19position: contributordoi
Burning question: Are there sustainable strategies to prevent microbial metal corrosion?
2023cited by 17position: contributordoi
Microbial nanowires with genetically modified peptide ligands to sustainably fabricate electronic sensing devices.
2023cited by 13position: contributordoi
H<sub>2</sub> Is a Major Intermediate in <i>Desulfovibrio vulgaris</i> Corrosion of Iron.
2023cited by 11position: contributordoi
Detrimental impact of the &lt;i&gt;Geobacter metallireducens&lt;/i&gt; type VI secretion system on direct interspecies electron transfer.
2023cited by 9position: contributordoi
Response to Wang et al.: evidence contradicting the cytochrome-only model.
2023cited by 3position: contributordoi
Expression of Filaments of the<i>Geobacter</i>Extracellular Cytochrome OmcS in<i>Shewanella oneidensis</i>
2023cited by 0position: contributordoi
Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms.
2022cited by 258position: contributordoi
Microbial biofilms for electricity generation from water evaporation and power to wearables.
2022cited by 66position: contributordoi
Cytochrome‐mediated direct electron uptake from metallic iron by <i>Methanosarcina acetivorans</i>
mLife 2022cited by 53position: lastdoi
Cytochrome-mediated direct electron uptake from metallic iron by <i>Methanosarcina acetivorans</i>.
2022cited by 30position: contributordoi
Different outer membrane <i>c</i>-type cytochromes are involved in direct interspecies electron transfer to <i>Geobacter</i> or <i>Methanosarcina</i> species.
2022cited by 26position: contributordoi
<i>Desulfovibrio vulgaris</i> as a model microbe for the study of corrosion under sulfate-reducing conditions.
2022cited by 19position: contributordoi
Genetic Manipulation of Desulfovibrio ferrophilus and Evaluation of Fe(III) Oxide Reduction Mechanisms.
2022cited by 5position: contributordoi

Grants

Physiological Diversity of Hyperthermophilic Microorganisms in Diverse Hot Environments
NSF0348085$497,6882004–2008PIRePORTER
LExEn: Diversity of Electron Donors and Electron Acceptors Supporting the Growth of Hyperthermophilic Microorganisms.
NSF0085365$474,9552000–2003PIRePORTER
Electron Transfer to Fe(III) in the Geobacteraceae
NSF9727840$299,8301998–2002PIRePORTER
LExEn: Fe(III)-and Humics-Reducing Microorganisms in Extreme Environments
NSF9714285$325,0001997–2000PIRePORTER
Hydrological, Geochemical and Microbiological Controls On Anaerobic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation In a Petroleum-Contaminated Aquifer
NSF9523932$349,5351995–1998PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 46 papers (2019–2026)Dake Xu · Yalong Hydro (China)12 papers (2021–2026)Dawn E. Holmes · Amherst College7 papers (2021–2024)Stephen S. Nonnenmann · University of Pennsylvania6 papers (2019–2021)Haiyan Tang · Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China5 papers (2019–2022)Amelia‐Elena Rotaru · University of Massachusetts Amherst5 papers (2013–2014)Dawn E. Holmes · University of Massachusetts Amherst5 papers (2019–2022)David J. F. Walker · U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center5 papers (2019–2021)Pravin Malla Shrestha · University of California, Berkeley5 papers (2013–2014)Fanghua Liu · Pacific Northwest National Laboratory4 papers (2013–2014)Karsten Zengler · Scripps Institution of Oceanography4 papers (2012–2013)Kelly P. Nevin · University of Massachusetts Amherst4 papers (2013–2014)Jun Yao · University of Massachusetts Amherst4 papers (2020–2025)Toshiyuki Ueki · University of Massachusetts Amherst3 papers (2019–2021)Mallory Embree · University of California, San Diego3 papers (2012–2013)Tianda Fu · University of Massachusetts Amherst3 papers (2020–2022)Xiaomeng Liu · Yantai University3 papers (2020–2022)Jessica A. Smith · California University of Pennsylvania3 papers (2021–2024)Jinjie Zhou · Nanchang University3 papers (2019–2022)Jessica A. Smith · University of Massachusetts Amherst2 papers (2019–2021)
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