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Christine Sun

Environmental Science · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1999Rising activity
Bacteriophages and microbial interactionsMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringGut microbiota and health

Publications

62

Citations

4,262

Est. group size

~8

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

28

Publishing since 1999

Research summary
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Christine Sun's research focuses on microbial communities and their genetic diversity, including how bacteria and their viral predators (bacteriophages) interact and coexist, and how microbial genomes can be analyzed at fine-grained resolution using metagenomics (studying DNA collected directly from environmental or clinical samples). Some work also applies genomic sequencing methods to track infections in hospital settings and characterize drug-resistant microorganisms. The publication record suggests work spans environmental microbiology, human microbiome studies, and clinical microbiology/epidemiology.

Phage-bacteria interactions and community ecologyMetagenomics and microbial genome analysisHuman microbiome studies (vaginal, oral, gut)Hospital-acquired infection genomics and antimicrobial resistanceViral and microbial diversity in environmental samples

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade with a low point around 2021 followed by a marked increase in 2023 and especially 2025, suggesting recent growth in activity.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.2/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 2 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 8 publications8252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×10
  • Nature Communications×3
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology×3
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×2
  • Environmental Microbiology×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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