D. Marshall Porterfield
Chemical Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
172
Citations
6,231
Est. group size
~2
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
47
Publishing since 1979
D. Marshall Porterfield's work centers on how biological systems—ranging from single fungal and plant cells to human tissues and microbiomes—respond to spaceflight and gravity-related conditions. Recent projects examine molecular effects of space radiation, microbial behavior during human spaceflight, and health risks such as cancer that may be relevant to astronauts. The research also touches on measurement tools like biosensors and lab-on-a-chip devices for studying cellular responses to gravity and other physical forces.
Publication output was low or absent in the middle of the decade (2019-2021) but has picked back up since 2022, with a relatively steady 3-5 papers per year through 2024-2025.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Fungal graviresponses: Physiological and molecular insights from tissue reorientation in the gravity vector
Mycology: An International Journal on Fungal Biology · 2025
- Space radiation damage rescued by inhibition of key spaceflight associated miRNAs
Nature Communications · 2024
- Microbiology of human spaceflight: microbial responses to mechanical forces that impact health and habitat sustainability
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews · 2024
- So Long, and Thanks for All the Antagomirs: Space Radiation Damage Rescued by Inhibition of Key Spaceflight Associated miRNAs
Research Square · 2023
- Preliminary study on the detection of hydrogen ion flux in breast cancer tissue using noninvasive microtest technology
Research Square · 2023
- The interplay between lncRNAs, RNA-binding proteins and viral genome during SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals strong connections with regulatory events involved in RNA metabolism and immune response
Theranostics · 2022
- Extraterrestrial Gynecology: Could Spaceflight Increase the Risk of Developing Cancer in Female Astronauts? An Updated Review
International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2022
- The interplay between lncRNAs, RNA-binding proteins and viral genome during SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals strong connections with regulatory events involved in RNA metabolism and immune response
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2022
- The interplay between lncRNAs, RNA-binding proteins and viral genome during SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals strong connections with regulatory events involved in RNA metabolism and immune response
UNC Libraries · 2022
- Investing in a permanent and sustainable nuclear waste disposal solution
Progress in Nuclear Energy · 2018
- Hacking life: Engineering biological systems beyond genomics
Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University) · 2018
- An autonomous lab on a chip for space flight calibration of gravity-induced transcellular calcium polarization in single-cell fern spores
Lab on a Chip · 2017
- Measuring Spatial and Temporal Oxygen Flux Near Plant Tissues Using a Self-Referencing Optrode
Methods in molecular biology · 2017
- 単細胞シダ胞子における重力誘起経細胞カルシウム偏極の宇宙飛行較正のためのチップ上の自律的実験室【Powered by NICT】
Lab on a Chip · 2017
- Space Exploration and Technology for a Sustainable Human Civilization
Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System) · 2017
- Research Square×5
- Lab on a Chip×2
- UNC Libraries×2
- Nature Microbiology×1
- Scientific Reports×1
- Sotoudeh Sedaghat
Chemical Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Jose Waimin
Chemical Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Aiganym Yermembetova
Chemical Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
- James K. Nolan
Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Hugo Y. Samayoa‐Oviedo
Chemical Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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