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David M. Kehoe

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1982
Photosynthetic Processes and MechanismsLight effects on plantsBiocrusts and Microbial EcologyAlgal biology and biofuel productionMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology

Publications

79

Citations

3,336

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

45

Publishing since 1982

Research summary
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David M. Kehoe studies how photosynthetic bacteria called cyanobacteria (including ocean-dwelling Synechococcus) sense and adapt to different colors of light. His work examines the light-detecting proteins and pigment systems these microbes use to tune their light-harvesting machinery, a process known as chromatic acclimation, and how this shapes where different strains thrive in the ocean.

Chromatic acclimation in cyanobacteriaPhotosynthetic light harvesting and pigmentsMarine Synechococcus ecology and diversityLight-sensing photoreceptor proteinsMicrobial photobiology

Publication activity peaked around 2019 and has settled to a steadier, lower pace of one to two papers per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through August 2028 — about 2 years of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNSF 2529678through Aug 2028 · $1.1M awarded

    Chromatic Acclimation: A Novel Transcriptional Control System for Use in Optogenetics

7 earlier awards
  • NSF 2017164May 2020 – Apr 2025 · $433k awarded

    Collaborative Research: Biochemical, genetic and structural studies of bilin lyases

  • NSF 1818187Aug 2018 – Jul 2023 · $705k awarded

    Integrative Mathematical and Experimental Approaches to Understanding Robust Activation of Gene Expression by Light Color

  • NSF 1029414Sep 2010 – Aug 2016 · $608k awarded

    Prokaryotic Light Responses and Regulatory Mechanisms

  • NSF 0519433Aug 2005 – Jul 2009

    Signal Transduction Mechanisms Controlling Chromatic Adaptation

  • NSF 0416797Aug 2004 – Jul 2005 · $120k awarded

    Biochemical and Genetic Analysis of Light Regulated Signal Transduction

  • NSF 0084297Sep 2001 – Aug 2004 · $330k awarded

    Genetic Analysis of Complementary Chromatic Adaptation

  • NIH S10RR014899Aug 2000 – Aug 2001 · $163k awarded

    DNA MICROARRAY SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 1,724 established Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology PIs within our index
Citations: 3,336cohort median 3,385
h-index: 29cohort median 27
Publications / year (recent): 1.4cohort median 4.6

Typically publishes in teams of ~6 · 27% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 12 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 2 publications182019: 5 publications5192020: 3 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×4
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics×3
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
  • mBio×2
  • Nature Reviews Microbiology×1
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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