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Jay T. Lennon

Environmental Science · Indiana University

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Mid career · publishing since 2001Rising activity
Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyEvolution and Genetic DynamicsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesGut microbiota and healthEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Publications

307

Citations

20,391

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

26

Publishing since 2001

Research summary
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Jay T. Lennon studies the ecology and evolution of microbes (bacteria and other microorganisms) and how their communities form, persist, and function in nature. A major focus is microbial dormancy—the way microbes go into a resting state to survive harsh conditions—along with how microbes interact with viruses, energy, and the environment. Recent work also addresses microbial biodiversity conservation and the potential role of microbes in tackling climate change and pollution.

Microbial community ecologyMicrobial dormancy and sporulationMicrobial evolution and bioenergeticsMicrobial biodiversity conservationMicrobes and climate/environmental solutions

Publication activity has been steady and generally growing over the past decade, peaking around 2024 (with 2026 counts still incomplete).

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

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through December 2030 — about 4 years of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH R35GM161372through Dec 2030 · $429k awarded

    Cell dormancy and virus entrapment

8 earlier awards
  • NSF 1934554Feb 2020 – Jan 2026 · $708k awarded

    Collaborative Research: BEE: A dormancy refuge in host-parasite eco-evolutionary dynamics

  • NSF 1442246Jan 2015 – Sep 2020 · $1.3M awarded

    Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Microbial seed banks: processes and patterns of dormancy-driven biodiversity

  • NSF 1501164Jul 2015 – Jun 2018 · $19k awarded

    DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Metabolic Resource Partitioning: Scaling Microbial Physiology from Individual Activity to Ecosystem Function

  • NSF 1303628Aug 2012 – Apr 2015 · $146k awarded

    Collaborative Research: PEATcosm: Understanding the interactions of climate, plant functional groups and carbon cycling in peatland ecosystems

  • NSF 0851143Jun 2009 – Sep 2013 · $199k awarded

    Collaborative Research: Characterizing the Constraints on Virus Infection of Cyanobacteria

  • NSF 1303720Aug 2012 – May 2013 · $272k awarded

    Terrestrial carbon in aquatic ecosystems: experimental tests of the subsidy-stability hypothesis

  • NSF 0842441Apr 2009 – Apr 2013 · $364k awarded

    Terrestrial carbon in aquatic ecosystems: experimental tests of the subsidy-stability hypothesis

  • NSF 1145334May 2012 – Dec 2012 · $146k awarded

    Collaborative Research: PEATcosm: Understanding the interactions of climate, plant functional groups and carbon cycling in peatland ecosystems

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 557 mid career Environmental Science PIs within our index
Citations: 20,391cohort median 697
h-index: 57cohort median 12
Publications / year (recent): 20.0cohort median 3

Typically publishes in teams of ~4 · 47% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 65 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 20.0/year recently
2017: 18 publications172018: 14 publications182019: 16 publications192020: 22 publications202021: 14 publications212022: 15 publications222023: 20 publications232024: 31 publications31242025: 27 publications252026: 7 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 1 collaborator at the same institution2018: 1 collaborator at the same institution2019: 3 collaborators at the same institution2020: 3 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 3 collaborators at the same institution2024: 3 collaborators at the same institution2025: 3 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×36
  • Figshare×15
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×14
  • mBio×9
  • The ISME Journal×7
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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