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John A. Morgan

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1974

Publications

111

Citations

4,972

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

53

Publishing since 1974

Research summary
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John A. Morgan's research focuses on understanding how plants, algae, and cyanobacteria manage their internal chemistry (metabolism), using computational and experimental methods to trace how molecules flow through metabolic pathways. This work supports applications like engineering microorganisms to produce useful compounds such as amino acids and biofuels. Some more recent work also touches on machine learning methods, including neural networks for solving mathematical equations and statistical approaches to experimental design.

Metabolic flux analysis in plants and microbesCyanobacteria and algae metabolic engineeringPhotosynthesis and carbon fixation pathwaysBioproduction of amino acids and biofuelsMachine learning and computational modeling methods

Publication output was highest around 2017-2020 and has slowed considerably in recent years, averaging about 2 publications per year over the last 5 years.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 11 publications11182019: 4 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 1 publication242025: 3 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Plant Journal×4
  • Nature Communications×3
  • Nature Chemical Biology×3
  • Metabolic Engineering×3
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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