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Robert M. Kent

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2011

Publications

21

Citations

422

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

16

Publishing since 2011

Research summary
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This publication record appears to blend two very different research areas: food science and pharmaceutical delivery systems (such as encapsulating vitamins, proteins, and peptides like insulin for oral delivery) and physics/computing topics (such as chaos control using reservoir computing and plasmonic sensors). Because these fields are so distinct, this may reflect a name-matching issue combining works from more than one researcher, or a highly interdisciplinary career; prospective students should verify with the researcher directly which line of work they would be joining. The food/pharma-related work focuses on encapsulating nutrients and bioactive molecules (like vitamin C, creatine, and insulin) to improve their stability and absorption in the body.

Encapsulation and delivery of nutrients and drugsWhey protein-based delivery systemsMetabolic and gut hormone researchChaos control and reservoir computingPlasmonic sensor materials

Publication output has been modest and uneven over the last decade, generally ranging from zero to three papers per year with no clear long-term growth or decline.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.2/year recently
2017: 2 publications17182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication202021: 3 publications3212022: 1 publication222023: 2 publications232024: 2 publications24252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Scientific Reports×2
  • Pharmaceutics×2
  • Nature Communications×1
  • Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science×1
  • Food engineering series×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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