Steven K. Lower
Physics and Astronomy · The Ohio State University
Publications
90
Citations
2,908
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
30
Publishing since 1997
Steven K. Lower studies the physical and chemical forces that govern interactions between microorganisms, minerals, and particles in natural environments. His work combines atomic force microscopy, magnetic tweezers, and biophysical measurements to examine topics such as magnetotactic bacteria (microbes that orient using magnetic fields), bacterial flagellar motors, and how microplastics and nanoparticles stick to or aggregate with natural surfaces. This research spans environmental physics, microbiology, and geochemistry, often quantifying forces and self-organizing behavior at the microscale.
Publication output rose from 2017 to a peak around 2019-2020, then declined sharply, with little to no output recorded from 2021 through 2025 aside from an isolated 2026 entry.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Sticking Efficiency of Microplastic Particles in Terrestrial Environments Determined with Atomic Force Microscopy
Microplastics · 2026
- Thermophilic Magnetotactic Bacteria from Mickey Hot Springs, an Arsenic-Rich Hydrothermal System in Oregon
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry · 2022
- Statistical Thermodynamic Description of Heteroaggregation between Anthropogenic Particulate Matter and Natural Particles in Aquatic Environments
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry · 2021
- Localization of Native Mms13 to the Magnetosome Chain of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 Using Immunogold Electron Microscopy, Immunofluorescence Microscopy and Biochemical Analysis
Crystals · 2021
- Tunable self-assembly of magnetotactic bacteria: Role of hydrodynamics and magnetism
AIP Advances · 2020
- A meta-analysis framework to assess the role of units in describing nanoparticle toxicity
NanoImpact · 2020
- Tunable self-organization of swimming magnetic bacterial suspensions
Bulletin of the American Physical Society · 2020
- Estimation of Microplastic Sticking Coefficient and Enthalpy of Bonding Using Atomic Force Microscopy
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts · 2020
- 10.1063/1.5129925.1
Default Digital Object Group · 2020
- 10.1063/1.5129925.3
Default Digital Object Group · 2020
- 10.1063/1.5129925.2
Default Digital Object Group · 2020
- Thrust and Power Output of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor: A Micromagnetic Tweezers Approach
Biophysical Journal · 2019
- Force Spectroscopy of Mineral- Microbe Bonds
2019
- Controlling Morphology of Aerotactic Bacterial Bands
Bulletin of the American Physical Society · 2019
- Kinetics and Order-Disorder Transitions in Hydrodynamically Self-Assembled Magnetotactic Bacteria
APS · 2019
- Bulletin of the American Physical Society×5
- Default Digital Object Group×3
- Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics×2
- ACS Earth and Space Chemistry×2
- AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×2
- Elvin Beach
Physics and Astronomy · The Ohio State University
- Denis V. Pelekhov
Physics and Astronomy · The Ohio State University
- Arvind Raman
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Chelsea S. Davis
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Helen McNally
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
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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