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Colleen M. Cavanaugh

Colleen M. Cavanaugh

Harvard University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
13575
World Ranking
11909
National Ranking
5114

Colleen M. Cavanaugh publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Colleen M. Cavanaugh sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 112 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Colleen M. Cavanaugh D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Colleen M. Cavanaugh sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Colleen M. Cavanaugh is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has a research career focused on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as environmental science. Their primary fields of study include molecular biology, periodontics, ecology, oceanography, and global and planetary change. Their work spans multiple topics such as gut microbiota and health, oral microbiology and periodontitis research, microbial community ecology and physiology, genomics and phylogenetic studies, protist diversity and phylogeny, marine biology and ecology research, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

The scientist has contributed to various publication venues, with frequent appearances in The ISME Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genome Biology, BMC Evolutionary Biology, and the European Journal of Protistology.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Colleen M. Cavanaugh include:

  • Metapangenomics of the oral microbiome provides insights into habitat adaptation and cultivar diversity, 2020, Genome Biology
  • The curious consistency of carbon biosignatures over billions of years of Earth-life coevolution, 2021, The ISME Journal
  • The saccharibacterium TM7x elicits differential responses across its host range, 2020, The ISME Journal
  • Shedding light: a phylotranscriptomic perspective illuminates the origin of photosymbiosis in marine bivalves, 2020, BMC Evolutionary Biology
  • Exploring the protist microbiome: The diversity of bacterial communities associated with Arcella spp. (Tubulina: Amoebozoa), 2021, European Journal of Protistology

Frequent coauthors with the scientist include:

  • Daniel R. Utter
  • Gary G. Borisy
  • A. Murat Eren
  • Jessica L. Mark Welch
  • Jingchun Li

The scientist has been recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Bias in Template-to-Product Ratios in Multitemplate PCR

    Martin F. Polz;Colleen Marie Cavanaugh

  • Evidence for a core gut microbiota in the zebrafish

    Guus Roeselers;Erika K Mittge;W Zac Stephens;David M Parichy

  • Prokaryotic Cells in the Hydrothermal Vent Tube Worm Riftia pachyptila Jones: Possible Chemoautotrophic Symbionts.

    Colleen M. Cavanaugh;Stephen L. Gardiner;Meredith L. Jones;Holger W. Jannasch

  • The Evolutionary Diversification of Cyanobacteria: Molecular-Phylogenetic and Paleontological Perspectives

    Akiko Tomitani;Andrew H. Knoll;Colleen M. Cavanaugh;Terufumi Ohno

  • Symbiotic chemoautotrophic bacteria in marine invertebrates from sulphide-rich habitats

    Colleen M. Cavanaugh;Colleen M. Cavanaugh

  • Biogeography and Ecological Setting of Indian Ocean Hydrothermal Vents

    C. L. Van Dover;S. E. Humphris;D. Fornari;C. M. Cavanaugh

  • Characterization of an Autotrophic Sulfide-Oxidizing Marine Arcobacter sp. That Produces Filamentous Sulfur

    Carl O. Wirsen;Stefan M. Sievert;Colleen M. Cavanaugh;Stephen J. Molyneaux

  • Marine ecology: Do mussels take wooden steps to deep-sea vents?

    Daniel L. Distel;Amy R. Baco;Ellie Chuang;Wendy Morrill

  • SYMBIOSIS OF METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIA AND DEEP-SEA MUSSELS

    Colleen M. Cavanaugh;Colleen M. Cavanaugh;Piet R. Levering;James S. Maki;Ralph Mitchell

  • A dual symbiosis shared by two mussel species, Bathymodiolus azoricus and Bathymodiolus puteoserpentis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), from hydrothermal vents along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    Sébastien Duperron;Sébastien Duperron;Claudia Bergin;Frank Zielinski;Anna Blazejak

  • Phylogenetic and metabolic diversity of bacteria associated with cystic fibrosis

    Adam M Guss;Guus Roeselers;Irene L G Newton;Irene L G Newton;C Robert Young

  • Dominance of one bacterial phylotype at a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent site.

    Martin F. Polz;Colleen M. Cavanaugh

  • Chemosynthetic endosymbioses: adaptations to oxic-anoxic interfaces.

    Frank J. Stewart;Irene L.G. Newton;Colleen M. Cavanaugh

  • The Calyptogena magnifica chemoautotrophic symbiont genome.

    I. L G Newton;T. Woyke;T. A. Auchtung;G. F. Dilly

  • Ultrastructural, biochemical, and immunological characterization of two populations of the mytilid mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: evidence for a dual symbiosis

    A. Fiala-Medioni;Z. P. Mckiness;P. Dando;J. Boulegue

  • Quantifying Nonspecific TEM β-Lactamase (blaTEM) Genes in a Wastewater Stream

    Karen L. Lachmayr;Lee J. Kerkhof;A. Gregory DiRienzo;Colleen M. Cavanaugh

  • Marine Chemosynthetic Symbioses

    Colleen M. Cavanaugh;Zoe P. Mckiness;Frank J. Stewart

  • Intracellular coexistence of methano- and thioautotrophic bacteria in a hydrothermal vent mussel

    Daniel L. Distel;Henri K. W. Lee;Colleen M. Cavanaugh

  • Microbial Symbiosis: Patterns of Diversity in the Marine Environment

    Colleen M. Cavanaugh

  • Evidence for phylogenetic congruence among sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophic bacterial endosymbionts and their bivalve hosts

    D. L. Distel;H. Felbeck;C. M. Cavanaugh

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin F. Polz
Martin F. Polz MIT
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis
Paul A. Steudler
Paul A. Steudler Marine Biological Laboratory
A. Murat Eren
A. Murat Eren Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Nicole Dubilier
Nicole Dubilier Max Planck Society
Gary G. Borisy
Gary G. Borisy ADA Forsyth Institute
Lee R. Krumholz
Lee R. Krumholz University of Oklahoma
Sonia Kleindorfer
Sonia Kleindorfer University of Vienna
Andrew B. Onderdonk
Andrew B. Onderdonk Brigham and Women's Hospital
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy

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