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Dawn E. Holmes 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 Dawn E. Holmes sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 119 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dawn E. Holmes 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 Dawn E. Holmes sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dawn E. Holmes is affiliated with Western New England University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with significant contributions to environmental engineering, building and construction, environmental chemistry, pollution, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition

Holmes's frequent collaborators include Derek R. Lovley, Jessica A. Smith, Yan Dang, Trevor L. Woodard, and Xinying Liu.

They have published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Science of The Total Environment, Bioresource Technology, The ISME Journal, and mBio.

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Holmes are:

  • Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms, 2021, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Stainless steel corrosion via direct iron-to-microbe electron transfer by Geobacter species, 2021, The ISME Journal
  • Syntrophus conductive pili demonstrate that common hydrogen-donating syntrophs can have a direct electron transfer option, 2020, The ISME Journal
  • Extracellular Electron Exchange Capabilities of Desulfovibrio ferrophilus and Desulfopila corrodens, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Mechanisms for Electron Uptake by Methanosarcina acetivorans during Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer, 2021, mBio

Best Publications

  • Dissimilatory Fe(III) and Mn(IV) reduction.

    Derek Lovley

  • Electrode-Reducing Microorganisms That Harvest Energy from Marine Sediments

    Daniel R. Bond;Dawn E. Holmes;Leonard M. Tender;Derek R. Lovley

  • Dissimilatory Fe(III) and Mn(IV) reduction.

    Derek R Lovley;Dawn E Holmes;Kelly P Nevin

  • Harnessing microbially generated power on the seafloor

    Leonard M. Tender;Clare E. Reimers;Hilmar A. Stecher;Dawn E. Holmes

  • Geobacter: The Microbe Electric's Physiology, Ecology, and Practical Applications

    Derek R Lovley;Toshiyuki Ueki;Tian Zhang;Nikhil S Malvankar

  • Microbial Communities Associated with Electrodes Harvesting Electricity from a Variety of Aquatic Sediments

    D. E. Holmes;Daniel R Bond;R. A. O'Neil;C. E. Reimers

  • Enrichment of members of the family Geobacteraceae associated with stimulation of dissimilatory metal reduction in uranium-contaminated aquifer sediments.

    Dawn E. Holmes;Kevin T. Finneran;Regina A. O'Neil;Derek R. Lovley

  • Electron transfer by Desulfobulbus propionicus to Fe(III) and graphite electrodes.

    Dawn E. Holmes;Daniel R. Bond;Derek R. Lovley

  • Microarray and genetic analysis of electron transfer to electrodes in Geobacter sulfurreducens

    Dawn E. Holmes;Swades K. Chaudhuri;Kelly P. Nevin;Teena Mehta

  • Enhancing anaerobic digestion of complex organic waste with carbon-based conductive materials.

    Yan Dang;Yan Dang;Dawn E. Holmes;Zhiqiang Zhao;Trevor L. Woodard

  • Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms

    Derek R Lovley;Dawn E Holmes;Dawn E Holmes

  • Potential enhancement of direct interspecies electron transfer for syntrophic metabolism of propionate and butyrate with biochar in up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors.

    Zhiqiang Zhao;Yaobin Zhang;Yaobin Zhang;Dawn E. Holmes;Yan Dang

  • Metatranscriptomic Evidence for Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer Between Geobacter and Methanothrix Species in Methanogenic Rice Paddy Soils

    Dawn E. Holmes;Dawn E. Holmes;Pravin M. Shrestha;Pravin M. Shrestha;David J. F. Walker;Yan Dang

  • Potential Role of a Novel Psychrotolerant Member of the Family Geobacteraceae, Geopsychrobacter electrodiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., in Electricity Production by a Marine Sediment Fuel Cell

    Dawn E. Holmes;Julie S. Nicoll;Daniel R. Bond;Derek R. Lovley

  • Stimulation of the anaerobic digestion of the dry organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) with carbon-based conductive materials

    Yan Dang;Yan Dang;Dezhi Sun;Trevor L. Woodard;Li-Ying Wang

  • Stimulation of methanogenesis in anaerobic digesters treating leachate from a municipal solid waste incineration plant with carbon cloth

    Yuqing Lei;Dezhi Sun;Yan Dang;Huimin Chen

  • Geoglobus ahangari gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeon capable of oxidizing organic acids and growing autotrophically on hydrogen with Fe(III) serving as the sole electron acceptor.

    Kazem Kashefi;Jason M. Tor;Dawn E. Holmes;Catherine V. Gaw Van Praagh

  • Geobacter bemidjiensis sp. nov. and Geobacter psychrophilus sp. nov., two novel Fe(III)-reducing subsurface isolates.

    Kelly P. Nevin;Dawn E. Holmes;Trevor L. Woodard;Erich S. Hinlein

  • Comparison of 16S rRNA, nifD, recA, gyrB, rpoB and fusA genes within the family Geobacteraceae fam. nov.

    Dawn E. Holmes;Kelly P. Nevin;Derek R. Lovley

  • Microarray and Genetics Analysis of Electron Transfer Electrodes in Geobacter Sulfurreducens

    Derek Lovley;Dawn E Holmes;Swades K Chaudhuri;Kelly P Nevin

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek R. Lovley
Derek R. Lovley University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kelly P. Nevin
Kelly P. Nevin University of Massachusetts Amherst
Dezhi Sun
Dezhi Sun Beijing Forestry University
Kenneth H. Williams
Kenneth H. Williams Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Michael J. Wilkins
Michael J. Wilkins Colorado State University
Philip E. Long
Philip E. Long Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Yaobin Zhang
Yaobin Zhang Dalian University of Technology
Cliff Han
Cliff Han Los Alamos National Laboratory
Aaron D. Peacock
Aaron D. Peacock Microbac Laboratories
Bin Qiu
Bin Qiu Beijing Forestry University

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