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D-Index
62
Citations
11971
World Ranking
10940
National Ranking
4733

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1979 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1970 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Howard Gest was affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. During their career, they achieved recognition through multiple fellowships, including election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1995.

Earlier in their career, Gest was honored twice as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, first in 1970 and again in 1979. These fellowships are indicative of sustained engagement in their field over time.

While specific details on Howard Gest's research topics, publications, and collaborations are not documented here, the fellowships and institutional affiliation suggest active scholarly involvement and contributions to their academic community.

Best Publications

  • Characterization of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata.

    Paul F. Weaver;Judy D. Wall;Howard Gest

  • Heliobacterium chlorum, an anoxygenic brownish-green photosynthetic bacterium containing a “new” form of bacteriochlorophyll

    Howard Gest;Jeffrey L. Favinger

  • Photoproduction of Molecular Hydrogen by Rhodospirillum rubrum

    Howard Gest;Martin D. Kamen

  • The discovery of microorganisms by Robert Hooke and Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, fellows of the Royal Society.

    Howard Gest

  • STUDIES ON THE METABOLISM OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA V. PHOTOPRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN AND NITROGEN FIXATION BY RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM

    Howard. Gest;Martin D. Kamen;Herta.Maas. Bregoff

  • Sulfur isotope effects associated with oxidation of sulfide by O2 in aqueous solution

    Brian Fry;William Ruf;Howard Gest;J.M. Hayes

  • Genetic Mutations Affecting the Respiratory Electron-Transport System of the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas capsulata

    Barry Marrs;Howard Gest

  • The mortality of bacteriophage containing assimilated radioactive phosphorus.

    Alfred Day Hershey;M. D. Kamen;J. W. Kennedy;H. Gest

  • Evidence for a Nitrogenase System in the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum.

    Martin D. Kamen;Howard Gest

  • Rhodospirillum centenum, sp. nov., a thermotolerant cyst-forming anoxygenic photosynthetic bacterium.

    Jeffrey Favinger;Rebecca Stadtwald;Howard Gest

  • Discrimination between 34S and 32S during bacterial metabolism of inorganic sulfur compounds.

    B Fry;J Cox;H Gest;J M Hayes

  • Generation of succinyl-coenzyme A in photosynthetic bacteria

    J. Thomas Beatty;Howard Gest

  • Adenylylation/Deadenylylation Control of the Glutamine Synthetase of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata

    Bo C. Johansson;Howard Gest

  • Discoveries in photosynthesis

    Govindjee;J. Thomas Beatty;Howard Gest;John F. Allen

  • Energy Conversion and Generation of Reducing Power in Bacterial Photosynthesis

    Howard Gest

  • Gene transfer agents, bacteriophages, and bacteriocins of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata.

    Judy D. Wall;Paul F. Weaver;Howard Gest

  • A unique photosynthetic reaction center from Heliobacterium chlorum

    R.Clinton Fuller;Sallie G. Sprague;Howard Gest;Robert E. Blankenship

  • Genetic transfer of nitrogenase-hydrogenase activity in Rhodopseudomonas capsulata.

    Judy D. Wall;Paul F. Weaver;Howard Gest

  • Thermodynamic properties of the photochemical reaction center of Heliobacterium chlorum

    Roger C. Prince;Howard Gest;Robert E. Blankenship

  • Genetic Mutations Affecting theRespiratory Electron-Transport System ofthePhotosynthetic Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas capsulata

    Barry Marrs;Howard Gest

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl E. Bauer
Carl E. Bauer Indiana University
Judy D. Wall
Judy D. Wall University of Missouri
Martin D. Kamen
Martin D. Kamen University of California, San Diego
Michael T. Madigan
Michael T. Madigan Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Harry D. Peck
Harry D. Peck University of Georgia
John M. Hayes
John M. Hayes Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Govindjee
Govindjee University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert E. Blankenship
Robert E. Blankenship Washington University in St. Louis
Roger P. Hangarter
Roger P. Hangarter Indiana University
Hudson H. Freeze
Hudson H. Freeze Discovery Institute

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