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Kerwyn Casey Huang

Kerwyn Casey Huang

Stanford University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
18927
World Ranking
7713
National Ranking
3517

Kerwyn Casey Huang 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 Kerwyn Casey Huang sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 231 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kerwyn Casey Huang 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 Kerwyn Casey Huang 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: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% 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

  • 2010 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Kerwyn Casey Huang is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Infectious Diseases, and Endocrinology.

The scientist's research focuses extensively on topics related to gut microbiota and health, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, the evolution and genetic dynamics of microorganisms, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, probiotics and fermented foods, as well as microbial community ecology and physiology.

Among recent publications, several papers illustrate the scope and diversity of their research:

  • A single-cell transcriptomic atlas characterizes ageing tissues in the mouse (2020, Nature)
  • Ageing hallmarks exhibit organ-specific temporal signatures (2020, Nature)
  • Profiling the human intestinal environment under physiological conditions (2023, Nature)
  • Physical properties of the bacterial outer membrane (2021, Nature Reviews Microbiology)
  • Design, construction, and in vivo augmentation of a complex gut microbiome (2022, Cell)

Kerwyn Casey Huang collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Handuo Shi, Taylor H. Nguyen, Andrés Aranda-Díaz, Norma Neff, and Po-Yi Ho. These collaborations reflect ongoing partnerships across multiple projects.

Their publications are commonly found in prominent venues, highlighting the interdisciplinary reach of their work. Key publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Nature
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Kerwyn Casey Huang received the Hellman Fellow award in 2010.

Best Publications

  • A single-cell transcriptomic atlas characterizes ageing tissues in the mouse

    Nicole Almanzar;Jane Antony;Ankit S. Baghel

  • A Comprehensive, CRISPR-based Functional Analysis of Essential Genes in Bacteria

    Jason M. Peters;Alexandre Colavin;Handuo Shi;Tomasz L. Czarny

  • The Gut Microbiome: Connecting Spatial Organization to Function.

    Carolina Tropini;Kristen A. Earle;Kerwyn Casey Huang;Justin L. Sonnenburg

  • A Gut Commensal-Produced Metabolite Mediates Colonization Resistance to Salmonella Infection.

    Amanda Jacobson;Lilian Lam;Manohary Rajendram;Fiona Tamburini

  • The outer membrane is an essential load-bearing element in Gram-negative bacteria.

    Enrique R. Rojas;Gabriel Billings;Pascal D. Odermatt;Pascal D. Odermatt;George K. Auer

  • GTPase activity-coupled treadmilling of the bacterial tubulin FtsZ organizes septal cell wall synthesis.

    Xinxing Yang;Zhixin Lyu;Amanda Miguel;Ryan McQuillen

  • The bacterial actin MreB rotates, and rotation depends on cell-wall assembly

    Sven van Teeffelen;Siyuan Wang;Leon Furchtgott;Leon Furchtgott;Kerwyn Casey Huang

  • Quantitative Imaging of Gut Microbiota Spatial Organization

    Kristen A. Earle;Gabriel Billings;Michael Sigal;Joshua S. Lichtman

  • Cell shape and cell-wall organization in Gram-negative bacteria

    Kerwyn Casey Huang;Ranjan Mukhopadhyay;Bingni Wen;Zemer Gitai

  • Dynamic structures in Escherichia coli: Spontaneous formation of MinE rings and MinD polar zones

    Kerwyn Casey Huang;Yigal Meir;Ned S. Wingreen

  • Rod-like bacterial shape is maintained by feedback between cell curvature and cytoskeletal localization

    Tristan S. Ursell;Jeffrey Nguyen;Russell D. Monds;Alexandre Colavin

  • Measuring the stiffness of bacterial cells from growth rates in hydrogels of tunable elasticity

    Hannah H. Tuson;George K. Auer;Lars D. Renner;Mariko Hasebe

  • Cell size and growth regulation in the Arabidopsis thaliana apical stem cell niche

    Lisa Willis;Lisa Willis;Yassin Refahi;Raymond Wightman;Benoit Landrein

  • Sizing up the bacterial cell cycle

    Lisa Willis;Lisa Willis;Kerwyn Casey Huang

  • A curvature-mediated mechanism for localization of lipids to bacterial poles.

    Kerwyn Casey Huang;Ranjan Mukhopadhyay;Ned S. Wingreen

  • Response of Escherichia coli growth rate to osmotic shock

    Enrique Rojas;Julie A. Theriot;Julie A. Theriot;Kerwyn Casey Huang

  • Transient Osmotic Perturbation Causes Long-Term Alteration to the Gut Microbiota

    Carolina Tropini;Eli Lin Moss;Bryan Douglas Merrill;Katharine Michelle Ng

  • Recovery of the Gut Microbiota after Antibiotics Depends on Host Diet, Community Context, and Environmental Reservoirs.

    Katharine Michelle Ng;Andrés Aranda-Díaz;Carolina Tropini;Matthew Ryan Frankel

  • Physical properties of the bacterial outer membrane.

    Jiawei Sun;Steven T. Rutherford;Thomas J. Silhavy;Kerwyn Casey Huang

  • Posttranslational acetylation of α-tubulin constrains protofilament number in native microtubules.

    Juan G. Cueva;Jen Hsin;Kerwyn Casey Huang;Miriam B. Goodman

Frequent Co-Authors

Ned S. Wingreen
Ned S. Wingreen Princeton University
Justin L. Sonnenburg
Justin L. Sonnenburg Stanford University
Zemer Gitai
Zemer Gitai Princeton University
John D. Joannopoulos
John D. Joannopoulos MIT
Fred Chang
Fred Chang University of California, San Francisco
Julie A. Theriot
Julie A. Theriot University of Washington
Carol A. Gross
Carol A. Gross University of California, San Francisco
Joshua E. Elias
Joshua E. Elias Stanford University
Peter Bienstman
Peter Bienstman Ghent University
Keith A. Nelson
Keith A. Nelson MIT

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