University · founded 1968

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, United States · nku.edu

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Citations, last 5 years: 4 748
Works, last 5 years: 1 138
h-index: 148
Scientists listed: 107
Grants since 2016: 37

Grants received

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Conference: NAIRR Pilot Expansion: FA2: Capacity and Community for Research-Emerging Institutions with Large Computing Programs

Traian Marius Truta · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$300k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Beginnings: Internships at STEM Startups Building Pathways into the Innovation Economy

Zachary Strobl · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$195.7k

2024–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

I-Corps: Translation Potential of an Online Healthcare Information (OHI) Trust Badge

Ankur Chattopadhyay · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$50k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

MCA: A longitudinal assessment of early life adversity's impact on the development of social behavior in a non-human primate species

Monica Wakefield · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$257.6kStress Responses and Cortisol

2023–2025 · research · R03

Mitigating Developmental Neurotoxicity Through Maternal and Offspring Exercise

Christine Perdan Curran · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$140k

2023–2027 · research · R16

Brain Development after Early-Life Antipsychotic Treatment

Mark Edward Bardgett · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$137k

2023–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Equipment: MRI Track 1: Acquisition of Flow Cytometer

Lauren Williamson · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$208.7k

2023–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

I-Corps: Eye-Tracking System for Cognitive Abnormalities and Traumatic Brain Injuries

Nicholas Caporusso · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$50kTraumatic Brain Injury Research

2023–2027 · research · R16

Brain Development after Early-Life Antipsychotic Treatment

Mark Edward Bardgett · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$137k

2023–2027 · research · R16

Brain Development after Early-Life Antipsychotic Treatment

Mark Edward Bardgett · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$137k

2022–2025 · research · R15

A role for maternal helminth treatment to alter central inflammation and to reduce lifelong offspring inflammation

Lauren L Williamson · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$400.7kPregnancy and Medication Impact

2022–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

RII-BEC: Co-Mentoring, Community Building, Career Development, and Content Area Research Experiences to Enhance Systemic Change in STEM

Madhura Kulkarni · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$994.9k

2021–2024 · research · R15

Autonomic Nervous System Functioning in Heavy Drinking Adolescents: Interactions with sleep, circadian functioning, and health

Justin Ryan Yates · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$357.8kHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

2021–2024 · grant · Standard Grant

MRI: Acquisition of a High Resolution Mass Spectrometer, Liquid Chromatography System to Support Research and Teaching within the Sciences

Patrick Hare · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$335.1k

2020–2024 · research · R15

Characterization of SAM gene mutation impacts on cellular processes and genome instability

Erin D Strome · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$397.5kFolate and B Vitamins Research

2020–2025 · research · R00

Executive function in opioid-exposed offspring and subsequent molecular signatures

Brittany L Smith · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$249kPrenatal Substance Exposure Effects

2020–2025 · research · R00

Executive function in opioid-exposed offspring and subsequent molecular signatures

Brittany L Smith · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$249kPrenatal Substance Exposure Effects

2020–2027 · research · R15

Characterization of SAM gene mutation impacts on cellular processes and genome instability

Erin D Strome · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$420kFolate and B Vitamins Research

2020–2026 · research · R00

Executive function in opioid-exposed offspring and subsequent molecular signatures

Brittany L Smith · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$249k

2019–2026 · research · R15

Genetic Susceptibility to Developmental Benzo[a]pyrene Neurotoxicity

Christine Perdan Curran · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$420k

2019–2026 · research · R15

Contribution of BLA-mPFC pathway to risky choice and compulsive cocaine seeking

Justin Ryan Yates · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$420kNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

2019–2024 · grant · Standard Grant

Investigating Summer Bridge Programs Designed to Accelerate Mathematics Preparation for STEM Degrees

Bethany Bowling · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$299.9k

2019–2022 · research · R15

Contribution of NMDA NR2B subunit to risky choice and economic demand for cocaine

Justin Ryan Yates · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$12kNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

2019–2023 · research · R15

Contribution of NMDA NR2B subunit to risky choice and economic demand for cocaine

Justin Ryan Yates · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$397.5kNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

2019–2023 · research · R15

Genetic Susceptibility to Developmental Benzo[a]pyrene Neurotoxicity

Christine Perdan Curran · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$397.5kCarcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

2019–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Exploring Sustainable Strategies to Support Success of STEM Students with Financial Need

Bethany Bowling · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.1M

2018–2022 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Examination of Sites on the Georgia Bight Coastline

Sharyn Jones · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$42.5kArchaeology and ancient environmental studies

2018–2026 · research · R15

Determining how 2'-O-methylations in the eukaryotic anticodon loop region of tRNA are formed and how they affect translation

Michael P. Guy · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$416.5kRNA modifications and cancer

2018–2022 · research · R15

Identification of Novel Human tRNA Modification Genes

Michael P. Guy · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$397.5kRNA modifications and cancer

2017–2023 · grant · Standard Grant

REU Site: The Parker Academy: Investigating the Intersection of Freedom, Social Justice, Archaeology, History, and Geography

William Landon · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$336.3k

2017 · grant · Standard Grant

RUI: Unusual Oxidation and Domino Reactions via Palladium-catalyzed α-Heteroarylation of Ketones

Lili Ma · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$243kCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods

2017–2022 · grant · Standard Grant

RUI: Unusual Oxidation and Domino Reactions via Palladium-catalyzed α-Heteroarylation of Ketones

Lili Ma · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$243kCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods

2016–2020 · research · R15

Long-term effects early-life antipsychotic drug treatment

Mark Edward Bardgett · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$397.5k

2016–2017 · grant · Standard Grant

Northern Kentucky University FSML- Planning Grant: Developing a Five Year Plan

Richard Durtsche · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$25k

2016–2019 · grant · Standard Grant

REU Site: The TIM Consortium: A Dispersed REU Site in Theoretically Interesting Molecules

Keith Russell · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$350k

2016–2021 · grant · Standard Grant

A survey of the types of stars and massive planets that make up binary pairs in the Milky Way Galaxy

Nathan De Lee · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$85.7k

2015–2020 · grant · Standard Grant

RUI: Search for Verifiable Complex Diffusion Mechanisms

Matthew Zacate · Northern Kentucky University · funded by National Science Foundation

$154.6k