R. W. Gibson

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High Impact

Director of Women's Track & Field/Cros

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: AstraZeneca (United Kingdom) (2009); Queen's University Belfast (2011–2013); International Potato Center (1978); North Carolina State University (2003–2011); University of Sussex (2004–2010); Medway School of Pharmacy (2015); National Institutes of Natural Sciences (2009); University of Exeter (2005–2010); Rothamsted Research (1975–1991); Iowa Western Community College (2010); Epsom Hospital (2022); University of Bristol (1971–1972); International Potato Center (1998–2003); Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (2009); Experimental Station (1971–1991); International Potato Center (2011–2019); Olathe Public Schools (2001); National Agricultural Research Institute (1996–2011); Field Crops Research Institute (1990); Olathe Medical Center (2001); Natural Resources Institute (1992–2019); National Agricultural Research Organisation (2001–2011); European Space Research and Technology Centre (2001); Imperial College London (2005); University of Greenwich (1997–2019); Makerere University (1998–2019); MidAmerica Nazarene University (2001); Wye College (2005); Health and Safety Executive (2019); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2007–2014)

Faculty Researcher

47 h-index 180 pubs 6,484 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

ORCID Lab Website

OverviewAI-generated summary

R. W. Gibson's research program focuses on understanding environmental factors and their impact on biological systems, with a particular emphasis on public health and ecological surveillance. Gibson has received significant federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for work related to agricultural systems and regional food supply chains. This includes a $4,998,818 award for the NSF Convergence Accelerator Track J Phase 2 project, "Cultivate IQ - Empowering Regional Food Systems," and a $743,651 award for "Data-driven Agriculture to Bridge Small Farms to Regional Food Supply Chains."

Gibson's recent publications demonstrate a broad interest in environmental monitoring and pathogen surveillance. Studies have investigated the occupancy and activity patterns of Virginia opossums in response to human development and predators, and the surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 loads in sewage streams in multiple global locations to inform public health strategies in resource-limited settings. Other work has explored extreme environmental loading and fluid dynamics.

With an h-index of 47 and over 6,400 citations across 180 publications, Gibson is recognized as a highly cited researcher. Key collaborators at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville include Emily P. Johansson, Ellery V. Lassiter, and Andrhea Massey.

Metrics

h-index: 47
Publications: 180
Citations: 6,484

Selected Publications

Influence of human development and predators on patterns of Virginia opossum occupancy, abundance, and activity (2023)

Journal of Zoology 8 citations DOI OpenAlex

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