Ruth Plymale

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Professor and JD Patterson Chair of Biology

Ouachita Baptist University

Also affiliated: Pennsylvania State University (2007); Cornell University (2008–2014)

Faculty Researcher

8 h-index 26 pubs 450 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

ORCID Lab Website

OverviewAI-generated summary

Ruth Plymale's research focuses on the intersection of biology education and microbial ecology, with a particular emphasis on creating effective course-based research experiences for undergraduates. Her work has explored the use of synthetic biology as a flexible educational tool and developed adapted microplate assays for characterizing bacteriophage infections. Plymale has also investigated methods for quantifying resilience in single-host/single-virus infections and contributed to models for inclusive science education reform. She has published 25 works, accumulating 447 citations, and holds an h-index of 8. Her collaborations include work with Nathan S. Reyna and Elijah I. Christenson at Ouachita Baptist University, as well as Ruben M. Ceballos at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

h-index: 8
Publications: 26
Citations: 450

Selected Publications

Writing Microbiology Resource Announcements (MRA) (2026)

QUBES DOI OpenAlex
Cluster DW Annotation Report (2026)

QUBES DOI OpenAlex
Quantifying Resilience in Single-Host/Single-Virus Infections (2025)

Applied Microbiology DOI OpenAlex
An inclusive Research and Education Community (iREC) model to facilitate undergraduate science education reform (2024)

Frontiers in Education DOI OpenAlex
An Adapted Optical Density-Based Microplate Assay for Characterizing Actinobacteriophage Infection (2023)

Journal of Visualized Experiments 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Complete Genome Sequences of Chop, DelRio, and GrandSlam, Three <i>Gordonia</i> Phages Isolated from Soil in Central Arkansas (2023)

Microbiology Resource Announcements DOI OpenAlex
From genetics to biotechnology: Synthetic biology as a flexible course‐embedded research experience (2022)

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Complete Genome Sequences of Four Putatively Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria Isolated from Soil in Arkansas, USA (2022)

Scholarly Commons - Ouachita Research, Creative Work, and Archives (Ouachita Baptist University) OpenAlex
Instructional Models for Course-Based Research Experience (CRE) Teaching (2022)

CBE—Life Sciences Education 22 citations DOI OpenAlex
Mass Spectrometry as a Tool to Enhance “-omics” Education (2018)

Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Genome Sequences of Four Cluster P Mycobacteriophages (2018)

Genome Announcements 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Comparative Genomics of Cluster O Mycobacteriophages (2015)

PLoS ONE 26 citations DOI OpenAlex
Impact of<i>Entomophaga maimaiga</i>(Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) on Outbreak Gypsy Moth Populations (Lepidoptera: Erebidae): The Role of Weather (2014)

Environmental Entomology 45 citations DOI OpenAlex
Emergent fungal entomopathogen does not alter density dependence in a viral competitor (2013)

Ecology 37 citations DOI OpenAlex