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Last published 2025
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Sam Mortenson

Researcher

Graduate Student Researcher

1 h-index 2 pubs 2 cited

  • Escherichia coli
  • Soil
  • Soil Microbiology
  • Flagella
  • Hydrogels
  • Microspheres
  • Particle Size
  • Movement

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Sam Mortenson's research investigates bacterial motility and the physical dynamics of microorganisms in various environments. Their work includes studying the movement of *E. coli* bacteria within polymeric hydrogels, focusing on flagellar dynamics and entanglement. Mortenson also examines bacterial motility in micro-environments containing natural soil particles, contributing to the understanding of microbial behavior in complex natural settings. This research is supported by collaborations with other researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Diksha Shrestha and Wen Zhang. Mortenson has authored two publications on these topics, with a combined citation count of two.

Metrics

  • h-index: 1
  • Publications: 2
  • Citations: 2

Selected Publications

  • Flagellar dynamics and entanglement of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">E</mml:mi> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mspace width="0.16em"/> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mi>o</mml:mi> <mml:mi>l</mml:mi> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> bacteria in polymeric hydrogel (2025)
    Physical review. E DOI OpenAlex
  • Bacterial motility in aqueous micro-environment with natural soil particles (2025)
    Biointerphases 2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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