Katherine D. McMahon

University of Wisconsin System

Full Professor(heuristic)

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology · Ecology

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h-index78
i10-index160
Publications280
Citations25,170

Grants

11 total · 0 active

NSF #1935173

Unrecognized microbial sources of methyl mercury in freshwater lakes

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2020-05-15 → 2024-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

NSF #1518130

Regulatory Signaling Logic In Self-Assembled Microbial Communities During Oscillating Environmental Conditions

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2015-08-01 → 2020-07-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

NSF #1344254

INSPIRE Track 1: Microbial systems biology in freshwater lakes: a new framework for scaling from genes to ecosystems

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2014-01-01 → 2017-12-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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All Grants

11 total · 0 active

NSF #1935173

Unrecognized microbial sources of methyl mercury in freshwater lakes

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2020-05-15 → 2024-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

NSF #1518130

Regulatory Signaling Logic In Self-Assembled Microbial Communities During Oscillating Environmental Conditions

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2015-08-01 → 2020-07-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

NSF #1344254

INSPIRE Track 1: Microbial systems biology in freshwater lakes: a new framework for scaling from genes to ecosystems

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2014-01-01 → 2017-12-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

NSF #0967646

Eco-Systems Biology of Polyphosphate Accumulating Consortia

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2010-06-01 → 2014-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

NSF #0702395

Collaborative Research: MO: Forces Driving Microbial Community Diversity and Composition in Humic Lakes

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2007-09-15 → 2013-08-31
PIs
7

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

NSF #0644949

CAREER: Microbes and phosphorus: integrating engineering principles, ecology, and student learning to study eutrophication of freshwater lakes

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2007-05-01 → 2013-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

NSF #0910297

MSB: Dissertation Research: Methanotroph dynamics in response to lake mixing

Amount
<$100K
Period
2009-07-01 → 2010-12-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

NSF #0710059

Dissertation Research: EXPLORING THE DIFFERENTIAL UPTAKE AND BREAKDOWN OF PHOSPHORUS BY FRESHWATER BACTERIAL POPULATIONS

Amount
<$100K
Period
2007-06-15 → 2008-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

NSF #0639044

SGER: An Autonomous Microbial Genosensor for Freshwater Microbial Ecology

Amount
—
Period
2006-09-15 → 2008-02-29
PIs
4

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

NSF #0332136

Collaborative Research: Mechanism of Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2003-11-01 → 2007-10-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

NSF #0634304

SGER: The Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Metaproteome

Amount
<$100K
Period
2006-08-01 → 2007-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Hydrologic History Regulates Microbial Biofilm Diversity and Ecosystem Function (Environmental Microbiology)2026-04-01
  2. New preprint: Ecological constraints and evolutionary trade-offs shape nitrogen fixation across habitats2025-05-20

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