Lenwood S. Heath

Virginia Tech

Full Professor(heuristic)

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies · Molecular Biology

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h-index45
i10-index90
Publications240
Citations10,092

Grants

5 total · 1 active

NSF #2243691

Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: Unraveling the origin of vegetative desiccation tolerance in vascular plants

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2023-03-01 → 2027-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #1062472

ABI Development: Representation, Visualization, and Modeling of Signaling Pathways in Higher Plants

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2011-04-15 → 2017-03-31
PIs
4

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #0428344

ITR-(NHS)-(sim): Computational Models for Gene Silencing: Elucidating a Pervasive Biological Defensive Response

Amount
—
Period
2004-09-01 → 2010-08-31
PIs
5

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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All Grants

5 total · 1 active

NSF #2243691

Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: Unraveling the origin of vegetative desiccation tolerance in vascular plants

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2023-03-01 → 2027-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #1062472

ABI Development: Representation, Visualization, and Modeling of Signaling Pathways in Higher Plants

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2011-04-15 → 2017-03-31
PIs
4

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #0428344

ITR-(NHS)-(sim): Computational Models for Gene Silencing: Elucidating a Pervasive Biological Defensive Response

Amount
—
Period
2004-09-01 → 2010-08-31
PIs
5

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #0219322

ITR: Understanding Stress Resistance Mechanisms in Plants: Multimodal Models Integrating Experimental Data, Databases, and the Literature

Amount
—
Period
2002-09-15 → 2006-12-31
PIs
5

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #9009953

Analyzing Parallel Architectures With Algebraic Topology

Amount
<$100K
Period
1990-07-15 → 1992-12-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: LINgroups as a Robust Principled Approach to Compare and Integrate Multiple Bacterial Taxonomies (IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics)2024-10-07
  2. New NSF award: Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: Unraveling the origin of vegetative desiccation tolerance in vascular plants2023-03-01

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  • Grants as of 2026-09-03

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