Steven W. Wilhelm

University of Windsor

Full Professor(heuristic)

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology · Ecology

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h-index74
i10-index212
Publications397
Citations22,720

Grants

22 total · 1 active

NSF #2520197

Episodic temperature tradeoffs: secondary metabolites vs enzymes in lab and field studies with model integration for Microcystis

Active
Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2025-09-01 → 2028-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #2534721

How temporal niche partitioning and growth on urea selects for cyanobacteria in fresh waters

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2027-01-01 → 2029-12-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #2050743

REU Site: Microbial community interactions and functions

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2021-02-15 → 2025-01-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

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All Grants

22 total · 1 active

NSF #2520197

Episodic temperature tradeoffs: secondary metabolites vs enzymes in lab and field studies with model integration for Microcystis

Active
Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2025-09-01 → 2028-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #2534721

How temporal niche partitioning and growth on urea selects for cyanobacteria in fresh waters

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2027-01-01 → 2029-12-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #2050743

REU Site: Microbial community interactions and functions

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2021-02-15 → 2025-01-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #1922958

EDGE CT: Genetic tools to study giant viruses

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2019-10-01 → 2024-09-30
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #1829641

Collaborative Research: Inferring Cellular Lysis and Regeneration of Organic Matter by Marine Viruses

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2018-10-01 → 2023-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #1451528

Collaborative Research: An Integrated Approach to Understanding the Function of the Potent Hepatotoxin Microcystin in the Growth & Ecology of Microcystis

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2015-04-15 → 2020-03-31
PIs
5

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #1659599

REU Site: Microbial community interactions and functions

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2017-02-15 → 2020-01-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #1240870

Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Anthropogenic nutrient input drives genetic, functional and taxonomic biodiversity in hypereutrophic Lake Taihu, China

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2013-01-01 → 2018-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #1156644

REU Site: Microbial community interactions and functions

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2012-07-01 → 2017-01-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #0841918

What Makes Microcystis Bloom? Dissecting the Physiological Ecology of a Toxic Cyanobacterium with Community Level Proteomics

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2009-03-01 → 2014-02-28
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #0949120

Collaborative Proposal: Decoding Virus Leviathans

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2009-10-01 → 2013-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #0851113

Collaborative Research: Characterizing the Constraints on Virus Infection of Cyanobacteria

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2009-06-15 → 2013-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #0826838

Collaborative Research: Evaluating Nutrient Reductions to Control Cyanobacteria and Ensure Large Lake Sustainability: Lake Taihu (China) as a Model for North American Systems

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2008-09-15 → 2012-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #0825405

Collaborative Research: FeCycle I I- Natural variability in plankton iron quotas during an unamended Lagrangian experiment

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2008-08-15 → 2011-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #0526159

Development of Bioluminescent Bacterial Bioreporters to Quantify the Bioavailability of Fe in Seawater

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2005-10-01 → 2009-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #0452409

Viral Abundance, Production and Diversity During the North Atlantic Spring Bloom (NASB 2005)

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2005-02-15 → 2009-01-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #0129118

Viral Influence on Freshwater Cyanobacteria and Toxin Dynamics

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2002-02-01 → 2006-01-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #0240092

U.S.-New Zealand Collaborative Research: The Biogeochemical Cycling of Iron in Waters of the Subantarctic Southern Ocean (FeCycle)

Amount
<$100K
Period
2003-04-01 → 2004-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #0228895

SGER: Viral Dynamics and the Southern Ocean Fe-cycle

Amount
<$100K
Period
2002-11-01 → 2003-10-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #9977040

Bioavailability of Carbon and Iron from Viral Lysis Products

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
1999-09-01 → 2003-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #0002968

SGER: Development of a Reporter System Regulated by the Biological Availability of Fe in Saltwater

Amount
<$100K
Period
2000-06-01 → 2002-05-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

NSF #0003069

SGER: Viral Impacts on Fluvial and Limnetic Biogeochemistry

Amount
<$100K
Period
2000-06-01 → 2001-12-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Tennessee Knoxville

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Acclimation temperature influences phage susceptibility in a toxin-producing strain of <i>Microcystis aeruginosa</i> (Microbiology Spectrum)2026-06-15
  2. New preprint: Sub-daily Bermuda Atlantic Time Series virus sampling reveals taxonomy, host, and functional differences at the population, but not community level2025-10-20
  3. New NSF award: Episodic temperature tradeoffs: secondary metabolites vs enzymes in lab and field studies with model integration for Microcystis2025-09-01

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