Sean Poust

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 843 citations indexed

About

Sean Poust is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Poust has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 843 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Pharmacology and 3 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Sean Poust's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (6 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (3 papers) and Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact (3 papers). Sean Poust is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (6 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (3 papers) and Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact (3 papers). Sean Poust collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. Sean Poust's co-authors include Jay D. Keasling, Leonard Katz, Andrew Hagen, Justin B. Siegel, Arren Bar‐Even, David Baker, Adam R. Abate, Russell H. Cole, Christian Siltanen and Zev J. Gartner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Sean Poust

16 papers receiving 818 citations

Hit Papers

Computational protein design enables a novel one-carbon a... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Computational protein design enables a novel one-carbon assimilation pathway
    2015 315 citations Justin B. Siegel, Sean Poust et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sean Poust United States 12 584 352 138 79 63 18 843
Robert Conrado United States 7 609 1.0× 189 0.5× 43 0.3× 56 0.7× 33 0.5× 8 716
Pingping Wang China 17 787 1.3× 241 0.7× 102 0.7× 33 0.4× 25 0.4× 44 1.2k
Hanna M. Dudek Netherlands 13 585 1.0× 210 0.6× 30 0.2× 51 0.6× 38 0.6× 17 684
Tyler W. Johannes United States 15 600 1.0× 131 0.4× 100 0.7× 52 0.7× 69 1.1× 24 871
Bastian Vögeli Germany 16 617 1.1× 150 0.4× 86 0.6× 20 0.3× 46 0.7× 23 731
Qiuling Luo China 15 623 1.1× 225 0.6× 26 0.2× 43 0.5× 100 1.6× 36 795
David Roura Padrosa Switzerland 12 469 0.8× 244 0.7× 27 0.2× 72 0.9× 22 0.3× 29 599
Aitor Hernández‐Ortega Spain 11 351 0.6× 160 0.5× 62 0.4× 31 0.4× 58 0.9× 11 597
Hong Ren China 13 179 0.3× 84 0.2× 65 0.5× 46 0.6× 63 1.0× 37 495
Friso S. Aalbers Netherlands 9 386 0.7× 116 0.3× 26 0.2× 45 0.6× 30 0.5× 12 556

Countries citing papers authored by Sean Poust

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean Poust

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Poust

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sean Poust. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sean Poust based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sean Poust. Sean Poust is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Poust, Sean, et al.. (2020). Authenticity Promotes Student Engagement and Learning in a Stand-Alone Technical Communications Course. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 23.234.1–23.234.14.
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Siltanen, Christian, Russell H. Cole, Sean Poust, et al.. (2018). An Oil-Free Picodrop Bioassay Platform for Synthetic Biology. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7913–7913. 18 indexed citations
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Curran, S.C., Andrew Hagen, Sean Poust, et al.. (2018). Probing the Flexibility of an Iterative Modular Polyketide Synthase with Non-Native Substrates in Vitro. ACS Chemical Biology. 13(8). 2261–2268. 15 indexed citations
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Cole, Russell H., Shi‐Yang Tang, Christian Siltanen, et al.. (2017). Printed droplet microfluidics for on demand dispensing of picoliter droplets and cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(33). 8728–8733. 158 indexed citations
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Siegel, Justin B., Sean Poust, Adam J. Wargacki, et al.. (2015). Computational protein design enables a novel one-carbon assimilation pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(12). 3704–3709. 315 indexed citations breakdown →
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Poust, Sean, et al.. (2015). Mechanistic Analysis of an Engineered Enzyme that Catalyzes the Formose Reaction. ChemBioChem. 16(13). 1950–1954. 45 indexed citations
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Poust, Sean, Ryan M. Phelan, Kai Deng, et al.. (2015). Divergent Mechanistic Routes for the Formation of gem‐Dimethyl Groups in the Biosynthesis of Complex Polyketides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(8). 2370–2373. 27 indexed citations
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Hagen, Andrew, Sean Poust, Tristan de Rond, et al.. (2015). Engineering a Polyketide Synthase for In Vitro Production of Adipic Acid. ACS Synthetic Biology. 5(1). 21–27. 68 indexed citations
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Poust, Sean, Ryan M. Phelan, Kai Deng, et al.. (2015). Divergent Mechanistic Routes for the Formation of gem‐Dimethyl Groups in the Biosynthesis of Complex Polyketides. Angewandte Chemie. 127(8). 2400–2403. 4 indexed citations
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Poust, Sean, Andrew Hagen, Leonard Katz, & Jay D. Keasling. (2014). Narrowing the gap between the promise and reality of polyketide synthases as a synthetic biology platform. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 30. 32–39. 46 indexed citations
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Hagen, Andrew, Sean Poust, Tristan de Rond, et al.. (2014). In Vitro Analysis of Carboxyacyl Substrate Tolerance in the Loading and First Extension Modules of Borrelidin Polyketide Synthase. Biochemistry. 53(38). 5975–5977. 22 indexed citations
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Linshiz, Gregory, Garima Goyal, Changhao Bi, et al.. (2014). PR-PR: Cross-Platform Laboratory Automation System. ACS Synthetic Biology. 3(8). 515–524. 34 indexed citations
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Hutchison, Justin M., Sean Poust, Manish Kumar, et al.. (2013). Perchlorate Reduction Using Free and Encapsulated Azospira oryzae Enzymes. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(17). 9934–9941. 30 indexed citations
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Linshiz, Gregory, et al.. (2012). PaR-PaR Laboratory Automation Platform. ACS Synthetic Biology. 2(5). 216–222. 44 indexed citations
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Poust, Sean. (2010). Engineered Vesicles for Perchlorate Degradation. Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
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Poust, Sean, et al.. (2009). Incorporating Sustainability Considerations Into Process Selection for Biological Nutrient Removal. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation. 2009(8). 6820–6823. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Jess, Sean Poust, Steven L. Walker, et al.. (2008). Direct Fixed-Bed Biological Perchlorate Destruction Demonstration. 7 indexed citations

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