Microbiology

Our people

Meet the experts behind our microbiology research.

Professor Charles Keevil

Professor In Environmental Health Care
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Dr Chengchen Zhang PhD

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Therapeutic and biosensing platforms
  • Infectious diseases
  • Material engineering

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Fatima Pereira

Lecturer in Molecular and Cellular Biosc

Research interests

  • Gut microbiome
  • Host-microbiota crosstalk
  • Microbiome One Health model for a healthy ecosystem

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Jeremy Webb

Professor of Microbiology

Research interests

  • Microbial biofilms and their control
  • Adaptive biology and evolution of microorganisms
  • Biofilm-associated infection

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Professor Jo Slater-Jefferies PhD, MBA, CMgr, MCMI

CEO-National Biofilms Innovation Centre
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Dr Marc Dumont

Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology

Research interests

  • Methanotrophs and methane cycling
  • Microbial communities in soils, sediments, and aquatic systems
  • Biogeochemical cycles

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Dr Nela Nikolic

Lecturer in Microbiology

Research interests

  • Roles of accessory genetic elements in bacterial resilience
  • Phenotypic heterogeneity and individual behaviors underlying bacterial stress adaptation
  • Dynamics between phages and their bacterial hosts

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Rodolphe Herve

Containment Level 3 Laboratory Manager
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Professor Ronan McCarthy PhD, FHEA, FRSB

Professor in Microbial Biofilms

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