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Professor Chris Allen

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Chris Allen

Professor Chris Allen

School of Biological Sciences

As a cross-disciplinary microbiologist I am interested in utilising molecular microbiology in diverse areas including bioorganic chemistry (e.g. biocatalysis), environmental science (e.g. soil profiling), process engineering, geology (e.g. understanding global cycles in the soil microbiome and the process of soil genesis) and paleoecology. This makes my work unusually diverse.

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Open to PhD applications with preferably 1st class honours in the field of

  • Microbiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioinformatics or a related discipline (or equivalent, including other research experience)

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Gene mining useful biocatalysts from paleosols
  • The microbial ecology of ancient alpine soils

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