Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- The biogeochemistry of microbial phosphorus and organophosphorus cycling in the marine, freshwater, terrestrial, agri-food and engineered
- Development of biological and chemical approaches for the removal and/or recovery of high-value compounds from waste eg. phosphorus, ammonia, volatile fatty acids, formaldehyde, herbicides etc)
Public outreach & key achievements
- Member of International Advisory Panel for the Enterprise Ireland funded Dairy Processing Technology Centre (2018 – Present)
- UK Microbiology Society Policy Committee Member (2016 -Present)
- Editor of mSystems (Journal of the American Society for Microbiology: 2016 - Present)
- UK Representative on United States National Science Foundation Sustainable Phosphorus Research Coordination Network
- Member of European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP) (2015 – Present
- External Examiner (Undergraduate) University College Dublin – Microbiology (2016 – Present)
- Chair Microbiology Society (Irish Division): 2009 - 2011
- External reviewer for NUI-Galway’s Institutional Review of Research Performance (2012)
- External assessor for lectureship positions at NUI-Galway (2010 and 2014)