Recent Members

Below are the recent members of the group and their research interests.

Pepijn Boeree - (Visiting Erasmus student)
"Enzymes of salicylate catabolism in Ralstonia U2"
2001-2002
Completing degree in Microbiology at Leiden University, The Netherlands

Dr. Michelle Hughes.- (Postdoctoral Research Officer)
"Genetics of nitrotoluene catabolism by bacteria"
EU project: 1998-2001.
Scientific Officer, MRC Biochemical Toxicology Unit, Leicester

Dr. Ning-Yi Zhou.- (Postdoctoral Research Officer)
"Catabolism of naphthalene via the gentisate pathway"
BBSRC project:1999-2002
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biology, Imperial College London.

Dr. V. Rangaswamy - (Visiting Commonwealth Universities Research Fellow)
"Degradation of nitrophenolic wastes"
Sept. 1999-Sept. 2000
Reader, Department of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadavaraya University,
Anantapur, India.

Dr. Ian Ross - (Postdoctoral Research Officer)
"The degradation of industrial nitroaromatic wastes."
ICI Technology project: 1997-2000
Postdoctoral research assistant, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge

Dr. Kevin Hallberg - (Postdoctoral research officer)
"The degradation of aromatic compounds by acidophilic bacteria."
BBSRC project: 1996-1999
Postdoctoral research assistant, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Bangor
(with Dr. D.B.Johnson) in the Bangor Acidophile Research Team (BART)

Dr. Keith James  - (Postdoctoral Research officer)
"4-Nitrotoluene catabolism in Pseudomonas sp. strains TW3 and 4NT."
BBSRC project: 1994-1997
EU project:1997-1998
Bioinformatics officer in genome projects at Sanger Centre, Cambridge

Dr. Sergio Fuenmayor - (PhD Student)
"The plasmid-encoded catabolism of naphthalene via gentisate in Pseudomonas strain U2."
CONICIT (Venezuela) student: 1993-1998
Biodegradation research officer in Venezuala

Dr. Richard Ogden - (PhD Student)
"Regulation of biphenyl catabolism in Pseudomonas sp. Strain IC."
BBSRC student: 1993-1998
Bioremediation Manager in industry

Dr. Mike Barnes - (Postdoctoral Fellow)
"Catabolism of toluene and phenylpropionic acid in Rhodococcus globerulus PWD1."
EU Environment project: 1995-1997
Bioinformatics officer in industry

Dr. Sirinun Aemprapa - (PhD Student)
"The TOL plasmid pWW102 in Pseudomonas."
Thai government student: 1994-1997
University lecturer in Thailand