Focus area: Sustainability

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  An interview with Professor Penny Hirsch

  Professor Penny Hirsch is a member of the Microbiology Society and previously worked in the Sustainable Agriculture Sciences Department at Rothamsted Research. In this interview she tells us about her career in microbiology and her research into the complexity of soil microbial communities.

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  An interview with Professor Gerry Saddler

  Professor Gerry Saddler is the Chief Plant Health Officer for Scotland and the Head of Scottish Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA), a scientific division of the Scottish Government, He is also a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview he tells us more about his research focusing on plant pathogenic bacteria and how it can affect crop production.

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  An interview with Kevin Purves

  Kevin Purves is a PhD student at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory. He is a member of the Microbiology Society and in this interview he tells us more about his research on the role viruses and microbes play in the marine environment, and their impact on biogeochemical cycles.

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  An interview with Professor Jack Gilbert

  Jack Gilbert is a Professor at the University of California San Diego and Co-Founder and President of BiomeSense. He is also a member of the Microbiology Society, and in this interview tells us more about his current research as well as his contributions to form collaborative relationships through various projects.

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  An interview with Dr Megan Barnett

  Dr Megan Barnett is a Geomicrobiologist at the British Geological Survey (GBS) and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, she tells us more about her research in geology and microbiology, biotechnology applications in earth sciences, and why she thinks microbiology matters.

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  An interview with Simon Gregory

  Dr Simon Gregory has taken a circuitous route through neuroscience, human population genetics and aquaculture to get to where he is now, leading the geomicrobiology research at the British Geological Survey. His current research interests include microbial aspects of radioactive waste disposal, carbon capture and storage, geothermal energy, biomining and methane cycling. Read more about his research in this interview.

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  An interview with Lynsay Blake

  Dr Lynsay Blake is a proteomics PDRA and until recently a Daphne Jackson Research Fellow at Durham University. She is also a member of the Microbiology Society and, in this interview, tells us more about how her research is contributing to moving towards a more circular economy and achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

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  An interview with Omololu Fagunwa

  As part of our ‘A Sustainable Future’ project, we spoke to Omololu Fanguwa, who is a PhD student at the University of Huddersfield and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, he tells us about his career in microbiology and his recent review article published in Access Microbiology on how microbiology can accelerate the sustainable development goals.