People

Team members in the Applied Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology group.

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Professor Muhammad Ali

Assistant Professor, Environmental Microbiology · Trinity College Dublin
Environmental Microbiology Microbial Ecology Environmental Biotechnology Aerobic Granular Sludge Bioelectrochemical Systems

We study microbial interactions in natural and engineered ecosystems and develop sustainable biotechnologies for pollution mitigation, resource recovery, and water and wastewater treatment.

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PhD Students

Current doctoral researchers in the group.
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Nabin Bogati

PhD Student
Environmental Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Water and Wastewater
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Haley Noteboom

PhD Student
Environmental Microbiology Resource Recovery Bioprocess Engineering
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Romana Khan

PhD Student
Microbial Interactions Wastewater Treatment Molecular Tools
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Jinxing Li

PhD Student
Aerobic Granular Sludge Microbial Community Assembly Process Optimisation
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Orlando Young

PhD Student
On-site Treatment Biofilms Environmental Monitoring

Master’s Students

Current Master’s researchers in the group.
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Sean Dillon

Master’s Student
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Eva Connolly

Master’s Student
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Sinead Doherty

Master’s Student
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Christian Gusacinschi

Master’s Student
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Oran Benton

BAI Student

Alumni

Former members of the group.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Ahmed Yousif Abdalla Mohamed

Ahmed Yousif Abdalla Mohamed, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Masoud Ghaani

Masoud Ghaani, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Morgane Bellec

Morgane Bellec, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Assistants

Orlando Young

Orlando Young

Research Assistant
Katherine Hardgrave

Katherine Hardgrave

Research Assistant

MSc Students

Katherine Hardgrave

Katherine Hardgrave

MSc Student
Katherine Childs

Katherine Childs

MSc Student
Sean Walsh

Sean Walsh

MSc Student
Ziad Nasr

Ziad Nasr

MSc Student
Khagesh Ingulkar

Khagesh Ingulkar

MSc Student

Interns

Niklas Michalski

Niklas Michalski

Intern
Marcus Chen

Marcus Chen

Intern
Applied Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology
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