Email
cwhitby@essex.ac.ukTelephone
+44 (0) 1206 872062
Location
3SW.5.13, Colchester Campus
Biography
Dates 2021-Present University of Essex Professor in Environmental Microbiology 2012-2021 University of Essex Senior Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology 2006-2012 University of Essex Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology 2003-2006 University of Exeter Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2002- 2003 University of Aberdeen Post Doctoral Research Fellow 1997-2002 University of Liverpool Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2009- Present Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA). 2007-present Vice Chair of ISMOS Technical and Scientific Committee, Founder & Co-Organiser of ISMOS. I am a Professor in Environmental Microbiology and member of the Ecology and Environmental Microbiology Research Group at the University of Essex. My research is primarily focussed on i) microbial cycling of carbon and nitrogen across a range of aquatic and terrestrial environments; ii) microbial biodegradation of pollutants, notably petroleum hydrocarbons, naphthenic acids and iii) microbial communities in bioaerosols. I have successfully secured > £12.1 million funding from UKRI, EU and industry since post and have >50 peer-reviewed publications. As the Graduate Director at Essex University since 2019, I have extensive experience supporting PGR students and have supervised a total of 22 PGR students as either primary supervisor or co-supervisor on various projects within the research area of environmental microbiology .
Qualifications
1998 University of Liverpool Ph.D. (NERC-CASE): Environmental Microbiology
B.Sc. (Hons) Applied Biology, (Molecular Microbiology) University of Hull, (1994)
Research interests
Bioaerosols
Bioaerosols
biogeochemical cycling
biogeochemical cycling e.g nitrogen and carbon cycling
Hydrocarbon biodegradation
Hydrocarbon biodegradation
Current research
Microbial nitrogen and carbon cycling.
Microbial biodegradation of hydrocarbons with a specific focus on naphthenic acid (NA) biodegradation in aquatic and terrestrial environments.
Impact of nanoparticles and nano/mcroplastics on microbial communities in the environment.
Characterization of microbial communities in bioaerosols.
2015-2018 BBSRC 'Using synthetic biology to forward engineer the catabolic pathways in Pseudomonads for use as biotechnological tools in the bioremediation of oil sands process waters'. (PI).
2015-2018 NERC 'Disentangling the plant-microbe interactions in the soil rhizosphere' (PI).
2015-2018 NERC 'Rapid monitoring of bioaerosols in industrial, agricultural and urban environments'. (Co-I).
2013-2016 NERC-CASE Spatio-temporal dynamics of microbial community structure and function across an afforestation chronosequence (PI).
2013-2016 EC FP7-Human Exposure to Aeorosol Contaminants in Modern Micro-environments' (HEXACOMM) (Co-I).
Conferences and presentations
Johnson, R. Folwell, B., Smith, B., Rowland, S. &Whitby, C (2015). Bioremediation of Naphthenic Acids. University of Warwick.
Coventry, United Kingdom, 2015
Johnson, R. Smith, B., Rowland, S. & Whitby, C. (2012). Oil sands to the rescue: Oil Sand Microbial Communities Can Degrade Recalcitrant Alkyl Phenyl Alkanoic Acids. University of Calgary.
Calgary, Canada, 2012
Johnson, R. Smith, B., Rowland, S. & Whitby, C. (Nov 2010). Microbial biodegradation of alkyl phenyl alkanoic acids by oil sand microbial communities. Reservoir Microbiology Forum.
2010
Johnson, R. Smith, B., Rowland, S. & Whitby, C. (June, 2009). Understanding Hydrocarbon Biodegradation. Goldschmidt Conference, Switzerland.
Switzerland, 2009
Johnson, R. Smith, B., Rowland, S. & Whitby, C. (June, 2009). Naphthenic acid biodegradation. RMF, UK.
United Kingdom, 2009
Johnson, R. Smith, B., Rowland, S. & Whitby, C. (Sept, 2009). Characterization of NA-degraders. University of Reading, UK.
Reading, United Kingdom, 2009
Johnson, R. Smith, B., Rowland, S. & Whitby, C. (2008). MEOR-extracting more from our dirty oil RMF, UK.
United Kingdom, 2008
Johnson, R. Smith, B., Rowland, S. & Whitby, C. (2008). The acid test- cleaning up our dirty oil SGM, Dublin.
Dublin, Ireland, 2008
Whitby, C. (2006). WSP Remediation. Molecular methods and bioremediation.
2006
Johnson, R. Smith, B., Rowland, S. & Whitby, C. (2006). Can we clean up our dirty oil? RMF, UK.
2006
Whitby, C. & H. Lappin-Scott. SIP: Linking Natural Community Diversity with Function. (2004). ASM, USA
2004
Current teaching responsibilities
Microbiology (BS104)
Introduction to Global Sustainability Challenges (BS106)
Microbial Diversity and Biotechnology (BS253)
Climate Change and Pollution (BS345)
Research Project in Biomedical Science (BS831)
Research Project in Life Sciences (BS832)
Research Project: MSc Biotechnology (BS984)
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Microbiology
Degree type: Master of Science (by Dissertation)
Awarded date: 23/1/2023
Degree subject: Biological Sciences
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 8/7/2020
Degree subject: Environmental Sciences
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 25/9/2018
Degree subject: Biological Sciences
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 1/6/2017
Degree subject: Microbiology
Degree type: Master of Science (by Dissertation)
Awarded date: 22/5/2017
Degree subject: Microbiology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 15/8/2014
Degree subject: Microbiology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 23/7/2013
Degree subject: Biological Sciences
Degree type: Master of Science (by Dissertation)
Awarded date: 1/2/2012
Journal articles (52)
Chen, Z., Cameron, TC., Couce, E., Garcia, C., Hicks, N., Thomas, GE., Thompson, MSA., Whitby, C. and O'Gorman, EJ., (2024). Oil and gas platforms degrade benthic invertebrate diversity and food web structure. Science of the Total Environment. 929, 172536-172536
Grydaki, N., Colbeck, I. and Whitby, C., (2024). Temporal changes in the size resolved fractions of bacterial aerosols in urban and semi-urban residences.. Scientific Reports. 14 (1), 20238-
Bhui, K., Ucci, M., Kumar, P., Jackson, SK., Whitby, C., Colbeck, I., Pfrang, C., Nasir, ZA. and Coulon, F., (2024). Air quality and mental illness: role of bioaerosols, causal mechanisms and research priorities.. BJPsych Open. 10 (5), 1-7
Grydaki, N., Colbeck, I. and Whitby, C., (2024). Characterization of bioaerosols associated with commuter transport micro-environments using high throughput sequencing.. Science of the Total Environment. 957, 177539-177539
Bani, A., Whitby, C., Colbeck, I., Dumbrell, AJ. and Ferguson, RMW., (2024). Rapid In-Field Detection of Airborne Pathogens Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP). Microorganisms. 12 (12), 2578-2578
Coulon, F. and Whitby, C., (2023). Rapid measurement tools or fast identification of bioaerosols. Open Access Government. 38 (1), 462-463
Gregson, BH., Bani, A., Steinfield, L., Holt, D. and Whitby, C., (2022). Anaerobes and methanogens dominate the microbial communities in water harvesting ponds used by Kenyan rural smallholder farmers.. Science of the Total Environment. 819, 153040-153040
Clark, DR., McKew, BA., Binley, A., Heppell, CM., Whitby, C. and Trimmer, M., (2022). Hydrological properties predict the composition of microbial communities cycling methane and nitrogen in rivers. ISME Communications. 2 (1), 5-
Scarlett, K., Denman, S., Clark, DR., Forster, J., Vanguelova, E., Brown, N. and Whitby, C., (2021). Relationships between nitrogen cycling microbial community abundance and composition reveal the indirect effect of soil pH on oak decline. The ISME Journal. 15 (3), 623-635
Grydaki, N., Colbeck, I., Mendes, L., Eleftheriadis, K. and Whitby, C., (2021). Bioaerosols in the Athens Metro: Metagenetic insights into the PM₁₀ microbiome in a naturally ventilated subway station. Environment International. 146, 106186-106186
Ferguson, RMW., Neath, CEE., Nasir, ZA., Garcia-Alcega, S., Tyrrel, S., Coulon, F., Dumbrell, AJ., Colbeck, I. and Whitby, C., (2021). Size fractionation of bioaerosol emissions from green-waste composting. Environment International. 147, 106327-106327
McKew, BA., Johnson, R., Clothier, L., Skeels, K., Ross, MS., Metodiev, M., Frenzel, M., Gieg, LM., Martin, JW., Hough, MA. and Whitby, C., (2021). Differential protein expression during growth on model and commercial mixtures of naphthenic acids in Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf‐5. MicrobiologyOpen. 10 (4), e1196-
Garcia-Alcega, S., Nasir, ZA., Cipullo, S., Ferguson, RMW., Yan, C., Whitby, C., Dumbrell, AJ., Drew, G., Colbeck, I., Tyrrel, S. and Coulon, F., (2020). Fingerprinting ambient air to understand bioaerosol profiles in three different environments in the south east of England.. Science of the Total Environment. 719, 137542-137542
Caires, CSA., Farias, LAS., Gomes, LE., Pinto, BP., Gonçalves, DA., Zagonel, LF., Nascimento, VA., Alves, DCB., Colbeck, I., Whitby, C., Caires, ARL. and Wender, H., (2020). Effective killing of bacteria under blue-light irradiation promoted by green synthesized silver nanoparticles loaded on reduced graphene oxide sheets. Materials Science and Engineering: C. 113, 110984-110984
Freeman, D., Bajón Fernández, Y., Wilson, A., McKew, BA., Whitby, C., Clark, DR., Jefferson, B., Coulon, F. and Hassard, F., (2020). Nitrogen oxidation consortia dynamics influence the performance of full-scale rotating biological contactors.. Environment International. 135, 105354-105354
Clark, DR., McKew, BA., Dong, LF., Leung, G., Dumbrell, AJ., Stott, A., Grant, H., Nedwell, DB., Trimmer, M. and Whitby, C., (2020). Mineralization and nitrification: Archaea dominate ammonia-oxidising communities in grassland soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 143, 107725-107725
McGenity, TJ., Gessesse, A., Hallsworth, JE., Garcia Cela, E., Verheecke‐Vaessen, C., Wang, F., Chavarría, M., Haggblom, MM., Molin, S., Danchin, A., Smid, EJ., Lood, C., Cockell, CS., Whitby, C., Liu, S., Keller, NP., Stein, LY., Bordenstein, SR., Lal, R., Nunes, OC., Gram, L., Singh, BK., Webster, NS., Morris, C., Sivinski, S., Bindschedler, S., Junier, P., Antunes, A., Baxter, BK., Scavone, P. and Timmis, K., (2020). Visualizing the invisible: class excursions to ignite children’s enthusiasm for microbes. Microbial Biotechnology. 13 (4), 844-887
Folwell, BD., McGenity, TJ. and Whitby, C., (2020). Diamondoids are not forever: microbial biotransformation of diamondoid carboxylic acids. Microbial Biotechnology. 13 (2), 495-508
Thomas, GE., Cameron, TC., Campo, P., Clark, DR., Coulon, F., Gregson, BH., Hepburn, LJ., McGenity, TJ., Miliou, A., Whitby, C. and McKew, BA., (2020). Bacterial Community Legacy Effects Following the Agia Zoni II Oil-Spill, Greece. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, 1706-
Caires, CSA., Silva, CM., Lima, AR., Alves, LM., Lima, THN., Rodrigues, ACS., Chang, MR., Oliveira, SL., Whitby, C., Nascimento, VA. and Caires, ARL., (2020). Photodynamic Inactivation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by a Natural Food Colorant (E-141ii). Molecules. 25 (19), 4464-4464
Ferguson, RMW., Garcia-Alcega, S., Coulon, F., Dumbrell, AJ., Whitby, C. and Colbeck, I., (2019). Bioaerosol Biomonitoring: Sampling Optimisation for Molecular Microbial Ecology. Molecular Ecology Resources. 19 (3), 672-690
Garcia-Alcega, S., Nasir, ZA., Ferguson, RMW., Noël, C., Cravo-Laureau, C., Whitby, C., Dumbrell, AJ., Colbeck, I., Tyrrel, S. and Coulon, F., (2018). Can chemical and molecular biomarkers help discriminate between industrial, rural and urban environments?. Science of the Total Environment. 631–632, 1059-1069
Beddow, J., Stolpe, B., Cole, PA., Lead, JR., Sapp, M., Lyons, BP., Colbeck, I. and Whitby, C., (2017). Nanosilver inhibits nitrification and reduces ammonia‐oxidising bacterial but not archaeal amoA gene abundance in estuarine sediments. Environmental Microbiology. 19 (2), 500-510
Garcia-Alcega, S., Nasir, Z., Ferguson, RMW., Whitby, C., Dumbrell, AJ., Colbeck, I., Gomes, D., Tyrrel, S. and Coulon, F., (2017). Fingerprinting outdoor air environment using microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) – A review. TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 86, 75-83
Beddow, J., Johnson, RJ., Lawson, T., Breckels, MN., Webster, RJ., Smith, BE., Rowland, SJ. and Whitby, C., (2016). The effect of oil sands process-affected water and model naphthenic acids on photosynthesis and growth in Emiliania huxleyi and Chlorella vulgaris. Chemosphere. 145, 416-423
Folwell, BD., McGenity, TJ., Price, A., Johnson, RJ. and Whitby, C., (2016). Exploring the capacity for anaerobic biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and naphthenic acids by microbes from oil-sands-process-affected waters. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 108, 214-221
Lansdown, K., McKew, BA., Whitby, C., Heppell, CM., Dumbrell, AJ., Binley, A., Olde, L. and Trimmer, M., (2016). Importance and controls of anaerobic ammonium oxidation influenced by riverbed geology. Nature Geoscience. 9 (5), 357-360
Tatti, E., McKew, BA., Whitby, C. and Smith, CJ., (2016). Simultaneous DNA-RNA Extraction from Coastal Sediments and Quantification of 16S rRNA Genes and Transcripts by Real-time PCR. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2016 (112)
Folwell, BD., McGenity, TJ. and Whitby, C., (2016). Biofilm and planktonic bacterial and fungal communities transforming high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 82 (8), 2288-2299
Li, J., Nedwell, DB., Beddow, J., Dumbrell, AJ., McKew, BA., Thorpe, EL. and Whitby, C., (2015). amoA Gene Abundances and Nitrification Potential Rates Suggest that Benthic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria and Not Archaea Dominate N Cycling in the Colne Estuary, United Kingdom. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81 (1), 159-165
Beddow, J., Stolpe, B., Cole, P., Lead, JR., Sapp, M., Lyons, BP., Colbeck, I. and Whitby, C., (2014). Effects of engineered silver nanoparticles on the growth and activity of ecologically important microbes. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 6 (5), 448-458
Beddow, J., Stölpe, B., Cole, PA., Lead, JR., Sapp, M., Lyons, BP., McKew, B., Steinke, M., Benyahia, F., Colbeck, I. and Whitby, C., (2014). Estuarine sediment hydrocarbon-degrading microbial communities demonstrate resilience to nanosilver. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation. 96, 206-215
Papaspyrou, S., Smith, CJ., Dong, LF., Whitby, C., Dumbrell, AJ. and Nedwell, DB., (2014). Nitrate Reduction Functional Genes and Nitrate Reduction Potentials Persist in Deeper Estuarine Sediments. Why?. PLoS One. 9 (4), e94111-e94111
Whitby, C., Skovhus, TL. and Passman, FJ., (2013). ISMOS-3: Third International Symposium on Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Systems – Preface to special issue. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 81, 1-2
Johnson, RJ., Smith, BE., Rowland, SJ. and Whitby, C., (2013). Biodegradation of alkyl branched aromatic alkanoic naphthenic acids by Pseudomonas putida KT2440. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 81, 3-8
McKew, BA., Dumbrell, AJ., Daud, SD., Hepburn, L., Thorpe, E., Mogensen, L. and Whitby, C., (2012). Characterization of Geographically Distinct Bacterial Communities Associated with Coral Mucus Produced by Acropora spp. and Porites spp. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78 (15), 5229-5237
Pankhurst, LJ., Whitby, C., Pawlett, M., Larcombe, LD., McKew, B., Deacon, LJ., Morgan, SL., Villa, R., Drew, GH., Tyrrel, S., Pollard, SJT. and Coulon, F., (2012). Temporal and spatial changes in the microbial bioaerosol communities in green-waste composting. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 79 (1), 229-239
Johnson, RJ., West, CE., Swaih, AM., Folwell, BD., Smith, BE., Rowland, SJ. and Whitby, C., (2012). Aerobic biotransformation of alkyl branched aromatic alkanoic naphthenic acids via two different pathways by a new isolate of Mycobacterium. Environmental Microbiology. 14 (4), 872-882
Johnson, RJ., Smith, BE., Sutton, PA., McGenity, TJ., Rowland, SJ. and Whitby, C., (2011). Microbial biodegradation of aromatic alkanoic naphthenic acids is affected by the degree of alkyl side chain branching. The ISME Journal. 5 (3), 486-496
Rowland, SJ., Jones, D., Scarlett, AG., West, CE., Hin, LP., Boberek, M., Tonkin, A., Smith, BE. and Whitby, C., (2011). Synthesis and toxicity of some metabolites of the microbial degradation of synthetic naphthenic acids. Science of The Total Environment. 409 (15), 2936-2941
Farage, P., Ball, AS., McGenity, TJ., Whitby, C. and Pretty, JN., (2010). Reply to Comment on: `Burning management and carbon sequestration of upland heather moorland in the UK'. Australian Journal Of Soil Research. 48 (1), 104-104
Whitby, C., (2010). Microbial Naphthenic Acid Degradation. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, VOL 70. 70, 93-125
Farage, P., Ball, A., McGenity, TJ., Whitby, C. and Pretty, J., (2009). Burning management and carbon sequestration of upland heather moorland in the UK. Soil Research. 47 (4), 351-351
Whitby, C., Johnson, RJ., Smith, B., Robinson, K. and Rowland, S., (2009). Biodegradation of naphthenic acids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 73 (13), creators-Whitby=3ACorinne=3A=3A
Smith, BE., Lewis, CA., Belt, ST., Whitby, C. and Rowland, SJ., (2008). Effects of Alkyl Chain Branching on the Biotransformation of Naphthenic Acids. Environmental Science & Technology. 42 (24), 9323-9328
Zakaria, D., Lappin‐Scott, H., Burton, S. and Whitby, C., (2007). Bacterial diversity in soil enrichment cultures amended with 2 (2‐methyl‐4‐chlorophenoxy) propionic acid (mecoprop). Environmental Microbiology. 9 (10), 2575-2587
Whitby, C., Bailey, M., Whiteley, A., Murrell, C., Kilham, K., Prosser, J. and Lappin-Scott, H., (2005). Stable isotope probing links taxonomy with function in microbial communities. ASM News. 71 (4), 169-173
Whitby, C., Bailey, M., Whiteley, A., Murrell, C., Kilham, K., Prosser, J. and Lappin-Scott, H., (2005). Stable isotope probing links taxonomy with function in microbial communities - Microbial ecologists have a culture-independent means for analyzing sources of metabolic activities among complex mixtures of microbes. ASM NEWS. 71 (4), 169-173
Whitby, C., Earl, J., Lanyon, C., Gray, S., Robinson, J., Meadows, J. and Edwards, C., (2004). The molecular diversity of the methanogenic community in a hypereutrophic freshwater lake determined by PCR-RFLP. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 97 (5), 973-984
Whitby, CB., Hall, G., Pickup, R., Saunders, JR., Ineson, P., Parekh, NR. and McCarthy, A., (2001). 13C incorporation into DNA as a means of identifying the active components of ammonia-oxidizer populations. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 32 (6), 398-401
Whitby, CB., Saunders, JR., Pickup, RW. and McCarthy, AJ., (2001). A comparison of ammonia-oxidiser populations in eutrophic and oligotrophic basins of a large freshwater lake. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 79 (2), 179-188
Whitby, CB., Saunders, JR., Rodriguez, J., Pickup, RW. and McCarthy, A., (1999). Phylogenetic Differentiation of Two Closely Related Nitrosomonas spp. That Inhabit Different Sediment Environments in an Oligotrophic Freshwater Lake. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65 (11), 4855-4862
Books (1)
Whitby, C. and Skovhus, TL., (2011). Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oilfield Systems. Springer. 978-90-481-9251-9
Book chapters (10)
Underwood, GJC., Dumbrell, AJ., McGenity, TJ., McKew, BA. and Whitby, C., (2022). The Microbiome of Coastal Sediments. In: The Marine Microbiome. Editors: Stal, LJ. and Cretoiu, MS., . Springer International Publishing. 479- 534. 9783030903824
Whitby, C., Ferguson, RMW., Colbeck, I., Dumbrell, AJ., Nasir, ZA., Marczylo, E., Kinnersley, R., Douglas, P., Drew, G., Bhui, K., Lemon, M., Jackson, S., Tyrrel, S. and Coulon, F., (2022). Compendium of analytical methods for sampling, characterization and quantification of bioaerosols. In: Functional Microbiomes. Editors: Bohan, DA. and Dumbrell, AJ., . Elsevier. 101- 229. 978-0-323-98593-2
Whitby, C., (2022). A microbial solution to oil sand pollution: Understanding the microbiomes, metabolic pathways and mechanisms involved in naphthenic acid (NA) biodegradation. In: Functional Microbiomes. Editors: Bohan, DA. and Dumbrell, AJ., . Elsevier. 231- 287. 978-0-323-98593-2
Skeels, K. and Whitby, C., (2019). 1. Skeels K and Whitby C (2018). Microbial ecology of naphthenic acid degradation. In: McGenity, Terry J and Nogales, Balbina, (eds.) Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols. Springer pg 1-22.. In: Microbial Communities Utilizing Hydrocarbons and Lipids: Members, Metagenomics and Ecophysiology. Springer International Publishing. 1- 22. 9783319600635
Colbeck, I. and Whitby, C., (2019). Biological Particles in the Indoor Environment. In: Indoor Air Pollution. The Royal Society of Chemistry. 127- 157. 9781788015141
Nedwell, DB., Underwood, GJC., McGenity, TJ., Whitby, C. and Dumbrell, AJ., (2016). The Colne Estuary. In: Advances in Ecological Research. Elsevier. 227- 281. 978-0-08-100935-2
Smith, CJ., Mckew, BA., Coggan, A. and Whitby, C., (2016). Primers: Functional Genes for Nitrogen-Cycling Microbes in Oil Reservoirs. In: Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols. Editors: McGenity, TJ., Timmis, KN. and Nogales, B., . Springer. 207- 241. 978-3-662-50427-7
McGenity, TJ., Whitby, C. and Fahy, A., (2010). Alkaliphilic hydrocarbon degraders. In: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Editors: Timmis, KN., McGenity, TJ., van der Meer, JR. and de Lorenzo, V., . Springer. 1931- 1937. 9783540775881
Price, A., �lvarez, LA., Whitby, C. and Larsen, J., (2010). How Many Microorganisms Are Present? Quantitative Reverse Transcription PCR (qRT-PCR). In: Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oilfield Systems. Editors: Whitby, C. and Skovhus, TL., . Springer. 77- 84. 978-90-481-9251-9
Whitby, C., Meade, R., Hall, G., Saunders, JR., Pickup, RW. and McCarthy, AJ., (2001). Molecular genetic analysis of the ammonia-oxidizing bacterial community in a defined hypereutrophic freshwater lake. In: Genes in the Environment 15th Special Symposium of the British Ecological Society. Editors: Hails, RS., Beringer, JE. and Godfray, HCJ., . Cambridge University Press/British Ecological Society. 167- 186. 9780521549349
Conferences (3)
Frenzel, M., Passman, F., Skovhus, TL. and Whitby, C., (2018). 5 th International Symposium on Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Systems
Price, A., Álvarez, LA., Whitby, C. and Larsen, J., (2010). Detection of SRP activity by quantification of mRNA for the dissimilatory (bi) sulfite reductase gene (dsrA) by reverse transcription quantitative PCR
Price, A., Álvarez, LA., Whitby, C. and Larsen, J., (2010). Detection of SRP activity by quantification of mRNA for the dissimilatory (bi) sulfite reductase gene (dsrA) by reverse transcription quantitative PCR
Reports and Papers (2)
Holt, D. and Whitby, C., (2017). Exploring the use of a low-tech tool for conservation agriculture - a field experiment in Kenya
Johnson, R. and Whitby, C., (2010). Fuel for the Future: Unlocking New Fuel Resources
2024
Ecosystem function and services associated rock oyster aquaculture and naturalisation
University of Essex
Quantifying the impacts of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from infrastructure decommissioning on benthic micro and macrofaunal communities.
Oil Spill Response Ltd
2023
Multi-trophic response and effects of an extensive oil spill in a coastal fish nursery
Natural Environment Research Council
PhD Studentship Seahorse eDNA
Natural England
2022
ORBIT: Offshore Renewables: winds of change for Benthic communities?
Natural Environment Research Council
Identifying Determinants For Indoor Air Quality And Their Health Impact In Environments For Children: Measures To Improve Indoor Air Quality And Reduce Disease Burdens
European Commission
School and community engagement with tiny forests to enhance environmental and human health
North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
2020
Functionality and Ecological Connectivity of Man-Made Structures (FuECoMMS)
Natural Environment Research Council
Indoor/outdoor Bioaerosols Interface and Relationships Network - BioAirNet
Natural Environment Research Council
2018
FUSED - Functionality of Urban Soils supporting Ecosystem service Delivery
Natural Environment Research Council
Microbiological Assessment of soil surrounding Trees with AOD and COD.
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
2017
A new dynamic for Phosphorus in Riverbed Nitrogen Cycling - PRINCe
Natural Environment Research Council
Quantifying a marine ecosystem's response to a catastrophic oil spill
Natural Environment Research Council
2016
Disentangling plant-soil microbe-plant feedback loop interactions under soil drought stress conditions
ADC BioScientific Limited
Using low impact technologies for sustainable agriculture - workshops with informal economy manufacturers and women farmers.
University of Essex
Using low impact technologies for sustainable agriculture - workshops with informal economy manufacturers and women farmers.
University of Essex
Rapid monitoring of bioaerosols in Urban, Agricultural and Industrial Environments
Natural Environment Research Council
Rapid monitoring of bioaerosols in Urban, Agricultural and Industrial Environments
Natural Environment Research Council
2015
Rapid monitoring of bioaerosols in Urban, Agricultural and Industrial Environments
Natural Environment Research Council
2014
Commercialisation of Bioreactor Process Technology
Natural Environment Research Council
The Role of Lateral Exchange in Modulating the Seaward Flux of C.N.P
Natural Environment Research Council
Using Proteomics to increase naphthenic acid degradation rates in Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5
Society For General Microbiology
2012
The Role of Lateral Echange in Modulating the Seaward Flux of CNP
Natural Environment Research Council
Process Scale-Up for Rapid Naphthenic Acid Removal from Oil Sands Process Waters (OSPW)
Natural Environment Research Council
Human EXposure to Aerosol Contaminants in Modern Microenvironments
European Commission (FP7)
2011
International Travel Grant - University of Calgary
The Royal Society
2010
Development of an optimized naphthenic acid bioremedition
Natural Environment Research Council
