Professor William Sloan

  • Professor of Environmental Engineering (Infrastructure & Environment)

telephone: 01413304076
email: William.Sloan@glasgow.ac.uk

R701 Level 7, ENG - Infrastructure & Environme, Rankine Building, Glasgow G12 8LT

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384

Biography

Education

PhD in Civil Engineering (2000). University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. 

P.G.C.E. in Mathematics (1991). University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, School of Education.  

MSc Physical Oceanography (1987). University College of North Wales. 

BSC (Hons) Mathematics (1986). Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. 

 

Employment

2020 -              Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies

2007 – 2020     Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Glasgow.

2007 – 2013     EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow, University of Glasgow.

2005 – 2006     Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow.

2002 – 2003     NERC Discipline Hopping Fellow, ICAPB, University of Edinburgh.

1999 – 2005     Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow.

1994 –1999      Hydraulic Modeller, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

1992 – 1994     Environmental Modeller, Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford.

1990 – 1992     Mathematics Teacher, Lord Lawson Academy, Birtley, County Durham.

1990 – 1990     Engineering Applications Programmer. Robertsons ERC, Marlow, Bucks

1989 – 1990     Engineering Software Controller, Sir William Halcrow and Partners Ltd, Swindon.

1987 – 1989     Teaching Company Assistant, Noble Denton Associates, London.

Research interests

Publications

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2025

Cholet, Fabien, Vignola, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3457-5748, Quinn, Dominic, Ijaz, Umer Z., Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Smith, Cindy J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730 (2025) Microbial ecology of drinking water biofiltration based on 16S rRNA sequencing: a meta-analysis. Water Research, 281, 123684. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123684) (PMID:40280003)

Gupta, Rohit ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5246-0883, Murray, Cameron, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2025) Predicting the methane production of microwave-pretreated anaerobic digestion of food waste: a machine learning approach. Energy, (doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.136613) (In Press)

Alghafli, Khaled, Shi, Xiaogang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0245-4749, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Ali, Awad M. (2025) Investigating the role of ENSO in groundwater temporal variability across Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates using machine learning algorithms. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 28, 101389. (doi: 10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101389)

2024

Li, Xiaobo, Song, Yanqing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4016, Glidle, Andrew, Smith, Cindy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Cusack, Maggie and Yin, Huabing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7693-377X (2024) A simple three-dimensional microfluidic platform for studying chemotaxis and cell sorting. Lab on a Chip, (Accepted for Publication)

Lui, Jade, Lee, Susan, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2024) Life cycle assessment of drinking water and wastewater treatment works in mainland Scotland. Science of the Total Environment, (Accepted for Publication)

Quinn, Dominic, Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Bhandari, Dinesh S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7753-5535, Fish, Katherine, You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Boxall, Joby and Smith, Cindy J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730 (2024) Pseudomonas aeruginosa interactions with drinking water biofilm after an acute spike in annular bioreactors—attachment, persistence, release, and reattachment. In: 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Ferrara, Italy, 01-04 Jul 2024, p. 148. (doi: 10.3390/engproc2024069148)

Shi, X. et al. (2024) Microbial stratification and DOM removal in drinking water biofilters: implications for enhanced performance. Water Research, 262, 122053. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122053)

Singh Bhandari, Dinesh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7753-5535, Quinn, Dominic, Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Fish, Katherine, Pick, Frances, Boxall, Joby, Smith, Cindy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730, You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 and Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2024) Modelling the Dynamics of P. aeruginosa in the Formation of Biofilms. In: 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Ferrara, Italy, 01-04 Jul 2024, p. 141. (doi: 10.3390/engproc2024069141)

Gupta, Rohit ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5246-0883, Lee, Susan, Lui, Jade, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2024) Carbon footprint assessment of water and wastewater treatment works in Scottish islands. Journal of Cleaner Production, 450, 141650. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141650)

Gupta, Rohit, Hajabdollahi Ouderji, Zahra, Uzma, Yu, Zhibin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0845-9951, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2024) Machine learning for sustainable organic waste treatment: a critical review. npj Materials Sustainability, 2, 5. (doi: 10.1038/s44296-024-00009-9)

2023

Sperling, J. R. et al. (2023) A cross-reactive plasmonic sensing array for drinking water assessment. Environmental Science: Nano, 10(12), pp. 3500-3508. (doi: 10.1039/D3EN00565H) (PMID:38073859)

Alghafli, Khaled, Ali, Awad M., Shi, Xiaogang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0245-4749, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Obeid, Ali A.A. and Shamsudduha, Mohammad (2023) Evaluation of runoff estimation from GRACE coupled with different meteorological gridded products over the Upper Blue Nile Basin. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 50, 101545. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101545)

Okonkwo, Valentine, Cholet, Fabien, Ijaz, Umer Z. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551, Koottatep, Thammarat, Pussayanavin, Tatchai, Polpraset, Chongrak, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090 and Smith, Cindy J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730 (2023) intI1 gene abundance from septic tanks in Thailand using validated intI1 primers. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 89(11), e01071-23. (doi: 10.1128/aem.01071-23) (PMID:37874304) (PMCID:PMC10686061)

Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048 and Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2023) The role of chlorine in the formation and development of tap water biofilms under different flow regimes. Microorganisms, 11(11), 2680. (doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11112680)

Vignola, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3457-5748, Lenselink, Jeanine, Quinn, Dominic, Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551, Pereira, Ryan, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Moore, Graeme, Gauchotte-Lindsay, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4970-5031 and Smith, Cindy J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730 (2023) Differential utilisation of dissolved organic matter compound fractions by different biofilter microbial communities. AQUA: Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society, 72(10), pp. 1837-1851. (doi: 10.2166/aqua.2023.036)

Ameer, Aqsa, Cheng, Youqi, Saleem, Farrukh, Uzma, McKenna, Aaron, Richmond, Anne, Gundogdu, Ozan, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Javed, Sundus and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551 (2023) Temporal stability and community assembly mechanisms in healthy broiler cecum. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, 1197838. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1197838) (PMID:37779716) (PMCID:PMC10534011)

Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Gómez-Borraz, Tania L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4865-6562 (2023) Engineering biology in the face of uncertainty. Interface Focus, 13(4), 20230001. (doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2023.0001) (PMID:37303745) (PMCID:PMC10251114)

Alghafli, Khaled, Shi, Xiaogang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0245-4749, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Shamsudduha, Mohammad, Tang, Qiuhong, Sefelnasr, Ahmed and Ebraheem, Abdel Azim (2023) Groundwater recharge estimation using in-situ and GRACE observations in the eastern region of the United Arab Emirates. Science of the Total Environment, 867, 161489. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161489)

Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Savage, Laurie, Wilson, Liam T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7005-3587, Cuthill, Calum, Mcguire, Katie, Robbie, Jill ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-8908, Sloan, William D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Gauchotte-Lindsay, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4970-5031, Peveler, William J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9829-2683 and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2023) Optical Tastebuds for Water Quality Testing. In: SPIE BiOS 2023: Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXIII, San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 Jan - 03 Feb 2023, (doi: 10.1117/12.2647396)

Hajabdollahi Ouderji, Zahra, Gupta, Rohit ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5246-0883, Mckeown, Andrew, Yu, Zhibin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0845-9951, Smith, Cindy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2023) Integration of anaerobic digestion with heat pump: machine learning-based technical and environmental assessment. Bioresource Technology, 369, 128485. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128485)

Allen, Ben, Gonzalez-Cabaleiro, Rebeca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-5928, Ofiteru, Irina Dana, Øvreås, Lise, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Swan, Donna and Curtis, Thomas (2023) Diversity and metabolic energy in bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 370, fnad043. (doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnad043) (PMID:37193662) (PMCID:PMC10214464)

Sperling, J. R. et al. (2023) Optical Tastebuds for Water Analysis. In: Applied Industrial Spectroscopy 2023, Munich, Germany, 30 Jul - 03 Aug 2023, ISBN 9781957171241 (doi: 10.1364/AIS.2023.AM2A.6)

2022

Martínez-Rabert, Eloi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-3103, van Amstel, Chiel, Smith, Cindy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Gonzalez-Cabaleiro, Rebeca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-5928 (2022) Environmental and ecological controls of the spatial distribution of microbial populations in aggregates. PLoS Computational Biology, 18(12), e1010807. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010807) (PMID:36534694) (PMCID:PMC9810174)

Ascher, Simon, Wang, Xiaonan, Watson, Ian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4002-4977, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2022) Interpretable machine learning to model biomass and waste gasification. Bioresource Technology, 364, 128062. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128062) (PMID:36202285)

Mills, Simon, Dessì, Paolo, Pant, Deepak, Farràs, Pau, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Collins, Gavin and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551 (2022) A meta-analysis of acetogenic and methanogenic microbiomes in microbial electrosynthesis. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 8, 73. (doi: 10.1038/s41522-022-00337-5) (PMID:36138044) (PMCID:PMC9500080)

Gupta, Rohit ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5246-0883, McRoberts, Ruairidh, Yu, Zhibin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0845-9951, Smith, Cindy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2022) Life cycle assessment of biodiesel production from rapeseed oil: influence of process parameters and scale. Bioresource Technology, 360, 127532. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127532) (PMID:35772716)

Lui, Jade, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Paul, Manosh C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6510-456X, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2022) Life cycle assessment of waste-to-hydrogen systems for fuel cell electric buses in Glasgow, Scotland. Bioresource Technology, 359, 127464. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127464) (PMID:35700893)

Ascher, Simon, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Watson, Ian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4002-4977 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2022) A comprehensive artificial neural network model for gasification process prediction. Applied Energy, 320, 119289. (doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119289)

Kazlauskaite, R. et al. (2022) Deploying an in vitro gut model to assay the impact of the mannan-oligosaccharide prebiotic bio-mos on the Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) gut microbiome. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(3), e0195321. (doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01953-21) (PMID:35532227) (PMCID:PMC9241627)

Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777 and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2022) The Role of Shear Dynamics in Biofilm Formation. Biofilms and BioActive Fluids 2022, 6-8 June 2022, Liverpool, UK.

Martinez-Rabert, Eloi, Smith, Cindy J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and González‐Cabaleiro, Rebeca (2022) Biochemistry shapes growth kinetics of nitrifiers and defines their activity under specific environmental conditions. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 119(5), pp. 1290-1300. (doi: 10.1002/bit.28045) (PMID:35092010)

Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777 and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2022) The role of shear dynamics in biofilm formation. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 8, 33. (doi: 10.1038/s41522-022-00300-4) (PMID:35487949) (PMCID:PMC9055050)

Lui, Jade, Paul, Manosh C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6510-456X, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2022) Techno-economic feasibility of distributed waste-to-hydrogen systems to support green transport in Glasgow. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47(28), pp. 13532-13551. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.02.120)

Gupta, Rohit ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5246-0883, Miller, Royce, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2022) Economic and environmental assessment of organic waste to biomethane conversion. Bioresource Technology, 345, 126500. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126500) (PMID:34890814)

Ogundero, Ayo, Vignola, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3457-5748, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090 and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2022) Validating flow cytometry as a method for quantifying Bdellovibrio predatory bacteria and Its prey for microbial ecology. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(1), e01033-21. (doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01033-21) (PMID:35196816) (PMCID:PMC8865432)

2021

Cheaib, B. et al. (2021) Genome erosion and evidence for an intracellular niche – exploring the biology of mycoplasmas in Atlantic salmon. Aquaculture, 541, 736772. (doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736772) (PMID:34471330) (PMCID:PMC8192413)

Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Nnaji, Chioma F., Lunn, Mary, Curtis, Thomas P., Colloms, Sean D., Couto, Jillian M., Pinto, Ameet J., Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090 and Rosser, Susan J. (2021) Drift dynamics in microbial communities and the effective community size. Environmental Microbiology, 23(5), pp. 2473-2483. (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15453) (PMID:33684262)

Kazlauskaite, R. et al. (2021) SalmoSim: the development of a three-compartment in vitro simulator of the Atlantic Salmon GI tract and associated microbial communities. Microbiome, 9, 179. (doi: 10.1186/s40168-021-01134-6) (PMID:34465363) (PMCID:PMC8408954)

2020

Koottatep, Thammarat, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Pussayanavin, Tatchai, Khamyai, Sopida, Sangchun, Wattanapong, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Polprasert, Chongrak (2020) ‘Solar septic tank’: evaluation of innovative decentralized treatment of blackwater in developing countries. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 10(4), pp. 828-840. (doi: 10.2166/washdev.2020.168)

McKenna, A. et al. (2020) Impact of industrial production system parameters on chicken microbiomes: mechanisms to improve performance and reduce Campylobacter. Microbiome, 8, 128. (doi: 10.1186/s40168-020-00908-8) (PMID:32907634) (PMCID:PMC7488076)

Heys, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3892-4538, Cheaib, B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0325-823X, Busetti, A., Kazlauskaite, R., Maier, L., Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Ijaz, U.Z. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551, Kaufmann, J., McGinnity, P. and Llewellyn, M.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9856-1591 (2020) Neutral processes dominate microbial community assembly in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86(8), e02283-19. (doi: 10.1128/AEM.02283-19) (PMID:32033945) (PMCID:PMC7117918)

Stratakos, A. C. et al. (2020) In vitro and in vivo characterisation of Listeria monocytogenes outbreak isolates. Food Control, 107, 106784. (doi: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106784)

2019

Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Pussayanavin, Tatchai, Randle-Boggis, Richard, Wicheansan, Araya, Jampathong, Suparat, Keating, Ciara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068, Ijaz, Umer Z. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Koottatep, Thammarat (2019) Solar Septic Tank: next generation sequencing reveals effluent microbial community composition as a useful index of system performance. Water, 11(12), 2660. (doi: 10.3390/w11122660)

Nakaew, Nareeluk, Lumyong, Saisamorn, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Sungthong, Rungroch ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5052-2611 (2019) Bioactivities and genome insights of a thermotolerant antibiotics-producing Streptomyces sp. TM32 reveal its potentials for novel drug discovery. MicrobiologyOpen, 8(11), e842. (doi: 10.1002/mbo3.842) (PMID:30941917) (PMCID:PMC6854843)

Song, Yanqing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4016, Glidle, Andrew, Quince, Christopher, Collins, Gavin, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Yin, Huabing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7693-377X (2019) Single-Cell Microfluidic Platform to Study Anaerobic Bacteria. 23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2019), Basel, Switzerland, 27-31 Oct 2019.

Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777 and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2019) A Novel Rapid Prototyping Tool for Suspended Biofilm Growth Media. 6th European Congress on Biofilms (Eurobiofilms 2019), Glasgow, UK, 03-06 Sep 2019.

Keating, Ciara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068, Song, Yanqing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4016, Ogundero, Ayo, Mathur, Neha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-6908, Gonzalez-Cabaleiro, Rebeca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-5928, Quince, Christopher, Collins, Gavin, Yin, Huabing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7693-377X and Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2019) Development of a Novel Anaerobic Incubation and Monitoring Platform Embedded with Microfluidics for Real-Time Growth Analysis of Anaerobic Cells. The Gordon Research Seminar on Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism and Molecular Biology, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 20-21 July 2019.

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Connelly, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Liu, Z. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2019) How the Design of Filter Media Affects Hydrodynamics and Biofilms in Drinking Water. 8th Congress of European Microbiologists, Glasgow, UK, 07-11 Jul 2019.

Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048 and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2019) Impact of Methylobacterium in the drinking water microbiome on removal of trihalomethanes. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 141, pp. 10-16. (doi: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2018.07.015)

Wu, L. et al. (2019) Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants. Nature Microbiology, 4(7), pp. 1183-1195. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0426-5) (PMID:31086312)

Brown, M.R., Baptista, J.C., Lunn, M., Swan, D.L., Smith, S.J., Davenport, R.J., Allen, B.D., Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Curtis, T.P. (2019) Coupled virus - bacteria interactions and ecosystem function in an engineered microbial system. Water Research, 152, pp. 264-273. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.003) (PMID:30682570)

Knox, G.W., McInnes, C.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0988-8854, Younger, P.L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7321-8479 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2019) Engineering artificial thermal mountains for large-scale water management and carbon drawdown. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 5(2), pp. 296-314. (doi: 10.1039/c8ew00571k)

Liu, Zishu, Cichocki, Nicolas, Hübschmann, Thomas, Süring, Christine, Ofiţeru, Irina Dana, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Grimm, Volker and Müller, Susann (2019) Neutral mechanisms and niche differentiation in steady-state insular microbial communities revealed by single cell analysis. Environmental Microbiology, 21(1), pp. 164-181. (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14437) (PMID:30289191)

Keating, Ciara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068, Song, Yanqing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4016, Ogundero, Ayo, Mathur, Neha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-6908, Gonzalez-Cabaleiro, Rebeca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-5928, Quince, Chris, Collins, Gavin, Yin, Huabing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7693-377X and Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2019) Single-Cell Real Time Analysis of the Anaerobic Bacteria Desulfovibrio Vulgaris Demonstrates Population Heterogeneity That Decreases with Increasing pH Stress [Poster]. 8th Congress of European Microbiologists, Glasgow, UK, 07-11 Jul 2019.

Keating, Ciara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068, Song, Yanqing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4016, Ogundero, Ayo, Mathur, Neha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-6908, Gonzalez-Cabaleiro, Rebeca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-5928, Quince, Chris, Collins, Gavin, Yin, Huabing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7693-377X and Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2019) Single-Cell Real Time Analysis of the Anaerobic Bacteria Desulfovibrio Vulgaris Demonstrates Population Heterogeneity That Decreases with Increasing pH Stress [Poster]. 16th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD16), Delft, The Netherlands, 23-27 Jun 2019.

Rangjaroen, Chakrapong, Lumyong, Saisamorn, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Sungthong, Rungroch ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5052-2611 (2019) Herbicide-tolerant endophytic bacteria of rice plants as the biopriming agents for fertility recovery and disease suppression of unhealthy rice seeds. BMC Plant Biology, 19, 580. (doi: 10.1186/s12870-019-2206-z) (PMID:31870307) (PMCID:PMC6929507)

2018

Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048 and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2018) The role of the motility of Methylobacterium in bacterial interactions in drinking water. Water, 10(10), 1386. (doi: 10.3390/w10101386)

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2018) Biofilm Growth in Drinking Water Systems under Stagnant Conditions. In: E-Proceedings. Protection and Restoration of the Environment XIV, Thessaloniki, Greece, 3-6 July 2018, pp. 707-717. ISBN 9789609992244

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2018) Turbulence accelerates the growth of drinking water biofilms. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 41(6), pp. 757-770. (doi: 10.1007/s00449-018-1909-0) (PMID:29428998) (PMCID:PMC5958169)

Pinto, Ameet J., de Vrieze, Jo, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551 (2018) The active microbial community more accurately reflects the anaerobic digestion process: 16S rRNA (gene) sequencing as a predictive tool. Microbiome, 6, 63. (doi: 10.1186/s40168-018-0449-9) (PMID:29609653) (PMCID:PMC5879801)

Heidrich, E.S., Dolfing, J., Wade, M.J., Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Quince, C. and Curtis, T.P. (2018) Temperature, inocula and substrate: contrasting electroactive consortia, diversity and performance in microbial fuel cells. Bioelectrochemistry, 119, pp. 43-50. (doi: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2017.07.006) (PMID:28910698)

Couto, Jillian M., McGarrity, Anne, Russell, Julie and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2018) The effect of metabolic stress on genome stability of a synthetic biology chassis Escherichia coli K12 strain. Microbial Cell Factories, 17, 8. (doi: 10.1186/s12934-018-0858-2) (PMID:29357936) (PMCID:PMC5776760)

2017

Yuan, Xiaofei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5395-9109, Couto, Jillian M., Glidle, Andrew, Song, Yanqing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4016, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Yin, Huabing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7693-377X (2017) Single-cell microfluidics to study the effects of genome deletion on bacterial growth behavior. ACS Synthetic Biology, 6(12), pp. 2219-2227. (doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.7b00177) (PMID:28844132)

Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Keating, Ciara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068, Couto, Jillian M. and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2017) A keystone Methylobacterium strain in biofilm formation in drinking water. Water, 9(10), 778. (doi: 10.3390/w9100778)

Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Shin, Seung G., Dillon, Robert J., Ijaz, Umer Z. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551, Quince, Christopher, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Collins, Gavin (2017) Bioreactor scalability: laboratory-scale bioreactor design influences performance, ecology, and community physiology in expanded granular sludge bed bioreactors. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 664. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00664) (PMID:28507535) (PMCID:PMC5410579)

Woodcock, Stephen and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2017) Biofilm community succession: a neutral perspective. Microbiology, 163(5), pp. 664-668. (doi: 10.1099/mic.0.000472) (PMID:28530167)

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Keating, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068, Couto, J. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2017) Impact of a Methylobacterium Species in Drinking Water Biofilms. Eurobiofilms 2017. 5th European Congress on Microbial Biofilms, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19-22 September 2017.

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2017) Effect of Methylobacterium on Chloroform Concentration in Drinking Water. 17th International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation Symposium, (IBBS 17), Manchester Metropolitan University, 6-8 Sept 2017.

2016

Widder, S. et al. (2016) Challenges in microbial ecology: building predictive understanding of community function and dynamics. ISME Journal, 10(11), pp. 2557-2568. (doi: 10.1038/ismej.2016.45) (PMID:27022995)

Bautista-de los Santos, Quyen, Schroeder, Joanna L., Blakemore, Oliver, Moses, Jonathan, Haffey, Mark, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Pinto, Ameet J. (2016) The impact of sampling, PCR, and sequencing replication on discerning changes in drinking water bacterial community over diurnal time-scales. Water Research, 90, pp. 216-224. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.12.010)

Barrett, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9447-3519, Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Stark, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8086-2572 and Watson, I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4002-4977 (2016) New Developments in Synthetic Biology at the University of Glasgow. Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK, 28-29 Jan 2016.

Bautista-de los Santos, Quyen Melina, Schroeder, Joanna, Sevillano-Rivera, Maria Catalina, Sungthong, Rungroch ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5052-2611, Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551, Sloan, William Taylor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Pinto, Ameet J. (2016) Emerging investigators series: Microbial communities in full-scale drinking water distribution systems – A meta-analysis. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 2(4), pp. 631-644. (doi: 10.1039/C6EW00030D)

Keating, Ciara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068, Song, Yanqing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4016, Quince, Chris, Collins, Gavin, Yin, Huabing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7693-377X and Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2016) Understanding Syntrophy in Anaerobic Digestion. Brazil Newton Fund Researcher Links Workshop – Water, Sanitation, Energy Nexus, Goania, Brazil, 13-16 Sep 2016.

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Couto, J. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2016) Methylobacteria: Keystone Species in Biofilm Formation? Scottish Water Conference 2016, Glasgow, UK, March 2016.

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Couto, J. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2016) Methylobacteria: Keystone Species in Biofilm Succession? Biofilms 7 International Scientific Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 26-28 June 2016.

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Keating, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2016) Turbulence Promotes Core-and-mantle Structure in Drinking Water Bacterial Aggregates. MEWE 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-7 Sept 2016.

2015

Lakshmanan, S., Holmes, W.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0942-215X, Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Phoenix, V.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-5200 (2015) Characterization of nanoparticle transport through quartz and dolomite gravels by magnetic resonance imaging. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 12(10), pp. 3373-3384. (doi: 10.1007/s13762-015-0767-4)

Couto, Jillian M., Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551, Phoenix, Vernon R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-5200, Schirmer, Melanie and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2015) Metagenomic sequencing unravels gene fragments with phylogenetic signatures of O2-tolerant NiFe membrane-bound hydrogenases in lacustrine sediment. Current Microbiology, 71(2), pp. 296-302. (doi: 10.1007/s00284-015-0846-2) (PMID:26044993) (PMCID:PMC4486115)

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2015) The Role of Flow Regimes in Biofilms in Drinking Water. IWA Specialized Conference: Biofilms in Drinking Water Systems: from Treatment to Tap, Arosa, Switzerland, 23-26 Aug 2015.

Lakshmanan, Susithra, Holmes, William M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0942-215X, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Phoenix, Vernon R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-5200 (2015) Nanoparticle transport in saturated porous medium using magnetic resonance imaging. Chemical Engineering Journal, 266, pp. 156-162. (doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.12.076)

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2015) Interactions between Hydrodynamics and Biofilm Formation in a Bench-Scale Drinking Water System. 16th Young Water Professionals Conference, Glasgow, UK, April 2015.

Schirmer, Melanie, Ijaz, Umer Z. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551, D'Amore, Rosalinda, Hall, Neil, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Quince, Christopher (2015) Insight into biases and sequencing errors for amplicon sequencing with the Illumina MiSeq platform. Nucleic Acids Research, 43(6), e37. (doi: 10.1093/nar/gku1341) (PMID:25586220) (PMCID:PMC4381044)

Schroeder, Joanna L., Lunn, Mary, Pinto, Ameet J., Raskin, Lutgarde and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2015) Probabilistic models to describe the dynamics of migrating microbial communities. PLoS ONE, 10(3), e0117221. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117221) (PMID:25803866) (PMCID:PMC4372544)

2014

Pinto, Ameet, Schroeder, Joanna, Lunn, Mary, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Raskin, Lutgarde (2014) Spatial-temporal survey and occupancy-abundance modeling to predict bacterial community dynamics in the drinking water microbiome. mBio, 5(3), e01135-14. (doi: 10.1128/mBio.01135-14) (PMID:24865557) (PMCID:PMC4045074)

Meynet, P., Moliterni, E., Davenport, R.J., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Camacho, J.V. and Werner, D. (2014) Predicting the effects of biochar on volatile petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation and emanation from soil: a bacterial community finger-print analysis inferred modelling approach. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 68, pp. 20-30. (doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.09.015)

Schirmer, Melanie, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Quince, Christopher (2014) Benchmarking of viral haplotype reconstruction programmes: an overview of the capacities and limitations of currently available programmes. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 15(3), pp. 431-442. (doi: 10.1093/bib/bbs081)

Widder, Stefanie, Besemer, Katharina, Singer, Gabriel A., Ceola, Serena, Bertuzzo, Enrico, Quince, Christopher, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Rinaldo, Andrea and Battin, Tom J. (2014) Fluvial network organization imprints on microbial co-occurrence networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(35), pp. 12799-12804. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1411723111)

2013

Besemer, K., Singer, G., Quince, C., Bertuzzo, E., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Battin, T. J. (2013) Headwaters are critical reservoirs of microbial diversity for fluvial networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 280(1771), p. 20131760. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1760)

Vignaga, E., Sloan, D.M., Luo, X. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8753-4210, Haynes, H., Phoenix, V.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-5200 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2013) Erosion of biofilm-bound fluvial sediments. Nature Geoscience, 6(9), pp. 770-774. (doi: 10.1038/ngeo1891)

Woodcock, S., Besemer, K., Battin, T.J., Curtis, T.P. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2013) Modelling the effects of dispersal mechanisms and hydrodynamic regimes upon the structure of microbial communities within fluvial biofilms. Environmental Microbiology, 15(4), pp. 1216-1225. (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12055)

Pholchan, M.K., Baptista, J.D.C., Davenport, R.J., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Curtis, T.P. (2013) Microbial community assembly, theory and rare functions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 4(Art 68), (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00068)

2012

Vignaga, E., Haynes, H. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2012) Quantifying the tensile strength of microbial mats grown over noncohesive sediments. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 109(5), pp. 1155-1164. (doi: 10.1002/bit.24401)

Ramanan, B., Holmes, W.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0942-215X, Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Phoenix, V.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-5200 (2012) Investigation of nanoparticle transport inside coarse-grained geological media using magnetic resonance imaging. Environmental Science and Technology, 46(1), pp. 360-366. (doi: 10.1021/es2012726) (PMID:22091923)

2010

Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Haynes, H. (2010) Obituary for Professor Alan Ervine. Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 4(3), pp. 181-182. (doi: 10.1016/j.jher.2010.09.001)

Ofiteru, I.D., Lunn, M., Curtis, T.P., Wells, G.F., Criddle, C.S., Francis, C.A. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2010) Combined niche and neutral effects in a microbial wastewater treatment community. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(35), pp. 15345-15350. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1000604107)

Ramanan, B., Holmes, W.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0942-215X, Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Phoenix, V.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-5200 (2010) Application of Paramagnetically Tagged Molecules for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Biofilm Mass Transport Processes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(12), pp. 4027-4036. (doi: 10.1128/AEM.03016-09)

Oh, S.T., Kim, J., Premier, G.C., Lee, T.H., Kim, C. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2010) Sustainable wastewater treatment: How might microbial fuel cells contribute. Biotechnology Advances, 28(6), pp. 871-881. (doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2010.07.008)

Vignaga, E., Haynes, H., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Fernandes, A., Jarvis, M., Beattie, T.K. and Pheonix, V.R. (2010) Lab-cultured Biofilm Stabilization of Non-cohesive Sediments: Quantifying the Elastic Constant, k. In: International Workshop on Environmental Hydrauics, Valencia, Spain, 29-30 October 2010,

2009

Quince, C., Lanzen, A., Curtis, T.P., Davenport, R.J., Hall, N., Head, I.M., Read, F. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2009) Accurate determination of microbial diversity from 454 pyrosequencing data. Nature Methods, 6(9), 639-U27. (doi: 10.1038/NMETH.1361) (PMID:19668203)

Phoenix, V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-5200, Ramanan, B. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2009) Imaging biogeochemical processes with MRI: application of paramagetic tracers. In: 19th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, 21 June 2009,

2008

Quince, C., Curtis, T.P. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2008) The rational exploration of microbial diversity. ISME Journal, 2(10), pp. 997-1006. (doi: 10.1038/ismej.2008.69)

Augustine, N., Beevers, L. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2008) Predicting river flows for future climates using an autoregressive multinomial logit model. Water Resources Research, 44(7),

Curtis, T.P., Wallbridge, N.C. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2008) Theory, community assembly, diversity and evolution in the microbial world. In: Butlin, R. and Bridle, J. (eds.) Speciation and Patterns of Diversity. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521709637

Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Quince, C. and Curtis, T.P. (2008) The uncountables. In: Zengler, K. (ed.) Accessing Uncultivated Microorganisms: From the Environment to Organisms and Genomes and Back. ASM Press: Washington DC, USA. ISBN 9781555814069

2007

Woodcock, S., Van Der Gast, C.J., Bell, T., Lunn, M., Curtis, T.P., Head, I.M. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2007) Neutral assembly of bacterial communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 62(2), pp. 171-180. (doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00379.x)

Battin, T J, Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Kjelleberg, S, Daims, H, Head, I M and Curtis, T P (2007) Microbial landscapes: new paths to biofilm research. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 5(1), pp. 76-81. (doi: 10.1038/nrmicro1556)

Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Woodcock, S., Lunn, M., Head, I.M. and Curtis, T.P. (2007) Modeling Taxa-Abundance Distributions in Microbial Communities using Environmental Sequence Data. Microbial Ecology, 53(3), pp. 443-455. (doi: 10.1007/s00248-006-9141-x)

2006

Curtis, T.P., Head, I.M., Lunn, M., Woodcock, S., Schloss, P.D. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2006) What is the extent of prokaryotic diversity? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 361(1475), pp. 2023-2037. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1921)

Woodcock, Stephen, Curtis, Thomas P., Head, Ian M., Lunn, Mary and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2006) Taxa-area relationships for microbes: the unsampled and the unseen. Ecology Letters, 9(7), pp. 805-812. (doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00929.x)

Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Lunn, M., Woodcock, S., Head, I.M., Nee, S. and Curtis, T.P. (2006) Quantifying the roles of immigration and chance in shaping prokaryote community structure. Environmental Microbiology, 8(4), pp. 732-740. (doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00956.x) (PMID:16584484)

Curtis, T.P. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2006) Towards the design of diversity: stochastic models for community assembly in wastewater treatment plants. Water Science and Technology, 54(1), pp. 227-236. (doi: 10.2166/wst.2006.391)

2005

Curtis, T. P. and Sloan, W. T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2005) Exploring microbial diversity: A vast below. Science, 309(5739), pp. 1331-1333. (doi: 10.1126/science.1118176)

2004

Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Kilsby, C.G. and Lunn, R. (2004) Incorporating topographic variability into a simple regional snowmelt model. Hydrological Processes, 18(17), pp. 3371-3390. (doi: 10.1002/hyp.1501)

Lunn, M., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Curtis, T. (2004) Estimating bacterial diversity from clone libraries with flat rank abundance distributions. Environmental Microbiology, 6(10), pp. 1081-1086. (doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00641.x)

Curtis, T. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2004) Prokaryotic diversity and its limits: microbial community structure in nature and implications for microbial ecology. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 7(3), pp. 221-226. (doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2004.04.010)

2002

Curtis, T.P., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Scannell, J.W. (2002) Estimating prokaryotic diversity and its limits. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99(16), pp. 10494-10499. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.142680199)

Reungoat, A.F.R. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2002) Classification of components of river basins for hydrological model parameter estimation. In: Continuous River Flow Simulation: Methods, Applications and Uncertainties ; BHS national meeting CEH Wallingford 5th July 2001. British Hydrological Society, pp. 39-45. ISBN 1903741025

2001

Curtis, TP, Sloan, WT and Scannell, JW (2001) Determining the diversity of the hyperdiverse: The theoretical limits of prokaryotic diversity at large and small scales. In: 9th International Symposium of Microbiology Ecology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,

Reungoat, AFJ and Sloan, WT (2001) Classification of river networks. In: 'River Basin Management', Cardiff, UK, 11-13 September, pp. 23-29. ISBN 1-85312-876-7

2000

Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2000) A physics-based function for modeling transient groundwater discharge at the watershed scale. Water Resources Research, 36(1), pp. 225-241. (doi: 10.1029/1999WR900221)

1999

Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Ewen, J. (1999) Modelling long-term contaminant migration in a catchment at fine spatial and temporal scales using the UP system. Hydrological Processes, 13(6), pp. 823-846. (doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19990430)13:6<823::AID-HYP759>3.0.CO;2-B)

Ewen, J., Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Kilsby, C.G. and O'Connell, P.E. (1999) UP Modelling System for large scale hydrology: deriving large-scale physically-based parameters for the Arkansas-Red River basin. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 3(1), pp. 125-136. (doi: 10.5194/hess-3-125-1999)

Kilsby, C., Ewen, J., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Burton, A., Fallows, C. and O'Connell, P. (1999) The UP modelling system for large scale hydrology: simulation of the Arkansas-Red River basin. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 3(1), pp. 137-149. (doi: 10.5194/hess-3-137-1999)

Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (1999) A European perspective on distributed hydrological modelling and GIS. In: DeBarry, P.A. and Quimpo, R.G. (eds.) GIS Modules and Distributed Models of the Watershed. American Society of Civil Engineers. ISBN 9780784404430

1998

Collins, R., Jenkins, A. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (1998) A GIS framework for modelling nitrogen leaching from agricultural areas in the Middle Hills, Nepal. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 12(5), pp. 479-490. (doi: 10.1080/136588198241761)

1995

Jenkins, A., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Cosby, B. (1995) Stream chemistry in the middle hills and high mountains of the Himalayas, Nepal. Journal of Hydrology, 166(1-2), pp. 61-79. (doi: 10.1016/0022-1694(94)02600-G)

1994

Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Jenkins, A. and Eatherall, A. (1994) A simple-model of stream nitrate concentrations in forested and deforested catchments in mid-Wales. Journal of Hydrology, 158(1-2), pp. 61-78. (doi: 10.1016/0022-1694(94)90046-9)

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Cholet, Fabien, Vignola, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3457-5748, Quinn, Dominic, Ijaz, Umer Z., Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Smith, Cindy J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730 (2025) Microbial ecology of drinking water biofiltration based on 16S rRNA sequencing: a meta-analysis. Water Research, 281, 123684. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123684) (PMID:40280003)

Gupta, Rohit ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5246-0883, Murray, Cameron, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2025) Predicting the methane production of microwave-pretreated anaerobic digestion of food waste: a machine learning approach. Energy, (doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.136613) (In Press)

Alghafli, Khaled, Shi, Xiaogang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0245-4749, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Ali, Awad M. (2025) Investigating the role of ENSO in groundwater temporal variability across Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates using machine learning algorithms. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 28, 101389. (doi: 10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101389)

Li, Xiaobo, Song, Yanqing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4016, Glidle, Andrew, Smith, Cindy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Cusack, Maggie and Yin, Huabing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7693-377X (2024) A simple three-dimensional microfluidic platform for studying chemotaxis and cell sorting. Lab on a Chip, (Accepted for Publication)

Lui, Jade, Lee, Susan, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2024) Life cycle assessment of drinking water and wastewater treatment works in mainland Scotland. Science of the Total Environment, (Accepted for Publication)

Shi, X. et al. (2024) Microbial stratification and DOM removal in drinking water biofilters: implications for enhanced performance. Water Research, 262, 122053. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122053)

Gupta, Rohit ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5246-0883, Lee, Susan, Lui, Jade, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2024) Carbon footprint assessment of water and wastewater treatment works in Scottish islands. Journal of Cleaner Production, 450, 141650. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141650)

Gupta, Rohit, Hajabdollahi Ouderji, Zahra, Uzma, Yu, Zhibin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0845-9951, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2024) Machine learning for sustainable organic waste treatment: a critical review. npj Materials Sustainability, 2, 5. (doi: 10.1038/s44296-024-00009-9)

Sperling, J. R. et al. (2023) A cross-reactive plasmonic sensing array for drinking water assessment. Environmental Science: Nano, 10(12), pp. 3500-3508. (doi: 10.1039/D3EN00565H) (PMID:38073859)

Alghafli, Khaled, Ali, Awad M., Shi, Xiaogang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0245-4749, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Obeid, Ali A.A. and Shamsudduha, Mohammad (2023) Evaluation of runoff estimation from GRACE coupled with different meteorological gridded products over the Upper Blue Nile Basin. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 50, 101545. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101545)

Okonkwo, Valentine, Cholet, Fabien, Ijaz, Umer Z. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551, Koottatep, Thammarat, Pussayanavin, Tatchai, Polpraset, Chongrak, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090 and Smith, Cindy J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730 (2023) intI1 gene abundance from septic tanks in Thailand using validated intI1 primers. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 89(11), e01071-23. (doi: 10.1128/aem.01071-23) (PMID:37874304) (PMCID:PMC10686061)

Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048 and Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2023) The role of chlorine in the formation and development of tap water biofilms under different flow regimes. Microorganisms, 11(11), 2680. (doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11112680)

Vignola, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3457-5748, Lenselink, Jeanine, Quinn, Dominic, Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551, Pereira, Ryan, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Moore, Graeme, Gauchotte-Lindsay, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4970-5031 and Smith, Cindy J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730 (2023) Differential utilisation of dissolved organic matter compound fractions by different biofilter microbial communities. AQUA: Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society, 72(10), pp. 1837-1851. (doi: 10.2166/aqua.2023.036)

Ameer, Aqsa, Cheng, Youqi, Saleem, Farrukh, Uzma, McKenna, Aaron, Richmond, Anne, Gundogdu, Ozan, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Javed, Sundus and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551 (2023) Temporal stability and community assembly mechanisms in healthy broiler cecum. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, 1197838. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1197838) (PMID:37779716) (PMCID:PMC10534011)

Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Gómez-Borraz, Tania L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4865-6562 (2023) Engineering biology in the face of uncertainty. Interface Focus, 13(4), 20230001. (doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2023.0001) (PMID:37303745) (PMCID:PMC10251114)

Alghafli, Khaled, Shi, Xiaogang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0245-4749, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Shamsudduha, Mohammad, Tang, Qiuhong, Sefelnasr, Ahmed and Ebraheem, Abdel Azim (2023) Groundwater recharge estimation using in-situ and GRACE observations in the eastern region of the United Arab Emirates. Science of the Total Environment, 867, 161489. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161489)

Hajabdollahi Ouderji, Zahra, Gupta, Rohit ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5246-0883, Mckeown, Andrew, Yu, Zhibin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0845-9951, Smith, Cindy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2023) Integration of anaerobic digestion with heat pump: machine learning-based technical and environmental assessment. Bioresource Technology, 369, 128485. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128485)

Allen, Ben, Gonzalez-Cabaleiro, Rebeca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-5928, Ofiteru, Irina Dana, Øvreås, Lise, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Swan, Donna and Curtis, Thomas (2023) Diversity and metabolic energy in bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 370, fnad043. (doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnad043) (PMID:37193662) (PMCID:PMC10214464)

Martínez-Rabert, Eloi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-3103, van Amstel, Chiel, Smith, Cindy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Gonzalez-Cabaleiro, Rebeca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-5928 (2022) Environmental and ecological controls of the spatial distribution of microbial populations in aggregates. PLoS Computational Biology, 18(12), e1010807. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010807) (PMID:36534694) (PMCID:PMC9810174)

Ascher, Simon, Wang, Xiaonan, Watson, Ian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4002-4977, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2022) Interpretable machine learning to model biomass and waste gasification. Bioresource Technology, 364, 128062. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128062) (PMID:36202285)

Mills, Simon, Dessì, Paolo, Pant, Deepak, Farràs, Pau, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Collins, Gavin and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-8551 (2022) A meta-analysis of acetogenic and methanogenic microbiomes in microbial electrosynthesis. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 8, 73. (doi: 10.1038/s41522-022-00337-5) (PMID:36138044) (PMCID:PMC9500080)

Gupta, Rohit ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5246-0883, McRoberts, Ruairidh, Yu, Zhibin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0845-9951, Smith, Cindy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2022) Life cycle assessment of biodiesel production from rapeseed oil: influence of process parameters and scale. Bioresource Technology, 360, 127532. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127532) (PMID:35772716)

Lui, Jade, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Paul, Manosh C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6510-456X, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2022) Life cycle assessment of waste-to-hydrogen systems for fuel cell electric buses in Glasgow, Scotland. Bioresource Technology, 359, 127464. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127464) (PMID:35700893)

Ascher, Simon, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Watson, Ian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4002-4977 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2022) A comprehensive artificial neural network model for gasification process prediction. Applied Energy, 320, 119289. (doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119289)

Kazlauskaite, R. et al. (2022) Deploying an in vitro gut model to assay the impact of the mannan-oligosaccharide prebiotic bio-mos on the Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) gut microbiome. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(3), e0195321. (doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01953-21) (PMID:35532227) (PMCID:PMC9241627)

Martinez-Rabert, Eloi, Smith, Cindy J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and González‐Cabaleiro, Rebeca (2022) Biochemistry shapes growth kinetics of nitrifiers and defines their activity under specific environmental conditions. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 119(5), pp. 1290-1300. (doi: 10.1002/bit.28045) (PMID:35092010)

Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777 and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2022) The role of shear dynamics in biofilm formation. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 8, 33. (doi: 10.1038/s41522-022-00300-4) (PMID:35487949) (PMCID:PMC9055050)

Lui, Jade, Paul, Manosh C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6510-456X, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2022) Techno-economic feasibility of distributed waste-to-hydrogen systems to support green transport in Glasgow. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47(28), pp. 13532-13551. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.02.120)

Gupta, Rohit ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5246-0883, Miller, Royce, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2022) Economic and environmental assessment of organic waste to biomethane conversion. Bioresource Technology, 345, 126500. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126500) (PMID:34890814)

Ogundero, Ayo, Vignola, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3457-5748, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090 and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2022) Validating flow cytometry as a method for quantifying Bdellovibrio predatory bacteria and Its prey for microbial ecology. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(1), e01033-21. (doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01033-21) (PMID:35196816) (PMCID:PMC8865432)

Cheaib, B. et al. (2021) Genome erosion and evidence for an intracellular niche – exploring the biology of mycoplasmas in Atlantic salmon. Aquaculture, 541, 736772. (doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736772) (PMID:34471330) (PMCID:PMC8192413)

Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Nnaji, Chioma F., Lunn, Mary, Curtis, Thomas P., Colloms, Sean D., Couto, Jillian M., Pinto, Ameet J., Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090 and Rosser, Susan J. (2021) Drift dynamics in microbial communities and the effective community size. Environmental Microbiology, 23(5), pp. 2473-2483. (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15453) (PMID:33684262)

Kazlauskaite, R. et al. (2021) SalmoSim: the development of a three-compartment in vitro simulator of the Atlantic Salmon GI tract and associated microbial communities. Microbiome, 9, 179. (doi: 10.1186/s40168-021-01134-6) (PMID:34465363) (PMCID:PMC8408954)

Koottatep, Thammarat, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Pussayanavin, Tatchai, Khamyai, Sopida, Sangchun, Wattanapong, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Polprasert, Chongrak (2020) ‘Solar septic tank’: evaluation of innovative decentralized treatment of blackwater in developing countries. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 10(4), pp. 828-840. (doi: 10.2166/washdev.2020.168)

McKenna, A. et al. (2020) Impact of industrial production system parameters on chicken microbiomes: mechanisms to improve performance and reduce Campylobacter. Microbiome, 8, 128. (doi: 10.1186/s40168-020-00908-8) (PMID:32907634) (PMCID:PMC7488076)

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Meynet, P., Moliterni, E., Davenport, R.J., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Camacho, J.V. and Werner, D. (2014) Predicting the effects of biochar on volatile petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation and emanation from soil: a bacterial community finger-print analysis inferred modelling approach. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 68, pp. 20-30. (doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.09.015)

Schirmer, Melanie, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Quince, Christopher (2014) Benchmarking of viral haplotype reconstruction programmes: an overview of the capacities and limitations of currently available programmes. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 15(3), pp. 431-442. (doi: 10.1093/bib/bbs081)

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Besemer, K., Singer, G., Quince, C., Bertuzzo, E., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Battin, T. J. (2013) Headwaters are critical reservoirs of microbial diversity for fluvial networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 280(1771), p. 20131760. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1760)

Vignaga, E., Sloan, D.M., Luo, X. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8753-4210, Haynes, H., Phoenix, V.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-5200 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2013) Erosion of biofilm-bound fluvial sediments. Nature Geoscience, 6(9), pp. 770-774. (doi: 10.1038/ngeo1891)

Woodcock, S., Besemer, K., Battin, T.J., Curtis, T.P. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2013) Modelling the effects of dispersal mechanisms and hydrodynamic regimes upon the structure of microbial communities within fluvial biofilms. Environmental Microbiology, 15(4), pp. 1216-1225. (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12055)

Pholchan, M.K., Baptista, J.D.C., Davenport, R.J., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Curtis, T.P. (2013) Microbial community assembly, theory and rare functions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 4(Art 68), (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00068)

Vignaga, E., Haynes, H. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2012) Quantifying the tensile strength of microbial mats grown over noncohesive sediments. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 109(5), pp. 1155-1164. (doi: 10.1002/bit.24401)

Ramanan, B., Holmes, W.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0942-215X, Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Phoenix, V.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-5200 (2012) Investigation of nanoparticle transport inside coarse-grained geological media using magnetic resonance imaging. Environmental Science and Technology, 46(1), pp. 360-366. (doi: 10.1021/es2012726) (PMID:22091923)

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Ofiteru, I.D., Lunn, M., Curtis, T.P., Wells, G.F., Criddle, C.S., Francis, C.A. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2010) Combined niche and neutral effects in a microbial wastewater treatment community. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(35), pp. 15345-15350. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1000604107)

Ramanan, B., Holmes, W.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0942-215X, Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Phoenix, V.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-5200 (2010) Application of Paramagnetically Tagged Molecules for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Biofilm Mass Transport Processes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(12), pp. 4027-4036. (doi: 10.1128/AEM.03016-09)

Oh, S.T., Kim, J., Premier, G.C., Lee, T.H., Kim, C. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2010) Sustainable wastewater treatment: How might microbial fuel cells contribute. Biotechnology Advances, 28(6), pp. 871-881. (doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2010.07.008)

Quince, C., Lanzen, A., Curtis, T.P., Davenport, R.J., Hall, N., Head, I.M., Read, F. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2009) Accurate determination of microbial diversity from 454 pyrosequencing data. Nature Methods, 6(9), 639-U27. (doi: 10.1038/NMETH.1361) (PMID:19668203)

Quince, C., Curtis, T.P. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2008) The rational exploration of microbial diversity. ISME Journal, 2(10), pp. 997-1006. (doi: 10.1038/ismej.2008.69)

Augustine, N., Beevers, L. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2008) Predicting river flows for future climates using an autoregressive multinomial logit model. Water Resources Research, 44(7),

Woodcock, S., Van Der Gast, C.J., Bell, T., Lunn, M., Curtis, T.P., Head, I.M. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2007) Neutral assembly of bacterial communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 62(2), pp. 171-180. (doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00379.x)

Battin, T J, Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Kjelleberg, S, Daims, H, Head, I M and Curtis, T P (2007) Microbial landscapes: new paths to biofilm research. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 5(1), pp. 76-81. (doi: 10.1038/nrmicro1556)

Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Woodcock, S., Lunn, M., Head, I.M. and Curtis, T.P. (2007) Modeling Taxa-Abundance Distributions in Microbial Communities using Environmental Sequence Data. Microbial Ecology, 53(3), pp. 443-455. (doi: 10.1007/s00248-006-9141-x)

Curtis, T.P., Head, I.M., Lunn, M., Woodcock, S., Schloss, P.D. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2006) What is the extent of prokaryotic diversity? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 361(1475), pp. 2023-2037. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1921)

Woodcock, Stephen, Curtis, Thomas P., Head, Ian M., Lunn, Mary and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2006) Taxa-area relationships for microbes: the unsampled and the unseen. Ecology Letters, 9(7), pp. 805-812. (doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00929.x)

Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Lunn, M., Woodcock, S., Head, I.M., Nee, S. and Curtis, T.P. (2006) Quantifying the roles of immigration and chance in shaping prokaryote community structure. Environmental Microbiology, 8(4), pp. 732-740. (doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00956.x) (PMID:16584484)

Curtis, T.P. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2006) Towards the design of diversity: stochastic models for community assembly in wastewater treatment plants. Water Science and Technology, 54(1), pp. 227-236. (doi: 10.2166/wst.2006.391)

Curtis, T. P. and Sloan, W. T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2005) Exploring microbial diversity: A vast below. Science, 309(5739), pp. 1331-1333. (doi: 10.1126/science.1118176)

Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Kilsby, C.G. and Lunn, R. (2004) Incorporating topographic variability into a simple regional snowmelt model. Hydrological Processes, 18(17), pp. 3371-3390. (doi: 10.1002/hyp.1501)

Lunn, M., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Curtis, T. (2004) Estimating bacterial diversity from clone libraries with flat rank abundance distributions. Environmental Microbiology, 6(10), pp. 1081-1086. (doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00641.x)

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Collins, R., Jenkins, A. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (1998) A GIS framework for modelling nitrogen leaching from agricultural areas in the Middle Hills, Nepal. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 12(5), pp. 479-490. (doi: 10.1080/136588198241761)

Jenkins, A., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Cosby, B. (1995) Stream chemistry in the middle hills and high mountains of the Himalayas, Nepal. Journal of Hydrology, 166(1-2), pp. 61-79. (doi: 10.1016/0022-1694(94)02600-G)

Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Jenkins, A. and Eatherall, A. (1994) A simple-model of stream nitrate concentrations in forested and deforested catchments in mid-Wales. Journal of Hydrology, 158(1-2), pp. 61-78. (doi: 10.1016/0022-1694(94)90046-9)

Book Sections

Curtis, T.P., Wallbridge, N.C. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2008) Theory, community assembly, diversity and evolution in the microbial world. In: Butlin, R. and Bridle, J. (eds.) Speciation and Patterns of Diversity. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521709637

Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Quince, C. and Curtis, T.P. (2008) The uncountables. In: Zengler, K. (ed.) Accessing Uncultivated Microorganisms: From the Environment to Organisms and Genomes and Back. ASM Press: Washington DC, USA. ISBN 9781555814069

Reungoat, A.F.R. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2002) Classification of components of river basins for hydrological model parameter estimation. In: Continuous River Flow Simulation: Methods, Applications and Uncertainties ; BHS national meeting CEH Wallingford 5th July 2001. British Hydrological Society, pp. 39-45. ISBN 1903741025

Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (1999) A European perspective on distributed hydrological modelling and GIS. In: DeBarry, P.A. and Quimpo, R.G. (eds.) GIS Modules and Distributed Models of the Watershed. American Society of Civil Engineers. ISBN 9780784404430

Conference or Workshop Item

Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777 and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2022) The Role of Shear Dynamics in Biofilm Formation. Biofilms and BioActive Fluids 2022, 6-8 June 2022, Liverpool, UK.

Song, Yanqing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4016, Glidle, Andrew, Quince, Christopher, Collins, Gavin, Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 and Yin, Huabing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7693-377X (2019) Single-Cell Microfluidic Platform to Study Anaerobic Bacteria. 23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2019), Basel, Switzerland, 27-31 Oct 2019.

Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Connelly, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Liu, Zhaowei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777 and Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2019) A Novel Rapid Prototyping Tool for Suspended Biofilm Growth Media. 6th European Congress on Biofilms (Eurobiofilms 2019), Glasgow, UK, 03-06 Sep 2019.

Keating, Ciara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068, Song, Yanqing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4016, Ogundero, Ayo, Mathur, Neha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-6908, Gonzalez-Cabaleiro, Rebeca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-5928, Quince, Christopher, Collins, Gavin, Yin, Huabing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7693-377X and Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2019) Development of a Novel Anaerobic Incubation and Monitoring Platform Embedded with Microfluidics for Real-Time Growth Analysis of Anaerobic Cells. The Gordon Research Seminar on Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism and Molecular Biology, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 20-21 July 2019.

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Connelly, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2090, Liu, Z. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-7415, McBride, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3777 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2019) How the Design of Filter Media Affects Hydrodynamics and Biofilms in Drinking Water. 8th Congress of European Microbiologists, Glasgow, UK, 07-11 Jul 2019.

Keating, Ciara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068, Song, Yanqing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4016, Ogundero, Ayo, Mathur, Neha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-6908, Gonzalez-Cabaleiro, Rebeca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-5928, Quince, Chris, Collins, Gavin, Yin, Huabing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7693-377X and Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2019) Single-Cell Real Time Analysis of the Anaerobic Bacteria Desulfovibrio Vulgaris Demonstrates Population Heterogeneity That Decreases with Increasing pH Stress [Poster]. 8th Congress of European Microbiologists, Glasgow, UK, 07-11 Jul 2019.

Keating, Ciara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068, Song, Yanqing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4016, Ogundero, Ayo, Mathur, Neha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-6908, Gonzalez-Cabaleiro, Rebeca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-5928, Quince, Chris, Collins, Gavin, Yin, Huabing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7693-377X and Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2019) Single-Cell Real Time Analysis of the Anaerobic Bacteria Desulfovibrio Vulgaris Demonstrates Population Heterogeneity That Decreases with Increasing pH Stress [Poster]. 16th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD16), Delft, The Netherlands, 23-27 Jun 2019.

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Keating, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068, Couto, J. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2017) Impact of a Methylobacterium Species in Drinking Water Biofilms. Eurobiofilms 2017. 5th European Congress on Microbial Biofilms, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19-22 September 2017.

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2017) Effect of Methylobacterium on Chloroform Concentration in Drinking Water. 17th International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation Symposium, (IBBS 17), Manchester Metropolitan University, 6-8 Sept 2017.

Barrett, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9447-3519, Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Stark, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8086-2572 and Watson, I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4002-4977 (2016) New Developments in Synthetic Biology at the University of Glasgow. Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK, 28-29 Jan 2016.

Keating, Ciara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068, Song, Yanqing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4016, Quince, Chris, Collins, Gavin, Yin, Huabing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7693-377X and Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2016) Understanding Syntrophy in Anaerobic Digestion. Brazil Newton Fund Researcher Links Workshop – Water, Sanitation, Energy Nexus, Goania, Brazil, 13-16 Sep 2016.

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Couto, J. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2016) Methylobacteria: Keystone Species in Biofilm Formation? Scottish Water Conference 2016, Glasgow, UK, March 2016.

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Couto, J. and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2016) Methylobacteria: Keystone Species in Biofilm Succession? Biofilms 7 International Scientific Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 26-28 June 2016.

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Keating, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-3068 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2016) Turbulence Promotes Core-and-mantle Structure in Drinking Water Bacterial Aggregates. MEWE 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-7 Sept 2016.

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2015) The Role of Flow Regimes in Biofilms in Drinking Water. IWA Specialized Conference: Biofilms in Drinking Water Systems: from Treatment to Tap, Arosa, Switzerland, 23-26 Aug 2015.

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2015) Interactions between Hydrodynamics and Biofilm Formation in a Bench-Scale Drinking Water System. 16th Young Water Professionals Conference, Glasgow, UK, April 2015.

Conference Proceedings

Quinn, Dominic, Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Bhandari, Dinesh S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7753-5535, Fish, Katherine, You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291, Sloan, William T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Boxall, Joby and Smith, Cindy J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730 (2024) Pseudomonas aeruginosa interactions with drinking water biofilm after an acute spike in annular bioreactors—attachment, persistence, release, and reattachment. In: 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Ferrara, Italy, 01-04 Jul 2024, p. 148. (doi: 10.3390/engproc2024069148)

Singh Bhandari, Dinesh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7753-5535, Quinn, Dominic, Tsagkari, Erifyli ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048, Fish, Katherine, Pick, Frances, Boxall, Joby, Smith, Cindy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0730, You, Siming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 and Sloan, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2024) Modelling the Dynamics of P. aeruginosa in the Formation of Biofilms. In: 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Ferrara, Italy, 01-04 Jul 2024, p. 141. (doi: 10.3390/engproc2024069141)

Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Savage, Laurie, Wilson, Liam T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7005-3587, Cuthill, Calum, Mcguire, Katie, Robbie, Jill ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-8908, Sloan, William D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Gauchotte-Lindsay, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4970-5031, Peveler, William J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9829-2683 and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2023) Optical Tastebuds for Water Quality Testing. In: SPIE BiOS 2023: Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXIII, San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 Jan - 03 Feb 2023, (doi: 10.1117/12.2647396)

Sperling, J. R. et al. (2023) Optical Tastebuds for Water Analysis. In: Applied Industrial Spectroscopy 2023, Munich, Germany, 30 Jul - 03 Aug 2023, ISBN 9781957171241 (doi: 10.1364/AIS.2023.AM2A.6)

Tsagkari, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-3048 and Sloan, W.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2018) Biofilm Growth in Drinking Water Systems under Stagnant Conditions. In: E-Proceedings. Protection and Restoration of the Environment XIV, Thessaloniki, Greece, 3-6 July 2018, pp. 707-717. ISBN 9789609992244

Vignaga, E., Haynes, H., Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Fernandes, A., Jarvis, M., Beattie, T.K. and Pheonix, V.R. (2010) Lab-cultured Biofilm Stabilization of Non-cohesive Sediments: Quantifying the Elastic Constant, k. In: International Workshop on Environmental Hydrauics, Valencia, Spain, 29-30 October 2010,

Phoenix, V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-5200, Ramanan, B. and Sloan, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384 (2009) Imaging biogeochemical processes with MRI: application of paramagetic tracers. In: 19th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, 21 June 2009,

Curtis, TP, Sloan, WT and Scannell, JW (2001) Determining the diversity of the hyperdiverse: The theoretical limits of prokaryotic diversity at large and small scales. In: 9th International Symposium of Microbiology Ecology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,

Reungoat, AFJ and Sloan, WT (2001) Classification of river networks. In: 'River Basin Management', Cardiff, UK, 11-13 September, pp. 23-29. ISBN 1-85312-876-7

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Grants

Current Grants:

  • EPSRC To chlorinate or not to chlorinate. Co-I £800K 2023-2027
  • RAEng Chair in Emerging Technologies. PI. £2.7M 2020-2030
  • EPSRC Programme grant in Decentralised Water Technologies. PI. £5.8M 2021-2026
  • EP/P029329/1. Optimising decentralised low-cost wastewater infrastructure by managing the microbes. PI. £1.2M 2017-2021.
  • BBSRC A microbial basis for Atlantic Salmon energetics. Co-I £587K 2017-2020.
  • Predatory bacterial cleaning of filtration membranes. PI. £55K. 2018 – 2022.
  • Anonymous Donor. Spread of antimicrobial resistance from off-grid sanitation. PI £241K. 2018-2022.
  • EP/K038885/1. Sustainable water technologies for rural communities. PI £50K. 2014-2020.
  • Scottish Water. Optimising a novel biofiltration system for rural communities. Co-I £250K 2018-2022.
  • Simulating in vitro Atlantic salmon intestinal microbiome system. Co-I £360K. 2017-2020.

Previous Grants

  • EP/K038885/1. Frontier Engineering. Synthetic biology applications to water supply and remediation. PI. £5.2M 2013-2019
  • Scottish Government. Decentralised wastewater treatment - global innovation for sustainable rural communities. PI. £15K. 2020-2021.
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). EP/H009604/1 Predicting the acclimitisation of a microbial community in a wastewater treatment plant. PI. 2010-2013. £868K- GU portion £182K.
  • EPSRC SUPERGEN. EP/H019480/1 Biological Fuel Cell Consortium (Phase 2). PI. 2010 – 2014. £2.9M- GU portion £244K.
  • EP/G028443/1 Magnetic resonance imaging of biofilm mass transport processes with gadolinium tracers. Co-I. 2009-2012. £900K.
  • EPSRC Platform Grant. EP/F007868/1 General and Unifying Concepts in Wastewater Treatment Design. PI 2008-2013. £900K –GU portion £182K.
  • EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship. EP/D073693/1 PI. 2007-2012. £518K.
  • EPSRC Cross Disciplinary Feasibility Account. EP/H024603/1 Bug-free prostheses: Reducing infection risk and improving reliability. Co-I. 2009-2012. £249K.
  • EU COST ES 1103. Action, Microbial ecology and the earth system: collaboration for insight and success with the new generation of sequencing tools. Co-I. 2012-2014. €480K
  • Scottish Water. Development of an early event prediction and correction framework for the microbial management in drinking water system. 2012-2016. £30K
  • Unilever Plc. GU 30301000. The human skin microbiome project. PI. 2013-2018. £536K.
  • EP/D047943/1. The SUPERGEN Biological Fuel Cells Consortium. PI. 2006–2010. £2.1M. UoG portion £195,825.
  • NERC NE/D522211/1. COMIX-Coupling biofilm diversity and ecosystem functioning: The role of communication and mixing in microbial landscapes. PI. 2006-2009. €121,110 UoG portion £150,249.
  • European Centre for Arctic Environmental Research (ARCFAC) funded expedition to explore the microbial diversity of Arctic. Co-I £30K
  • EPSRC GR/S67128/01. Enhancement of Biological Treatment of Contaminated Waters by Increasing Microbial Diversity (BIOENHAN). PI 2004-2007. £800K, UoG portion £44,895.
  • EP/F013337/1. Environmental Engineers of Tomorrow: Developing A Shared Tool Box Through Collaboration. 2007-2008. Co-I £144,078.
  • EP/H024603/1 2009-2011. Bug-free prostheses: Reducing infection risk and improving reliability. Co-I £201K.
  • European Science Foundation. Mathematical modeling of microbial communities. PI 2007. £25K.
  • NER/T/S/2002/00166. Scale dependent modelling of microbial communities. PI 2002-2003. £46K.

Supervision

Recruiting Phd students in:

Theoretical engineering biology; Microfluidics for high-thouput microbial ecology; Off-grid water biotechnologies and; water-systems engineering.

Current Postdoctoral Research Assistants

  • Dr Erifiyli Tsagkari, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2017 – continuing.
  • Calum Cuthill, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2021 - continuing.
  • Ayo Ogundero. EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2021 - continuing.
  • Tania Gomez -Borraz. EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2021 - continuing.

Current PhD Students

  • Steve Joyce. 2018 – continuing. Scottish Water
  • Ayo Ogundero. 2017 – continuing. IBIOIC and Scottish Water.
  • George Knox. 2015 – continuing. Alumni donation.
  • Mellissa Moore 2018 – continuing. EPSRC DTA
  • Valentine Okonkwo 2018 – continuing. Anonymous donor.
  • Linghui Shi 2018 - continuing. Anonymous donor.
  • Claire Thom 2018 – continuing. Scottish Water
  • Vironika Bahat 2019 – continuing. Indonesian Scholarship.
  • Tymon Herzyk 2020 - continuting. EPSRC DTA.

 

 

 

 

 

  • Cload, Carolyn
    The effect of channel confinement on long term flood risk in dynamic river systems
  • Hastings, Cameron
    Design and optimisation of AD-based integrated systems for low-carbon treatment of organic waste on Scottish islands
  • Vironika, *
    The biofilm particle size distribution and its characteristic in drinking water under hydrological conditions

Previous PhD Students

  • Anne Ruengoat. 2002-2005. James Watt Scholarship. Awarded PhD Oct 2005. Producer & Dance Choreographer, Santiago, Chile.
  • Lindsay Beevers. 2000-2004. EPSRC studentship. Awarded PhD Oct 2004. Currently a Professor in Civil Engineering at Heriot Watt University.
  • Stephen Woodcock. 2004-2007. EPSRC Scholarship. Awarded PhD Nov 2007. Currently a Associate Professor in Statistics at the Technical University of Sydney, Australia.
  • Baheerathan Ramanan. 2007-2011. Lord Kelvin-Adam Smith Studentship. Awarded PhD Sept 2011. Currently working as Environmental Engineer with BMT consultants, Australia.
  • Elisa Vignaga. 2009-2013. GRPE Scholarship. Awarded PhD June 2013. Now in Scottish Water Senior Engineer.
  • Melanie Schirmer. 2010-2014. Unilever Studentship. Supervision load 50%. Awarded PhD Sept 2014. Now postdoc at MIT
  • Douglas Bertram. 2007-2011. Awarded PhD Dec 2014. Currently a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering at Strathclyde University
  • Douglas Pender. 2009-2013. EPSRC studentship. Awarded PhD June 2013. Regional manager Senior Engineer JBM consultants.
  • Marnie Norris. 2010-2014. Lord Kelvin-Adam Smith Studentship. Awarded PhD May 2014. Environmental Engineering consultant, USA.
  • James Minto. 2008-2012. James Watt Scholarship. Awarded PhD Oct 2014. Lecturer & Chancellor’s Fellow, Strathclyde University.
  • 2010-2014. Siding Luo. EPSRC Studentship. Awarded PhD Nov 2014. Now Academic Partnership Manager - Global Business College of Australia.
  • Ian Bentley. 2009 -2013. Awarded PhD Nov 2015. Engineering Consultant.
  • Chioma Frances Naji. 2011-2014. EPSRC Studentship. Awarded PhD July 2015. Engineering Consultant.
  • Kazi Hassan. 2011-2014. NERC Studentship. Awarded PhD June 2016. Researcher University of Manchester.
  • Ben Nicholas. 2010-2014. Unilever-BBSRC Case Studentship. Awarded PhD July 205. Researcher @ Glasgow in Infection and Immunity.
  • Stephanie Connolly. 2011-2015. James Watt Scholarship. Awarded PhD Nov 2016. Lecturer in Infrastructure and Environment @ University of Glasgow.
  • Eriyli Tsagkari. 2013-2017. James Watt Scholarship. Awarded PhD Sept 2017. PDRA @ University of Glasgow.
  • Quyen Melina Bautista De Los Santos. 2012-2016. Scottish Water & James Watt. Awarded PhD Sept 2016. Researcher in University of Illinois.

Previous Postdoctoral Research Assistants

  • Dr Stephen Woodcock EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2007-2012 – Professor in Statistics at the Technical University of Sydney AU.
  • Dr Mary Lunn, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2010-2014 - Lecturer in Statistics, University of Oxford.
  • Dr Seung Taek Oh, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2007-2010 - Lecturer in Civil Engineering, University of Westminster.
  • Dr Keith Harris, Unilever PostDoc @ Glasgow 2010-2013. – Postdoc in Statistics at Sheffield.
  • Dr Joana Schroder, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2011-2013 – Postdoc in Oceanorgaphy, University of Exeter.
  • Dr Jillian Couto, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2010 – 2018. Entrepreneur (Responsible Innovation Consultancy)
  • Dr Seung Gu Shin, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2011 – 2015. Lecturer. Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology (GNTECH), South Korea.
  • Dr Stephanie Connelly, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2015 – 2016. Lecturer in Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow.
  • Dr Rungroch Sungthong, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2015 – PDRA in MVLS.
  • Dr Ciara Keating, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2015 – continuing.
  • Dr Matthieu Laronde Larretche, EPSRC , EPSRC  PostDoc @ Glasgow 2015 – PDRA University of Washington.
  • Dr Lucille Challard, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2017 – 2018. Associate Professor, University Montpellier.
  • Dr Marta Vignola, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2017 –2018.  RAEng Fellow @ Glasgow.
  • Dr Ciara Keating, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2015 – 2020. PDRA MVLS Glasgow University
  • Dr Neha Mahur, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2017 – 2020. Industry
  • Dr Richard Randle-Boggis, EPSRC PostDoc @ Glasgow 2017 – 2020. PDRA Sheffield University

Teaching

  • Environmental Engineering I
  • Fluid Mechanics II

Research datasets

Jump to: 2015
Number of items: 1.

2015

Schirmer, M., Ijaz, U. Z. , D'Amore, R., Hall, N., Sloan, W. and Quince, C. (2015) Insight into biases and sequencing errors for amplicon sequencing with the Illumina MiSeq platform. [Data Collection]

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