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Dr Gavin Collins (B.Sc., Ph.D.)

School of Natural Sciences & The Ryan Institute for Environmental, Marine & Energy Research

Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology

European Research Council (ERC) Fellow (The ' 3C-BIOTECH Project)

PI, Microbial Ecophysiology & EcoEngineering Lab

PI, EPSRC Transforming Waste Project Consortium, University of Glasgow

Research Interests Microbial diversity; evolution; biofilm formation; ecophysiology and fitness; and 'eco-engineering' of yet-to-be-cultivated microbes, especially in biotechnologically-relevant and environmentally-important biofilms, including carbon-, nitrogen-, sulfur- and iron-cyclers. Location on campus Room 206, Microbiology, Arts/Science Building, NUI Galway Visit our full website For full information, for visitors and students, on my - and my group's - activities, teaching and on our research projects, please visit the lab website.

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Contact: Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences,   NUI Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland Phone: +353 91 493163           Fax: +353 91 494958 e-mail: gavin.collins-at-nuigalway.ie Twitter: MicroEcoPhys (Lab tweets) waste_TWProject ( Transforming Waste Project) gcollinsgalway (personal tweets)  Other online profiles: Research Gate Google Scholar  Frontiers in Microbiology LinkedIn

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Memberships, Reviewing & Other Contributions

Member of:
International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME); American Society for Microbiology (ASM); Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland (ESAI); International Water Association (IWA) (ANAEROBIC DIGESTION Specialist Group and BIOFILMS Specialist Group.

Reviewer for:

Anaerobe; Applied and Environmental Microbiology; Aquaculture; Biodegradation; Bioresource Technology; Environmental Technology; Enzyme and Microbial Technology; FEMS Microbiology Ecology; Frontiers in Microbiology; Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology; Microbial Ecology; The ISME Journal; Water Research; Water Science and Technology; World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology.

Other contributions/Distinctions:

Editorial Advisory Board Member: Environmental and Biological Monitoring Journal (ISSN: 1875-0400).

Evaluator for the Belgian Science Policy Office

External examiner, The University of Sheffield

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Microbiology

Antibiotic Action Champion, Ireland, on the International Antibiotic Action Campaign

British Science Association Media Fellow at The Irish Times, 2013

Member, Validation Panel for programmatic reviews (2013), School of Health & Science, Dundalk Institute of Technology

Member, Research Pillar Team, Galway 2040 Initiative 

For all activities, visit the lab website.

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Funding sources/Awards

Science Foundation Ireland;

European Research Council (ERC)

Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (at the Max-Planck Institute, Bremen);

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship;

Irish Research Council;

Environmental Protection Agency;

Ireland-Canada University Foundation Fellowship (at the Suttle Lab for Marine Virology and Microbiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver);

[Irish] National Parks and Wildlife Service;

NUI Galway Millenium Research Fund;

Royal Irish Academy Fellowship;

Marine Institute (Sea Change Networking Initiative);

International Society for Microbial Ecology

Scientific Communications

Over 150 scientific communications, including >50 peer-reviewed papers in international journals. Skip to bottom for link to list of oral/poster presentations and published abstracts. " Researcher I.D." profile. "More-cite" (Google Scholar) metrics profile

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS & BOOK CHAPTERS

Google Scholar profile

Barrett, Maria, Jahangir, Mohammed M.R., Lee, Changsoo, Smith, Cindy J., Bhreathnach, Niamh, Collins, Gavin, Richards, Karl G., O'Flaherty, Vincent. (2013). Abundance of denitrification genes under different peizometer depths in four Irish agricultural groundwater sites. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. In Press.

Eoghan Clifford, Colm Kennelly, Richard Walsh, Sean Gerrity, Edmond O'Reilly, Gavin Collins (2012). Optimization of a horizontal-flow biofilm reactor for the removal of methane at low temperatures. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 62 (10), 1166-1173.

Sarah Sokoll, Moritz Holtappels, Phyllis Lam, Gavin Collins, Michael Schlüter, Gaute Lavik and Marcel M. M. Kuypers. (2012). Benthic nitrogen loss in the Arabian Sea off Pakistan. Front. Microbiol. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00395).

Hang Gao, M Matyka, B Liu, A Khalili, JE Kostka, G Collins, S Jansen, M ... (2012). Intensive and extensive nitrogen loss from intertidal permeable sediments of the Wadden Sea. Limnology and Oceanography 57 (1), 185

Colm Kennelly, Eoghan Clifford, Sean Gerrity, Richard Walsh, Michael Rodgers, Gavin Collins. (2012). A horizontal flow biofilm reactor (HFBR) technology for the removal of methane and hydrogen sulphide at low temperatures. Water science and Technology....

RM McKeown, D Hughes, G Collins, T Mahony, V O’Flaherty (2011). Low-temperature anaerobic digestion for wastewater treatment. Current Opinion in Biotechnology...

SJ Haig, G Collins, RL Davies, CC Dorea, C Quince (2011). Biological aspects of slow sand filtration: past, present and future
Water Science & Technology: Water Supply 11 (4), 468-472

F Abram, AM Enright, J O’Reilly, CH Botting, G Collins, V O’Flaherty (2011). A metaproteomic approach gives functional insights into anaerobic digestion. Journal of applied microbiology 110 (6), 1550-1560

H Gao, F Schreiber, G Collins, MM Jensen, JE Kostka, G Lavik, D de Beer, H ... (2011). Aerobic denitrification in permeable Wadden Sea sediments. The ISME Journal 5 (4), 776-776           

K Bialek, J Kim, C Lee, G Collins, T Mahony, V O’Flaherty (2011). Quantitative and qualitative analyses of methanogenic community development in high-rate anaerobic bioreactors. Water research 45 (3), 1298-1308

J O’Reilly, C Lee, F Chinalia, G Collins, T Mahony, V O’Flaherty (2010). Microbial community dynamics associated with biomass granulation in low-temperature (15 C) anaerobic wastewater treatment bioreactors. Bioresource Technology 101 (16), 6336-6344

O'Flaherty, V., Collins, G. and Mahony, T. (2010) Anaerobic Digestion of Agricultural Residues, p. 259-280. In: Ralph Mitchell and Ji-Dong Gu (eds.), Environmental Microbiology, 2nd Edition, Wiley-Blackwell.

Hang Gao , Frank Schreiber , Gavin Collins , Marlene M Jensen, Joel E Kostka , Gaute Lavik , Dirk de Beer , Huai-yang Zhou & Marcel M M Kuypers (2010). Aerobic denitrification in permeable Wadden Sea sediments. Nature ISME (www.nature.com/isme),  4, 417-426.

Madden, P., Chinalia, F.A., Enright, A.-M., Collins, G., O'Flaherty, V. (2010). PERTURBATION-INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN LOW-TEMPERATURE ANAEROBIC BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT BIOREACTORS. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 105(1), 79-87.

McKeown, R.M., Scully, C., Chinalia, F.A., Mahony, T., Lee, C., Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2009). Psychrophilic methanogenic community development during long-term cultivation of anaerobic granular biofilms. Nature ISME (nature.com/ismej), 3, 1231-1242.

O'Reilly, J., Lee, C., Collins, G., Chinalia, F.A., Mahony, T. and O'Flaherty, V. (2009). Quantitative and qualitative analysis of methanogenic communities in mesophilically and psychrophilically cultivated anaerobic granular biofilms. Water Research. 43(14), August 2009, Pages 3365-3374.

O'Reilly, J., Chinalia, F.A., Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2009). Cultivation of low-temperature (15C), anaerobic wastewater treatment granules. Letters in Applied Microbiology. In Press.
 
McKeown, R.M., Scully, C., Mahony, T., Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2009). Long-term (1,243 days), low-temperature (4C), anaerobic biotreatment of acidified wastewaters: Bioprocess performance and physiological characteristics. Water Research. 43(6): 1611-1620.
 
Enright, A.-M., Collins, G., O'Flaherty, V. (2009). Effect of seed sludge and operation conditions on performance and archaeal community structure of low-temperature anaerobic solvent-degrading bioreactors. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 32(1): 65-79.

Fermoso, F.G.,Collins, G., Bartacek, J. and Lens, P.N. (2008) Zinc deprivation of methanol-fed anaerobic granular sludge bioreactors. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. 35(6): 543-557.
 
Fermoso, Fernando G., Collins, Gavin, Bartacek, Jan, O'Flaherty, Vincent  and Lens, Piet. (2008). Role of Nickel in high-rate methanol degradation in anaerobic granular sludge bioreactors. Biodegradation. 19(5): 725-737.
 
Fermoso, F.G., O'Flaherty, V.,  Collins, G. and Lens, P. (2008). Acidification of methanol-fed anaerobic granular sludge bioreactors by cobalt deprivation: Induction and microbial community dynamics. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 99(1): 49-58.
 
McKeown, R.M., Collins, G., Chinalia, F.A., Mahony, T. and V. O'Flaherty (2008). Low-temperature anaerobic biotreatment of priority pollutants. Water Science and Technology 57(4), 499-503.
 
Carrigg, C., Rice, O., Kavanagh, S., Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2007). DNA extraction method affects microbial community profiles from soils and sediment. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 77(4), 955-64.
 
Scully, C.,  Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2007). Granular biofilm-based anaerobic digestion: molecular biomonitoring and high-rate psychrophilic treatment of phenolic wastewater. Water Science and Technology. 55(1-2), 43-49.
 
Enright, A.-M.,  Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2007). Temporal microbial diversity in solvent-degrading anaerobic granular sludge from low-temperature (15C) wastewater treatment bioreactors. Systematic and Applied Microbiology.30(6), 471-482.
 
Enright, A.-M.,  Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2007). Low-temperature anaerobic biological treatment of toluene-containing wastewater. Water Research. 41(7), 1465-1472.
 
Collins, G., Enright, A.-M., Mahony, T., Gieseke, A., de Beer, D. and O'Flaherty, V. (2007). Determination and localization of in situ substrate uptake by anaerobic wastewater treatment granular biofilms. Water Science Technol. 55(8-9), 369-376.
 
Collins, G., Kavanagh, S., McHugh, S., Connaughton, S., Kearney, A., Rice, O., Carrigg, C., Scully, C., Bhreathnach, N., Mahony, T., Madden, P., Enright, A.-M. and O'Flaherty, V. (2006). Accessing the black box of microbial diversity and ecophysiology: recent advances through polyphasic experiments. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A. 41(5), 897-922.
 
Collins, G., McHugh, S., Connaughton, C., Enright, A.-M., Kearney, A., Scully, C., Mahony, T., Madden, P. and O'Flaherty, V. (2006). New low-temperature applications of anaerobic biological wastewater treatment. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, 41(5), 881-95.
 
Collins, G., Mahony, T. and O'Flaherty, V. (2006). Stability and reproducibility of low-temperature anaerobic biological wastewater treatment. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 55(3), 449-459.
 
McHugh, S.,  Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2006). Long-term, high-rate anaerobic biological treatment of whey wastewaters at psychrophilic temperatures. Bioresource Technology. 97, 1669-1678.
 
Connaughton, S.,  Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2006). Development of microbial community structure and actvity in a high-rate anaerobic bioreactor at 18C. Water Research. 40(5), 1009-1017.
 
Connaughton, S.,  Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2006). Psychrophilic and mesophilic anaerobic digestion of brewery effluent: a comparative study. Water Research. 40(13), 2503-2510.
 
Collins, G., Connaughton, S., Enright, A.-M., Scully, C., Mahony, T. and O'Flaherty, V. (2006). Application and biomolecular monitoring of psychrophilic anaerobic digestion. Water Science and Technology. 54(2), 41-47.
 
Scully, C.,  Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2006). Anaerobic biological treatment of phenol at 9.5-15C. Water Research. 40(20), 3737-3744.
 
Morris, C., McKeown, R., O'Reilly, J.,  Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2006) Culturing the unculturable? Crenarchaeota in anaerobic wastewater treatment granules. In: Environ 2006, Ed: R. Mole. Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland.
 
O'Flaherty, V.,  Collins, G. and Mahony, T. (2006). The microbiology and biochemistry of anaerobic bioreactors with relevance to domestic sewage treatment. Re/Views in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology. 5, 39-55.  
 
Collins, G., Foy, C., McHugh, S. and O'Flaherty, V. (2005). Anaerobic treatment of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol in an expanded granular sludge bed-anaerobic filter (EGSB-AF) bioreactor at 15C. FEMS Microbiology Ecology (Special Thematic Issue "Microbial Life in Cold Ecosystems"). 53(1), 167-178.
 
Collins, G., Foy, C., McHugh, S., Mahony, T. and O'Flaherty, V. (2005). Anaerobic biological treatment of phenol at 15-18C. Water Research. 39(8), 1614-1620

Collins, G., O'Connor, L., Mahony, T., Gieseke, A., de Beer, D. and O'Flaherty, V. (2005). Distribution, localization and phylogeny of abundant populations of Crenarchaeota in anaerobic granular sludge. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71(11), 7523-7527.**
 
Enright, A.-M., McHugh, S.,  Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2005). Low-temperature anaerobic biological treatment of solvent-containing pharmaceutical wastewater. Water Research. 39(19), 4587-4596.
 
Scully, C.,  Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2005). Assessment of anaerobic wastewater treatment failure using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 99(6), 1463-1472.

Collins, G., Mahony, T., McHugh, S., Gieseke, A., de Beer, D. and O'Flaherty, V. (2005). Distribution, dynamics and in situ ecophysiology of Crenarchaeota in anaerobic wastewater treatment granules. Water Science and Technology. 52(7), 233-239.
 
McHugh, S.,  Collins, G., Mahony, T. and O'Flaherty, V. (2005). Biofilm reactor technology for low-temperature anaerobic waste treatment: microbiology and process characteristics. Water Science and Technology. 52(7), 107-113.
 
Collins, G., Mahony, T. and O'Flaherty, V. (2005). New bugs for old jobs? The role of uncultured Crenarchaeota in anaerobic wastewater treatment biofilms. In: Biofilms: Persistence and Ubiquity, Eds: A. McBain, D. Allison, J. Verran. British Biofilm Club, September 2005, ISBN: 0-9551030-0-2.
 
Enright, A.-M.,  Collins, G., Mahony, T. and O'Flaherty, V. (2005). Metabolic screening of anaerobic sludges for psychrophilic anaerobic treatment of solvent wastewaters. Water Intelligence Online. September 2005, ISSN 1476-1777.
 
McHugh, S., Carton, M.,  Collins, G.  and O'Flaherty, V. (2004). Reactor performance and microbial community dynamics during anaerobic biological treatment of simple and complex wastewaters at 16-37C. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 48(3), 369-378.
 
Collins, G., McHugh, S., Kearney, A. and O'Flaherty, V. (2004). Psychrophilic anaerobic digestion of a range of wastewaters: process technology, microbial activity and population dynamics. Water Intelligence Online. July 2004, ISSN 1476-1777.
 
Collins, G., Woods, A., McHugh, S., Carton, M.W. and O'Flaherty, V. (2003). Microbial community structure and methanogenic activity during start-up of psychrophilic anaerobic digesters treating synthetic industrial wastewaters. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 46 (2), 159-170.

This way for list of Oral/Poster Presentations and Published Abstracts

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