• MSc: Advanced Biological Sciences (Functional & Comparative Genomics)
  2018
• BSc: Combined Honours (Biological Sciences, Philosophy)
  2014
• PhD
  2018

My PhD project aims to discover plastic degrading enzymes by screening environmental metagenomes, and to improve their efficacy by protein engineering techniques

2024

• PublishedField-based assessment of the effect of conventional and biodegradable plastic mulch film on nitrogen partitioning, soil microbial diversity, and maize biomass
  Graf, M., Greenfield, L., Reay, M. K., Bargiela, R., Golyshin, P., Evershed, R. P., Lloyd, C. E. M., Williams, G., Chadwick, D. & Jones, D. L., 1 Oct 2024, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 202, 105595.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMicrobial communities colonising plastics during transition from the wastewater treatment plant to marine waters
  Tulloch, C. L., Bargiela, R., Williams, G. B., Chernikova, T. N., Cotterell, B. M., Wellington, E. M. H., Christie-Oleza, J., Thomas, D. N., Jones, D. L. & Golyshin, P. N., 29 Apr 2024, In: Environmental Microbiome. 19, 1, 27.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNutrient optimization in bioleaching: are we overdosing?
  Falagán, C., Sbaffi, T., Williams, G., Bargiela, R. & Hudson-Edwards, K., 17 May 2024, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 15, 1359991.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPlastic pollution and human pathogens: Toward s a conceptual shift in risk management at bathing water and beach environments
  Oliver, D., Metcalf, R., Jones, D. L., Matallana-Surget, S., Thomas, D., Robins, P., Tulloch, C., Cotterell, B., Williams, G., ChristieOleza, J. & Quilliam, R., 1 Sept 2024, In: Water Research. 261, 121879.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• PublishedHarnessing extremophilic carboxylesterases for applications in polyester depolymerisation and plastic waste recycling
  Williams, G., Ma, H., Khusnutdinova, A., Yakunin, A. & Golyshin, P., Aug 2023, In: Essays in Biochemistry. 67, 4, p. 715-729 15 p., EBC20220255.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
• PublishedIncreasing concentration of pure micro- and macro-LDPE and PP plastic negatively affect crop biomass, nutrient cycling, and microbial biomass
  Graf, M., Greenfield, L., Reay, M. K., Bargiela, R., Williams, G., Onyije, C., Lloyd, C. E. M., Bull, I. D., Evershed, R. P., Golyshin, P., Chadwick, D. & Jones, D. L., 15 Sept 2023, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 458, p. 131932
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedCritical Evaluation of Different Passive Sampler Materials and Approaches for the Recovery of SARS-CoV-2, Faecal-Indicator Viruses and Bacteria from Wastewater
  Jones, D. L., Grimsley, J. M. S., Kevill, J. L., Williams, R., Pellett, C., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Singer, A. C., Williams, G. B., Bargiela, R., Brown, R. W., Agency, U. & Farkas, K., 6 Nov 2022, In: Water. 14, 21, 3568.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedField response of N2O emissions, microbial communities, soil biochemical processes and winter barley growth to the addition of conventional and biodegradable microplastics
  Greenfield, L. M., Graf, M., Rengaraj, S., Bargiela, R., Williams, G., Golyshin, P. N., Chadwick, D. R. & Jones, D. L., 15 Sept 2022, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 336, 108023.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMicrobial Diversity of a Disused Copper Mine Site (Parys Mountain, UK), Dominated by Intensive Eukaryotic Filamentous Growth
  Distaso, M., Bargiela, R., Johnson, B., McIntosh, O., Williams, G., Jones, D. L., Golyshin, P. & Golyshina, O., 24 Aug 2022, In: Microorganisms . 10, 9, 1694.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedCorrigendum: High Representation of Archaea Across All Depths in Oxic and Low-pH Sediment Layers Underlying an Acidic Stream
  Distaso, M. A., Bargiela, R., Brailsford, F. L., Williams, G. B., Wright, S., Lunev, E. A., Toshchakov, S. V., Yakimov, M. M., Jones, D. L., Golyshin, P. N. & Golyshina, O. V., 29 Jan 2021, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 12, p. 633015
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedHigh representation of archaea across all depths in oxic and low-pH sediment layers underlying an acidic stream
  Distaso, M., Bargiela, R., Brailsford, F., Williams, G., Wright, S., Lunev, E. A., Toshchakov, S. V., Yakimov, M. M., Jones, D. L., Golyshin, P. & Golyshina, O., 17 Nov 2020, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, p. 576520
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review