Undergraduate Supervision

  1. Alexandru-Nicolae Popescu (University of Glasgow)
    British Society for Plant Pathology Undergraduate Vacation Bursary, Summer 2021
    Project: Genome Assembly and Prediction of Metabolic and Functional Trait Profiles of Pectobacterium Species Isolated from Soft Rotting Potato Tubers

    Supervisor: C. Keating (awarded £4,000 from the British Society for Plant Pathology to fund the project.

  2. Andrea Rico Montaña (University of Glasgow) Microbiology Society Harry Smith Vacation Studentship, Summer 2022.

    Project: Strength in Numbers: What does the presence of multiple Pectobacterium species mean for potential biocontrol measures?

    Supervisor: C. Keating (awarded £2,720 from the Microbiology Society to fund the project)

  3. Scott Saunderson (Glasgow Caledonian University)
    Society for Applied Microbiology Summer Student Placement, Summer 2021
    Project: B-cin Quest: Development of a curated database and workflow for searching for existing and novel bacteriocins produced by bacterial genera associated with plant pathogens
    Supervisors: C. Keating (awarded £2,500 from the Society of Applied Microbiology to fund the project), U. Z. Ijaz, B. K. Mable, and J. Milner

  4. Alexandru-Nicolae Popescu (University of Glasgow)
    British Society for Plant Pathology Undergraduate Vacation Bursary, Summer 2021
    Project: B-cin Quest: Developing a curated database and workflow for searching for existing and novel bacteriocins produced by plant pathogenic bacteria
    Supervisors: J. Milner (awarded £3,500 from the British Society of Plant Pathology on my behalf), U. Z. Ijaz (training lead), C. Keating, and B. K. Mable.

Recent MSc Project Supervision

  1. Student 1 (University of Glasgow, UK)
    MSc Bioinformatics Project, 2021
    Project: Meta-analysis workflow used to unravel the microbial communities in plastisphere
    Supervisors: U. Z. Ijaz (lead), and C. Keating

  2. Student 2 (University of Glasgow, UK)
    MSc Engineering Project, 2021
    Project: Whole genome analysis of self-healing concrete bacteria Bacillus subtilis
    Supervisors: U. Z. Ijaz (lead), and C. Keating

  3. Student 3 (University of Glasgow, UK)
    MSc Engineering Project, 2021
    Project: Whole genome functional analysis of Pseudomonas putida
    Supervisors: U. Z. Ijaz (lead), and C. Keating

  4. Student 4 (University of Glasgow, UK)
    MSc Engineering Project, 2021
    Project: Whole genome functional analysis of Alcanivorax, a genus of oil degrading bacteria
    Supervisors: U. Z. Ijaz (lead), and C. Keating

  5. Student 5 (University of Glasgow, UK)
    MSc Engineering Project, 2021
    Project: Whole genome analysis of nitrifying bacteria in construction and the built environment​
    Supervisors: U. Z. Ijaz (lead), and C. Keating

  6. Student 6 (University of Glasgow, UK)
    MSc Engineering Project, 2021
    Project: Plastic degrading microbes (PE/PTE) - Pseudomonas putida
    Supervisors: U. Z. Ijaz (lead), and C. Keating

  7. Student 7 (University of Glasgow, UK)
    MSc Engineering Project, 2021
    Project: Whole Genome Analysis of Acetotrophic and Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenic Archaea
    Supervisors: U. Z. Ijaz (lead), and C. Keating

  8. Student 8 (University of Glasgow, UK)
    MSc Engineering Project, 2021
    Project: Comparative genomics of known horse genomes
    Supervisors: U. Z. Ijaz (lead), A. Khan, B. K. Mable, and C. Keating

  9. Student 9 (University of Glasgow, UK)
    MSc Engineering Project, 2021
    Project: Building a plant sequence reference database
    Supervisors: U. Z. Ijaz (lead), A. Khan, B. K. Mable, and C. Keating

  10. Student 10 (University of Glasgow, UK)
    MSc Engineering Project, 2021
    Project: Creation of a plant reference database of meta-barcoding genes
    Supervisors: U. Z. Ijaz (lead), A. Khan, B. K. Mable, and C. Keating

  11. Student 11 (University of Glasgow, UK)
    MSc Civil Engineering and Management Project, 2020
    Project: Plastisphere of marine environment - a meta-analysis
    Supervisors: U. Z. Ijaz (lead), and C. Keating

  12. Student 12 (University of Glasgow, UK)
    MSc Mechanical Engineering Project, 2020
    Project: The plastisphere - difference between fresh and marine water, metadata analysis
    Supervisors: U. Z. Ijaz (lead), and C. Keating

  13. Student 13 (University of Glasgow, UK)
    MSc Civil Engineering Project, 2020
    Project: A survey on microbial diversity in coal tar contaminated media
    Supervisors: U. Z. Ijaz (lead), and C. Keating

PhD Supervision

  • Informal co-supervision of a PhD candidate investigating response to antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance in anaerobic systems (2018-2022).

  • Informal co-supervision of a PhD student studying Methylobacterium species biofilms in simulated drinking water systems.

 

Teaching

2016 – present: I have lectured on Anaerobic Digestion Microbiology to Third Year Undergraduate Engineering students (60 students). Contributed to an industry-led design postgraduate course for Masters’ students in engineering (< 10 students) and invited to lecture on Sustainability and Resource Recovery to Third Year Undergraduate Engineering students (60 students) since 2019.

2014 – 2015: I led First Year Microbiology tutorials (200 students per session) and Third Year Marine Microbial Ecology lab practical lessons to undergraduate students at NUIG. 

2009 – 2015: Demonstrator for First Year Microbiology lab practical lessons and Third Year Marine Microbial Ecology lab practical lessons to undergraduate students at NUIG. I also gave tutorial lessons to pupils enrolled with the disability office. 

2010 – 2012: Lab and project supervision of a pair of final year undergraduate Microbiology students over 10 weeks from 2010-2012.