World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Editorial Board A-L

This is the continuously updated database of Editorial Board Members and Associate Editors of the World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. It is mainly intended for the use of Editors.

For full details of Editors, members of the public are referred to the World Journal's Home Page on the Springer site.

The list below is Members of the Editorial Board whose surnames begin with A to L.

For Members with surnames M to Z, click here.

For Associate Editors' List, click here.

1. Members of the Editorial Board, surnames A to L

  • Name
  • FAX number

E-mail address

Address

Areas of Specialization

  • Dr Marti Aldea
  • FAX +34-973702426

E-mail: marti.aldea@cmb.udl.es

Dept Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
Fac. Medicina, Universitat de Lleida
Rovira Roure 44
25198 Lleida
SPAIN

  • Eukaryotic and bacterial cell cycle
  • Genetics and molecular biology
  • Bacterial genetics and molecular biology
  • Dr Sanjib Bhakta
  • FAX +44 020 7631 6246

E-mail: s.bhakta@bbk.ac.uk
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences,
Birkbeck College,
University of London,
Malet Street,
London
WC1E 7HX
  • Bacterial growth
  • Genetics, including genome organisation, functional genomics
  • Biocorrosion
  • Biodegradation
  • Biopesticides
  • Bioemulsifiers/biosurfactants
  • Bioremediation
  • Biotransformation
  • Biological control
  • Professor C. Bucke
  • FAX 020-7911 5087

E-mail: buckec@wmin.ac.uk

University of Westminster
School of Biological & Health Sciences
115 New Cavendish Street
London
W1M 8JS

Enzyme technology - particularly applied to carbohydrate modification and the food and environmental protection industries.
Biological activities of carbohydrates

  • Dr Shicheng Chen
  • FAX +1-608-265-2595

E-mail: schen36@wisc.edu

Department of Soil Science
205a Hiram Smith Annex
1555 Observatory Dr.
Madison, WI 53706

USA
  • Physiology
  • Genes
  • Metabolism, Iron metabolism
  • Bacterial growth, Bacterial growth media
  • Genetics, Genetic mapping, Mutants, Genome organisation, Functional genomics
  • Uses of microorganisms: Bioremediation, Biotransformation and cometabolism, Biological control
  • Biodegradation: Polycyclic aromatics
  • Microbial cell components: Carbohydrates, Glucans
  • Cell walls (bacteria)
  • Enzymes: Characterisation, Purification, Applications, Lipase, Esterase, Protease, Nuclease, Amylase, Cellulase, Xylanase
  • Cellulose, Xylan, Lignin
  • Nitrogen fixation, Rhizobium
  • Pathogenicity, Plant pathogens, Host-pathogen interaction
  • Biological control, Bacillus thuringiensis
  • Environmental microbiology
  • Microbial ecology: Structures, functions and dynamics of microbial communities, Interactions (with other microbes or abiotic factors)
  • Soil microbiology: Plant growth-promoting bacteria
  • Medical microbiology: Pathogenic bacteria
  • Molecular biology and gene cloning, Proteomics and metabolomics, Environmental proteomics, Environmental metabolomics, Fermentation proteomics, Metabolic and protein engineering,
  • Functional genomics, Metagenomics, Transcriptomics
  • Dr. Edgardo Donati
  • FAX +54 221 4833794

E-mail: donati@quimica.unlp.edu.ar

CINDEFI
Department of Chemistry
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
La Plata
ARGENTINA
  • Bioleaching of minerals
  • Bioremediation
  • Heavy metal biotransformations

  • Prof Ebtesam El-Bestawy
  • FAX +203 4285792

E-mail: ebtesamelbestawy@yahoo.com

Dept of Environmental Studies
Institute of Graduate Studies & Research (IGSR)
Alexandria University
163 Horria Ave.
P.O.Box 832
El-Shatby, Alexandria 21526
EGYPT

  • Cyanobacteria (Blue-green algae)
  • Microalgae (Eukaryotes)
  • Uses of microorganisms, Bioleaching, Biopesticides, Bioremediation, Biotransformation and cometabolism, Biological control
  • Biodegradation: Hydrocarbons/oils, Pesticides
  • Applications: Bioinsecticides, Biological control
  • Environmental microbiology
  • Wastewater Treatment, Heavy metals and toxicity
  • Dr Thaddeus C. Ezeji
  • FAX: +1-217-244-2517


Email: ezeji.1@osu.edu
Department of Animal Sciences
1680 Madison Avenue Room 305 Gerlaugh Hall
Wooster
OHIO 44691
U.S.A.
  • Aerobic and anaerobic fermentations
  • Protein/enzyme purification and characterization
  • Biomass conversion
  • Downstream processing
  • Dr. Manuel Ferrer
  • FAX: +34-91-5854760

E-mail: mferrer@icp.csic.es
Institute of Catalysis
Campus UAM - Cantoblanco
28049 Madrid
SPAIN
  • Archaea
  • Microbial physiology, incl. iron metabolism
  • Enzymes
  • Cell products
  • Biofuels including ethanol
  • Environmentasal microbiology
  • Proteomics and metabolomics
  • Dr José Luiz de Lima Filho
  • FAX +55-81-32718485


E-mail: zeluiz@lika.ufpe.br

Laboratório de Immunopatologia Keizo Asami (LIKA)
Universidade Federal di Pernambuco
Campus Universitario
Cidade Universitária Recife PE
CEP 50670-901
BRAZIL

  • Biotechnology
  • Applied microbiology
  • Applied biochemistry
  • Biosensors
  • Biochemistry
  • Dr Stephen James Forsythe



E-mail: stephen.forsythe@ntu.ac.uk
Applied Microbiology & Environmental Biology
School of Biomedical and Natural Sciences
Nottingham Trent University
Clifton Lane
Nottingham
NG11 8NS
  • Food microbiology
  • Food poisoning
  • Salmonella
  • Campylobacter
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Enterobacter sakazakii
  • Microbial detection methods
  • Azo dye decolourisation
  • Gut / intestinal microbiology
  • Prof. Jeffrey Green
  • FAX 01142-728697


Email:
Jeff.Green@sheffield.ac.uk
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
University of Sheffield
PO Box 594
Firth Court
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2UH

  • Iron metabolism
  • Functional genomics
  • Mutants
  • Metalloproteins
  • Enzyme purification and characterization
  • Toxins
  • Foodborne pathogens
  • Gene cloning
  • Dr Stephen Hughes
  • FAX: +1 309 681 6040

E-mail: Stephen.Hughes@ARS.USDA.GOV

USDA, ARS, NCAUR, BBC
Room 1106
1815 North University Street
Peoria, IL 61604
USA

 
  • Dr. Naveed Ahmed Khan
E-mail: n.khan@bbk.ac.uk
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
Birkbeck College, University of London
Malet Street, London
WC1E 7HX
  • Parasitic protozoa
  • Medical microbiology
  • Host-parasite interactions
  • Microbial pathogenicity
  • Bacterial diseases 20.010:

Dr Lingeng Lu

E--mail: ll347@email.med.yale.edu

Yale University
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
60 College St Rm 700
New Haven
Connecticut 06510
USA

  • Genes
  • Bacterial growth
  • GeneticsDNA
  • RNA
  • Enzymes
  • Characterisation
  • Antibiotics
  • Antibiotic resistance
  • Isolation
  • Human pathogens
  • Foodborne pathogens
  • Environmental microbiology
  • Medical microbiology
  • Food microbiology
  • Molecular biology and gene cloning

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Prepared by Peter J. Large, last updated: 18 December , 2009 .