Mohammad Katouli
Professor
Microbiology
University of Sunshine Coast
Australia
Biography
Associate Professor Mohammad Katouli has years of teaching and research experience in the area of medical microbiology, infectious disease and pathogenesis of bacteria both nationally and internationally. Following his PhD in 1980 and post-doc experience in UK, he worked for three years at the Research and Development Department of the D.P Pharmaceuticals. In 1985, he took the position of the Head of Microbiology Department at the Pasteur Institute in Tehran where he conducted a number of national research projects on the aetiology of diarrheal diseases and the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in hospitals and the community.
Research Interest
molecular pathogenesis of septicaemic and uropathogenic E.coli and the host response to infection, the impact of probiotics on bacterial translocation, prevalence and persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in hospital, sewage and surface waters, microbial source tracking and the impact of faecal pollution of surface waters on human health, population structure of gut E.coli and their role in causing urinary tract infection
