Lisa Avery
Environmental Microbiologist
Environmental and Biochemical Sciences
Scottish Crop Research Institute
United Kingdom
Biography
Lisa is a senior environmental microbiologist in the Environmental and Biochemical Sciences group and leads the Centre for Human and Animal Pathogens in the Environment (HAP-E) - a cross-institute interdiscpilinary hub drawing together those working in this field. She completed a PhD in environmental (rhizosphere) microbiology in 2001 at the University of Nottingham and worked at Bangor University and Cranfield University prior to taking up her post at the Macaulay Institute at the end of 2006. In 2011 she joined the James Hutton Institute where she works primarily on prevalence and transport of faecal indicator organisms and pathogens (E. coli, Clostridia, Mycobaterium avium paratuberculosis) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). She also has expertise in water and waste treatment and resuse, in particular the use of low-tech systems in the UK and developing countries.
Research Interest
Environmental and Biochemical Sciences
Publications
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Brennan, F.P.; Moynihan, E.; Griffiths, B.S.; Hillier, S.; Owen, J.; Pendlowski, H.; Avery, L.M., (2014) Clay mineral type effect on bacterial enteropathogen survival in soil., Science of the Total Environment, 468-469, 302-305.
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Avery, L.M.; Anchang, K.Y.; Tumwesige, V.; Strachan, N.; Goude, P.J., (2014) Potential for pathogen reduction in anaerobic digestion and biogas generation in Sub-Saharan Africa., Biomass and Bioenergy, 70, 112-124.
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Elliott, G.N.; Hough, R.L.; Avery, L.M.; Maltin, C.A.; Campbell, C.D., (2015) Environmental risk factors in the incidence of Johne's disease., Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 41, 488-507.
