COMBAT AMR
COMplex Biofilm & AMR Transmission
OUR TEAM
Our team includes experienced researchers from the UK, Germany, Ireland, Finland and Estonia, and stakeholders representing the disinfection industry, healthcare, academia, veterinarians and low and medium income countries.
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Prof Jean-Yves Maillard
Jean-Yves is a world expert on antimicrobial biocides, AMR, and biofilms
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Prof Dirk Bockmühl
Dirk is leading expert on antimicrobial efficacy of cleaning processes in non-clinical and clinical settings
Principal investigator
Prof Séamus Fanning
Séamus is a molecular microbiologist with more than 30-years academic experience and an interest in the genetic mechanisms underpinning antimicrobial resistance.
Principal investigator
Dr Veljo Kisand
Veljo is an environmental microbiologist with focus on molecular diagnostics in environmental samples, metagenomics, genome sequencing and bioinformatic and statistical analysis of omics data
Principal investigator
Dr Noora Perkola
Noora is an expert of organic contaminants with a PhD from environmental science.
Principal investigator
Prof Mark Fielder
Mark is is an expert in One Health Microbiology with 25 years of experience in the area of human and animal infectious disease
OUR RECRUITED TEAM
Several colleagues and early career scientists have been recruited to be an integral part of COMBAT AMR project
Associate investigator
Ralf Lucassen
Principal investigator
Ralf is interested in the role of class I integrons in the acquisition and spread of antimicrobial resistance, as well as the role of bacterial functional amyloids in biofilm formation
Associate investigator
Dr Marja Hagström
Marja is responsible of research, international projects and analytical services related to harmful organic compound, especially pharmaceuticals, analysis from environmental samples.
Associate investigator
Dr Isabella Centeleghe
Issy's research interests are in infection prevention and control, with a focus on disinfectants and biofilms.
Associate investigator
Dr Guerrino Macori
Guerrino research focuses on bioinformatics and molecular genomics and spans the diverse aspects of "microbial dark matter" aiming to unlock its untapped potential across sectors like health, agriculture, and environmental.sustainability.
Associate investigator
Dr Peeter Laas
Peeter is a researcher in the field of aquatic microbial ecology and a national expert in genetic engineering, GMOs, and environmental risk assessment (member of Gene Technology Committee since 2011).
Research student
Nicole van Leuven
Nicole´s research interests are the usage of diverse ex-situ biofilm models for different types of biofilms, especially from home & hospital settings
Research student
Katie Wall
Katie's PhD project is to assess the impact of common herbicides on the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and biofilm formation in the Klebsiella genus.
Associate investigator
Dr Simon Gould
Simon's research interests are in understanding and combating antibiotic resistance both in human and animal populations
Research Student
Rebecca Lewis
Becky is undertaking an MSc by research under auspices of the COMBAT project. Becky’s project is looking at the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in the biofilms derived from different habitats including pig farms, both pre and post treatment with specified biocides used in the project.
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Associate investigator
Dr R Abbara
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Associate investigator
Dr Christina Killian
Christina’s research interests include harnessing the identification of novel bacterial strains, from environmental and clinical settings, to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
The COMBAT team
