Research Fellow in Microbiology
PhD (UTas), BSc hons (Murdoch)
| Contact Campus | Sandy Bay Campus |
| Building | Life Sciences |
| Room Reference | 318 |
| Telephone | +61 3 6226 6286 |
| Shane.Powell@utas.edu.au |
I teach in KLA398 Applied and Environmental Microbiology and provide guest lectures for a number of other microbiology units.
I am currently supervising honours and postgraduate research projects in a range of areas from the development of new technologies for assessing microbial communities to the role of microbial communities in aquaculture and bioremediation.
A full publication list is available on Dr Powell's WARP research report.
Powell S.M. and Tamplin M.L. 2012. Microbial Communities on Australian Modified Atmosphere Packaged Atlantic Salmon. Food Microbiology 30:226-232.
Powell S.M., Bowman J.P., Ferguson S.H., Snape I. 2010. Soil characteristics influence diversity of bacterial 16S rRNA and alkB genes on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 42:2012-2021.
Powell S.M., Ferguson S.H., Bowman J.P., Snape I. 2006. Using real-time PCR to assess changes in the hydrocarbon-degrading microbial population in Antarctic soil during bioremediation. Microbial Ecology. 52(3):523-532.
Powell S.M., Ferguson S.H., Snape I., Siciliano S.D. 2006. Fertilization stimulates anaerobic fuel degradation of Antarctic soils by denitrifying microorganisms. Environmental Science and Technology. 40:2011-2017.
Powell S.M., Snape I., Bowman J.P., Thompson B.A.W., Stark J.S., McCammon S.A., Riddle M.J. 2005. A comparison of the short term effects of diesel fuel and lubricant oils on Antarctic benthic microbial communities. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 322:53-65.
I am a microbial ecologist primarily interested in microbial community dynamics and how microbes interact with their environment. To do this I use a range of techniques from culturing to pyrosequencing, tRFLP and quantitative (real-time) PCR.