PARTNER RESEARCH INSTITUTION

British Geological Survey

Research Areas & Focuses

Biofilms in engineered subsurface environments, including carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), gas storage, geothermal and radioactive waste
Microbe mineral interactions during biomining, bioleaching and bioremediation
Bioprecipitation, biotechnology and materials future applications
Pathogen survival and flow in groundwater

Department Link

Fluid and mechanical processes laboratory cluster

BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Facilities

Geomicrobiology laboratory

Researchers

Megan Barnett, Decarbonisation and resource management

Simon Gregory, Decarbonisation and resource management

Techniques for looking at biofilms at pressure: sampling the biological flow apparatus.

Aspergillus growth during bioleaching of bauxites.

Collecting soil samples to look at microbial diversity of soil over a natural methane seep.