Professor JI Prosser

School of Biological Sciences

University of Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen

Cruickshank Building

St Machar Drive

Aberdeen, Scotland

AB24 3UU

United Kingdom

Phone (office)    

Phone (lab)

FAX

Office FAX

E-mail

+44 (0) 1224 273254

+44 (0) 1224 274489

+44 (0) 1224 272703

 +44 (0)1224 273252

j.prosser@abdn.ac.uk

Research Interests

Microorganisms perform and control the fundamental processes required for the global cycling of nutrients and sustainability of ecosystems. However, we are relatively ignorant of the ways in which they grow and survive in natural environments and of the factors controlling microbial species diversity and community structure. Research within my group utilises a range of molecular and traditional techniques applied to laboratory, microcosm, field systems to investigate and determine these controlling factors.

Current projects fall into several areas:

Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Director, NCIMB Ltd
Research Director, Aberdeen Research Consortium
Board of Governors, The Macaulay Institute

Director, Macaulay Enterprises Ltd

Editorial Duties

FEMS Microbiology Ecology (Chief Editor)
Environmental Microbiology

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Global Change Biology
Methods in Microbiology

Learned Societies

The American Academy of Microbiology

The American Society for Microbiology

The British Mycological Society

The International Society for Microbial Ecology

The Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Society for Applied Microbiology

The Society for General Microbiology