Personal statement
Dr Knapp is Director of Postgraduate Studies and an active researcher in the "Water, Environment, Sustainability and Public Health" (WESP) research centre.
Think you can live without microbes? Do you want to take that challenge?
Microorganisms are omnipresent and capable of impacting the entire biosphere. They, especially bacteria, are highly diverse in structure and function, and they can play a significant role in the cycling of nutrients, remediation of contamination, and public health. Unfortunately, many people often overlook the ecological interactions within the microbial communities that support the process. Understanding these interactions requires knowledge of organisms' distribution and abundance and their interactions in an environmental setting. Further, it requires analytical tools to examine microbial organisms in an effective and timely fashion. Fortunately, high throughput culture-independent molecular methods are allowing researchers to monitor these interactions quantitatively. My research interest involves the integration of state-of-the-art microbiological measurement technologies and ecological principles into the realm of environmental protection and sustainability.
Expertise
Prizes and awards
- Researcher Development Programme Supervisor, 2017-18 - Nominated
- Recipient
- 19/6/2018
- Teaching Excellence Awards - Nominated
- Recipient
- 11/5/2018
- Teaching Excellence Awards - Shortlisted "Best in Faculty"
- Recipient
- 5/2016
- Teaching Excellence Awards - Shortlisted "Best in Faculty"
- Recipient
- 14/5/2015
- Teaching Excellence Awards (2014) -- Shortlisted "Best Overall Supportive Teacher"
- Recipient
- 2014
- “Best Environmental Science Paper of 2009”, Runner-up; Environmental Science and Technology
- Recipient
- 2/2010
More prizes and awards
Qualifications
Work Experience
- 2018 to current, Reader University of Strathclyde
- 2009 to 2018, Senior Lecturer, University of Strathclyde
- 2006 to 2009, Senior Researcher, Newcastle University, England
- 2006, PDRA, Dept. Geological Sciences, The University of Kansas, USA
- 2002 to 2006, Researcher/instructor; CEAE, The University of Kansas, USA
Additional Qualifications:
- 2015 - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Research interests
- Environmental Microbiology
- Eco-toxicology
- Soil & Water Quality
- Antibiotic resistance in the environment
Microorganisms are omnipresent and capable of impacting the entire biosphere. They, especially the bacteria, are highly diverse in terms of structure and function, and they can play a major role in cycling of nutrients, remediation of contamination, and public health. My research interest involves the integration of state-of-the-art microbiological measurement technologies and ecological principles into the realm of environmental protection and sustainability.
Some on-going projects:
Team DAGGAR - Dangerous and Growing Globally, Antimicrobial Resistance.
Work related to antimicrobial resistance evolved from pharmaceutical eco-toxicology with the development of microbial-community endpoints. This work resulted in international exposure and award-winning publications. International collaborations include researchers and government/policy agencies in Australia, UK, USA, Canada, Cuba, Denmark and The Netherlands. Research focus has been to quantitatively measure resistance genes and antibiotics in the environment; it extends previous qualitative observations to a predictive level aimed at solving practical problems. The investigations of PEC (pollutants of emerging concern) continue, as it remains a contemporary international problem.
Team ARMOR – Antimicrobial Resistance May Offer Resilience? (stability and resilience of microbial communities and performance during pollution stress).
Microbial community dynamics are examined in response to contaminant exposure in engineered bioreactors. The research endeavours to find processes that are ecologically resilient and economically robust to avoid major investment in a new (or upgraded) treatment process as new regulations emerge.
GR-AMS - Greco-Roman Antimicrobial Minerals. Multi-disciplinary, collaborative project.
British Colonialism, Marine Sciences and Fisheries Governance. Interdisciplinary project with History Department and U. Mzuzu in Malawi.
Professional activities
- AMR in the environment (UK)
- Speaker
- 23/2/2021
- Invited Lectures: Wastewater & water treatment: water resource management
- Speaker
- 7/10/2020
- Gdańsk University of Technology
- Visiting researcher
- 10/2020
- Honorary Senior Lecturer (U. Glasgow)
- Recipient
- 15/4/2020
- Invited Lecture: Wastewater & water treatment: implications on antimicrobial resistance
- Speaker
- 2/3/2020
- Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep
- Visiting researcher
- 27/2/2020
More professional activities
Projects
- KTP 13260 - AHK Energy Services Ltd. Development of robust analytical methodology to support the creation of an index of risk of self-heating ability of biomass pellets
- Lord, Richard (Principal Investigator) Knapp, Charles (Co-investigator) Li, Jun (Co-investigator) Liggat, John (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
- British Colonialism, Marine Sciences, and Fisheries Governance: Lessons from Lake Malawi in the Mid-
Twentieth Century
- Wilson, David (Principal Investigator) Knapp, Charles (Co-investigator) Morse, Tracy (Co-investigator)
- 04-Jan-2022 - 03-Jan-2023
- Scotland-India Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment Network (SIAMREN)
- Ward, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Knapp, Charles (Co-investigator)
- 23-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2021
- Identification of sensor targets for low cost soil fertility assessment
- Ward, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Knapp, Charles (Co-investigator)
- 09-Jan-2020 - 08-Jan-2021
- Monitoring of PAHs and heavy metals in sediments industrial estuaries
- Knapp, Charles (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2020
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Hall, Rebecca
- João, Elsa (Principal Investigator) Knapp, Charles (Co-investigator) Hall, Rebecca (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 01-Jan-2022
More projects
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