
Mr Ronnie Mooney
Research Fellow
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Prize And Awards
- SULSA ECR Prize Finalist
- Recipient
- 2023
- The Herald's Higher Education Award Research Project of the Year Shortlist
- Recipient
- 2019
- Dr William J. C. Watt Medal
- Recipient
- 2017
- Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland - PhD Scholarship
- Recipient
- 2017
- Royal Society of Biology Award
- Recipient
- 2017
- Court Medal
- Recipient
- 2017
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Publications
- Isolation of Acanthamoeba species and bacterial symbiont variability in Puna salt plains, Argentina
- Mooney Ronnie, Rodgers Kiri, Carnicelli Sandro, Carnevale Matías E, Farias Maria Eugenia, Henriquez Fiona L
- Environmental Microbiology Reports Vol 17 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70059
- One health and contaminated estuarine ecosystems : a critical review of the status of Thane Creek, Mumbai, India
- Corbett Erin, Esiovwa Regina, Mooney Ronnie, Rodgers Kiri, Mukherji Soumyo, Connolly John, Hursthouse Andrew, Mukherji Suparna, Henriquez Fiona L
- Environmental Earth Sciences Vol 84 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-025-12108-4
- Acanthamoebae as a protective reservoir for Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a clinical environment
- Mooney R, Richardson K, Rodgers K, Giammarini E, Williams R, Kelly S, Amaeze N, Inkster T, Henriquez F L, Mackay W
- Journal of Hospital Infection Vol 153, pp. 21-29 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2024.08.010
- Sodium metabisulfite inhibits acanthamoeba trophozoite growth through thiamine depletion
- Mooney Ronnie, Giammarini Elisa, Corbett Erin, Thomson Scott, McKinley Kevin, Sinisterra Sebastian Paula, Rodgers Kiri, O’Donnell Jana, McGinness Charles, Roberts Craig W, Ramaesh Kanna, Henriquez Fiona L
- Pathogens Vol 13 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13060431
- Zooming in on the intracellular microbiome composition of bacterivorous Acanthamoeba isolates
- Rayamajhee Binod, Willcox Mark Duncan, Sharma Savitri, Mooney Ronnie, Petsoglou Constantinos, Badenoch Paul, Sherchan Semendra, Henriquez Fiona, Carnt Nicole
- ISME Communications Vol 4 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae016
- Amoebicidal compositions for contact lens solutions
- Henriquez Fiona, Williams Roderick AM, Mooney Ronnie
- (2023)
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Professional Activities
- Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) (External organisation)
- Member
- 2025
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2025
- Microbiology Society Education Outreach Network (External organisation)
- Member
- 2024
- TARGetAMR (External organisation)
- Member
- 2024
- Futures AMR Network (FAN) (External organisation)
- Member
- 2024
- IIT Bombay, Mumbai
- Visiting researcher
- 2023
Projects
- Scottish One Health AMR Register(SOHAR): Update to support and underpin UK AMR NAP 2024-2029 – Workstream 6 (Scotland) activities
- Henriquez-Mui, Fiona (Principal Investigator) Mooney, Ronnie (Principal Investigator) Cameron, Anishka (Principal Investigator) Connolly, John (Co-investigator) Hursthouse, Andrew (Co-investigator) Holden, Nicola J. (Co-investigator) Avery, Lisa (Co-investigator)
- The project aims to update the existing SOHAR to incorporate developments in the AMR research landscape over the last 3 years, identify key priorities for the register’s development and progression, and showcase work and collaborations in Scotland as well as external partnerships.
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2025
- Detection of persistent antimicrobials and pathogens using a portable fibre optic biosensor
- Mooney, Ronnie (Principal Investigator) Pal, Tathagata (Co-investigator) Corbett, Erin (Co-investigator) Bhatt, Arpita (Co-investigator) Chowdhury, Kaniz (Co-investigator)
- NERC Pump-Priming Initiative - using novel, handheld biosensor devices to detect antimicrobials and pathogens.
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023
- Assessment of the role of bacterial endosymbionts on the survival and pathogenicity of the brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri
- Mooney, Ronnie (Principal Investigator) Henriquez-Mui, Fiona (Co-investigator) Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob (Co-investigator) Maciver, Sutherland K. (Principal Investigator)
- SULSA Saltire Emerging Researcher Funding
- 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2021
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Contact
Mr
Ronnie
Mooney
Research Fellow
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: ronnie.mooney@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted