Professor Nicholas Ashbolt

Peter Teasdale Chair in Environmental Health Risk Assessment Future Industries Institute

email Nicholas.Ashbolt@unisa.edu.au

Research

Research focus

Biological Sciences
Environmental Science and Management
Microbiology
Chemical Sciences
Environmental Engineering

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2019	Santo Domingo, J, Ashbolt, N & Rice, E 2019, 'Drinking water', in thomas M Schmidt (ed.), Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 4th, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 63-82.
2018	Ashbolt, NJ 2018, 'Flood and infectious disease risk assessment', in Toru Watanabe & Chiho Watanabe (eds), Health in Ecological Perspectives in the Anthropocene, Springer, Singapore, ch. 12, pp. 145-159. 3

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2024	Donner, E, Magalhães, RS, Barnes, A, Jex, A, Jarocki, V, Drigo, B, Djordjevic, S & Ashbolt, N 2024, 'Introducing CRC SAAFE: a new Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) focused on managing AMR in agriculture and the environment', Microbiology Australia, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 68-73. Open access 1
2023	Ashbolt, NJ 2023, 'Conceptual model to inform Legionella-amoebae control, including the roles of extracellular vesicles in engineered water system infections', Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, vol. 13, article no. 1200478, pp. 1-7. Open access 6 5 3
2023	Bichai, F, Smeets, P, Barrette, S, Deere, D, Ashbolt, N & Ferrero, G 2023, 'Water safety management during the initial phase of the Covid-19 pandemic: challenges, responses and guidance', International Journal of Water Resources Development, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 337-359. 4 4 6
2023	Dey, R, Dlusskaya, E, Oloroso, M & Ashbolt, NJ 2023, 'First evidence of free-living Naegleria species in recreational lakes of Alberta, Canada', Journal of Water and Health, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 439-442. Open access 2 1
2023	Jahne, MA, Schoen, ME, Kaufmann, A, Pecson, BM, Olivieri, A, Sharvelle, S, Anderson, A, Ashbolt, NJ & Garland, JL 2023, 'Enteric pathogen reduction targets for onsite non-potable water systems: a critical evaluation', Water Research, vol. 233, article no. 119742, pp. 1-13. 19 2
2023	Li, Q, Lee, BE, Gao, T, Qiu, Y, Ellehoj, E, Yu, J, Diggle, M, Tipples, G, Maal Bared, R, Hinshaw, D, Sikora, C, Ashbolt, NJ, Talbot, J, Hrudey, SE & Pang, X 2023, 'Number of COVID-19 cases required in a population to detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater in the province of Alberta, Canada: Sensitivity assessment', Journal of Environmental Sciences, vol. 125, pp. 843-850. 21 5
2023	Pecson, BM, Kaufmann, A, Gerrity, D, Haas, CN, Seto, E, Ashbolt, NJ, Slifko, T, Darby, E & Olivieri, A 2023, 'Science-based pathogen treatment requirements for direct potable reuse', Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 3377-3390. Open access 5 5 1
2023	Yin, X, Chen, X, Jiang, XT, Yang, Y, Ashbolt, NJ & Zhang, T and 40 other authors 2023, 'Toward a universal unit for quantification of antibiotic resistance genes in environmental samples', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 57, no. 26, pp. 9713-9721. 44 40 79
2022	Ariyadasa, S, Billington, C, Shaheen, M, Ashbolt, NJ, Fee, C & Pang, L 2022, 'Use of a novel DNA-loaded alginate-calcium carbonate biopolymer surrogate to study the engulfment of legionella pneumophila by acanthamoeba polyphaga in water systems', Microbiology Spectrum, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 1-10. Open access 1 1 3
2022	Dey, R, Dlusskaya, E & Ashbolt, NJ 2022, 'SARS-CoV-2 surrogate (Phi6) environmental persistence within free-living amoebae', Journal of Water and Health, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 83-91. Open access 17 16 3
2022	Pang, X, Gao, T, Ellehoj, E, Li, Q, Qiu, Y, Maal Bared, R, Sikora, C, Tipples, G, Diggle, M, Hinshaw, D, Ashbolt, NJ, Talbot, J, Hrudey, SE & Lee, BE 2022, 'Wastewater-based surveillance is an effective tool for trending COVID-19 prevalence in communities: a study of 10 major communities for 17 months in Alberta', ACS ES&T WATER, vol. 2, no. 11, pp. 2243-2254. 12 12 26
2022	Pecson, B, Kaufmann, A, Sharvelle, S, Post, B, Leverenz, H, Ashbolt, N & Olivieri, A 2022, 'Risk-based treatment targets for onsite non-potable water systems using new pathogen data', Journal of Water and Health, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 1558-1575. Open access 7 7 2
2022	Proctor, C, Garner, E, Hamilton, KA, Ashbolt, NJ, Caverly, LJ, Falkinham, JO, Haas, CN, Prevost, M, Prevots, DR, Pruden, A, Raskin, L, Stout, J & Haig, SJ 2022, 'Tenets of a holistic approach to drinking water-associated pathogen research, management, and communication', Water Research, vol. 211, article no. 117997, pp. 1-22. Open access 23 23 28
2022	Qiu, Y, Yu, J, Pabbaraju, K, Lee, BE, Gao, T, Ashbolt, NJ, Hrudey, SE, Diggle, M, Tipples, G, Maal Bared, R & Pang, X 2022, 'Validating and optimizing the method for molecular detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 812, article no. 151434, pp. 1-8. Open access 34 29 2
2021	Dey, R, Folkins, MA & Ashbolt, NJ 2021, 'Extracellular amoebal-vesicles: potential transmission vehicles for respiratory viruses', Npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, vol. 7, no. 1, article no. 25, pp. 1-5. Open access 11 10 3
2021	Dlusskaya, E, Dey, R, Pollard, PC & Ashbolt, NJ 2021, 'Outer limits of flow cytometry to quantify viruses in water', ACS ES&T WATER, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 1127-1135. 6 4
2021	Garner, E, Organiscak, M, Dieter, L, Shingleton, C, Haddix, M, Joshi, S, Pruden, A, Ashbolt, NJ, Medema, G & Hamilton, KA 2021, 'Towards risk assessment for antibiotic resistant pathogens in recycled water: a systematic review and summary of research needs', Environmental Microbiology, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 7355-7372. 20 18 15
2021	McCubbin, KD, Anholt, RM, de Jong, E, Ida, JA, Ashbolt, NJ & Barkema, HW and 21 other authors 2021, 'Knowledge gaps in the understanding of antimicrobial resistance in Canada', Frontiers in Public Health, vol. 9, article no. 726484 , pp. 1-14. Open access 29 26 3
2021	Nixdorff, H, Noga, J, Amsalu, D, Springett, J & Ashbolt, N 2021, 'Improving the implementation of water and resource recovery in Canada', Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 453-463. Open access 21 19
2021	Noga, J, Springett, J & Ashbolt, N 2021, 'Building the case for water and resource recovery in Canada: practitioners' perspectives', Water Policy, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 157-166. Open access 1 1
2021	Petterson, S, Li, Q & Ashbolt, N 2021, 'Screening Level Risk Assessment (SLRA) of human health risks from faecal pathogens associated with a Natural Swimming Pond (NSP)', Water Research, vol. 188, article no. 116501, pp. 1-14. 12 10 1
2021	Shaheen, M & Ashbolt, NJ 2021, 'Differential bacterial predation by free-living amoebae may result in blooms of legionella in drinkingwater systems', Microorganisms, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1-12. Open access 14 11 4
2021	Shoults, DC, Li, Q, Petterson, S, Rudko, SP, Dlusskaya, L, Leifels, M, Scott, C, Schlosser, C & Ashbolt, NJ 2021, 'Pathogen performance testing of a natural swimming pool using a cocktail of microbiological surrogates and QMRA-derived management goals', Journal of Water and Health, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 629-641. Open access 4 3
2020	Cabling, LPB, Kobayashi, Y, Davies, EG, Ashbolt, NJ & Liu, Y 2020, 'Life cycle assessment of community-based sewer mining: Integrated heat recovery and fit-forpurpose water reuse', Environments, vol. 7, no. 5, article no. 36, pp. 1-15. Open access 6 3
2020	Dey, R, Rieger, A, Banting, G & Ashbolt, NJ 2020, 'Role of amoebae for survival and recovery of 'non-culturable' Helicobacter pylori cells in aquatic environments', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 96, no. 10, article no. fiaa182, pp. 1-11. Open access 11 10 6
2020	Folkins, MA, Dey, R & Ashbolt , NJ 2020, 'Interactions between human reovirus and free-living amoebae: implications for enteric virus disinfection and aquatic persistence', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 54, no. 16, pp. 10201-10206. 19 18 4
2020	Hamilton, KA, Garner, E, Joshi, S, Ahmed, W, Ashbolt, N, Medema, G & Pruden, A 2020, 'Antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms and their genetic determinants in stormwater: A systematic review', Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, vol. 16, pp. 101-112. 21 19 6
2020	Kobayashi, Y, Ashbolt, NJ, Davies, EG & Liu, Y 2020, 'Life cycle assessment of decentralized greywater treatment systems with reuse at different scales in cold regions', Environment International: A Journal of Environmental Science, Risk & Health, vol. 134, article no. 105215, pp. 1-16. Open access 79 63 1
2020	Sharaf, A, Guo, B, Shoults, DC, Ashbolt, NJ & Liu, Y 2020, 'Viability of a single-stage unsaturated-saturated granular activated carbon biofilter for greywater treatment', Sustainability, vol. 12, no. 21, article no. 8847, pp. 1-16. Open access 7 8 1
2020	Yang, S, Xu, S, Boiocchi, R, Mohammed, A, Li, X, Ashbolt, NJ & Liu, Y 2020, 'Long-term continuous partial nitritation-anammox reactor aeration optimization at different nitrogen loading rates for the treatment of ammonium rich digestate lagoon supernatant', Process Biochemistry, vol. 99, pp. 139-146. 9 8
2020	Yang, S, Xu, S, Zhou, Y, Mohammed, A, Ashbolt, NJ & Liu, Y 2020, 'The importance of integrated fixed film activated sludge reactor and intermittent aeration in nitritation-anammox systems: Understanding reactor optimization for lagoon supernatant treatment', International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, vol. 149, article no. 104938, pp. 1-8. 17 14
2020	Zhi, S, Stothard, P, Banting, G, Scott, C, Huntley, K, Ryu, K, Otto, S, Ashbolt, N, Checkley, S, Dong, T, Ruecker, NJ & Neumann, NF 2020, 'Characterization of water treatment-resistant and multidrug-resistant urinary pathogenic Escherichia coli in treated wastewater', Water Research, vol. 182, article no. 115827, pp. 1-16. 34 33 10
2019	Dey, R, Mount, H, Ensminger, AW, Tyrrell, G J, Ward, LP & Ashbolt, NJ 2019, 'Isolation of legionella pneumophila by co-culture with Local Ameba, Canada', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 25, no. 11, pp. 2104-2107. Open access 8 7 2
2019	Dey, R, Rieger, AM, Stephens, C & Ashbolt, NJ 2019, 'Interactions of pseudomonas aeruginosa with acanthamoeba polyphaga observed by imaging flow cytometry', Cytometry. Part A : The Journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology, vol. 95, no. 5, pp. 555-564. Open access 31 2
2019	Dlusskaya, EA, Atrazhev, AM & Ashbolt, NJ 2019, 'Colloid chemistry pitfall for flow cytometric enumeration of viruses in water', WATER RESEARCH X, vol. 2, article no. 100025, pp. 1-8. Open access 6 4 1
2019	Gomez Alvarez, V, Ashbolt, NJ, Griffith, JF, Domingo, JS & Lu, J 2019, 'Whole-genome sequencing of four Campylobacter strains isolated from gull excreta collected from Hobie Beach (Oxnard, CA, USA)', Microbiology Resource Announcements, vol. 8, no. 32, article no. e00560-19, pp. 1-3. Open access 1 1 1
2019	Korajkic, A, McMinn, BR, Ashbolt, NJ, Sivaganesan, M, Harwood, VJ & Shanks, OC 2019, 'Extended persistence of general and cattle-associated fecal indicators in marine and freshwater environment', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 650, pp. 1292-1302. 31 30 1
2019	Leifels, M, Shoults, D, Wiedemeyer, A, Ashbolt, NJ, Sozzi, E, Hagemeier, A & Jurzik, L 2019, 'Capsid integrity qPCR-an azo-dye based and culture-independent approach to estimate adenovirus infectivity after disinfection and in the aquatic environment', Water (Switzerland), vol. 11, no. 6, article no. 1196, pp. 1-15. Open access 20 16 4
2019	Li, Q, Qiu, Y, Pang, XL & Ashbolt, NJ 2019, 'Spiked virus level needed to correctly assess enteric virus recovery in water matrices', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 85, no. 12, article no. e00111-19, pp. 1-7. Open access 9 2
2019	Liu, Q, Tang, J, Liu, X, Song, B, Zhen, M & Ashbolt, NJ 2019, 'Vertical response of microbial community and degrading genes to petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in saline alkaline soil', Journal of Environmental Sciences, vol. 81, pp. 80-92. 51 45 2
2019	Shaheen, M, Scott, C & Ashbolt, NJ 2019, 'Long-term persistence of infectious Legionella with free-living amoebae in drinking water biofilms', International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, vol. 222, no. 4, pp. 678-686. Open access 40 36 2
2019	Shoults, DC & Ashbolt, NJ 2019, 'Decreased efficacy of UV inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus after multiple exposure and growth cycles', International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, vol. 222, no. 1, pp. 111-116. 19 18 1
2019	Yang, S, Guo, B, Shao, Y, Mohammed, A, Vincent, S, Ashbolt, NJ & Liu, Y 2019, 'The value of floc and biofilm bacteria for anammox stability when treating ammonia-rich digester sludge thickening lagoon supernatant', Chemosphere, vol. 233, pp. 472-481. 36 35
2019	Yang, S, Xu, S, Florentino, AP, Mohammed, A, Ashbolt, NJ & Liu, Y 2019, 'Importance of controlling phosphate concentration in nitritation-anammox reactor operation', Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, vol. 5, no. 7, pp. 1234-1243. 7 7 1
2019	Yang, S, Xu, S, Mohammed, A, Ashbolt, NJ & Liu, Y 2019, 'Improving nitrogen removal in an IFAS nitritation-anammox reactor treating lagoon supernatant by manipulating biocarrier filling ratio and hydraulic retention time', Biochemical Engineering Journal, vol. 152, article no. 107365, pp. 1-8. 9 8
2019	Yang, S, Xu, S, Mohammed, A, Guo, B, Vincent, S, Ashbolt, NJ & Liu, Y 2019, 'Anammox reactor optimization for the treatment of ammonium rich digestate lagoon supernatant - step feeding mitigates nitrite inhibition', International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, vol. 143, article no. 104733, pp. 1-8. 19 18
2019	Yee, RA, Alessi, DS, Ashbolt, NJ, Hao, W, Konhauser, K & Liu, Y 2019, 'Nutrient recovery from source-diverted blackwater: Optimization for enhanced phosphorus recovery and reduced co-precipitation', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 235, pp. 417-425. 21 19
2019	Yee, RA, Leifels, M, Scott, C, Ashbolt, NJ & Liu, Y 2019, 'Evaluating microbial and chemical hazards in commercial struvite recovered from wastewater', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 53, no. 9, pp. 5378-5386. 35 31 1
2019	Zhi, S, Banting, G, Stothard, P, Ashbolt, NJ, Checkley, S, Meyer, K, Otto, S & Neumann, NF 2019, 'Evidence for the evolution, clonal expansion and global dissemination of water treatment-resistant naturalized strains of Escherichia coli in wastewater', Water Research, vol. 156, pp. 208-222. Open access 40 39 4
2018	Atanasova, ND, Dey, R, Scott, C, Li, Q, Pang, XL & Ashbolt, NJ 2018, 'Persistence of infectious Enterovirus within free-living amoebae - a novel waterborne risk pathway?', Water Research, vol. 144, pp. 204-214. 21 19 14
2018	Grossi, MR, Dey, R & Ashbolt, NJ 2018, 'Searching for activity markers that approximate (VBNC) Legionella pneumophila infectivity in amoeba after ultraviolet (UV) irradiation', Water (Switzerland), vol. 10, no. 9, article no. 1219, pp. 1-10. Open access 14 12
2018	Pruden, A, Alcalde, RE, Alvarez, PJ, Ashbolt, N & Zhou, Z and 20 other authors 2018, 'An environmental science and engineering framework for combating antimicrobial resistance', Environmental Engineering Science, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1005-1011. 47 48 4
2018	Qiu, Y, Li, Q, Lee, BE, Ruecker, NJ, Neumann, NF, Ashbolt, NJ & Pang, X 2018, 'UV inactivation of human infectious viruses at two full-scale wastewater treatment plants in Canada', Water Research, vol. 147, pp. 73-81. 48 41 5
2018	Shaheen, M & Ashbolt, N 2018, 'Free-living amoebae supporting intracellular growth may produce vesicle-bound respirable doses of Legionella within drinking water systems', Exposure and Health, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 201-209. 16 14 3
2018	Shoults, DC & Ashbolt, NJ 2018, 'Total staphylococci as performance surrogate for greywater treatment', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 25, no. 33, pp. 32894-32900. Open access 11 8 1
2018	Tan, L, Li, L, Ashbolt, N, Wang, X, Cui, Y, Zhu, X, Xu, Y, Yang, Y, Mao, D & Luo, Y 2018, 'Arctic antibiotic resistance gene contamination, a result of anthropogenic activities and natural origin', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 621, pp. 1176-1184. 113 103
2018	Thoe, W, Lee, OH, Leung, K, Lee, T, Ashbolt, NJ, Yang, RR & Chui, SH 2018, 'Twenty five years of beach monitoring in Hong Kong: A re-examination of the beach water quality classification scheme from a comparative and global perspective', Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 131, pp. 793-803. 10 8
2017	Bichai, F & Ashbolt, N 2017, 'Public health and water quality management in low-exposure stormwater schemes: A critical review of regulatory frameworks and path forward', Sustainable Cities and Society, vol. 28, pp. 453-465. 32 31 1
2017	Buse, HY, Ji, P, Gomez Alvarez, V, Pruden, A, Edwards, MA & Ashbolt, NJ 2017, 'Effect of temperature and colonization of Legionella pneumophila and Vermamoeba vermiformis on bacterial community composition of copper drinking water biofilms', vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 773-788. Open access 35 36 8
2017	Harder, R, Peters, GM, Ashbolt, NJ & Svanström, M 2017, 'Using quantitative microbial risk assessment and life cycle assessment to assess management options in urban water and sanitation infrastructures: Opportunities and unresolved issues', Microbial Risk Analysis, vol. 5, pp. 71-77. 13 13
2017	Jahne, MA, Schoen, ME, Garland, JL & Ashbolt, NJ 2017, 'Simulation of enteric pathogen concentrations in locally-collected greywater and wastewater for microbial risk assessments', Microbial Risk Analysis, vol. 5, pp. 44-52. 37 32 5
2017	Kobayashi, Y, Peters, GM, Ashbolt, NJ & Khan, SJ 2017, 'Aggregating local, regional and global burden of disease impact assessment: detecting potential problem shifting in air quality policy making', International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 1543-1557. 3 3 3
2017	Liu, Q, Tang, J, Liu, X, Song, B, Zhen, M & Ashbolt, N 2017, 'Response of microbial community and catabolic genes to simulated petroleum hydrocarbon spills in soils/sediments from different geographic locations', Journal of Applied Microbiology, vol. 123, no. 4, pp. 875-885. 17 15 10
2017	Lu, J, Buse, H, Struewing, I, Zhao, A, Lytle, D & Ashbolt, N 2017, 'Annual variations and effects of temperature on Legionella spp. and other potential opportunistic pathogens in a bathroom', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 2326-2336. 34 31 1
2017	McMinn, B, Ashbolt, N & Korajkic, A 2017, 'Bacteriophages as indicators of faecal pollution and enteric virus removal', Letters in Applied Microbiology, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 11-26. 128 117 19
2017	Rudko, SP, Ruecker, NJ, Ashbolt, NJ, Neumann, NF & Hanington, PC 2017, 'Enterobius vermicularis as a novel surrogate for the presence of helminth ova in tertiary wastewater treatment plants', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 83, no. 11, article no. e00547-17, pp. 1-13. 11 9 3
2017	Schoen, ME, Ashbolt, NJ, Jahne, MA & Garland, J 2017, 'Risk-based enteric pathogen reduction targets for non-potable and direct potable use of roof runoff, stormwater, and greywater', Microbial Risk Analysis, vol. 5, pp. 32-43. 74 66 8
2017	Schoen, ME, Xue, X, Wood, A, Hawkins, TR, Garland, J & Ashbolt, NJ 2017, 'Cost, energy, global warming, eutrophication and local human health impacts of community water and sanitation service options', Water Research, vol. 109, pp. 186-195. 45 41 6
2017	Shen, Y, Huang, C, Lin, J, Wu, W, Ashbolt, NJ, Liu, WT & Nguyen, TH 2017, 'Effect of disinfectant exposure on Legionella pneumophila associated with simulated drinking water biofilms: release, inactivation, and infectivity', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 2087-2095. 36 33 16
2017	Shoults, DC & Ashbolt, NJ 2017, 'UV disinfection of hand-rinse greywater and performance testing using indigenous Staphylococcus spp.', Water (Switzerland), vol. 9, no. 12, article no. 963, pp. 1-9. Open access 5 4 1
2016	Banting, GS, Braithwaite, S, Scott, C, Kim, J, Jeon, B, Ashbolt, N, Ruecker, N, Tymensen, L, Charest, J, Pintar, K, Checkley, S & Neumanna, NF 2016, 'Evaluation of various Campylobacter-specific quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays for detection and enumeration of Campylobacteraceae in irrigation water and wastewater via a miniaturized most-probable-number-qPCR assay', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 82, no. 15, pp. 4743-4756. Open access 24 21 2
2016	Harder, R, Peters, GM, Molander, S, Ashbolt, NJ & Svanström, M 2016, 'Including pathogen risk in life cycle assessment: the effect of modelling choices in the context of sewage sludge management', International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 60-69. 26 24 1
2016	Kim, J, Oh, E, Banting, GS, Braithwaite, S, Chui, L, Ashbolt, NJ, Neumann, NF & Jeon, B 2016, 'An improved culture method for selective isolation of Campylobacter jejuni from wastewater', Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 7, article no. 1345, pp. 1-8. Open access 13 10 5
2016	Lu, J, Struewing, I, Vereen, E, Kirby, A, Levy, K, Moe, C & Ashbolt, N 2016, 'Molecular detection of Legionella spp. and their associations with Mycobacterium spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and amoeba hosts in a drinking water distribution system', Journal of Applied Microbiology, vol. 120, no. 2, pp. 509-521. 79 71 13
2016	Lui, GY, Roser, D, Corkish, R, Ashbolt, NJ & Stuetz, R 2016, 'Point-of-use water disinfection using ultraviolet and visible light-emitting diodes', Science of the Total Environment, vol 553, pp. 626-635. 106 95 4
2016	Petterson, S & Ashbolt, N 2016, 'QMRA and water safety management: Review of application in drinking water systems', Journal of Water and Health, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 571-589. Open access 67 64 4
2016	Petterson, SR, Mitchell, VG, Davies, CM, O'Connor, J, Kaucner, C, Roser, D & Ashbolt, N 2016, 'Evaluation of three full-scale stormwater treatment systems with respect to water yield, pathogen removal efficacy and human health risk from faecal pathogens', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 543, pp. 691-702. 34 28 4
2016	Qiu, Y, Lee, BE, Ruecker, NJ, Neumann, N, Ashbolt, N & Pang, X 2016, 'A one-step centrifugal ultrafiltration method to concentrate enteric viruses from wastewater', Journal of Virological Methods, vol. 237, pp. 150-153. 28 25 1
2016	Revetta, R, Gomez Alvarez, V, Gerke, T, Santo Domingo, J & Ashbolt, N 2016, 'Changes in bacterial composition of biofilm in a metropolitan drinking water distribution system', Journal of Applied Microbiology, vol. 121, no. 1, pp. 294-305. 39 37 16
2016	Shen, Y, Huang, C, Monroy, GL, Janjaroen, D, Derlon, N, Lin, J, Espinosa Marzal, R, Morgenroth, E, Boppart, SA, Ashbolt, NJ, Liu, WT & Nguyen, TH 2016, 'Response of Simulated Drinking Water Biofilm Mechanical and Structural Properties to Long-Term Disinfectant Exposure', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 1779-1787. 64 57 11
2016	Xue, X, Hawkins, TR, Schoen, ME, Garland, J & Ashbolt, NJ 2016, 'Comparing the life cycle energy consumption, globalwarming and eutrophication potentials of several water and waste service options', Water (Switzerland), vol. 8, no. 4, article no. 154, pp. 1-21. Open access 45 40 1
2016	Zimmerman, BD, Korajkic, A, Brinkman, NE, Grimm, AC, Ashbolt, NJ & Garland, JL 2016, 'A spike cocktail approach to improve microbial performance monitoring for water reuse', Water Environment Research, vol. 88, no. 9, pp. 824-837. 9 8 4

Conferences

Year	Output
2017	Sharvelle, S, Ashbolt, N, Clerico, E, Holquist, R, Levernz, H & Olivieri, A 2017, 'Risk-based framework for the development of public health guidance for decentralized non-potable water systems', Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference 2017, WEFTEC 2017, Water Environment Federation. 5

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Alberta Health Services	UNITED STATES
Alberta Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	CANADA
Alberta Precision Laboratories	CANADA
Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health	UNITED STATES
Aquila Diagnostic	CANADA
Arizona State University	UNITED STATES
Chalmers University of Technology	SWEDEN
China Rare Earth Holdings Ltd	UNITED KINGDOM
City of Calgary	CANADA
City of Edmonton	CANADA
City West Water	AUSTRALIA
Colorado State University	UNITED STATES
Consolidated Safety Services-Dynamac (United States)	UNITED STATES
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation)	AUSTRALIA
Dalhousie University	CANADA
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)	NETHERLANDS
Department for Environment and Water (SA)	AUSTRALIA
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning	AUSTRALIA
Drexel University	UNITED STATES
Ellehoj Redmond Consulting	CANADA
Emory University	UNITED STATES
Employee Ownership Australia	AUSTRALIA
Enviance	UNITED STATES
Environmental Protection Agency	UNITED STATES
EOA Inc	UNITED STATES
EPCOR	CANADA
Franklin Associates	UNITED STATES
Government of Hong Kong	HONG KONG
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education	NETHERLANDS
Institute of Environmental Science and Research	NEW ZEALAND
KWR Watercycle Research Institute	NETHERLANDS
Landesuntersuchungsamt Rheinland-Pfalz	GERMANY
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California	UNITED STATES
Minnesota Department of Health	UNITED STATES
Nankai University	CHINA
Nanyang Technological University	SINGAPORE
National Institutes of Health	MALAYSIA
Natural Systems Utilities	UNITED STATES
Ningbo University	CHINA
Pegasus Technical Services	UNITED STATES
Polytechnique Montreal	CANADA
Private Individual	UNITED KINGDOM
Provincial Laboratory of Public Health	CANADA
Public Health Agency of Canada	CANADA
Purdue University	UNITED STATES
Rice University	UNITED STATES
Ruhr University Bochum	GERMANY
Soller Environmental	SPAIN
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project	UNITED STATES
Southern Nevada Water Authority	UNITED STATES
State University of New York	UNITED STATES
Sun Yat-Sen University	CHINA
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology	SWITZERLAND
The University of Texas at Austin	UNITED STATES
The US EPA	UNITED STATES
Tianjin University	CHINA
Trussell Technologies	UNITED STATES
University at Albany, State University of New York	UNITED STATES
University of Alberta	CANADA
University of Calgary	CANADA
University of California	UNITED STATES
University of Canterbury	NEW ZEALAND
University of Duisburg-Essen	GERMANY
University of Helsinki	FINLAND
University of Hong Kong	HONG KONG
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	UNITED STATES
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Michigan	UNITED STATES
University of Michigan Medical School	UNITED STATES
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	UNITED STATES
University of Pittsburgh	UNITED STATES
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of South Florida	UNITED STATES
University of Technology Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Texas	UNITED STATES
University of Toronto	CANADA
University of Washington	UNITED STATES
US Environmental Protection Agency	UNITED STATES
VA Office of Research and Development	UNITED STATES
Veolia Water Australia	AUSTRALIA
Virginia Tech	UNITED STATES
Water Futures	AUSTRALIA
Water Quality Services	CANADA
West Virginia University	UNITED STATES
Xi'an Shiyou University	CHINA

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Professor Nicholas Ashbolt

About me

About me

Future Industries Institute

About me

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Research

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