Dr Barbara Drigo

Enterprise Fellow UniSA STEM

email Barbara.Drigo@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

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Climate Change
Food and water safety and quality
Microbial Ecology
Antibiotic Resistance
Biosecurity

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About me

Dr. Barbara Drigo is a tenured Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the University of South Australia (UniSA), as well as a member of the editorial boards for several esteemed academic journals. Her passion for applied research is evident in her commitment to advancing microbiological practices, resulting in significant global contributions. Dr. Drigo leads the molecular microbial components of various projects with a combined funding of $17M and was recently recognized as a 2023 Women in Innovation SA finalist in the science category. Dedicated to addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on a global scale, she has collaborated with the World Health Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health, and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to enhance laboratory capacities in low- and middle-income countries. Dr. Drigo holds several notable positions, including Chair of the Joint Academic Microbiology Seminar (Adelaide branch), Chair of 500 Women Scientists Australia and New Zealand and, Senior Researcher and Ambassador for eXXpedition. Since 2024, Dr. Drigo has collaborated with colleagues from the Future Industries Institute (FII), STEM, and the College of Health Sciences, along with experts from the University of Adelaide, to shape a cohesive educational vision for the Adelaide University. Their initiatives aim to:

1. Address critical epidemiological challenges.

2. Co-design a comprehensive research strategy for Food, Agriculture, and Wine in South Australia.

3. Develop a multidisciplinary microbial ecology course encompassing environmental science, geospatial studies, food science, and soil science.

Career Highlights: Dr. Drigo completed her Master’s at Wageningen University & Research Centre (2002-2004) and earned her PhD from Leiden University in 2009, following doctoral studies at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology. She was a visiting PhD Student at UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Oxford University (2004-2008). She began her career as a project manager at Plant Research International before relocating to Australia for a fellowship at Western Sydney University, where she established molecular microbial facilities. From 2010 to 2011, she helped create the world-class molecular microbial ecology facility at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE), launched in 2012. During her tenure at HIE, Dr. Drigo led projects focused on climate change and microbial interactions, co-supervising three Master’s and three PhD students. Dr. Drigo has held visiting research fellowships at the James Hutton Institute in the UK and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has trained scientists globally in stable isotope probing techniques and multivariate statistical analysis. In 2016, she joined UniSA’s FII as a Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer, where she has led research on food, soil, and water safety and security related to antimicrobial resistance, contributing to a total funding of $17 million. In 2016 and 2017, Dr. Barbara Drigo's collaborative research on the impact of human activities on ecosystem functioning garnered attention from prominent organizations, including the White House Office of Science and Technology (during the Obama administration), the Royal Geographical Society, and the Theo Murphy Australian Frontiers of Science Symposium, as well as various media outlets. In 2017, she served as a visiting research fellow at the Faculty of Biotechnology at the Catholic University of Portugal. Dr. Drigo has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and invited reviews with leading global experts in plant-soil-microbial interactions, microbial ecology, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Many of these publications rank among the top ten most cited in their respective fields. Throughout her career, Dr. Drigo and her PhD students and postdoctoral researchers have presented at 30 national and 39 international conferences. She has delivered several keynote speeches, chaired sessions, and participated as an invited panelist in workshops organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the World Health Organization, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In 2020, Dr. Drigo became the primary lecturer and tutor for the UniSA Microbial Ecology course, and in 2021, she took on the role of its primary coordinator. In January 2023, she was awarded a competitive tenure position, becoming an Enterprise Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, and Senior Lecturer at UniSA STEM.

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Professional Associations

Selected committees, awards and working groups (for full list, refer to ORCID)

Since 2023, I have worked with colleagues from FII, STEM, and CHS, along with experts from the University of Adelaide, to shape the Adelaide university's future vision. Together, we aim to create a cohesive educational approach to:
1. Address critical epidemiological challenges.

2. Co-design a comprehensive research strategy for Food, Agriculture, and Wine in South Australia.

3. Develop a microbial ecology course to be offered at Adelaide University across multiple disciplines, including environmental science, geospatial studies, food science, and soil science.

2023-current. Member of the Communications and Education Subcommittee, South Australian Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan (SAAMRAP) Steering Committee.
2023 South Australian Women in Innovation Award, Adelaide, SA. Finalist, Science Category.
2023 South Australian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Research Summit 15-16 March 2023, Adelaide – Organising committee and Chair of the One Health Infection Control & Biosecurity.
2022-2023 UniSA Women in STEM Mentoring program. Mentee.
2022 Research and Enterprise Award recipients of One Team Award for the CRC SAAFE Bid. Winner.
2019-current. Australian and New Zealand chair/coordinator of ‘500 Women Scientists’, A multi-award-winning non-profit organisation devoted to supporting women in STEM.
2019-current. South Australia chair/coordinator of the Joint Academic Microbiology Seminars (JAMS). A non-profit organisation aiming to support networking/seminars between early, mid-career and senior microbiologists.
2019-current. Member of STEM Women, Australian Academy of Science.
2018-2024 UniSA attendee at the ‘Adelaide International Women’s Day breakfast’, hosted by United Nation and the Hon. P. Wong.
2017-2023 Representative of Future Industries Institute (UniSA) on the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) and for the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR).
2015-current. Ambassador for eXXpedition, a global network of multidisciplinary scientists working to combat environmental plastic pollution.

Selected editorial and review activities (for full list, refer to ORCID)

2024-current. PhD referee for University of Auckland, Flinders University, Leiden University and Wageningen University.
2023-current. Editorial board member for Journal of Applied Microbiology.
2020-current. Editorial board member for Microorganisms.
2012-current. Editorial board member for Frontiers in Microbiology.
2012-current. Grant reviewer for the Australian Research Council, European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, US National Science Foundation, French National Research Agency, and Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.
2007-current. Regular reviewer for numerous highly ranked journals including Science of the Total Environment, Nature Climate Change, Nature Microbiology, Science, PNAS, ISME Journal, Global Change Biology, Lancet Planetary Health, and Ecology Letters.

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In the media

Date	Title
04/06/2024	Environmental Dimensions of AMR Conference 2026, https://www.crcsaafe.com.au/media-hub/events/environmental-dimensions-of-amr-conference
01/06/2024	CRC SAAFE Dr Barbara Drigo, https://www.crcsaafe.com.au/about-saafe/our-team/dr-barbara-drigo
16/05/2024	eating-faeces-helps-migratory-birds, https://www.birdguides.com/articles/ornithology/eating-faeces-helps-migratory-birds/
16/03/2024	The secret to migratory birds' survival: Eating feces, https://www.jpost.com/science/article-792190
13/03/2024	why-birds-enjoy-eating-feces-and-what-it-means-for-their-health, https://www.earth.com/news/why-birds-enjoy-eating-feces-and-what-it-means-for-their-health/
13/03/2024	who-knew-that-eating-poo-was-so-vital-for-birds-survival, https://www.unisa.edu.au/media-centre/Releases/2024/who-knew-that-eating-poo-was-so-vital-for-birds-survival/
15/05/2022	UNISA News, https://www.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2022/december/story10/
15/12/2020	natural-resources-and-environmental-resilience, https://www.unisa.edu.au/research/sustainable-infrastructure-and-resource-management/our-research/natural-resources-and-environmental-resilience/walking-on-water-turning-drinking-water-treatment-sludge-into-eco-friendly-concrete/

About me

Experience

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy Universiteit Leiden

Work history

Senior Research Fellow/ Tenure, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, South Australia, Australia. 2022 - current.
Representative of FII on the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) and for the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR). 2017-2023.
Primary Coordinator, lecturer, and tutor for Environmental Microbiology course (ENVT 2015/169532). 2020 - current.
Chair/coordinator of the Joint Academic Microbiology Seminars (JAMS) in Adelaide. 2019 - current.
Chair/coordinator ‘500 Women Scientists’ pods in Australia and New Zealand. 2019 - current.
Research Fellow/Lecturer, Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, South Australia, Australia. 2016 – 2022.
Ambassador for eXXpedition, a global network of multidisciplinary scientists working to combat environmental plastic pollution. 2015 - current.
Visiting Lecturer, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China. 2015.
Research Fellow, Soil Biology and Genomics, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia. 2014 – 2016.
Research Fellow, Soil Biology and Genomics, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia. 2009 – 2013.
Research Fellow, Plant Research International, University of Wageningen, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 2008 – 2009.
Adjunct Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom. 2009.
Project manager, Plant Research International, University of Wageningen, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 2008 – 2009.
Doctorate in Biology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, University of Leiden and Wageningen University, the Netherlands. Jan 2004 - Jan 2008. Awarded 21 January 2009.
Adjunct PhD, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. 2004 - 2005.
Plant Genomics European Internship, University of Wageningen (the Netherlands) and University of Trento (Italy). Sept 2002 - Dec 2003.

Research

Research focus

Environmental Sciences
Biological Sciences
Microbiology
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Highlights

Areas of Expertise: Microbial ecology, antimicrobial resistance, wastewater-based epidemiology, plant-soil-microbial interactions, climate change.

Courses: Primary Coordinator, lecturer, and tutor for the Microbial Ecology course (ENVT 2015/169532).

Mentorship: Supervising 9 PhD students, 2 Master’s students, and 1 Honours student, providing expert guidance in their academic journeys.

Research

Projects

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

Applying quantitative microbial risk assessment, epidemiological modelling, and Bayesian Network models to facilitate AMR management in wastewater services, water reuse and biosolids/composts usage, CRC SAAFE Limited, 01/07/2024 - 06/07/2028
Pesticide effects on soil microbial functions in contrasting SA soils, SA Grain Industry Trust, 01/07/2023 - 30/06/2025
Improving safety of vegetable produce through on‐farm sanitation, using Electrolysed Oxidising (EO) Water - VG15068, Hort Innovation, 01/06/2017 - 31/05/2020

Other projects

Selected grants and research income since joining UniSA (total income $17M)

a chief investigator; b joint chief investigator; c contract.

b2024-2028. SA EPA Risk Assessment & Management Project. Research partners: UniSA, WEHI, UQ, UTS, Curtin. Cooperative Research Centre for Solving Antimicrobial Resistance in Agribusiness, Food, and Environments and University of South Australia (CRC SAAFE). $2.672M.
a2023-2027. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) LS-2019-113. Upscaling benefits of sustainable management of AMR in the Pacific Region. Research partners: UniSA, CSRIO, UTS. $1M.
a2023-2024. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)/ University of South Pacific. Monitoring AMR rural communities in the Pacific Islands. Research partners: UniSA, CSRIO, UTS. $200K.
b2023-2025. South Australian Grain Industry Trust (SAGIT). USA-03323 - Pesticide effects on soil microbial functions in contrasting SA soils. $243K.
a2023-2024. SP-COS-Research, develop & test low-cost sensors, samplers & treatment methods to detect, analyse & remove antimicrobial residues from high-risk environmental settings. Contract Research Services. CSIRO. $45K.
b2021-2031. NHMRC, Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) Network. How do solar panels impact your tank stored rainwater? In kind.
a2019-2023. DFACT/ Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) LS-2019-113. Enhancing the Management of Antimicrobial Resistance in Fiji (EMAR Fiji). Research partners: UniSA, CSRIO, UTS. $3M.
a2019-2023. Water Research Australia. Significance of the environment as a reservoir for antimicrobial resistance from agricultural origins. Funding partners are EPA Victoria, VIC DHHS, Melbourne Water, Yarra Valley Water, Hunter Water, and Agriculture Victoria. $110K.
b2019-2020. OUTBREAK (One-health Understanding Through Bacterial REsistance to Antibiotics Knowledge). NHMRC MRFF Frontiers Grant. Inter-Institutional Working Group ‘Water, Agriculture, and Environments’. $1M.
c2020-2021. OZ Minerals Carrapateena Pty Ltd, Sewage Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2. $18K.
b2020-2021. University of South Australia, Project LaunchPad University of South Australia. $40K.
a2020-2021. WRA. ColoSSoS, National Research Initiative on Sewage Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2. In kind.
a2020-2021. University of South Australia, Research Themes Investment Scheme. Irrigation water as a central pathway in the dissemination of infectious disease. $40K.
b2020-2021. University of South Australia, Research Themes Investment Scheme. Repurposing waste materials to manufacture floating wetlands to remove pollutants from urban water sources. $40K.
a2019. South Australian Environmental Protection Agency (SA EPA). Surveying the microbiome and resistome in waters and sediments of the Adelaide coastal zone. $38K.
b2019. Future Industries Accelerator grant (FIA). Validating the research program for reducing biosolids storage time. $38K.
a2018. University of South Australia, Research Themes Investment Scheme. Waste not the water: Using municipal wastewater for community-scale health assessment. $40K.
b2018. South Australian Government and SA Water (FIA). Optimising an on-site disinfection system for high-risk potable water sources. $50K.
b2017-2020. Horticulture Innovation Australia Research Grant. Improving the safety of vegetable produce through on‐farm sanitation using electrolysed oxidising water. $793K.

Selected teaching and supervision roles since joining UniSA (for full list, refer to ORCID)

2020-current. Environmental Microbiology Primary Coordinator, lecturer, and tutor (ENVT2015).

2017-current. Co-supervision of HDR students, including (names and supervision start and end dates):

Han Lau, 1 June 2022. PhD.
Solomon Opoku, 2020. PhD. Graduated September 2024.
Khedher Mahmour, 2020. PhD. Graduated September 2023.
Sopheak Hem, 2020. Visiting PhD. Graduated October 2024 at University of Technology of Sydney.
Huang Yayun. 2023. Master. Principal Supervisor. An De College, Xi’an University.
Packiyarajah Thanusshan, 2020. Masters.
Alice Dunbar, 2019. PhD.
Jowenna Xiao Feng Sim, 2019. PD. Graduated September 2023.
Anh Hong Nguyen, 2017. PhD. Graduated September 2023.
Alice Sforza, July-December 2023.
Stella Michael. Visiting PhD. University of Cyprus. 2018.
Stefania Diquattro. Visinting PhD. University of Cagliari. 2019.

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.

Highlights

Year	Output
2024	Djordjevic, SP, Jarocki, VM, Seemann, T, Cummins, ML, Watt, AE, Drigo, B, Wyrsch, ER, Reid, CJ, Donner, E & Howden, BP 2024, 'Genomic surveillance for antimicrobial resistance -- a One Health perspective', Nature Reviews Genetics, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 142-157. 27 652
2024	Dunbar, A, Drigo, B, Djordjevic, SP, Donner, E & Hoye, BJ 2024, 'Impacts of coprophagic foraging behaviour on the avian gut microbiome', Biological Reviews, vol. 99, no. 2, pp. 582-597. Open access 1 2
2023	Sim, JX, Drigo, B, Doolette, CL, Vasileiadis, S, Donner, E, Karpouzas, DG & Lombi, E 2023, 'Repeated applications of fipronil, propyzamide and flutriafol affect soil microbial functions and community composition: a laboratory-to-field assessment', Chemosphere, vol. 331, article no. 138850, pp. 1-13. Open access 4 1
2022	Sim, JX, Drigo, B, Doolette, CL, Vasileiadis, S, Karpouzas, DG & Lombi, E 2022, 'Impact of twenty pesticides on soil carbon microbial functions and community composition', Chemosphere, vol. 307, pp. 1-10, article no. 135820. Open access 25 23 10
2018	Mariotte, P, Mehrabi, Z, Bezemer, TM, De Deyn, GB, Kulmatiski, A, Drigo, B, Veen, G, van der Heijden, MG & Kardol, P 2018, 'Plant-soil feedback: bridging natural and agricultural sciences', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol.33, no.2, pp. 129-142. Open access 253 233 46

Chapters

Year	Output
2017	Drigo, B & Donn, S 2017, 'Trading carbon between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their hyphae-associated microbes', in NC Johnson, C Gehring & J Jansa (eds), Mycorrhizal mediation of soil: fertility, structure, and carbon storage, Elsevier, Netherlands, ch. 22, pp. 395-412. 5
2013	Drigo, B & Kowalchuk, GA 2013, 'Rhizosphere responses to elevated CO2', in Frans J de Bruijn (ed.), Molecular microbial ecology of the rhizosphere, Wiley, US, vol. 2, ch. 100, pp. 1063-1074. 5

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2024	Djordjevic, SP, Jarocki, VM, Seemann, T, Cummins, ML, Watt, AE, Drigo, B, Wyrsch, ER, Reid, CJ, Donner, E & Howden, BP 2024, 'Genomic surveillance for antimicrobial resistance -- a One Health perspective', Nature Reviews Genetics, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 142-157. 27 652
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
2024	Dunbar, A, Drigo, B, Djordjevic, SP, Donner, E & Hoye, BJ 2024, 'Impacts of coprophagic foraging behaviour on the avian gut microbiome', Biological Reviews, vol. 99, no. 2, pp. 582-597. Open access 1 2
2024	Hem, S, Cummins, ML, Wyrsch, ER, Drigo, B, Hoye, BJ, Maute, K, Sanderson-Smith, M, Gorman, J, Bogema, DR, Jenkins, C, Deutscher, AT, Yam, J, Hai, F, Donner, E, Jarocki, VM & Djordjevic, SP 2024, 'Genomic analysis of Citrobacter from Australian wastewater and silver gulls reveals novel sequence types carrying critically important antibiotic resistance genes', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 909, article no. 168608, pp. 1-15. 4
2024	Tobin, LA, Jarocki, VM, Kenyon, J, Drigo, B, Donner, E, Djordjevic, SP & Hamidian, M 2024, 'Genomic analysis of diverse environmental Acinetobacter isolates identifies plasmids, antibiotic resistance genes, and capsular polysaccharides shared with clinical strains', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 90, no. 2, pp. 1-43. 3 4
2023	Khedher, M, Awad, J, Donner, E, Drigo, B, Fabris, R, Harris, M, Braun, K & Chow, CW 2023, 'Using the Flocculation Index to optimise coagulant dosing during drinking water treatment', Journal of Water Process Engineering, vol. 51, article no. 103394, pp. 1-10. 4 3 1
2023	Lau, M, King, BJ, Keegan, A, Drigo, B, Donner, E & Monis, P 2023, 'Comparison of kits for SARS-CoV-2 extraction in liquid and passive samples', Letters in Applied Microbiology, vol. 76, no. 12, article no. ovad136, pp. 1-8. 1 1
2023	Sim, JX, Drigo, B, Doolette, CL, Vasileiadis, S, Donner, E, Karpouzas, DG & Lombi, E 2023, 'Repeated applications of fipronil, propyzamide and flutriafol affect soil microbial functions and community composition: a laboratory-to-field assessment', Chemosphere, vol. 331, article no. 138850, pp. 1-13. Open access 4 1
2022	Awad, J, Brunetti, G, Juhasz, A, Williams, M, Navarro, D, Drigo, B, Bougoure, J, Vanderzalm, J & Beecham, S 2022, 'Application of native plants in constructed floating wetlands as a passive remediation approach for PFAS-impacted surface water', Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 429, pp. 1-11. Open access 40 36 86
2022	Cooper, B, Donner, E, Crase, L, Robertson, H, Carter, D, Short, M, Drigo, B, Leder, K, Roiko, A & Fielding, K 2022, 'Maintaining a social license to operate for wastewater-based monitoring: the case of managing infectious disease and the COVID-19 pandemic', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 320, article no. 115819, pp. 1-10. Open access 8 6
2022	Fang, Y, Van Zwieten, L, Rose, MT, Vasileiadis, S, Donner, E, Vancov, T, Rigg, JL, Weng, Z, Lombi, E, Drigo, B, Conyers, M & Tavakkoli, E 2022, 'Unraveling microbiomes and functions associated with strategic tillage, stubble, and fertilizer management', Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, vol. 323, article no. 107686. Open access 12 11 11
2022	Hem, S, Jarocki, VM, Baker, DJ, Charles, IG, Drigo, B, Aucote, S, Donner, E, Burnard, D, Bauer, MJ, Harris, PN, Wyrsch, ER & Djordjevic, SP 2022, 'Genomic analysis of Elizabethkingia species from aquatic environments: evidence for potential clinical transmission', Current Research in Microbial Sciences, vol. 3, article no. 100083, pp. 1-15. Open access 10 25
2022	Hem, S, Wyrsch, ER, Drigo, B, Baker, DJ, Charles, IG, Donner, E, Jarocki, VM & Djordjevic, SP 2022, 'Genomic analysis of carbapenem-resistant comamonas in water matrices: implications for public health and wastewater treatments', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 88, no. 13, article no. e0064622, pp. 1-41. Open access 11 10 5
2022	Khedher, M, Awad, J, Donner, E, Drigo, B, Fabris, R, Harris, M, Braun, K & Chow, CW 2022, 'The potential reuse of drinking water treatment sludge for organics removal and disinfection by-products formation control', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 10, no. 3, article no. 108001, pp. 1-9. Open access 11 10 2
2022	Michael, SG, Drigo, B, Michael-Kordatou, I, Michael, C, Jäger, T, Aleer, SC, Schwartz, T, Donner, E & Fatta-Kassinos, D 2022, 'The effect of ultrafiltration process on the fate of antibiotic-related microcontaminants, pathogenic microbes, and toxicity in urban wastewater', Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 435, article no. 128943, pp.1-13. Open access 14 13 9
2022	Sim, JX, Doolette, CL, Vasileiadis, S, Drigo, B, Wyrsch, ER, Djordjevic, SP, Donner, E, Karpouzas, DG & Lombi, E 2022, 'Pesticide effects on nitrogen cycle related microbial functions and community composition', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 807, pp. 1-12. Open access 37 33 7
2022	Sim, JX, Drigo, B, Doolette, CL, Vasileiadis, S, Karpouzas, DG & Lombi, E 2022, 'Impact of twenty pesticides on soil carbon microbial functions and community composition', Chemosphere, vol. 307, pp. 1-10, article no. 135820. Open access 25 23 10
2021	Donner, E, Zamyadi, A, Jex, A, Short, M, Drigo, B, McCarthy, D, Crosbie, N, Ahmed, W, Mueller, J, Thomas, K, Monis, P, Keegan, A, Ginige, M, Hugenholtz, P, Tyson, G, Hill, K & Blackall, L 2021, 'Wastewater monitoring for SARS-CoV-2', Microbiology Australia, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 18-22. Open access 4 6 8
2021	Drigo, B, Brunetti, G, Aleer, SC, Bell, JM, Short, MD, Vasileiadis, S, Turnidge, J, Monis, P, Cunliffe, D & Donner, E 2021, 'Inactivation, removal, and regrowth potential of opportunistic pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes in recycled water systems', Water Research, vol. 201, article no. 117324. Open access 21 21 9
2021	Fitzpatrick, KJ, Rohlf, HJ, Sutherland, TD, Koo, KM, Beckett, S, Okelo, WO, Keyburn, AL, Morgan, BS, Drigo, B, Trau, M, Donner, E, Djordjevic, SP & De Barro, PJ 2021, 'Progressing antimicrobial resistance sensing technologies across human, animal, and environmental health domains', ACS Sensors, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 4283-4296. 6 4 5
2021	Li, D, Wyrsch, ER, Elankumaran, P, Dolejska, M, Marenda, MS, Browning, GF, Bushell, RN, McKinnon, J, Chowdhury, PR, Hitchick, N, Miller, N, Donner, E, Drigo, B, Baker, D, Charles, IG, Kudinha, T, Jarocki, VM & Djordjevic, SP 2021, 'Genomic comparisons of Escherichia coli ST131 from Australia', Microbial Genomics, vol. 7, no. 12, article no. 000721. Open access 26 25 7
2021	Ogunniyi, AD, Dandie, CE, Brunetti, G, Drigo, B, Aleer, S, Hall, B, Ferro, S, Deo, P, Venter, H, Myers, B, Donner, E & Lombi, E 2021, 'Neutral electrolyzed oxidizing water is effective for pre-harvest decontamination of fresh produce', Food Microbiology, vol. 93, article no. 103610, pp. 1-41. Open access 7 6 1
2020	Amsalu, A, Sapula, SA, De Barros Lopes, M, Hart, BJ, Nguyen, AH, Drigo, B, Turnidge, J, Leong, LE & Venter, H 2020, 'Efflux pump-driven antibiotic and biocide cross-resistance in pseudomonas Aeruginosa isolated from different ecological Niches: a case study in the development of multidrug resistance in environmental hotspots', Microorganisms, vol. 8, no. 11, pp. 1-18. Open access 65 57 3
2020	Dandie, CE, Ogunniyi, AD, Ferro, S, Hall, B, Drigo, B, Chow, CW, Venter, H, Myers, B, Deo, P, Donner, E & Lombi, E 2020, 'Disinfection options for irrigation water: reducing the risk of fresh produce contamination with human pathogens', Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 50, no. 20, pp. 2144-2174. Open access 30 26
2020	Diquattro, S, Garau, G, Mangia, NP, Drigo, B, Lombi, E, Vasileiadis, S & Castaldi, P 2020, 'Mobility and potential bioavailability of antimony in contaminated soils: Short-term impact on microbial community and soil biochemical functioning', Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, vol. 196, article no. 110576, pp. 1-10. Open access 34 32 1
2020	Marano, RB, Fernandes, T, Manaia, CM, Nunes, O, Donner, E, Drigo, B, Brunetti, G & Cytryn, E and 77 other authors 2020, 'A global multinational survey of cefotaxime-resistant coliforms in urban wastewater treatment plants', Environment International: A Journal of Environmental Science, Risk & Health, vol. 144, article no. 106035, pp. 1-11. Open access 60 51 24
2019	Beck, S, Anderson, IC, Drigo, B & Powell, JR 2019, 'A soil fungal metacommunity perspective reveals stronger and more localised interactions above the tree line of an alpine/subalpine ecotone', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 135, pp. 1-9. 3 2
2019	Ogunniyi, AD, Dandie, CE, Ferro, S, Hall, B, Drigo, B, Brunetti, G, Venter, H, Myers, B, Deo, P, Donner, E & Lombi, E 2019, 'Comparative antibacterial activities of neutral electrolyzed oxidizing water and other chlorine-based sanitizers', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, article no. 19955. Open access 19 18 2
2018	Hamonts, K, Trivedi, P, Grinyer, J, Holford, P, Drigo, B, Anderson, IA & Singh, BK 2018, 'Yellow Canopy Syndrome in sugarcane is associated with shifts in the rhizosphere soil metagenome but not with overall soil microbial function', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 125, pp. 275-285. 9 8 10
2018	Kulkarni, V, Awad, J, Medlock, A, Monis, P, Lau, M, Drigo, B & van Leeuwen, J 2018, 'Field based pilot-scale drinking water distribution system: Simulation of long hydraulic retention times and microbiological mediated monochloramine decay', MethodsX, vol. 5, pp. 684-696. Open access 2 2
2018	Mariotte, P, Mehrabi, Z, Bezemer, TM, De Deyn, GB, Kulmatiski, A, Drigo, B, Veen, G, van der Heijden, MG & Kardol, P 2018, 'Plant-soil feedback: bridging natural and agricultural sciences', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol.33, no.2, pp. 129-142. Open access 253 233 46
2018	Tarkka, MT, Drigo, B & Deveau, A 2018, 'Mycorrhizal microbiomes', Mycorrhiza, vol. 28, no. 5-6, pp. 403-409. 21 17 12
2018	Zhang, Y, Drigo, B, Bai, SH, Menke, C, Zhang, M & Xu, Z 2018, 'Biochar addition induced the same plant responses as elevated CO2 in mine spoil', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 1460-1469. Open access 9 8
2017	Drigo, B, Nielsen, UN, Jeffries, TC, Curlevski, NJ, Singh, BK, Duursma, RA & Anderson, IC 2017, 'Interactive effects of seasonal drought and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration on prokaryotic rhizosphere communities', Environmental Microbiology, vol. 19, no. 8, pp. 3175-3185. Open access 12 11 9
2017	Zhang, Y, Menke, C, Drigo, B, Bai, SH, Anderson, I, Xu, Z, Chen, H & Zhang, M 2017, 'Assessing the potential of using biochar in mine rehabilitation under elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration', Journal of Soils and Sediments: Protection, Risk Assessment and Remediation, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 2410-2419. Open access 7 6
2015	Beck, S, Powell, JR, Drigo, B, Cairney, JW & Anderson, IC 2015, 'The role of stochasticity differs in the assembly of soil- and root-associated fungal communities', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 80, pp. 18-25. 57 53 1
2014	Curlevski, NJ, Drigo, B, Cairney, JW & Anderson, IC 2014, 'Influence of elevated atmospheric CO2 and water availability on soil fungal communities under Eucalyptus saligna', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 70, pp. 263-271. 20 18 1
2014	Whitaker, J, Ostle, N, McNamara, NP, Nottingham, AT, Stott, AW, Bardgett, RD, Salinas, N, Ccahuana, AJ, Meir, P, Drigo, B & Di Lonardo, P 2014, 'Microbial carbon mineralization in tropical lowland and montane forest soils of Peru', Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 5, article no. 720, pp. 1-13. Open access 35 34 3
2013	Anderson, IC, Drigo, B, Keniry, K, Ghannoum, O, Chambers, SM, Tissue, DT & Cairney, JW 2013, 'Interactive effects of preindustrial, current and future atmospheric CO2 concentrations and temperature on soil fungi associated with two Eucalyptus species', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 425-437. Open access 18 15
2013	Drigo, B, Kowalchuk, GA, Knapp, BA, Pijl, AS, Boschker, HT & van Veen, JA 2013, 'Impacts of 3 years of elevated atmospheric CO2 on rhizosphere carbon flow and microbial community dynamics', Global Change Biology, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 621-636. 90 80
2012	Drigo, B, Anderson, I, Kannangara, G, Cairney, J & Johnson, D 2012, 'Rapid incorporation of carbon from ectomycorrhizal mycelial necromass into soil fungal communities', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 49, pp. 4-10. Open access 74 74
2010	Drigo, B, Pijl, AS, Duyts, H, Kielak, AM, Gamper, HA, Houtekamer, MJ, Boschker, HT, Bodelier, PL, Whiteley, AS, van Veen, JA & Kowalchuk, GA 2010, 'Shifting carbon flow from roots into associated microbial communities in response to elevated atmospheric CO2', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, vol. 107, no. 24, pp. 10938-10942. Open access 388 331
2009	Drigo, B, van Veen, JA & Kowalchuk, GA 2009, 'Specific rhizosphere bacterial and fungal groups respond differently to elevated atmospheric CO₂', ISME Journal, vol. 3, no. 10, pp. 1204-1217. Open access 78 72
2009	Wurst, S, van Beersum, S, Wagenaar, R, Bakx-Schotman, T, Drigo, B, Janzik, I, Lanoue, A & Van Der Putten, WH 2009, 'Plant defence against nematodes is not mediated by changes in the soil microbial community', Functional Ecology, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 488-495. 18 18
2008	Drigo, B, Kowalchuk, GA & van Veen, JA 2008, 'Climate change goes underground: effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on microbial community structure and activities in the rhizosphere', Biology and Fertility of Soils, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 667-679. Open access 219 193

Other outputs

White papers and industry reports (refer to ORCID for full list)

Hamilton K.A., Quon H., Harrison J.C., Garner E., Ashbolt N., Medema G., Pruden A., Leenen I., Darling A., Maldonado-Rivera G., Odur I., Byrne T., Anderson C., Paalsma B., Uijtelinde C., Olabode L., … Medlicott K. (2024) Quantifying and addressing the contribution of water and wastewater to the emerging risk of antimicrobial resistance, US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Soller Environmental, GWRC Water Quality & Treatment Working Group, Veolia and CRC SAAFE.
Drigo B., Lepesteur M., Chaston T., Vasileiadis S., Schang C., Kolotelo P., Henry R., Rees C., Dexter C., Poon R., McCarthy D., Lintern A., Ashbolt N., Donner E. (2024) Investigating the riverine antibiotic resistome from minimally impacted, through agricultural and urban aquatic systems. Water Research Australia, Project 3040.
Drigo B., Lepesteur M., Chaston T., Vasileiadis S., Schang C., Kolotelo P., Henry R., Rees C., Dexter C., Poon R., McCarthy D., Lintern A., Ashbolt N., Donner E. (2024) Microbial Resistance What role do our rivers play? Water Research Australia, Project 3040.
ColoSoS, Collaboration on Sewage Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2, National Research Initiative on Sewage Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2, PROJECT NO 2071, Inter-laboratory Study (2021) Water Research Australia, National Measurement Australia, SA Water, Sydney Water, Melbourne Water, Water Corporation, University of South Australia (Drigo B. and Donner E.), NT water.
OUTBREAK (One-health Understanding Through Bacterial REsistance to Antibiotics Knowledge). A One Health antimicrobial resistance economic perspective. Inter-Institutional Working Group ‘Water, Agriculture, and Environments’ (2020), university of Technology Sydney, CSRIO, University of South Australia (Drigo B. and Donner E.), University of Wollongong, University of Newcastle, the Sax Institute, Quadram Institute of Bioscience, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Microba, Mimesis technology, MicroGEM, Oracle, Southern IML Pathology.
Drigo B., Settimio L., Brunetti G., Donner E.. Surveying the microbiome and resistome in waters and sediments of the Adelaide coastal zone (2019). South Australian Environmental Protection Agency (SA EPA).
Lau M., Drigo B., Keegan A., Donner E. Validating the research program for reducing biosolids storage time (2020). SA Water.
Dandie C., Ogunniyi A.D., Drigo B., Donner E., Lombi E. Improving the safety of vegetable produce through on‐farm sanitation using electrolysed oxidising water (2020) Horticulture Innovation Australia.
Drigo B., Donner E. Wastewater epidemiology for population health monitoring at the old Royal Adelaide Hospital (2019). SA Water.

Editorial contributions (refer to ORCID for full list)

Haenelt S., Wang G., Kasmanas J.C., Musat F., Richnow H.H., Nunes da Rocha U., Muller J.A., Musat N. (2023) The fate of sulfonamide resistance genes and anthropogenic pollution marker intI1 after discharge of wastewater into a pristine river stream. Frontiers in Microbiology, Sec. Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, 14, 25 January 2023.
Bergmann G.E., Levau J.H.J. (2022) A metacommunity ecology approach to understanding microbial community assembly in developing plant seeds. Frontiers in Microbiology, Sec. Systems Microbiology, 13, 22 July 2002.
Wang J.T., Shen J.P., Zhang L.M., Singh B.K., Delgado-Baquerizo M., Hu H.W., Han L.L., Wei W.X., Fang Y.T., He J.Z. (2021) Generalist Taxa Shape Fungal Community Structure in Cropping Ecosystems. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:678290.
Clocchiatti A., Hannula S.E., van den Berg M., Hundscheid M.P.J., de Boer W. (2021) Evaluation of Phenolic Root Exudates as Stimulants of Saprotrophic Fungi in the Rhizosphere. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:644046.

Research

Current research & highlights

Areas of Expertise: Microbial ecology, antimicrobial resistance, wastewater-based epidemiology, plant-soil-microbial interactions, climate change.

Courses: Primary Coordinator, lecturer, and tutor for the Microbial Ecology course (ENVT 2015/169532).

Mentorship: Supervising 9 PhD students, 2 Master’s students, and 1 Honours student, providing expert guidance in their academic journeys.

Research Funding: Leadership in high-profile microbial ecology projects funded by major organizations such as the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Water Research Australia (WaterRA), Climate-Smart Agriculture Program, Australian Research Council (ARC), Horticulture Innovation Australia (HIA), Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS), the South Australian Environmental Protection Agency (SA EPA) and the Cooperative Research Centre for Solving Antimicrobial Resistance in Agribusiness, Food, and Environments (CRC SAAFE). The total budget of projects as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Investigator (CI) is $17M.

Focus Areas:

Risk assessment and management of antimicrobial resistance and human opportunistic pathogens.
Protecting and restoring ecosystems while building climate resilience.
Solving Antimicrobial Resistance in Agribusiness, Food, and Environments (CRC SAAFE)
Environmental Dimensions of AMR Conference 2026

Capacity Building: Overseeing molecular microbiology laboratory development for 14 fellows across the Pacific Islands, Europe, and Asia to enhance global research capabilities.

Leadership in Non-Profit Organizations: Dr. Drigo serves as chair of two award-winning non-profits: Joint Academic Microbiology Seminars (JAMS) in Adelaide and the 500 Women Scientists pods in Australia and New Zealand, supporting early to mid-career researchers in STEM.

Global Networking: As a member of STEM Women and the Australian Academy of Science, she fosters diversity and inclusion in STEM. Additionally, she contributes to a global network of multidisciplinary women through her role as an eXXpedition ambassador.

Institutional Representation: From 2017 to 2023, Dr. Drigo represented the Future Industries Institute on the Institutional Biosafety Committee and in the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator. Microbial Ecology institutional lab coordinator (X2-34) at FII, UniSA.

For the full list of career and research outputs refer to ORCID DR BARBARA DRIGO

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

Committees, awards and working groups (for full list see ORCID)

Since 2024, Dr. Drigo has collaborated with colleagues from the Future Industries Institute (FII), STEM, and the College of Health Sciences, along with experts from the University of Adelaide, to shape a cohesive educational vision for the Adelaide University. Their initiatives aim to:

1. Address critical epidemiological challenges.

2. Co-design a comprehensive research strategy for Food, Agriculture, and Wine in South Australia.

3. Develop a multidisciplinary microbial ecology course encompassing environmental science, geospatial studies, food science, and soil science.
2023-current. Member of the Communications and Education Subcommittee, South Australian Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan (SAAMRAP) Steering Committee.
2023. South Australian Women in Innovation Award, Adelaide, SA. Finalist, Science Category.
2023. South Australian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Research Summit 15-16 March 2023, Adelaide – Organising committee and Chair of the One Health Infection Control & Biosecurity.
2022-2023. UniSA Women in STEM Mentoring program. Mentee.
2022. Research and Enterprise Award recipients of One Team Award for the CRC SAAFE Bid. Winner.
2019-current. Australian and New Zealand chair/coordinator of ‘500 Women Scientists’, A multi-award-winning non-profit organisation devoted to supporting women in STEM.
2019-current. South Australia chair/coordinator of the Joint Academic Microbiology Seminars (JAMS). A non-profit organisation aiming to support networking/seminars between early, mid-career and senior microbiologists.
2019-current. Member of STEM Women, Australian Academy of Science.
2018-2024. UniSA attendee at the ‘Adelaide International Women’s Day breakfast’, hosted by United Nation and the Hon. P. Wong.
2017-2023. Representative of Future Industries Institute (UniSA) on the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) and for the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR).
2015-current. Ambassador for eXXpedition, a global network of multidisciplinary scientists working to combat environmental plastic pollution.
2015-16. Lecture at Stable Isotopes in Biosphere Systems Workshops (SIBS)
2014-16. Scientific committee member of the Australian Mine Rehabilitation conference.
2012-15. Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research Talent Program Awardee.
2011. Visiting Research Fellow, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.
2006-10. ISME Travel Award for Young Scientists.
2009. Leiden University Award for Excellence in Science.
2007. American Society for Microbiology C.A.P. Grant Award.
2009. Visiting Research Fellow, James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, UK.
2004-08. Visiting PhD student, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, University of Oxford, UK.
2004-08. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science (KNAW) Scholar awardee.
2004. EMBO Fellowship awardee.
2001-03. European Commission Life-Long Learning Programme/Wageningen University awardee.

Editorial and review activities (for full list see ORCID)

2024-current. PhD referee for University of Auckland, Flinders University, Leiden University and Wageningen University.
2023-current. Editorial board member for Journal of Applied Microbiology.
2020-current. Editorial board member for Microorganisms.
2012-current. Editorial board member for Frontiers in Microbiology.
2012-current. Grant reviewer for the Australian Research Council, European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, US National Science Foundation, French National Research Agency, and Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.
2007-current. Regular reviewer for numerous highly ranked journals including Science of the Total Environment, Nature Climate Change, Nature Microbiology, Science, PNAS, ISME Journal, Global Change Biology, Lancet Planetary Health, and Ecology Letters.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Agricultural Research Organization	ISRAEL
Australian Water Quality Centre	AUSTRALIA
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology	UNITED KINGDOM
Charles Sturt University	AUSTRALIA
Charles University in Prague	CZECH REPUBLIC
Chinese Academy of Sciences	CHINA
Colorado State University	UNITED STATES
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation)	AUSTRALIA
Ecas4 Australia	AUSTRALIA
Ecas4 Australia Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute	AUSTRALIA
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Hebrew University of Jerusalem	ISRAEL
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ	GERMANY
Jülich Research Centre (Germany)	GERMANY
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Campus Nord	GERMANY
Lancaster University	UNITED KINGDOM
Land and Water - CSIRO	AUSTRALIA
Leiden University	NETHERLANDS
Melbourne Water Corporation	AUSTRALIA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Netherlands Institute of Ecology	NETHERLANDS
Norwich Research Park	UNITED KINGDOM
NSW Department of Primary Industries	AUSTRALIA
Quadram Institute	UNITED KINGDOM
Quadram Institute Bioscience	UNITED KINGDOM
Queensland University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research	NETHERLANDS
SA Health	AUSTRALIA
SA Water Corporation	AUSTRALIA
San Antonio Abad del Cusco National University	PERU
South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)	AUSTRALIA
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	SWEDEN
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne	SWITZERLAND
Sydney Adventist Hosptial	AUSTRALIA
TRILITY	AUSTRALIA
Universidade Católica Portuguesa	PORTUGAL
University of Aberdeen	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of British Columbia	CANADA
University of Cyprus	CYPRUS
University of Edinburgh	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Innsbruck	AUSTRIA
University of Lorraine	FRANCE
University of Manchester	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Oxford	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Porto	PORTUGAL
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of Sassari	ITALY
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of the Sunshine Coast	AUSTRALIA
University of Thessaly	GREECE
University of Wageningen	NETHERLANDS
University of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Wollongong	AUSTRALIA
University of Zurich	SWITZERLAND
Utah State University	UNITED STATES
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute	AUSTRALIA
Water Research Australia	AUSTRALIA
Western Sydney University	AUSTRALIA
XING Technologies (Australia)	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Australian Mine Rehabilitation scientific committee lead Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment	2017
Editor Frontiers in Microbiology	2017
Member European Ecology Federation	2017
Member Ecological Society of Australia	2017
Member International Society for Microbial Ecology	2017
Member American Society for Microbiology	2017
Member Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC)	2017
Reviewer Mycological Research	2017
Reviewer FEMS Microbiology	2017
Reviewer New Phytologist	2017
Reviewer Ecology Letters	2017
Reviewer Environmental Microbiology	2017
Reviewer Nature Climate Change	2017
Reviewer Plant and Soil	2017
Reviewer Soil Biology and Biochemistry	2017
Reviewer PLOS ONE	2017
Reviewer Biology and Fertility of Soils	2017
Reviewer Proceedings for the National Academy of Science	2017
Reviewer ISME Journal	2017
Reviewer Applied Soil Ecology	2017
Reviewer Biodegradation	2017
Reviewer Global Change Biology	2017
Scientific advisor Indigo V expedition	2017
Scientific advisor UNESCO	2017
Scientific advisor Expedition	2017
Grant of Excellence in Science Leiden University	2009

Other

Joint Academic Microbiology Seminars (JAMS) - Adelaide co-ordinator

Established in 2010 in Sydney and now hosted in four cities: Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Singapore. JAMS is a group of microbiologists that meet once a month to chat about all things microbiology over a beverage. We’re always looking for new speakers, so if you’d like to practice a talk in a relaxed environment, contact me at barbara.drigo@unisa.edu.au.

Take a stroll through our website (http://jams.org.au/) where you can meet our team, find info on our JAMS events, read our latest blog posts, and sign up to our mailing lists so you never miss an event. There’s also a noticeboard where we post info on conferences, other events, and microbiology jobs.

Our twitter account is @AdelaideJAMS or @jamsorgau

500 Women Scientists Australia and New Zealand co-ordinator:

This organization was started by four women who met in graduate school at CU Boulder and who maintained friendships and collaborations after jobs and life took them away from Boulder. They published an open letter re-affirming their commitment to speak up for science and for women, minorities, immigrants, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA.

500 Women Scientists works to build communities and foster real change that comes from small groups, not large crowds. Local Pods help create deep roots through strong, personal relationships and where members meet regularly, develop a support network, make strategic plans, and take action. Their focus is on issues that resonate in their communities and rooted in their mission and values.

Over 20,000 women of STEM and supporters from more than 100 countries have signed in support of 500 Women Scientists, pledging to build an inclusive scientific community dedicated to training a more diverse group of future leaders in science and to use the language of science to bridge divides and enhance global diplomacy.

Interested in joining the 500 Women Scientists leadership team? We are looking to bring a diversity of voices and perspectives from across backgrounds, scientific disciplines, career stages, and geographies into our all-volunteer leadership team. Get in touch!

For more information: https://500womenscientists.org/request-a-scientist

Teaching & student supervision

Teaching strengths

Molecular Microbiology
Microbiology
Microbial Ecology

Highlights

2020-current. Environmental Microbiology Primary Coordinator, lecturer, and tutor (ENVT 2015 SP5).

UniSA HDR students since joining UniSA (for full list refer to ORCID)

Solomon Opoku. 2020-2024. PhD. Principal Supervisor.
Alice Dunbar. 2019. PhD. Principal Supervisor.
Han Lau. 2022. PhD. Co-supervision.
Packiyarajah Thanusshan. 2020. Masters. Thesis submitted May 2024. Co-supervision.
Huang Yayun. 2023. Master. Principal Supervisor. An De College, Xi’an University.
Sopheak Hem, 2020. Visiting PhD. Graduated October 2024 at University of Technology of Sydney (UTS).
Khedher Mahmour. 2020-2024. PhD. Co-supervision.
Jowenna Xiao Feng Sim. 2019-2023. PhD. Co-supervision, daily supervisor.
Anh Hong Nguyen. 2017-2023. PhD. Co-supervision.
Alice Sforza. 2023. Honours. Principal Supervisor.
Stella Michael. 2018-2023. Visiting. University of Cyprus. Co-supervision, daily supervisor.
Stefania Diquattro. 2019-2022. Visiting PhD. University of Cagliari. Co-supervision.

Current Pacific Islands, Europe, and Asia supervision/training to build molecular microbiological laboratory capacity internationally (name; qualification; institution; funding):

Luanda Ainuu; Technical Assistant; Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa, Samoa; ACIAR.
Lilo Samani Tupufia; Technical Assistant; Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa, Samoa; ACIAR.
Dr Oskar Nyberg; Post-doc; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden; CRC SAAFE, SeaBOS.
Khun Vorapong Iamtrakul; Technical Assistant; Thai Union Group PCL, Samut Sakhon, Thailand; SeaBOS.
Komprat Boodsri; Technical Assistant; Thai Union Group PCL, Samut Sakhon, Thailand; SeaBOS.
Panu Boonsong; Technical Assistant; Thai Union Group PCL, Samut Sakhon, Thailand; SeaBOS.
Preeti Nand; Masters; University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji; ACIAR, DFACT.
Anijla Nand; Masters; University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji; ACIAR, DFACT.
Dr Vincent Lal; Laboratory manager; University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji; ACIAR, DFACT.
Sharon S. Gaundan; PhD; Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji; ACIAR, DFACT.
Shivani Singh; PhD; Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji; ACIAR, DFACT.
Rupantri Raju; PhD; Fiji National University, Suva Fiji; ACIAR, DFACT.
Jignesh Sharma; Laboratory manager; Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, Fiji; ACIAR, DFACT.
Vinita Sahai; Technical Assistant; Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, Fiji; ACIAR, DFACT.

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Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
A study of utilizing construction and demolition waste materials as a growing medium for floating wetland plants to remove pollutants from urban water sources	Current
Antimicrobial resistance carriage in birds: potential links to habitat, diet, and the environment	Current
Smart monitoring for Environmental Microbial Risk Assessment	Current
Characterisation of antimicrobial resistance in hospital wastewater populations with in-depth analysis of Klebsiella oxytoca	Completed
Comparative effects of agricultural pesticides on South Australian soil microbial functions	Completed
Distribution and co-occurrence of environmental antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and genetic resistance elements of rivers and coastal ecosystems	Completed
Optimization of drinking water treatment processes during extreme events	Completed

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