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Overview

Geoffrey M. Gadd is affiliated with the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research encompasses various subfields including Ecology, Materials Chemistry, Earth-Surface Processes, Pollution, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, prominently featuring:

  • Building materials and conservation
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Chromium effects and bioremediation
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

Frequently publishing in notable venues, their contributions have appeared multiple times in:

  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Current Biology
  • Fungal Biology
  • Applied Surface Science

Among recent scholarly articles, some of the most cited include:

  • "Microplastics provide new microbial niches in aquatic environments," 2020, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • "Environmental adaptation is stronger for abundant rather than rare microorganisms in wetland soils from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau," 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • "Applications of nanozymes in the environment," 2020, Environmental Science Nano
  • "Fungal bioremediation of soil co-contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons and toxic metals," 2020, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • "Nanoparticle and nanomineral production by fungi," 2021, Fungal Biology Reviews

Collaborative research is a significant aspect of their scientific activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • László Csetényi
  • Yuyi Yang
  • Xinjin Liang
  • Wenzhi Liu
  • Wenjie Wan

Best Publications

  • Metals, minerals and microbes: geomicrobiology and bioremediation

    Geoffrey Michael Gadd

  • Biosorption: critical review of scientific rationale, environmental importance and significance for pollution treatment

    Geoffrey Michael Gadd

  • Geomycology: biogeochemical transformations of rocks, minerals, metals and radionuclides by fungi, bioweathering and bioremediation

    Geoffrey M. Gadd

  • Biosorption: current perspectives on concept, definition and application

    Marina Fomina;Geoffrey Michael Gadd

  • Interactions of fungip with toxic metals

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  • Microorganisms and Heavy Metal Toxicity

    Geoffrey M. Gadd;Alan J. Griffiths

  • Microbial influence on metal mobility and application for bioremediation

    Geoffrey M. Gadd

  • Fungal production of citric and oxalic acid: importance in metal speciation, physiology and biogeochemical processes.

    Geoffrey M. Gadd

  • Bioremedial potential of microbial mechanisms of metal mobilization and immobilization

    Geoffrey Michael Gadd

  • Microbial treatment of metal pollution — a working biotechnology?

    Geoffrey M. Gadd;Christopher White

  • Heavy metal accumulation by bacteria and other microorganisms

    G. M. Gadd

  • Challenges in microbial fuel cell development and operation

    Byung Hong Kim;Byung Hong Kim;In Seop Chang;Geoffrey M. Gadd

  • The growing fungus

    Neil A. R. Gow;Geoffrey M. Gadd

  • Metals and microorganisms: a problem of definition.

    G.M. Gadd

  • Microbial solubilization and immobilization of toxic metals: key biogeochemical processes for treatment of contamination

    C White;J.A Sayer;G.M Gadd

  • SOLUBILIZATION OF ZINC SALTS BY A BACTERIUM ISOLATED FROM THE AIR ENVIRONMENT OF A TANNERY

    Fehmida Fasim;Nuzhat Ahmed;Richard Parsons;Geoffrey M Gadd

  • Fungal involvement in bioweathering and biotransformation of rocks and minerals

    E. P. Burford;M. Fomina;G. M. Gadd

  • Microplastics provide new microbial niches in aquatic environments

    Yuyi Yang;Wenzhi Liu;Zulin Zhang;Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart

  • Oxalate production by fungi: significance in geomycology, biodeterioration and bioremediation

    Geoffrey Michael Gadd;Geoffrey Michael Gadd;Jaleh Bahri-Esfahani;Jaleh Bahri-Esfahani;Qianwei Li;Young Joon Rhee

  • Cadmium transport, resistance, and toxicity in bacteria, algae, and fungi

    J. T. Trevors;G. W. Stratton;G. M. Gadd

  • Role of oxalic acid overexcretion in transformations of toxic metal minerals by Beauveria caledonica.

    M. Fomina;S. Hillier;J. M. Charnock;K. Melville

  • Arsenic Toxicity: An Arsenic-Hyperaccumulating Fern Uses a Bacterial-like Tolerance Mechanism.

    Geoffrey Michael Gadd

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiangliang Pan
Xiangliang Pan Zhejiang University of Technology
Byung Hong Kim
Byung Hong Kim Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Geoffrey A. Codd
Geoffrey A. Codd University of Dundee
Karl Ritz
Karl Ritz University of Nottingham
John M. Charnock
John M. Charnock University of Manchester
Geoffrey D. Robson
Geoffrey D. Robson University of Manchester
Pieter van West
Pieter van West University of Aberdeen
Ian J. Alexander
Ian J. Alexander University of Aberdeen
Yuyi Yang
Yuyi Yang Wuhan Institute of Technology
In Seop Chang
In Seop Chang Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

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