Biography:Jon Lloyd (microbiologist)

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Short description: British geomicrobiologist
Jonathan Richard Lloyd
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology, radiochemistry
InstitutionsThe University of Manchester
ThesisThe physiological state of microbial cells immobilised in hollow-fibre membrane bioreactors

Jonathan Richard Lloyd is a professor of geomicrobiology and director of the Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Science, and is based in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Manchester.[1] His research is based at the interface between microbiology, geology and chemistry.[2] His research focuses on the mechanisms of microbial metal-reduction, with emphasis on the environmental impact and biotechnological applications of metal-reducing bacteria. Some of the contaminants he studies include As, Tc, Sr, U, Np and Pu.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Current activities are supported by funds from NERC, BBSRC, EPSRC (The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council), the EU and industry. Lloyd is also a senior visiting fellow at the National Nuclear Laboratory, which helps support the development of a nuclear geomicrobiology programme.

Education

Lloyd was born in Hemel Hempstead UK in 1966. He holds a BSc(Hons) Applied Biology from the University of Bath, following this Lloyd read his PhD in Microbiology at the University of Kent. He completed his thesis titled: The physiological state of microbial cells immobilised in hollow-fibre membrane bioreactors in 1993.[10]

Research and career

Lloyd has published more than 250 papers that focus on understanding how microbes interact with, and control the chemistry of the subsurface, and how natural microbial processes and microbial metabolisms can be harnessed for a wide range of biotechnological applications.[4][11] His publications have featured in nature, ES&T, Chemical Geology, Mineralogical Magazine, and Science of the Total Environment.[4][7][8][6][12][11] His research has investigated the role of U(V) during U(VI) bioreduction by Fe(III)-reducing bacteria Geobacter sulfurreducens and Shewanella oneidensis MR1.[8][7][13] Lloyd has also led investigations into microbial activities under highly alkaline conditions such as those that would be found in a geological disposal facility,[14][12] or those found in Nuclear legacy cooling ponds.[11][15][16]

Major reviews

  1. Newsome, Laura; Morris, Katherine; Lloyd, Jonathan R. (January 2014). "The biogeochemistry and bioremediation of uranium and other priority radionuclides". Chemical Geology 363: 164–184. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.10.034. Bibcode2014ChGeo.363..164N. 
  2. Renshaw, Joanna C.; Lloyd, Jonathon R.; Livens, Francis R. (October 2007). "Microbial interactions with actinides and long-lived fission products". Comptes Rendus Chimie 10 (10–11): 1067–1077. doi:10.1016/j.crci.2007.02.013. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/chimie/articles/10.1016/j.crci.2007.02.013/. 
  3. Lloyd, Jonathan R. (June 2003). "Microbial reduction of metals and radionuclides". FEMS Microbiology Reviews 27 (2–3): 411–425. doi:10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00044-5. PMID 12829277. 
  4. Lloyd, J. R.; Chesnes, J.; Glasauer, S.; Bunker, D. J.; Livens, F. R.; Lovley, D. R. (January 2002). "Reduction of Actinides and Fission Products by Fe(III)-Reducing Bacteria". Geomicrobiology Journal 19 (1): 103–120. doi:10.1080/014904502317246200. 
  5. Lloyd, Jonathan R; Lovley, Derek R (June 2001). "Microbial detoxification of metals and radionuclides". Current Opinion in Biotechnology 12 (3): 248–253. doi:10.1016/s0958-1669(00)00207-x. PMID 11404102. 

Awards and honours

Lloyd was awarded the 2006 Geological Society of London Bigsby Medal, the 2018 Schlumberger Medal of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and in 2014 was cited as one of the Top 100 Practicing UK Scientists by the UK Science Council.  From 2010 to 2014 he was a Royal Society Industrial Fellow, and from 2015 to 2020 a Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship Award holder.[17]

References

  1. "Prof Jonathan Lloyd | The University of Manchester" (in en). https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/null(1fa4f4d6-96c6-45d5-9541-03b142fb998d).html. 
  2. "Prof Jonathan Lloyd - Publications | The University of Manchester" (in en). https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/jonathan-lloyd(1fa4f4d6-96c6-45d5-9541-03b142fb998d)/publications.html. 
  3. Lloyd, J R; Cole, J A; Macaskie, L E (March 1997). "Reduction and removal of heptavalent technetium from solution by Escherichia coli". Journal of Bacteriology 179 (6): 2014–2021. doi:10.1128/jb.179.6.2014-2021.1997. PMID 9068649. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Islam, Farhana S.; Gault, Andrew G.; Boothman, Christopher; Polya, David A.; Charnock, John M.; Chatterjee, Debashis; Lloyd, Jonathan R. (July 2004). "Role of metal-reducing bacteria in arsenic release from Bengal delta sediments". Nature 430 (6995): 68–71. doi:10.1038/nature02638. PMID 15229598. Bibcode2004Natur.430...68I. 
  5. Lloyd, J. R.; Sole, V. A.; Van Praagh, C. V. G.; Lovley, D. R. (September 2000). "Direct and Fe(II)-Mediated Reduction of Technetium by Fe(III)-Reducing Bacteria". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66 (9): 3743–3749. doi:10.1128/AEM.66.9.3743-3749.2000. PMID 10966385. Bibcode2000ApEnM..66.3743L. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Thorpe, Clare L.; Lloyd, Jonathan R.; Law, Gareth T.W.; Burke, Ian T.; Shaw, Samuel; Bryan, Nicholas D.; Morris, Katherine (May 2012). "Strontium sorption and precipitation behaviour during bioreduction in nitrate impacted sediments". Chemical Geology 306-307: 114–122. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.03.001. Bibcode2012ChGeo.306..114T. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Renshaw, Joanna C.; Butchins, Laura J. C.; Livens, Francis R.; May, Iain; Charnock, John M.; Lloyd, Jonathan R. (August 2005). "Bioreduction of Uranium: Environmental Implications of a Pentavalent Intermediate". Environmental Science & Technology 39 (15): 5657–5660. doi:10.1021/es048232b. PMID 16124300. Bibcode2005EnST...39.5657R. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Vettese, Gianni F.; Morris, Katherine; Natrajan, Louise S.; Shaw, Samuel; Vitova, Tonya; Galanzew, Jurij; Jones, Debbie L.; Lloyd, Jonathan R. (18 February 2020). "Multiple Lines of Evidence Identify U(V) as a Key Intermediate during U(VI) Reduction by Shewanella oneidensis MR1". Environmental Science & Technology 54 (4): 2268–2276. doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b05285. PMID 31934763. Bibcode2020EnST...54.2268V. 
  9. Kimber, R. L.; Boothman, C.; Purdie, P.; Livens, F. R.; Lloyd, J. R. (June 2012). "Biogeochemical behaviour of plutonium during anoxic biostimulation of contaminated sediments". Mineralogical Magazine 76 (3): 567–578. doi:10.1180/minmag.2012.076.3.08. Bibcode2012MinM...76..567K. 
  10. Lloyd, Jonathan Richard (1993). The physiological state of microbial cells immobilised in hollow-fibre membrane bioreactors (Thesis).
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Foster, Lynn; Boothman, Christopher; Ruiz-Lopez, Sharon; Boshoff, Genevieve; Jenkinson, Peter; Sigee, David; Pittman, Jon K.; Morris, Katherine et al. (June 2020). "Microbial bloom formation in a high pH spent nuclear fuel pond". Science of the Total Environment 720: 137515. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137515. PMID 32325573. Bibcode2020ScTEn.720m7515F. 
  12. 12.0 12.1 Bassil, Naji M.; Bewsher, Alastair D.; Thompson, Olivia R.; Lloyd, Jonathan R. (November 2015). "Microbial degradation of cellulosic material under intermediate-level waste simulated conditions". Mineralogical Magazine 79 (6): 1433–1441. doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.6.18. Bibcode2015MinM...79.1433B. 
  13. Jones, Debbie L.; Andrews, Michael B.; Swinburne, Adam N.; Botchway, Stanley W.; Ward, Andrew D.; Lloyd, Jonathan R.; Natrajan, Louise S. (2015). "Fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy as tools for monitoring redox transformations of uranium in biological systems". Chemical Science 6 (9): 5133–5138. doi:10.1039/c5sc00661a. PMID 29142731. 
  14. Bassil, Naji M; Small, Joe S; Lloyd, Jonathan R (1 July 2020). "Enhanced microbial degradation of irradiated cellulose under hyperalkaline conditions". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 96 (7): fiaa102. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiaa102. PMID 32459307. 
  15. Neill, Thomas S.; Morris, Katherine; Pearce, Carolyn I.; Abrahamsen-Mills, Liam; Kovarik, Libor; Kellet, Simon; Rigby, Bruce; Vitova, Tonya et al. (December 2019). "Silicate stabilisation of colloidal UO2 produced by uranium metal corrosion". Journal of Nuclear Materials 526: 151751. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151751. Bibcode2019JNuM..52651751N. 
  16. Foster, Lynn; Muhamadali, Howbeer; Boothman, Christopher; Sigee, David; Pittman, Jon K.; Goodacre, Royston; Morris, Katherine; Lloyd, Jonathan R. (7 April 2020). "Radiation Tolerance of Pseudanabaena catenata, a Cyanobacterium Relevant to the First Generation Magnox Storage Pond". Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 515. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00515. PMID 32318035. 
  17. "Prof Jonathan Lloyd - Prizes | The University of Manchester" (in en). https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/jonathan-lloyd(1fa4f4d6-96c6-45d5-9541-03b142fb998d)/prizes.html.