Prof. Thomas Curtis
Professor of Environmental Engineering
- Email: tom.curtis@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6690
Research Interests
Biological Treatment Systems
Photooxidation
Pathogens and pathogen removal
Other Expertise
Experimental and Theoretical Microbial Ecology
Wastewater Treatment in Developing Countries
Waste Stabilisation Ponds
Microbial Fuel Cells
Current Work
Improving Design Through Theoretical Ecology
Selected Publications
- Sloan WT; Lunn M; Woodcock S; Head IM; Nee S; Curtis TP. Quantifying the roles of immigration and chance in shaping prokaryote community structure. Environmental Microbiology 2006, 8(4), 732-740.
- Davenport RJ; Curtis TP. Quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH): statistical methods for valid cell counting. In: Kowalchuk, GA; de Bruijn, FJ; Head, IM; Akkermans AD; van Elsas, JD, ed. Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual. Dordrecht; London: Kluwer Academic, 2004, pp. 1487-1516.
- Curtis TP; Head IM; Graham DW. Theoretical Ecology for engineering biology. Environmental Science & Technology 2003. American Chemical Society, 37(3), 64A-70A.
- Curtis TP; Sloan WT; Scannell JW. Estimating prokaryotic diversity and its limits. Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences 2002, 99(16), 10494-10499.
Esteem Indicators
Associate Editor Water Research
Editorial Board Applied and Environmental Microbiology