Introduction

I began my career working with enteric bacteria, using molecular microbiology tools to understand how these bacteria interact with their host. Since joining the Environmental Engineering group at Newcastle University I have adapted my skills to use microbiology to address environmental issues that connect both human and environmental health. My current research focus is the use of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) as a tool for health protection, including in the surveillance of COVID-19.

Current and Recent Projects

National Covid-19 Wastewater Epidemiology Surveillance Program (N-WESP) - PDRA

Tackling AMR in Wastewater Systems with Sneaky Bacteria - PDRA

Empower: Identifying best practice for empowerment through entrepreneurial freedom: A project for the marginalized in informal settlements in Delhi. India - PDRA (https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/empower-en/)

Qualifications

PhD Molecular Microbiology, Dept. Biological Sciences (University of Edinburgh, 2014)

MSc by Research, Infectious Diseases (University of Edinburgh, 2009)

BSc (Hons), Microbiology and Infection (University of Edinburgh, 2008)

More Information

Graham Group 

https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/grahamr/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-jobling-9a645510b/

• Quintela-Baluja M, Frigon D, Abouelnaga M, Jobling K, Romalde JL, Gomez Lopez M, Graham DW. Dynamics of integron structures across a wastewater network – Implications to resistance gene transfer. Water Research 2021, 206.
• Patrick S, Jobling KL, O'Connor D, Thacker Z, Dryden DTF, Blakely GW. A unique homologue of the eukaryotic protein-modifier ubiquitin present in the bacterium Bacteroides fragilis, a predominant resident of the human gastrointestinal tract. Microbiology 2011, 157, 3071-3078.
• Sherwood JE, Fraser S, Citron DM, Wexler H, Blakely G, Jobling K, Patrick S. Multi-drug resistant Bacteroides fragilis recovered from blood and severe leg wounds caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan. Anaerobe 2011, 17, 152-155.