Dr Fiona Stainsby's Recognition (15)

Subject Reviewer (2017-18). Periodic review of under/postgraduate provision in the School of Biological Sciences , University of Reading.

PhD Examiner. Candidate: Sandra Borkowska-Heurtaux. Sorption of manganese and zinc by microbes: an integrative geochemical and microbiological study (2018). Glasgow Caledonian University.

Programme External Examiner (University of Portsmouth). MSc Medical Biotechnology.

Ph.D. Examiner. Candidate: Porntipa Aiemsum-ang. Isolation, systematics and screening of members of the Streptomyces violaceusniger 16S rRNA gene clade. (2009). Newcastle University.

Module Examiner at Northumbria University (2011 – 2016). B.Sc. Biology, Forensics and Food & Nutritional Sciences programmes and on overseas ventures in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Invited manuscript reviewer (ad hoc) for Nanotoxicology and International Journal for Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.

Invited grant reviewer for Joint Solicitation for Groundwater Research & Monitoring Proposals for Fiscal Year 2009 on behalf of the Wisconsin Water Resources Institute, USA (2008). Reviewed microbiological proposals

“From Muck to Brass: Exploiting microorganisms as a natural resource”. Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) for Britain competition, House of Commons, London (2000). Selected to represent Newcastle University, Dept. Agriculture & Environmental Sc

Networking events and exhibitions in central Scotland to promote the academic talent and knowledge transfer potential in microbiology and biotechnology at ENU (2007 – 2014)

Co-organised the Industrial Microbiology conference and trade exhibition as Corporate/Industrial Liaison Officer of the Scottish Microbiology Society hosted at Napier University, April 2007. Event was attended by leading academics, industrialists, and gov

Expert consultant on microbially-mediated process issues in anaerobic digestion and activated sludge wastewater treatment processes. Reporting to Head of Veolia Water UK and General Manager, Biorefinery Offering, Veolia Outsourcing Ltd. Scotland.

Stainsby, F.M., Davenport, R., Curtis, T.C. & Goodfellow, M. Actinomycete diversity associated with foaming in activated sludge plants. International Association on Water Quality: Microorganisms Conference, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. Jul 1

Stainsby, F.M. & Goodfellow, M. Dispelling the Nocardia amarae myth: A phylogenetic and phenotypic study of mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes isolated from activated sludge foam. 3rd International Water Association specialised conference: microorgani

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Co-organised Biofuel Research Centre launch at Napier University and business dinner at The George Hotel (2007) hosted by Principal of Napier University and attended by the Secretary of State for Scotland