Prof David Pearce

Professor

Department: Applied Sciences

The underlying theme of my research is to use microbiology (and in particular novel molecular techniques applied to microbial ecology, microbial biodiversity and activity, environmental genomics, biogeochemical cycling and model extremophiles) to understand Polar ecosystem function and the potential for shifts in biogeochemical activity that may result from environmental change. I have taken the lead in the development of new frontiers of research in metagenomics, chemosynthetic communities, sediment sequestration of carbon and subglacial lake environments and have initiated new interdisciplinary approaches on the aerial environment (with chemists), ice nucleation activity (with physicists) and in the biogeochemistry of ice (with glaciologists).

Further Information

https://sites.google.com/site/davidanthonypearce/
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk
http://www.unis.no
http://www.ellsworth.org.uk/pearce.html
http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/chess/science/chesso.html

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Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
Announcing sustainable microbiology: How microbes make a sustainable world, Pearce, D. 24 Jan 2024, In: Sustainable Microbiology
Environmental microbiome in the home and daycare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic, and potential risk of non-communicable disease in children, McKay, J., Crown, M., Bashton, M., Pearce, D., Entwistle, J., Sangal, V. Feb 2024, In: Environmental Microbiology Reports
Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars, Spry, J., Siegel, B., Bakermans, C., Beaty, D., Bell, M., Benardini, J., Bonaccorsi, R., Castro-Wallace, S., Coil, D., Coustenis, A., Doran, P., Fenton, L., Fidler, D., Glass, B., Hoffman, S., Karouia, F., Levine, J., Lupisella, M., Martin-Torres, J., Mogul, R., Olsson-Francis, K., Ortega-Ugalde, S., Patel, M., Pearce, D., Race, M., Regberg, A., Rettberg, P., Rummel, J., Sato, K., Schuerger, A., Sefton-Nash, E., Sharkey, M., Singh, N., Sinibaldi, S., Stabekis, P., Stoker, C., Venkateswaran, K., Zimmerman, R., Zorzano-Mier, M. 19 Mar 2024, In: Astrobiology
Analysis of bacterial communities around the Adventdalen Landfill site in Svalbard, Amores-Arrocha, H., Asamoah-Asare, A., Opio, J., Martin, A., Cuthbertson, L., Bradford, H., Avila-Jimenez, M., Pearce, D. 21 Apr 2023, In: Microorganisms
Snow microorganisms colonise Arctic soils following snow melt, Malard, L., Bergk-Pinto, B., Layton, R., Vogel, T., Larose, C., Pearce, D. 1 Oct 2023, In: Microbial Ecology
Aerobiology over the Southern Ocean – implications for bacterial colonization of Antarctica, Malard, L., Avila-Jimenez, M., Schmale, J., Cuthbertson, L., Cockerton, L., Pearce, D. 1 Nov 2022, In: Environmental International
Bacterial colonisation: from airborne dispersal to integration within the soil community., Malard, L., Pearce, D. 9 May 2022, In: Frontiers in Microbiology
Polar soils exhibit distinct patterns in microbial diversity and dominant phylotypes, Ji, M., Kong, W., Jia, H., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Zhou, T., Liu, X., Ferrari, B., Malard, L., Liang, C., Xue, K., Makhalanyane, T., Zhu, Y., Wang, Y., Pearce, D., Cowan, D. 1 Mar 2022, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
The crewed journey to Mars and its implications for the human microbiome, Kuehnast, T., Abbott, C., Pausan, M., Pearce, D., Moissl-eichinger, C., Mahnert, A. 1 Dec 2022, In: Microbiome
Antarctic ecosystems in transition – life between stresses and opportunities, Gutt, J., Isla, E., Xavier, J., Adams, B., Ahn, I., Cheng, C., Colesie, C., Cummings, V., di Prisco, G., Griffiths, H., Hawes, I., Hogg, I., McIntyre, T., Meiners, K., Pearce, D., Peck, L., Piepenburg, D., Reisinger, R., Saba, G., Schloss, I., Signori, C., Smith, C., Vacchi, M., Verde, C., Wall, D. 1 Jun 2021, In: Biological Reviews

PGR Supervision

James Lawrence Antarctic Subglacial Lake Microbiology Start Date: 01/10/2023
David Franklin Mechanistic understanding of cold adapted enzymes from Psychrophilic microorganisms. Start Date: 01/10/2023
Isis Cohen Nicholson Restored or reinvented? Assessing the success of peatland restoration pilot projects in the Northumberland National Parks using environmental DNA (eDNA) Start Date: 01/10/2023
Carmel Abbott Colonisation strategies of bacteria in extreme environments and health implications in the human exploration of space. Start Date: 01/03/2019
Lucie Malard Microbial biogeography and colonization in Arctic terrestrial ecosystems Start Date: 01/10/2016 End Date: 02/12/2019
Lewis Cuthbertson Molecular microbial ecology of Polar aerial environments Start Date: 01/10/2015 End Date: 21/09/2020
Luke Cockerton Targeting functional genes to study bacterial diversity, community structure and stability in the Polar atmosphere Start Date: 01/03/2020
Rosalia Calvo Ryan The search for life on icy moons Start Date: 01/03/2020
Carmel Abbott Colonisation strategies of bacteria in extreme environments and health implications in the human exploration of space. Start Date: 01/03/2019 End Date: 21/10/2021
Ravind Bhangal Start Date: 01/10/2018 End Date: 10/12/2019
IAIN DICKINSON Molecular microbial ecology of Polar environments – Mining the marine microbial metagenome Start Date: 01/10/2013

Qualifications

Microbiology PhD June 03 2013
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015

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