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Nicholas Ashbolt
Queensland University of Technology, University of South Australia, University of Tasmania, Southern Cross University
Research areas: Environmental Science · Water Science and Technology · Fecal contamination and water quality · Water Treatment and Disinfection · Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
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About
Dr Ashbolt is an environmental microbiologist with 30 years research experience in the field of environmental pathogen fate and transport and in the application of quantitative microbial risk assessment to aid the management of urban water systems.
Employment
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Queensland University of Technology Professor and ARC Industry Laureate Fellow2025 - Present
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University of South Australia Peter Teasdale Chair in Environmental Health Risk Assessment2023 - 2025
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Southern Cross University Executive Dean2019 - 2023
Education
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University of Tasmania Ph.D.1980 - 1985
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University of Tasmania BAgSc (Hons)1975 - 1979
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (324)
- Development and Validation of a Colorimetric LAMP Assay Targeting the Plasmid pBI143 for Human Fecal Pollution Tracking in Urban Waterways Save
- An approach for deriving water quality guideline values for antimicrobials that integrates ecotoxicity and antimicrobial resistance endpoints Save
- Rethinking secondary disinfection in direct potable reuse: a risk perspective on opportunistic pathogens and antimicrobial resistance Save
- Next Generation Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA): Bigger, Better, Faster Save
- Making Waves: Moving beyond the 1 in 10,000 benchmark in quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) through evidence-informed risk approaches and systems decision-making Save
- Assessing antimicrobial resistance connectivity across One Health sectors Save
- Free-Living Protozoa as Important Drivers of Antimicrobial Resistance in Engineered Water Systems and Their Ecological Niches Save
- Enteric Viruses and Free-Living Amoebae: Protozoa as Potential Reservoirs and Transport Vessels for Human Norovirus and Adenovirus Save
- Mitigating Legionella spp. risk in an Australian healthcare facility using on-site electrochemical water disinfection Save
- Aircraft lavatory wastewater surveillance for movement of antimicrobial resistance genes: a proof-of-concept study Save
- Meta-Transcriptomic Response to Copper Corrosion in Drinking Water Biofilms Save
- Enteric Viruses and Free-Living Amoebae: Protozoa as Potential Reservoirs and Transport Vessels for human Norovirus and Adenovirus Save
- Introducing CRC SAAFE: a new Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) focused on managing AMR in agriculture and the environment Save
- Toward a Universal Unit for Quantification of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Environmental Samples Save
- Conceptual model to inform Legionella–amoebae control, including the roles of extracellular vesicles in engineered water system infections Save
- Enteric pathogen reduction targets for onsite non-potable water systems: A critical evaluation Save
- Water safety management during the initial phase of the Covid-19 pandemic: challenges, responses and guidance Save
- First evidence of free-living Naegleria species in recreational lakes of Alberta, Canada Save
- Number of COVID-19 cases required in a population to detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater in the province of Alberta, Canada: Sensitivity assessment Save
- Science-based pathogen treatment requirements for direct potable reuse Save