Professor Ian McDonald
Professor (Biological Sciences)
Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Uni of Ulster, PhD Liverpool
Research Supervised
PhD
- Houghton, Karen (in progress). Methane-munching microbes: Investigating a new biochemical pathway for methane oxidation in thermophilic bacteria.
- Payyakkal Viswam, Jayadev (2016). The role of the gut microbiome of the huhu grub in lignocellulose breakdown.
- Archer, Stephen (2015). Geochemical, spatial, and temporal drivers of microbial community heterogeneity in the Meltwater Ponds of Antarctica.
- Lee, Chien-Yu (Kevin) (2015). The first insights into the phylogeny, genomics, and ecology of the novel bacterial Phylum Armatimonadetes.
- Xavier, Ron (2014). Survival and recovery of Escherichia coli O157:H7 during starvation at sub-optimal temperatures.
MSc
- Dean, Fiona (2016). Effects of copper sprays on microbial communities in kiwifruit orchard soils.
- Jahan, Rowshan (2013). Diversity of Methylobacterium species associated with New Zealand native plants.
- O'Callahan, Diahanna (2012). Isolation and characterisation of bacterial secondary metabolites as potential wood preservatives.
- Vickers, Chelsea (2012). Investigating the physiological and metabolic requirements of the Tramway Ridge microbial community, Mt Erebus, Antarctica.
- Archer, Stephen (2011). Characterization of the bacterioplankton communities in the melt-water ponds of Bratina Island, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
- Ritcher, Ingrid (2011). Influences of soil properties on archaeal diversity and distribution in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
- Lee, Chien-Yu (Kevin) (2010). The physiological and ecological characterisation of the first cultivated species of the candidate division OP10.
- Addison, Sarah (2008). 15N Stable isotope probing of pulp and paper waste waters.
MPhil
- Dixon, Lorraine (2006). Bacterial quality of traditional and contemporary Māori foods from stream environments.
Research Interests
My interests include: Microbiology, Molecular biology and Biochemistry of atmospheric trace gas degrading bacteria. Microbial ecology of methane, methyl halide and carbon monoxide utilising bacteria.
Recent Publications
Houghton, K. M., Carere, C. R., Stott, M. B., & McDonald, I. R. (2019). Thermophilic methanotrophs: In hot pursuit. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95(9), 14 pages. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiz125
Cary, S. C., Herbold, C., Stott, M., Lee, C., & McDonald, I. (2019). Some like it hot: genomes from an isolated Antarctic geothermal refugium. In New Zealand Antarctic Science Conference 2019: Our Future In Focus. Conference held in Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Monteiro, M., Lee, C., Hawes, I., McDonald, I., & Cary, S. C. (2019). Functional resilience of Antarctic microbiomes to climate-induced changes. In New Zealand Antarctic Science Conference 2019: Our Future In Focus. Conference held in Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Lee, C. K., Laughlin, D. C., Bottos, E. M., Caruso, T., Joy, K., Barrett, J. E., . . . Cary, S. C. (2019). Biotic interactions are an unexpected yet critical control on the complexity of an abiotically driven polar ecosystem.. Communications Biology, 2, 62. doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0274-5 Open Access version: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12558
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Contact Details
Email: irmcdon@waikato.ac.nzRoom: TRU.G.24
Phone: +64 7 858 5165