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Professor Ian Head

Dean of Research & Innovation

  • Address: School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
    3rd Floor
    Devonshire Building
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    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
    UK
Background

Introduction

Microorganisms play a central role in driving the biogeochemical processes that sustain the planet. My research seeks to unravel the microbial controls on biogeochemical process in natural and engineered environments.

Our research has been central in revealing the mechanisms responsible for the development of the world's immense heavy oil deposits - dramatic evidence of the power of the very small to influence globally significant Earth processes. We have also made important contributions to understanding key elements in the microbial ecology of the carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycles in natural and engineered environments.

Roles and Responsibilities

Member of Faculty Research Committee
Member of Faculty Ethics Committee

Qualifications   

1982-1986       University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

B.Sc. Honours degree in Applied Microbiology.

First Class Honours.

1986-1989       University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne.

Ph.D. Plasmid-encoded catabolism of the insecticide carbofuran

 

 

Memberships 

Elected Member of the European Academy of  Microbiology

American Society for Microbiology

Society for Applied Microbiology

Society for General Microbiology

The Genetical Society

European Association of Geochemistry

 Member of the Deep Carbon Observatory Scientific Steering Committee (Deep Life)

International Society for Microbial Ecology, Young Investigator Award, 2004

Member of the KNAW Ecogenomics Scientific Advisory Board

Mermber of the KNAW BE-BASIC Scientific Advisory Board

Member of the Natural Environment Research Council, Peer Review College 2004-2008

Member of the Steering Committee, Natural Environment Research Council, Marine and Freshwater Microbial Biodiversity thematic programme 2001-2004

Member of the Society for General Microbiology, Prokaryote Division Committee 

Honours and Awards

International Society for Microbial Ecology, Young Investigator Award, 2004.

Research

Research Interests

Research Interests:
Microbial ecology and environmental microbiology.
Molecular Microbial Ecology
Microbial ecology of engineered biological systems
Geomicrobiology.
Biodegradation of hydrocarbons.
Microbiology of biogeochemical cycles.

Esteem Indicators

Elected Member of the European Academy of  Microbiology
UK ISME Ambassador
Senior Editor The ISME Journal  January 2010 -
Member of Editorial Board The ISME Journal  September 2006 – December 2010
Member of Editorial Board Environmental Microbiology  June 2006 -
Member of Editorial Board Applied and Environmental Microbiology January 2000-2006
Member of Editorial Board Biodegradation June 2003 –
Member of Editorial Board Microbial Ecology June 2003 –
Associate Editor Microbiology  January 1998 - December 2002.
Invited contributing member of  Faculty of 1000 () to March 2011. 

 

Funding

UK Research Councils
£ 2.5 M grant income since 1993 from NERC, BBSRC & EPSRC

Industrial

£ 1.5 M in grants from industrial collaboration including contributions to CASE studentships

Teaching

Postgraduate Teaching

CEG8604; Introduction to Microbiology, Microbial Physiology and Biogeochemistry
CEG8609; Microbial Transformations of Organic Pollutants

Publications

  • Articles

    • Christgen B, Spurr M, Milner EM, Izadi P, McCann C, Yu E, Curtis T, Scott K, Head IM. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2023, 14, 1199286.
    • Marz C, Freitas F, Faust J, Godbold J, Henley S, Tessin A, Abbott GD, Arndt S, Barnes D, Grange L, Gray N, Head I, Hendry K, Hilton R, Reed A, Rhul S, Souster T, Solan M, Stevenson M, Tait K, Widdicombe S. . Ambio 2022, 51, 370-382.
    • Lim SS, Fontmorin J-M, Pham HT, Milner E, Abdul PM, Scott K, Head I, Yu EH. . Science of The Total Environment 2021, 776, 145934.
    • Izadi P, Fontmorin J-M, Virdis B, Head IM, Yu EH. . Applied Energy 2021, 283, 116310.
    • Spurr MWA, Yu EH, Scott K, Head IM. . Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2021, 190, 113392.
    • Paul A, Lokier SW, Sherry A, Lessa Andrade L, Court WM, van der Land C, Dutton KE, Head IM. . Sedimentology 2021, 68(1), 382-401.
    • Izadi P, Fontmorin JM, Lim SS, Head IM, Yu EH. . Faraday Discussions 2021, 230, 344-359.
    • Aulenta F, Tucci M, Cruz Viggi C, Dolfing J, Head IM, Rotaru A-E. . Microbial Biotechnology 2021, 14(1), 2-7.
    • Bell E, Sherry A, Pilloni G, Suárez‐Suárez A, Cramm MA, Cueto G, Head IM, Hubert CRJ. . Environmental Microbiology 2020, 22(1), 456-465.
    • Izadi P, Fontmorin J-M, Godain A, Yu EH, Head IM. . npj Biofilms and Microbiomes 2020, 6(1), 40.
    • Shlimon AG, Mansurbeg H, Othman RS, Gittel A, Aitken CM, Head IM, Finster KW, Kjeldsen KU. . Geomicrobiology Journal 2020, 37(7), 635-652.
    • Sherry S, Grant RJ, Aitken CM, Jones M, Bowler BFJ, Larter SR, Head IM, Gray ND. . International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 2020, 155, 105085.
    • Ospina-Betancourth C, Acharya K, Allen B, Entwistle J, Head IM, Sanabria J, Curtis TP. . Environmental Science and Technology 2020, 54(6), 3539-3548.
    • Godain A, Spurr MW, Boghani HC, Premier GC, Yu EH, Head IM. . Frontiers in Environmental Science 2020, 8, 5.
    • Lahme S, Callbeck CM, Eland LE, Wipat A, Enning D, Head IM, Hubert CRJ. . Environmental Microbiology 2020, 22(5), 1784-1800.
    • de Rezende JR, Oldenburg TBP, Korin T, Richardson WDL, Fustic M, Aitken CM, Bowler BFJ, Sherry A, Grigoryan A, Voordouw G, Larter SR, Head IM, Hubert CRJ. . Environmental Microbiology 2020, 22(8), 3049-3065.
    • Blake LI, Sherry A, Mejeha OK, Leary P, Coombs H, Stone W, Head IM, Gray ND. . Microorganisms 2020, 8(10), 1467.
    • Spurr MWA, Yu EH, Scott K, Head IM. . Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 2020, 6(3), 612-621.
    • Izadi P, Fontmorin J-M, Fernández LFL, Cheng S, Head I, Yu EH. . Frontiers in Energy Research 2019, 7, 93.
    • Vigneron A, Alsop EB, Cruaud P, Philibert G, King B, Baksmaty L, Lavallee D, Lomans BP, Eloe-Fadrosh E, Kyrpides NC, Head IM, Tsesmetzis N. . mSystems 2019, 4(1), e00091-18.
    • Cappello S, Cruz Viggi C, Yakimov M, Rossetti S, Matturro B, Molina L, Segura A, Marqués S, Yuste L, Sevilla E, Rojo F, Sherry A, Mejeha OK, Head IM, Malmquist LMV, Christensen JH, Kalogerakis N, Aulenta F. . Water Research 2019, 157, 381-395.
    • Kaur A, Boghani HC, Milner EM, Kimber RL, Michie IS, Daalmans R, Dinsdale RM, Guwy AJ, Head IM, Lloyd JR, Yu EH, Sadhukhan J, Premier GC. . Journal of Hazardous Materials 2019, 371, 18-26.
    • Mejeha OK, Head IM, Sherry A, McCann CM, Leary P, Jones DM, Gray ND. . Chemosphere 2019, 237, 124545.
    • Tsesmetzis N, Alsop EB, Vigneron A, Marcelis F, Head IM, Lomans BP. . International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 2018, 126, 177-188.
    • Lahme S, Enning D, Callbeck CM, Menendez Vega D, Curtis TP, Head IM, Hubert CRJ. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2018, 85(3), e01891-18.
    • Shemfe M, Gadkari S, Yu E, Rasul S, Scott K, Head IM, Gu S, Sadhukhan J. . Bioresource Technology 2018, 255, 39-49.
    • Spurr MWA, Yu EH, Scott K, Head IM. . Environmental Science Water Research and Technology 2018, 4(12), 2029-2040.
    • Davenport R, Spurr M, Head I, Cherry B. . Water Industry Journal 2018, 7(June), 50-51.
    • Bell E, Blake LI, Sherry A, Head IM, Hubert C. . Environmental Microbiology 2018, 20(3), 1134-1147.
    • Vigneron A, Head IM, Tsesmetzis N. . Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2018, 102(6), 2525-2533.
    • Aitken C, Head I, Jones DM, Rowland SJ, Scarlett AG, West CE. . Journal of Chromatography A 2018, 1536, 96-109.
    • Vigneron A, Cruaud P, Alsop E, deRezende JR, Head IM, Tsesmetzis N. . The ISME Journal 2018, 12(8), 2096-2099.
    • Daghio M, Vaiopoulou E, Aulenta F, Sherry A, Head I, Franzetti A, Rabaey K. . Journal of Hazardous Materials 2018, 360, 498-503.
    • Oldenburg TBP, Jones M, Huang H, Bennett B, Shafiee NS, Head I, Larter SR. . Organic Geochemistry 2017, 114, 57-80.
    • Vigneron A, Alsop EB, Lomans BP, Kyrpides NC, Head IM, Tsesmetzis N. . The ISME Journal 2017, 11, 2141-2154.
    • Vigneron A, Bishop A, Alsop EB, Hull K, Rhodes I, Hendricks R, Head IM, Tsesmetzis N. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2017, 8, 593.
    • Martin TJ, Goodhead AK, Acharya K, Head IM, Snape JR, Davenport RJ. . Environmental Science and Technology 2017, 51(12), 7236-7244.
    • Milner EM, Scott K, Head IM, Curtis T, Yu EH. . Journal of Power Sources 2017, 356, 459-466.
    • Vigneron A, Alsop EB, Cruaud P, Philibert G, King B, Baksmaty L, Lavallée D, PLomans B, Kyrpides NC, Head IM, Tsesmetzis N. . Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 16015.
    • Cruz Viggi C, Matturro B, Frascadore E, Insogna S, Mezzi A, Kaciulis S, Sherry A, Mejeha OK, Head IM, Vaiopoulou E, Rabaey K, Rossetti S, Aulenta F. . Water Research 2017, 127, 11-21.
    • Lokier SW, Andrade LL, Court WM, Dutton KE, Head IM, Van Der Land C, Paul A, Sherry A. . The Depositional Record 2017, 3(2), 201-208.
    • Tsesmetzis N, Yilmaz P, Marks PC, Kyrpides NC, Head IM, Lomans BP. . Standards in Genomic Sciences 2016, 11, 78.
    • Milner EM, Popescu D, Curtis T, Head IM, Scott K, Yu EH. . Journal of Power Sources 2016, 324, 8-16.
    • Head IM, Gray ND. . Microbial Biotechnology 2016, 9(5), 626-634.
    • Vigneron A, Alsop EB, Chambers B, Lomans BP, Head IM, Tsesmetzis N. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2016, 82(8), 2545-2554.
    • Daghio M, Vaiopoulou E, Patil SA, Suarez-Suarez A, Head IM, Franzetti A, Rabaey K. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2016, 82(1), 297-307.
    • Ng KS, Head I, Premier GC, Scott K, Yu E, Lloyd J, Sadhukhan J. . Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2016, 113, 88-105.
    • Sadhukhan J, Lloyd JR, Scott K, Premier GC, Yu EH, Curtis T, Head IM. . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2016, 56, 116-132.
    • Kieft TL, Onstott TC, Ahonen L, Aloisi V, Colwell FS, Engelen B, Fendrihan S, Gaidos E, Harms U, Head I, Kallmeyer J, Kiel Reese B, Lin L-H, Long PE, Moser DP, Mills H, Sar P, Schulze-Makuch D, Stan-Lotter H, Wagner D, Wang P-L, Westall F, Wilkins MJ. . Scientific Drilling 2015, 19, 43-53.
    • O'Sullivan LA, Roussel EG, Weightman AJ, Webster G, Hubert CRJ, Bell E, Head IM, Sass H, Parkes RJ. . The ISME Journal 2015, 9(4), 922-933.
    • Blake LI, Tveit A, Øvreås L, Head IM, Gray ND. . PLoS One 2015, 10(6), e0129733.
    • Meynet P, Head IM, Werner D, Davenport RJ. . FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2015, 91(6), fiv049.
    • Van der Land C, Sherryl A, Jones DM, Fender T, Dutton K, Lokier S, Head IM. . Organic Geochemistry 2015.
    • Christgen B, Scott K, Dolfing J, Head IM, Curtis TP. . PLoS ONE 2015, 10(8), e0136108.
    • Bellucci M, Ofiţeru ID, Beneduce L, Graham DW, Head IM, Curtis TP. . Microbial Biotechnology 2015, 8(3), 590-603.
    • Sherry A, Grant RJ, Aitken CM, Jones M, Head IM, Gray ND. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2014, 5, 131.
    • Goodhead AK, Head IM, Snape JR, Davenport RJ. . Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2014, 21(16), 9511-9521.
    • Larter SR, Head IM. . Elements 2014, 10(4), 277-283.
    • Head IM, Gray ND, Larter SR. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2014, 5, 566.
    • Singh AK, Sherry A, Gray ND, Jones DM, Bowler BFJ, Head IM. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2014, 5, 160.
    • Ugochukwu UC, Jones MD, Head IM, Manning DAC, Fialips CI. . International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 2014, 88, 185-191.
    • Beneduce L, Spano G, Lamacchia F, Bellucci M, Consiglio F, Head IM. . Annals of Microbiology 2014, 64(4), 1671-1682.
    • Ugochukwu UC, Jones MD, Head IM, Manning DAC, Fialips CI. . Biodegradation 2014, 25(1), 153-165.
    • Ugochukwu UC, Jones MD, Head IM, Manning DAC, Fialips CI. . Applied Clay Science 2014, 87, 81-86.
    • Ugochukwu UC, Head IM, Manning DAC. . Biodegradation 2014, 25(4), 515-527.
    • Bennett B, Adams JJ, Gray ND, Sherry A, Oldenburg TBP, Huang H, Larter SR, Head IM. . Organic Geochemistry 2013, 56, 94-105.
    • Bellucci M, Ofiteru ID, Head IM, Curtis TP, Graham DW. . Journal of Applied Microbiology 2013, 115(2), 621-630.
    • Callbeck CM, Sherry A, Hubert CRJ, Gray ND, Voordouw G, Head IM. . Journal of Microbiological Methods 2013, 93(2), 148-152.
    • Aitken CM, Jones DM, Maguire MJ, Gray ND, Sherry A, Bowler BFJ, Ditchfield AK, Larter SR, Head IM. . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2013, 109, 162-174.
    • Ugochukwu UC, Head IM, Manning DAC. . Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2013, 20(12), 8881-8889.
    • Ugochukwu UC, Jones MD, Head IM, Manning DAC, Fialips CI. . Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2013, 20(9), 6445-6454.
    • Elazhari-Ali A, Singh AK, Davenport RJ, Head IM, Werner D. . Environmental Pollution 2013, 173, 125-132.
    • Sherry A, Gray ND, Ditchfield AK, Aitken CM, Jones DM, Röling WFM, Hallmann C, Larter SR, Bowler BFJ, Head IM. . International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 2013, 81, 105-113.
    • Hubert CRJ, Oldenburg TBP, Fustic M, Gray ND, Larter SR, Penn K, Rowan AK, Seshadri R, Sherry A, Swainsbury R, Voordouw G, Voordouw JK, Head IM. . Environmental Microbiology 2012, 14(2), 387-404.
    • Gray ND, Sherry A, Grant RJ, Rowan AK, Hubert CRJ, Callbeck CM, Aitken CM, Jones DM, Adams JJ, Larter SR, Head IM. . Environmental Microbiology 2011, 13(11), 2957-2975.
    • Mußmann M, Brito I, Pitcher A, Damsté JSS, Hatzenpichler R, Richter A, Nielsen JL, Nielsen PH, Müller A, Daims H, Wagner M, Head IM. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2011, 108(40), 16771-16776.
    • Westerholm M, Dolfing J, Sherry A, Gray ND, Head IM, Schnürer A. . Environmental Microbiology Reports 2011, 3(4), 500-505.
    • Katuri K, Scott K, Head I, Picioreanu C, Curtis T. . Bioresource Technology 2011, 102(3), 2758-2766.
    • Bellucci M, Ofiteru ID, Graham DW, Head IM, Curtis TP. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2011, 77(21), 7787-7796.
    • Velasquez Orta SB, Head IM, Curtis TP, Scott K. . Bioresource Technology 2011, 102(8), 5105-5112.
    • Velasquez-Orta SB, Yu E, Katuri KP, Head IM, Curtis TP, Scott K. . Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2011, 90(2), 789-798.
    • Velasquez-Orta SB, Head IM, Curtis TP, Scott K, Lloyd JR, von Canstein H. . Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2010, 85(5), 1373-1381.
    • Larrosa-Guerrero A, Scott K, Katuri KP, Godinez C, Head IM, Curtis T. . Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2010, 87(5), 1699-1713.
    • Picioreanu C, Katuri KP, van Loosdrecht MCM, Head IM, Scott K. . Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 2010, 40(1), 151-162.
    • Gray ND, Sherry A, Hubert C, Dolfing J, Head IM. . Advances in Applied Microbiology 2010, 72, 137-161.
    • Larrosa-Guerrero A, Scott K, Head IM, Mateo F, Ginesta A, Godinez C. . Fuel 2010, 89(12), 3985-3994.
    • Di Lorenzo M, Scott K, Curtis TP, Head IM. . Chemical Engineering Journal 2010, 156(1), 40-48.
    • Graham DW, Trippett C, Dodds WK, O'Brien JM, Banner EBK, Head IM, Smith MS, Yang RK, Knapp CW. . Environmental Pollution 2010, 158(10), 3225-3229.
    • Dolfing J, Xu A, Gray ND, Larter SR, Head IM. . Microbial Biotechnology 2009, 2(5), 566-574.
    • Larrosa A, Lozano LJ, Katuri KP, Head IM, Scott K, Godinez C. . Fuel 2009, 88(10), 1852-1857.
    • Oldenburg T, Larter SR, Adams JJ, Clements M, Hubert C, Rowan AK, Sherry A, Head IM, Grigoriyan AA, Voordouw G, Fustic M. . Analytical Chemistry 2009, 81(10), 4130-4136.
    • Akarsubasi AT, Eyice O, Miskin I, Head IM, Curtis TP. . Environmental Science & Technology 2009, 43(8), 2950-2956.
    • Di Lorenzo M, Scott K, Curtis T, Katuri K, Head IM. . Energy & Fuels 2009, 23(11), 5707–5716.
    • Gray ND, Sherry A, Larter SR, Erdmann M, Leyris J, Liengen T, Beeder J, Head IM. . Extremophiles 2009, 13(3), 511-519.
    • Quince C, Lanzen A, Curtis TP, Davenport RJ, Hall N, Head IM, Read LF, Sloan WT. . Nature Methods 2009, 6(9), 639-641.
    • Di Lorenzo M, Curtis TP, Head IM, Scott K. . Water Research 2009, 43(13), 3145-3154.
    • Di Lorenzo M, Curtis T, Head IM, Velasquez-Orta SB, Scott K. . Water Science and Technology 2009, 60(11), 2879-2887.
    • Dolfing J, Larter SR, Head IM. . ISME Journal 2008, 2(4), 442-452.
    • Picioreanu C, Katuri KP, Head IM, Van Loosdrecht MCM, Scott K. . Water Science and Technology 2008, 57(7), 965-971.
    • Scott K, Cotlarciuc I, Head IM, Katuri KP, Hall D, Lakeman JB, Browning D. . Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 2008, 83(9), 1244-1254.
    • Jones DM, Head IM, Gray ND, Adams JJ, Rowan AK, Aitken CM, Bennett B, Huang H, Brown A, Bowler BFJ, Oldenburg T, Erdmann M, Larter SR. . Nature 2008, 451(7175), 176-180.
    • Gray ND, Brown A, Nelson DR, Pickup RW, Rowan AK, Head IM. . ISME Journal 2007, 1(7), 596-605.
    • Kitidis V, Tizzard L, Uher G, Judd A, Upstill-Goddard RC, Head IM, Gray ND, Taylor G, Duran R, Diez R, Iglesias J, Garcia-Gil S. . Journal of Marine Systems 2007, 66(1-4), 258-271.
    • Woodcock S, van der Gast CJ, Bell T, Lunn M, Curtis TP, Head IM, Sloan WT. . FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2007, 62(2), 171-180.
    • Woodcock S, van der Gast CJ, Bell T, Lunn M, Curtis TP, Head IM, Sloan WT. . FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2007, 62(2), 171-180.
    • Sloan WT, Woodcock S, Lunn M, Head IM, Curtis TP. . Microbial Ecology 2007, 53(3), 443-455.
    • Scott K, Rimbu GA, Katuri KP, Prasad KK, Head IM. . Process Safety and Environmental Protection 2007, 85(5), 481-488.
    • Picioreanu C, Head IM, Katuri KP, van Loosdrecht MCM, Scott K. . Water Research 2007, 41(13), 2921-2940.
    • Curtis TP, Head IM, Lunn M, Woodcock S, Schloss PD, Sloan WT. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2006, 361(1475), 2023-2037.
    • Larter SR, Huang H, Adams J, Bennett B, Jokanola O, Oldenburg T, Jones DM, Head I, Riediger C, Fowler M. . AAPG Bulletin 2006, 90(6), 921-938.
    • Woodcock S, Curtis TP, Head IM, Lunn M, Sloan WT. . Ecology Letters 2006, 9(7), 805-812.
    • Sloan WT, Lunn M, Woodcock S, Head IM, Nee S, Curtis TP. . Environmental Microbiology 2006, 8(4), 732-740.
    • Roling WFM, Ortega-Lucach S, Larter SR, Head IM. . Journal of Applied Microbiology 2006, 101(2), 290-299.
    • Gray ND, Matthews JNS, Head IM. . Journal of Microbiological Methods 2006, 65(1), 180-186.
    • Sheppard SK, McCarthy AJ, Loughnane JP, Gray ND, Head IM, Lloyd D. . Applied Soil Ecology 2005, 28(2), 147-162.
    • Sheppard SK, Gray N, Head IM, Lloyd D. . Bioresource Technology 2005, 96(10), 1103-1115.
    • Logan BE, Murano C, Scott K, Gray ND, Head IM. . Water Research 2005, 39(5), 942-952.
    • Akarsubasi AT, Ince O, Kirdar B, Oz NA, Orhon D, Curtis TP, Head IM, Ince BK. . Water Research 2005, 39(8), 1576-1584.
    • Rowan AK, Davenport RJ, Snape JR, Fearnside D, Barer MR, Curtis TP, Head IM. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2005, 71(12), 8481-8490.
    • Coskuner G, Ballinger SJ, Davenport RJ, Pickering RL, Solera R, Head IM, Curtis TP. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2005, 71(10), 6325-6334.
    • Roling WFM, Couto De Brito IR, Swannell RPJ, Head IM. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2004, 70(5), 2614-2620.
    • Roling WFM, Milner MG, Jones DM, Fratepietro F, Swannell RPJ, Daniel F, Head IM. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2004, 70(5), 2603-2613.
    • Gray ND, Comaskey D, Miskin IP, Pickup RW, Suzuki K, Head IM. . Environmental Microbiology 2004, 6(7), 669-677.
    • Roling WFM, Head IM, Larter SR. . Research in Microbiology 2003, 154(5), 321-328.
    • Larter SR, Wilhelins A, Head IM, Koopmans M, Aplin AC, Di Primio R, Zwach C, Erdmann M, Telnaes N. . Organic Geochemistry 2003, 34(4), 601-613.
    • Gray ND, Hastings RC, Sheppard SK, Loughnane P, Lloyd D, McCarthy AJ, Head IM. . FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2003, 46(1), 11-22.
    • Rowan AK, Snape JR, Fearnside D, Barer MR, Curtis TP, Head IM. . FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2003, 43(2), 195-206.
    • Ballinger SJ, Head IM, Curtis TP, Godley AR. . Water Science and Technology 2002, 46(1-2), 543-550.
    • Roling WFM, Milner MG, Jones DM, Lee K, Daniel F, Swannell RJP, Head IM. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2002, 68(11), 5537-5548.
    • Gray ND, Miskin IP, Kornilova O, Curtis TP, Head IM. . Environmental Microbiology 2002, 4(3), 158-168.
    • Rowan AK, Snape JR, Fearnside D, Curtis TP, Barer MR, Head IM. . Water Science and Technology 2002, 46(1-2), 319-322.
    • Vane CH, Abbott GD, Head IM. . Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 2001, 60(1), 69-78.
    • Konhauser KO, Phoenix VR, Bottrell SH, Adams DG, Head IM. . Sedimentology 2001, 48(2), 415-433.
    • Logan BE, Zhang H, Mulvaney P, Milner MG, Head IM, Unz RF. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2001, 67(6), 2499-2506.
    • Engelhardt MA, Daly K, Swannell RPJ, Head IM. . Journal of Applied Microbiology 2001, 90(2), 237-247.
    • Gray ND, Howarth R, Pickup RW, Jones JG, Head IM. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2000, 66(10), 4518-4522.
    • Head IM, Gray ND, Babenzien H-D, Oliver Glockner F. . FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2000, 33(3), 171-180.
    • Farrimond P, Head IM, Innes HE. . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2000, 64(17), 2985-2992.
    • Head IM, Gray ND, Howarth R, Pickup RW, Clarke KJ, Jones JG. . Advances in Microbial Ecology 2000, 16(1), 1-40.
    • Gray ND, Howarth R, Pickup RW, Jones JG, Head IM. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1999, 65(11), 5100-5106.
    • Howarth R, Unz RF, Seviour EM, Seviour RJ, Blackall LL, Pickup RW, Jones JG, Yaguchi J, Head IM. . International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1999, 49(4), 1817-1827.
    • Gray ND, Head IM. . Hydrobiologia 1999, 401(0), 97-112.
    • Gray ND, Head IM. . Hydrobiologia 1999, 401, 97-112.
    • Gray ND, Howarth R, Rowan A, Pickup RW, Jones JG, Head IM. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1999, 65(11), 5089-5099.
    • Miskin IP, Farrimond P, Head IM. . Microbiology 1999, 145(8), 1977-1987.
    • Head IM, Swannell RPJ. . Current Opinion in Biotechnology 1999, 10(3), 234-239.
    • Howarth R, Head IM, Unz RF. . Water Science and Technology 1998, 37(4-5), 303-306.
    • Ballinger SJ, Head IM, Curtis TP, Godley AR. . Water Science and Technology 1998, 37(4-5), 105-108.
    • Head IM, Saunders JR, Pickup RW. . Microbial Ecology 1998, 35(1), 1-21.
    • Head IM. . Microbiology 1998, 144(3), 599-608.
    • Farrimond P, Fox PA, Innes HE, Miskin IP, Head IM. . Ancient Biomolecules 1998, 2, 147-166.
    • Innes HE, Bishop AN, Head IM, Farrimond P. . Organic Geochemistry 1997, 26(9-10), 565-576.
    • Robinson PJ, Cranenburgh RM, Head IM, Robinson NJ. . Molecular Microbiology 1997, 24(1), 181-189.
    • Gray ND, Pickup RW, Jones JG, Head IM. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1997, 63(5), 1905-1910.
    • Daly K, Dixon AC, Swannell RPJ, Lepo JE, Head IM. . Journal of Applied Microbiology 1997, 83(4), 421-429.
    • Head IM, Gray ND, Clarke KJ, Pickup RW, Jones JG. . Microbiology 1996, 142(9), 2341-2354.
    • Head IM, Farrimond P, Larter SR. . Nature 1995, 373(6512), 293.
    • Hiorns WD, Hastings RC, Head IM, McCarthy AJ, Saunders JR, Pickup RW, Hall GH. . Microbiology 1995, 141(11), 2793-2800.
    • Swannell RPJ, Head IM. . Nature 1994, 368(6470), 396-397.
    • Head IM, Hiorns WD, Embley TM, McCarthy AJ, Saunders JR. . Journal of General Microbiology 1993, 139(6), 1147-1153.

  • Authored Books

    • Kowalchuk GA, De Bruijn FJ, Head IM, Akkermans ADL, van Elsas JD. . Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2004.
    • Head IM, Singleton I, Milner MG. . Wymondham, UK: Horizon Scientific Press, 2003.

  • Book Chapters

    • Christgen B, Suarez A, Milner E, Boghani H, Sadhukhan J, Shemfe M, Gadkari S, Kimber RL, Lloyd JR, Rabaey K, Feng Y, Premier GC, Curtis T, Scott K, Yu E, Head IM. . In: Resource Recovery from Wastes: Towards a Circular Economy. London: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020, pp.87-112.
    • Tsesmetzis N, Maguire MJ, Head IM, Lomans BP. . In: Terry J. McGenity, Kenneth N. Timmis, Balbina Nogales, ed. Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols. Springer, 2017, pp.65-109.
    • Head IM. . In: Torben Lund Skovhus, Dennis Enning, Jason S. Lee, ed. Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2017, pp.59-73.
    • Head IM. . In: Henry Lutz Ehrlich, Dianne K. Newman and Andreas Kappler, ed. Ehrlich’s Geomicrobiology, Sixth Edition. CRC Press, 2015, pp.565-622.
    • Prosser JI, Head IM, Stein LY. . In: Rosenberg, E; DeLong, EF; Lory, S; Stackebrandt, E; Thompson, F, ed. The Prokaryotes – Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria. Springer, 2014, pp.901-918.
    • Gray ND, Head IM. . In: Rosenberg, E; DeLong, EF; Lory, S; Stackebrandt, E; Thompson, F, ed. The Prokaryotes: Gammaprotobacteria. New York, USA: Springer, 2014, pp.1-14.
    • Head IM, Larter SR, Gray ND, Sherry A, Adams JJ, Aitken CM, Jones DM, Rowan AK, Huang H, Röling WFM. . In: Timmis, K.N. ed. in chief, McGenity, T., van der Meer, J.R., de Lorenzo, V, ed. Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 2010, pp.3097-3109 (chapter 54).
    • Singh AK, Sherry A, Gray ND, Jones MD, Roeling WFM, Head IM. . In: Whitby, C; Skovhus TL, ed. Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oilfield Systems: Proceedings from the International Symposium on Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Systems 2009. United Kingdom: Springer, 2009, pp.199-210.
    • Brown A, Snape JR, Harwood CR, Head IM. . In: Hogstrand, C; Kille, P, ed. Comparative Toxicogenomics. Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier, 2008, pp.221-248.
    • Gray ND, Head IM. . In: Jorgensen, SE; Fath, B, ed. Encyclopedia of Ecology. London: Elsevier, 2008, pp.3120.
    • McCarthy AJ, Gray ND, Curtis TP, Head IM. . In: Bardgett, RD; Usher, MB; Hopkins DW, ed. Biological Diversity and Function in Soils. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp.273-294.
    • Röling WFM, Head IM. . In: Osborn, AM; Smith, CJ, ed. Molecular Microbial Ecology. Abingdon: Taylor and Francis, 2005, pp.25-63.
    • Gray ND, Head IM. . In: Gadd, GM; Semple, Lappin-Scott, HM, ed. Micro-organisms and Earth Systems: advances in geomicrobiology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp.35-70.
    • Unz RF, Head IM. . In: Garrity, G (ed. in chief) Brenner, DJ; Krieg, NR; Staley, JT, ed. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Part B: Gammaproteobacteria. New York: Springer, 2005, pp.131–142.
    • Head IM, Gray ND, Howarth R, Pickup RW. . In: Schink,Bernhard, ed. Advances in Microbial Ecology. New York: Springer, 2000, pp.1-40.
    • Head IM. . In: Edwards, C, ed. Environmental Monitoring of Bacteria. Totowa, New Jersey: Humana Press, 1999, pp.139-174.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Larrosa-Guerrero A, Scott K, Head I, Mateo F, Ginestá A, Hernández-Fernández J, Godínez C. . In: Chemical Engineering Transactions: 13th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES). 2010, Prague, Czech Republic: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.
    • Velasquez-Orta SB, Head I, Curtis T, Scott K. . In: 6th Worldwater Congress and Exhibition. 2008, Vienna, Austria.
    • Dempsey MJ, Porto I, Mustafa M, Rowan AK, Brown A, Head IM. . In: 5th World Water Congress of the International-Water-Association. 2006, Beijing, China: Water Science and Technology, IWA Publishing.
    • Larter SR, Head IM, Huang H, Bennett B, Jones M, Aplin AC, Murray A, Erdmann M, Wilhelms A, Di primio R. . In: Petroleum Geology: North-West Europe and Global Perspectives: Proceedings of 6th Geology Conference. 2005, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London: The Geological Society: London.
    • Rowan AK, Moser G, Gray N, Snape JR, Fearnside D, Curtis TP, Barer MR, Head IM. . In: 1st IWA International Young Researchers Conference: New Research in Water and Wastewater. 2002, Cranfield, UK: Water Science and Technology: IWA Publishing.
    • Innes HE, Bishop AN, Fox PA, Head IM, Farrimond P. . In: 18th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry. 1997, Maastricht, The Netherlands: Organic Geochemistry: Pergamon.

  • Editorials

    • Lag-Brotons AJ, Velenturf APM, Crane R, Head IM, Purnell P, Semple KT. . Frontiers in Environmental Science 2020, 8, 35.
    • Kostka JE, Teske AP, Joye SB, Head IM. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2014, 5, 471.
    • Head IM. . Microbial Biotechnology 2011, 4(2), 116-117.
    • Baldrian P, Head IM, Prosser JI, Schloter M, Smalla K, Tebbe CC. . FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2011, 78(1), 1-2.
    • Dolfing J, Xu AP, Head IM. . ISME Journal 2010, 4(4), 463-464.
    • Head IM, Prosser JI. . FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2007, 62(2), 133-134.
    • Curtis TP, Head IM, Graham DW. . Environmental Science & Technology 2003, 37(3), 64A-70A.
    • Head IM, Bailey MJ. . Current Opinion in Biotechnology 2003, 14(3), 245-247.

  • Notes

    • Gray ND, Head IM. . Environmental Microbiology 2001, 3(8), 481-492.
    • Wilhelms A, Larter SR, Head IM, Farrimond P, di-Primo R, Zwach C. . Nature 2001, 414(6859), 85.

  • Online Publication

    • Paul A, Lokier SW, Court WM, vanderLand C, Andrade LL, Dutton KE, Sherry A, Head IM. . Center for Open Science, 2018. Available at: .

  • Patent

    • Spurr M, Head I, Yu E, Dinsdale R, Guwy A, Feito RF, Kaur A. . WO2023007183, 2023.

  • Reviews

    • Sherry A, Andrade L, Velenturf A, Christgen B, Gray ND, Head IM. . Microbial Biotechnology 2017, 10(5), 1206–1211.
    • Daghio M, Aulenta F, Vaiopoulou E, Franzetti A, Arends J, Sherry A, Suárez-Suárez A, Head IM, Bestetti G, Rabaey K. . Water Research 2017, 114, 351-370.
    • Brown A, Snape JR, Harwood CR, Head IM. . Advances in Experimental Biology 2008, 2, 221-248.
    • Battin TJ, Sloan WT, Kjelleberg S, Daims H, Head IM, Curtis TP, Eberl L. . Nature Reviews Microbiology 2007, 5(1), 76-81.
    • Head IM, Jones DM, Roling WFM. . Nature Reviews: Microbiology 2006, 4(3), 173-182.
    • Head IM, Jones DM, Larter SR. . Nature 2003, 426(6964), 344-352.