Name: Christine C. Gaylarde

Council Role: President

Employer or Institute: Retired. Honorary positions at Portsmouth University and the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Title: Hon. Researcher/Professor

Main Areas of Study/Work: Research and teaching on (currently) biofilms and biodeterioration of cultural heritage buildings and paint films

Other Interests: Travelling, reading, eating

Three Main or Most Recent Publications:
Stefanie Scheerer, Otto Ortega-Morales and Christine Gaylarde 2009. Microbial Deterioration of Stone Monuments—An Updated Overview. Advances in Applied Microbiology 66: 97-139

Christine C. Gaylarde, Peter M. Gaylarde, Iwona B. Beech 2008. Deterioration of limestone structures associated with copper staining. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 62: 179–185

PM Gaylarde, MA Shirakawa, V John, W Gambale and CC Gaylarde 2004. Statistical analysis of fungicide activity in paint films on two buildings. Surface Coatings International Part B: Coatings Transactions 87, B4: 235 - 264

Contact details: Telephone: 07505 681654
Email: cgay...@googlemail.com

Keywords: biofilms, cultural heritage, cyanobacteria

Name: Geoff Robson

Council Role: Vice President

Employer or Institute: University of Manchester

Title: Dr

Main Areas of Study/Work: Biodeterioration of plastics, Aspergillus fumigatus and disease, Fungal growth and physiology


Other Interests: Photography, genealogy, travelling

Three Main or Most Recent Publications:
Cosgrove L, McGeechan PL, Robson GD, Handley PS (2007). Fungal communities associated with degradation of polyester polyurethane in soil. Appl Environ Microbiol. 73: 5817-5824.

Sabev HA, Barratt SM, Greenhalgh M, Handley PS, Robson GD (2006). Biodegradation of manmade polymeric materials, p. 212-235. In G. M. Gadd (ed.) Fungi in geochemical cycles. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Sabev HA, Handley PS, Robson GD (2006). Fungal colonization of soil-buried plasticized polyvinyl chloride (pPVC) and the impact of incorporated biocides. Microbiology 152: 1731-1739.

Contact details:
Telephone: +44(0)1612755048
Email: Geof...@manchester.ac.uk

Name: Joanna Verran

Council Role: Co-opted Memeber

Employer or Institute: Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), UK (www.mmu.ac.uk)

Title: Professor of Microbiology

Main Areas of Study/Work: Microbial attachment to inert surfaces across a range of applications; surface hygiene; microbiology education

Other Interests: Microbiology and art/archaeology, music (my son’s band: www.myspace.com/dutchuncles), Stockport County football club, Cornwall history.

Three Main or Most Recent Publications: Rather than list current/important publications (which rapidly need updating), please can I direct interested people to my website
www.sci-eng.mmu.ac.uk/intheloop. This summarises interest in research, consultancy, education and communication, and includes some freely downloadable education resources.

Contact details: Telephone: +44 (0) 161 247 1206
Email: j.ve...@mmu.ac.uk

Keywords: Biofilms, hygienic surfaces, surface topography, survival of microorganisms on surfaces, novel antimicrobial surfaces, microbiology education.

Name: John Gillatt

Council Role: Hon. Secretary

Employer or Institute: Thor Specialities (UK) Limited – www.thor.com

Title: Regional Technical Manager - Biocides

Main Areas of Study/Work: Product development, product information and support

Other Interests: Local politics (www.boltonwest.org) and community activism
Long distance walking, swimming, cycling and (formerly) running

Three Main or Most Recent Publications:
Gillatt, J. W. (1991) The Need for Antifungal and Antialgal Additives in High Performance Surface Coatings, Surface Coatings Int., 1991, June

Gillatt, J. W. (1992) Bacterial and Fungal Spoilage of Water-borne Formulations During Production and Storage. Remedial and Preventative Measures. Surface Coatings Int. 10, 387 - 392.

Gillatt, J. W. (2005) The Microbial Spoilage of Polymer Dispersions and its Prevention in Directory of Microbicides for the Protection of Materials – A Handbook (ed. W. Paulus), 219 – 249, Springer 2005

Contact details: Telephone: +44 (0)1606 818869
Email: joh...@thor.uk.com

Keywords: Biocides, paints, coatings, polymer dispersions, adhesives, metalworking fluids, cosmetics, water treatment, emulsions, disinfectant, personal care,

Name: Kathryn Whitehead

Council Role: Hon. Treasurer

Employer or Institute: Manchester Metropolitan University www.mmu.ac.uk
Title: Research Fellow
Main Areas of Study/Work: Microbiology and Surface Hygiene

Other Interests: Playing the clarinet and saxophone, motor sports, horse riding, fresh & tropical water aquariums, gardening, walking, reading

Three Main or Most Recent Publications:
Whitehead, K. A, Benson, P. Smith, L. A. Verran, J. (2009) The use of physicochemical methods to detect organic food soils on stainless steel surfaces. Biofouling In Press

Whitehead, K. A, Benson, P. Verran, J. (2009) Differential fluorescent staining of Listeria monocytogenes and a whey food soil for quantitative analysis of surface hygiene. International Journal of Food Microbiology In Press

Whitehead, K. A., Rodgers, D., Colligon, J., Wright, C. and Verran, J. (2006) Use of the Atomic Force Microscope to determine the effect of substratum surface topography on the ease of bacterial removal. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 51, 44-53

Contact details: Telephone: +44 (0) 247 1157
Email: k.a....@mmu.ac.uk

Keywords: Atomic Force Microscopy, Force measurements, Microorganisms, Bacteriology, Mycology, Surface hygiene, Conditioning films, Stainless steel, Titanium, Polymers, Food hygiene, Surface topography, Surface roughness Microbial adhesion, Microbial retention, Surface engineering, Cleaning, Soiling, Antimicrobial alloys

Name: Lawrence Staniforth

Council Role: Membership Secretary

Title: Contracts and Disinfection Manager

Main Areas of Study/Work: All aspects of institutional and industrial hygiene (including Hygienic Engineering Design).
Offering training, guidance and technical support.
Method development for the testing of cleaning processes and disinfection (including whole room disinfection), antibacterial soaps, hand sanitizers and antibacterial surfaces to support label claims and regulatory requirements.
Representing institutional and industrial producers and users at the BSI TC216 and the UK within Europe at CEN TC216 WG3 meetings.

Three Main or Most Recent Publications:

Various Patents as Co-inventor.

Contact details: Telephone: 01386 842042
Email: l.st...@campden.co.uk

Keywords: Antimicrobial surfaces, Biocides, Biofilms, Disinfection, Hygiene.

Name: Jimmy Walker

Council Role: Council Member

Employer or Institute: Biosafety Group, Health Protection Agency (www.hpa.org.uk)

Title: Principal Investigator - Decontamination

Main Areas of Study/Work: Decontamination of aerosols, biofilms and suspensions

Other Interests: Cycling, canal boating, photography and playing with my Morris Minor(s)

Three Main or Most Recent Publications:
Davies A, G Thomson, JT Walker, A Bennett . 2009.  A review of the risks and disease transmission associated with aerosol generating medical procedures. British Journal of Infection Control. Journal of Infection Prevention, Vol. 10, 122-126.

Walker JT ,  J Dickinson, JM Sutton, N. Raven, and PD Marsh. (2008). Implication for CJD in Dentistry:  A Review of Current knowledge. Journal of Dental Research.  87, 511-519.

Schel AJ, PD Marsh, DJ Bradshaw, M Finney, MR Fulford, E Frandsen, E Østergaard, JM ten Cate, WR Moorer, A Mavridou, JJ Kamma, G Mandilara, L Stösser, S Kneist, R Araujo, N Contreras, P Goroncy-Bermes, D O'Mullane, F Burke, P O'Reilly, G Hourigan, M O'Sullivan, R Holman, JT Walker. (2006). Comparison of the efficacy of disinfectants to control microbial contamination in dental unit water systems in general dental practices across the European Union. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72, 1380-1387.

Contact details: Telephone: 01980 612643
Email: jimm...@hpa.org.uk

Keywords: Decontamination, Airborne bacteria, Biofilms, surface hygiene, hospital acquired infections, antimicrobial surfaces

Name: Robert Koestler

Council Role: IBBJ Representative

Name: Paul Airey

Council Role:Webmaster

Employer or Institute: University of Bradford, UK

Title: Postdoctoral Researcher

Main Areas of Study/Work: Scientific Web Design Specialist. www.sciwebdesign.com

Other Interests: Webdesign (this website and various others), Carlisle United Football Club, darts, reading

Three Main or Most Recent Publications:
Hygienic Properties of Stainless Ateel. P. Airey. Ph.D Thesis. Manchester Metropolitan University. Jan 2008

Potential use of copper as a hygienic surface; problems associated with cumulative soiling and cleaning. P. Airey & J. Verran. Journal of Hospital Infection. 67(3):271-277. November 2007.

A method for monitoring substratum hygiene using a complex soil; the human fingerprint
P. Airey, J. Verran & A. McMahon. Food and Bioproducts Processing (FBP): Official Journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering: Part C. 84 (C4) 359-365. December 2006.

Contact details:
Telephone: +44 (0) 127423 6218
Email: sal...@sciwebdesign.com

Keywords: Scientific web design.

Name: Malcolm Greenhalgh

Council Role: Council Member and IBRG Representative

Employer or Institute: MGCL / TechniTex Faraday

Title: Director & Technology Translator

Main Areas of Study/Work:MGCL: Biocides & Industrial Microbiology Consultancy. TechniTex Faraday: Technical Textiles especially Antimicrobial Treatments & Medical Applications

Other Interests: Cycling (formerly) running/orienteering(???) plus swanning around the world playing tambourines

Three Main or Most Recent Publications:
Biodegradation And Biodeterioration of Man Made Polymeric Materials. Hristo Sabev, Sarah R Barratt, Malcolm Greenhalgh, Pauline S. Handley and Geoffrey D. Robson. In Fungi in Biogeochemical Cycles, Ed G.M. Gadd. Pub Cambridge University Press 2006

English, S.E., Fjelde, S., Greenhalgh, M., McCabe, R.W., McKenna, T., Morton, L.H.G., Schimdt, B., Sherrington, I. (2003) Laboratory Studies on Thin Paint Films. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 52 247-253.

Webb, JS., Barratt, SR., Sabev, H., Nixon, M., Eastwood, IM, Greenhalgh, M., Handley, PS., & Robson, GD (2001) Green fluorescent protein as a novel indicator of antimicrobial susceptibility in Aureobasidium pullulans. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 67; 5614-5620.

Contact details:
Telephone: +44 (0)1422 825187
Email:...@mgconsultancy.com

Keywords: Antimicrobial, biocide, BPD, biocidal products directive, coating, disinfectant, emulsions, paint, personal care, polymeric materials, polymer dispersions, adhesives, metalworking fluids, textiles, treated articles.

Name: Diego A. Moreno

Council Role: Scientific Program Officer

Employer or Institute: Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain

Title: Head of the Bioengineering and Materials Research Group

Main Areas of Study/Work: Biofilms, Biofouling, Microbial Corrosion

Other Interests: President of the Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Specialized Group of the Spanish Society for Microbiology (SEM)

Three Main or Most Recent Publications:
D.A. Moreno, E. Cano, J.R. Ibars, J.L. Polo, F. Montero, J.M. Bastidas (2004). Initial stages of microbiologically influenced tarnishing on titanium after 20 months of immersion in freshwater. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 593-598.

M.I. Sarró, A.M. García, D.A. Moreno (2005). Biofilm formation in spent nuclear fuel pools and bioremediation of radioactive water. International Microbiology, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 223-230.

M.I. Sarró, A.M. García, V.M. Rivalta, D.A. Moreno, I. Arroyo (2005). Biodeterioration of the Lion Fountain at the Alhambra Palace, Granada (Spain). Building and Environmental, Vol. 41, pp. 1811-1820.

Contact details:
Telephone: +34 (91) 3363164 Fax: +34 (91) 3363007
Email: dieg...@upm.es

Keywords: Bioengineering, biofilms, biofouling, microbial corrosion, molecular tools, applied and environmental microbiology

Name: Asunción de los Rios

Council Role: Council Member

Name: Jeremy Webb

Council Role: Council Member

Employer or Institute: University of Southampton
www.soton.ac.uk
http://www.soton.ac.uk/ifls/bioscience/biofilms.page

Title: Lecturer in Microbiology

Main Areas of Study/Work:- Biofilm development and dispersal, biofilm control strategies, microbial ecology.

Other Interests: Cycling, swimming, fellwalking and (badly) surfing. The great outdoors.

Three Main or Most Recent Publications:
Webb, J. S., L. S. Thompson, S. James, T. Charlton, T. Tolker-Nielsen, B. Koch, M. Givskov, and S. Kjelleberg. 2003. Cell death in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development. Journal of Bacteriology 185:4585-92

Barraud, N., D. J. Hassett, S. H. Hwang, S. A. Rice, S. Kjelleberg, and J. S. Webb. 2006. Involvement of nitric oxide in biofilm dispersal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology 188:7344-53.

Conibear, T.C. R., Collins, S. L., and Webb, J. S. 2009. Role of mutation in the development of a bacterial biofilm. PLoS-ONE. 4:e6289

Contact details:
Telephone: +44 (0)2380 594390
Email: J.S....@soton.ac.uk

Keywords: Biofilms, biofilm dispersal, microbial adhesion, surface colonization, microbial interactions, biofilms in medicine and chronic infection, microbial ecology

Name: Katja Sterflinger

Council Role: Co-opted Member

Employer or Institute: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna - Department of Biotechnology

Title: Associate Professor, Dr.

Main Areas of Study/Work:- Reasearch on biodeterioration of cultural heritage, bioweathering, fungal taxonomy and phylogeny, ecophysiology of rock inhabiting fungi.
- Consultant for museums and industries in questions of fungal contaminations, treatments and prevention of biodeterioration.

Other Interests: My kids, art, books, cycling and running.

Three Main or Most Recent Publications:
Isola, D; Marzban, G; Selbmann, L; Onofri, S; Laimer, M; Sterflinger, K (2011): Sample preparation and 2-DE procedure for protein expression profiling of black microcolonial fungi.. Fungal Biol. 2011; 115(10):971-977

Sterflinger, Katja (2010): Fungi: Their role in the deterioration of cultural heritage.. Fungal Biology Reviews, 24, 47-55; ISSN 1749-4613

S terflinger, K. (2000): Fungi as Geologic Agents.. Geomicrobiology Journal, 17, 97-124

Contact details:
Telephone: +43 (1) 47654 6260
Email: Katj...@boku.ac.at

Keywords: Fungi, microcolonial fungi, black yeasts, cultural heritage, museums, fungal phylogeny and taxonomy, microcolonial fungi, bioweathering, biodeterioration, molecular analysis (DGGE, qPCR), 2-D protein profiling