Stephen Jackson

Highly skilled Research Fellow with proven ability for driving impactful scientific studies. Led multiple research projects that resulted in important findings, significantly advancing field knowledge. Renowned for collaborative approach and consistently producing high-quality publications.

Oral Presentations

• Microbiology Society Irish Division Annual Meeting, (Athlone, Ireland, 2023)
• International Symposium on Functional Genomics and Systems Biology (Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2017)
• 11th International Marine Biotechnology Conference (IMBC) (Baltimore, MY, USA, 2016)
• 9th European Conference of Marine Natural Products University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sept., 2015
• 9th European Conference of Marine Natural Products Pre-Conference Workshop University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sept., 2015
• 2nd International Symposium of Sponge Microbiology Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Baltimore, MY, USA, Oct. 2014
• SFAM Invited Guest Lecture University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, Feb., 2014

• 1st International Symposium of Sponge Microbiology Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany, Apr., 2011
• Marine Microbiology & Biotechnology Conference: Biodiscovery, Biodiversity and Bioremediation, University College Cork, Ireland, Nov., 2012

Teaching

Lecturing and/or coordinating and/or examining:

Undergraduate modules: Introduction to Biotechnology, Principles of Microbiology, Food and Industrial Microbiology; Postgraduate modules: Ecology of Microbial Communities, Microbial Strain Engineering

Supervising

Mentored 47 undergraduate and postgraduate students in their research projects. Among this cohort I
mentored 8 PhD candidates, teaching each of them all of their experimental methods, and
guiding them in writing publications and theses. Three of the students were MSc. research
projects where I fulfilled the same roles. The undergraduate students were for final year
projects with 10-week lab placements where I designed projects and mentored the students in
completing their projects and in writing dissertations. I have mentored 7 visiting researchers at
various career stages for periods ranging from 1-12 months where I taught them experimental
techniques which I, and only a few other laboratories worldwide, were proficient in (large-
insert fosmid metagenomic clone library production and screening).

Complete publication history (43 research articles, 3 review articles, 3 book chapters) can be viewed here: https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/stephen-jackson/publications/

• Editor, Section Board Member: Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production
• Guest editor for the Marine Drugs Special Issue ‘Exploiting Marine ‘Omics’ Technologies for the Biodiscovery of Marine Natural Products’ (Marine Drugs, MDPI)
• Guest editor for the Special Issue ‘Enzymes Derived from Marine Sources’ (Marine Drugs, MDPI)
• Peer-review for 14 scientific journals (Marine Drugs, PLoS ONE, Bioresource Technology, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Microbiology Research, Microorganisms, The FEBS Journal, FEMS Microbiology Letters, Frontiers in Marine Science, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Marine Pollution
  Bulletin, Microbiology Spectrum, Scientific Reports)

• Founder and Chair, UCC School of Microbiology Researcher Forum (microSCRUM), 2023-present
• Committee member, UCC School of Microbiology Health & Safety Committee, 2016-present
• Committee member, UCC School of Microbiology Equality, Diversity & Inclusion committee, 2023-present
• Site coordinator, Ocean Sampling Day 2014 (MicroB3).

Prof. Alan Dobson, Professor of Environmental Microbial Genomics, University College Cork (adobson@ucc.ie)

Dr Jonathan Kennedy, Biotechnology Professional, CPI Research Services, Redcar, UK (jonathankennedy67@hotmail.com)