Lecturer in Microbiology

Principal Investigator, Microbial Genomics Group

School of Biological and Chemical Sciences

Email: [email protected]

2022-Present: Lecturer in Microbiology, University of Galway, Ireland

2022-Present: Honorary Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen

2018-2022: Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen

2015-2018: Research Fellow, Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen

2014: PhD., Microbiology, University of Aberdeen 2014

2010: B.A. (Mod), Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Dr Paul Sheridan is the Principal Investigator of the Microbial Genomics Group and a Lecturer in Microbiology at the University of Galway. His research uses state-of-the-art genomics and experimental microbiology to improve our understanding of the microbial world and its influence on agriculture, environmental protection, and human health. His research utilizes a combined computation and experimental approach to uncover the fundamental principles of microbial evolution, ecology, and physiology. Throughout his career, Dr Sheridan has studied a wide variety bacteria and archaea from soil, plants, rivers, geothermal vents, marine sponge, aquaculture, livestock, and the human gut.

Microbes in agriculture and environmental protection

Microbial physiology and metabolism

Microbial habitat transition

Comparative genomics and phylogenomics

Microbial evolution and ecology

Genome-resolved and functional metagenomics