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Dr Alan Howgrave-Graham

Lecturer, Microbiology


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Located at: Room 2W-218, Gippsland Campus

Postal address: School of Applied Sciences and Engineering Monash University Gippsland Campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, Australia

Phone: +61 3 512 26439 or +61 3 990 26439

Fax: +61 3 512 26738 or +61 3 990 26738

Email: Alan.Howgrave-Graham@sci.monash.edu.au

Teaching Commitments

Alan is the unit advisor for the following units:

Research Interests

  • The anaerobic digestion of industrial wastewaters; the activated sludge process and other applications of environmental biotechnology, including the microbial populations and processes involved.

  • The development of knowledge-based biotechnology strategies to enhance regional competitiveness. A study is currently being conducted on the Gippsland Region of Australia.

Selected Publications

  • A R Howgrave-Graham & P Galvin, Cooperative Research Centres and Industrial Clusters: Implications for Australian biotechnology strategies. In: A Rainie and M Grobbelaar (eds.), New Regionalism in Australia, Ashgate Publishing, Oxon, UK. P.87-102, 2004.

  • E Conway de Macario, C Jarmey-Swan, A R Howgrave-Graham & A J L Macario, The slide immunoenzymatic assay (SIA): A simple and low-cost system suitable for detecting water-borne microbes without the need for sophisticated technological infrastructure. Chapter 4.05 In: G A Kowalchuk, F J de Bruin /et al. /(eds.), Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual, Second edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dortrecht, The Netherlands. p. 933-954, 2004.

  • C Jarmey-Swan, R A Gibbs, G E Ho, I W Bailey, & A R Howgrave-Graham, A Novel Method for Quantification of Viable Giardia Cysts in Water Samples. Water Research. 34(6) p. 1948-1951, 2004.

  • S C Green, A R Howgrave-Graham & S Mlondobozi, Heavy Metal Uptake during Anaerobic Digestion of Combined Electroplating and Brewery Wastewaters. Biotechnology Letters. 20(11)p.1081-1084, 1998.

  • A R Howgrave-Graham, A J L Macario & F M Wallis, Quantitative Analysis and Mapping of Bacteria in Anaerobic Digester Granules using a Combination of Transmission Electron Microscopy with Immunotechnology. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 83 p. 587-595, 1997.

  • A R Howgrave-Graham & M B Nicholls, The Purification of Coal Gasification Combined with Brewery Waste Waters in UASB Digesters. Biotechnology Letters. 19 p. 113-115, 1997.

  • A R Howgrave-Graham, L R Jones, A G James, S J Terry, E Senior & I E Watson-Craik, Microbial Distribution throughout a Cellobiose-Supplemented Three Stage Laboratory-Scale Anaerobic Digester. The Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. 59 p. 127-131, 1994.

  • A R Howgrave-Graham, H A Isherwood & F M Wallis, Evaluation of Two Upflow Anaerobic Digesters Purifying Industrial Wastewaters High in Organic Matter. Water Science and Technology. 29 p. 225-229, 1994.

  • B T Dudley, A R Howgrave-Graham, A G Bruton A G & F M Wallis, The Application of Digital Image Processing to Quantifying and Measuring UASB Digester Granules. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 42.p.279-283, 1993.

  • A R Howgrave-Graham, & F M Wallis, Quantification of Bacterial Morphotypes within Anaerobic Digester Granules from Transmission Electron Micrographs using Image Analysis. Biotechnology Techniques. 7(2) p.143-148, 1993.

  • M A Taylor & A R Howgrave-Graham, Microbial Segregation within Anaerobic Digester Granules Treating Brewery Waste Water. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 16 p.21-23, 1993.

  • B T Dudley, A R Howgrave-Graham, H Isherwood & E Senior, Laboratory-scale UASB Digesters (with/without Conditioning Tank and Recycle): Efficacy to treat increased Hydraulic Loads. Water SA. 19 p. 313-319, 1993.

  • A R Howgrave-Graham, F M Wallis & P L Steyn, A Bacterial Population Analysis of Granular Sludge from an Anaerobic Digester Treating a Maize Processing Waste. Bioresource Technology. 37 p.149-156, 1991.

  • A R Howgrave-Graham & F M Wallis, Evaluation of Preparation Techniques for the Electron Microscopy of Anaerobic Digester Granular Sludge. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 13 p.87-89, 1991.

  • A R Howgrave-Graham & P L Steyn, Application of the Fluorescent-Antibody Technique for the Detection of Sphaerotilus natans in Activated Sludge. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 54(3) p. 799-802, 1988.