Research output per year
Research output per year
Prof
Research activity per year
Lab and field based Microbial Geochemistry:
Recent Grants and funding:
Prospective postgraduate students
Very interested to hear from any students with interests in microbe-mineral interactions, mineral formation and stability, metal and radionuclide pacification, carbon capture and storage, glacial biogeochemistry and microbiology. Possible sources of funding available.
Andy's interests are in the importance of microbes in regulating many common chemical reactions at the Earth's surface and in the deep subsurface, specifically through the interaction with mineral surfaces. He is particularly interested in how such processes allow microorganisms to survive in cold and icy environments and potentially on other planets. Andy also undertakes applied research into manipulating these biogeochemical processes for environmental engineering purposes, including metal and radionuclide pacification and geologic carbon capture and storage. Before coming to Aberystwyth, he was at Montana State University where he was an Assistant Research Professor in the Faculty of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Prior to this, Andy was a EU Marie Curie Fellow at the NanoGeoScience Centre, University of Copenhagen, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Geology, University of Toronto. Andy has travelled and worked all over the world, and is particularly drawn to mountainous areas and mountain sports.
2016 - present. Co-Director - Interdisciplinary Centre for Environmental Microbiology
2019 - present. Director of Postgraduate Studies, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences.
2017-2019. Director of Research (Science). Department of Geography and Earth Sciences.
2013 - present. Manager - Extreme Experimental Environments Laboratory (Ex2El)
2017 - present. Associate Editor - Frontiers in Geochemistry
2018 - present. UK Geo microbiology Society Committee Member
Modules taught and coordinated*:
Previous learning and teaching roles:
Prospective postgraduate students
Very interested to hear from any students with interests in microbe-mineral interactions, mineral formation and stability, metal and radionuclide pacification, carbon capture and storage, glacial biogeochemistry and microbiology. Possible sources of funding available.
Current PhD Students:
Current Postdoctoral fellows:
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Person: Doctor of Philosophy
Person: Doctor of Philosophy
Person: Doctor of Philosophy
Person: Doctor of Philosophy
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Natural Environment Research Council
01 Feb 2022 → 31 Jan 2024
Project: Externally funded research
Natural Environment Research Council
01 Oct 2021 → 30 Sept 2024
Project: Externally funded research
24 Feb 2020 → 24 Feb 2020
Project: Internally funded research
Irvine-Fynn, T., Mitchell, A., Cook, J. & Edwards Rassner, S. M.
Natural Environment Research Council
01 Dec 2018 → 31 May 2022
Project: Externally funded research
24 Sept 2018 → 23 Sept 2021
Project: Internally funded research
15 Mar 2018 → 14 Mar 2020
Project: Externally funded research
01 Sept 2017 → 31 Aug 2018
Project: Externally funded research
Llywodraeth Cymru | Welsh Government
01 Sept 2017 → 31 Aug 2020
Project: Externally funded research
Llywodraeth Cymru | Welsh Government
01 Nov 2016 → 31 Dec 2020
Project: Externally funded research
01 Nov 2016 → 31 Dec 2018
Project: Externally funded research
01 Apr 2016 → 31 Mar 2020
Project: Externally funded research
06 Feb 2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
14 Jan 2013
8 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
21 Jun 2010
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
Andy Mitchell (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Anne Nielsen (Speaker), Andy Mitchell (Speaker) & Karina Sand (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Davide Gamboa (Speaker), David Schofield (Speaker), Michelle Bentham (Speaker) & Andy Mitchell (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Davide Gamboa (Speaker), Andy Mitchell (Speaker), David Schofield (Speaker), Michelle Bentham (Speaker), Gareth Farr (Speaker), Sara Maria Edwards Rassner (Speaker), Andre Soares (Speaker), Arwyn Edwards (Speaker), Shakil Masum (Speaker), Snehasis Tripathy (Speaker) & Hywel Thomas (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Andy Mitchell (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Davide Gamboa (Speaker), Andy Mitchell (Speaker), Michelle Bentham (Speaker), David Schofield (Speaker), Gareth Farr (Speaker), Sara Maria Edwards Rassner (Speaker), Andre Soares (Speaker), Arwyn Edwards (Speaker), Shakil Masum (Speaker), Snehasis Tripathy (Speaker) & Hywel Thomas (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Andy Mitchell (Chair)
Activity: Membership › Membership of peer-review college/ panel
Andy Mitchell (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop, Seminar, or Course
Andy Mitchell (Keynote/plenary speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop, Seminar, or Course
Andy Mitchell (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop, Seminar, or Course
Andy Mitchell (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop, Seminar, or Course
Mitchell, Andy (Recipient), 01 Aug 2008
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively