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Professor Rob Reed Office of Learning & Teaching

Pro Vice Chancellor (Learn & Teach)

BSc(Hons), PhD, DSc

Office Location
Room 3.17
Building 19
Rockhampton campus
Contact Details
Email: r.reed@cqu.edu.au
Phone: (07) 4923 2606 - Ext: 2606
    Awards

    Australian Awards for University Teaching: ALTC Citation for outstanding contribution to student learning, 2010 (for developing engaging and effective resources to support student learning across the sciences)

    Professional Experience

    B.Sc. (Hons) Microbiology, University of Liverpool 1977;

    Ph.D. University of Liverpool 1979 (Osmoregulation in red algae);

    D.Sc. University of Dundee 1990 (halotolerance and water relations of micro-organisms).

    Professional Memberships

    Higher Education Association (fellow)

    Institute of Biomedical Science (fellow)

    World Health Organisation International Network to Promote Household Water Treatment & Safe Storage (member)

    Professional Interests
    Scholarship of learning, including:
    • Practical skills teaching (including the ‘Practical Skills' series of science textbooks for Pearson Education).
    • Work-related learning.

    Research in environmental microbiology, broadly within two main areas:

    • Small-scale (point-of-use) water treatment processes, including solar disinfection and safe storage of drinking water.
    • Responses of micro-organisms to environmental stress, especially light & osmotic stress
    Term 3 - 2012
    SCIE11018 - Introduction to Forensic Science
    Course Coordinator
    Term 3 - 2011
    SCIE11018 - Introduction to Forensic Science
    Course Coordinator
    Term 3 - 2010
    SCIE11018 - Introduction to Forensic Science
    Course Coordinator
    Book Chapter

    Reed, R & McHenry, M 2011, 'Writing and reviewing an article for a science magazine - a peer assessment exercise', in Orsmond, P (ed), Self- and peer-assessment: guidance on practice in the biosciences, UK Centre for Bioscience, Higher Education Academy, Leeds, ftp://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/TeachingGuides/selfpeer/Self&PeerAssesment%282ed%29.pdf

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    Conference Paper

    Reed, R & Tandon, P 2008, 'Testing the waters - Evaluation of a novel medium for the detection and enumeration of Escheria coli under field conditions in the developing world', paper presented at the 112th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME12) : Microbial Diversity: Sustaining the Blue Planet : 17-22 August 2008, Cairns, Australia.

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    Sammon, NB, Harrower, KM, Fabbro, LD & Reed, RH 2008, 'The mycrobiota of a municipal water supply system in tropical Australia', poster presented to the 12th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME12) : Microbial Diversity: Sustaining the Blue Planet : 17-22 August 2008, Cairns, Australia.

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    Nademi, M, Reed, R, Raza, M, Perry, J & Gould, K 2007, 'Evaluation of IDI-MRSA in comparison with MRSA-ID with and without broth enrichment in screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)', poster presentation at 47th Interstate Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), 17th-20th September 2007, Chicago, Ill., 1 p.

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    Journal Article

    Khan, S, Reed, R & Rasul, M 2012, 'Thin-film fixed-bed reactor (TFFBR) for solar photocatalytic inactivation of aquaculture pathogen Aeromonas hydrophila', BMC Microbiology, vol. 12:5, online 13 January 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-5

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    Sharan, R, Chhibber, S & Reed, R 2012, 'Traditional copper water storage vessels and sub-lethal injury of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and Vibrio cholerae', Journal of Water and Health, vol. 10, no. 2, pp.271-277, http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wh.2012.169

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    Sharan, R, Chhibber, S & Reed, R 2011, 'Inactivation and sub-lethal injury of Salmonella Typhi, Salmonella Typhimurium and Vibrio cholerae in copper water storage vessels', BMC Infectious Diseases, vol. 11, pp. 204-209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-204

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    Sharan, R, Chhibber, S & Reed, R 2011, 'A murine model to study the antibacterial effect of copper on infectivity of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 8, pp. 21-36, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8010021

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    Sammon, N, Harrower, K, Fabbro, L & Reed, R 2011, 'Three potential sources of microfungi in a treated municipal water supply system in sub-tropical Australia', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 713-732, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8030713

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    Sammon, N, Harrower, K, Fabbro, L & Reed, R 2010, 'Incidence and distribution of microfungi in a treated municipal water supply system in sub-tropical Australia', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1597-1611, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7041597

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    Sharan, R, Chhibber, S, Attri, S & Reed, R 2010, 'Inactivation and injury of Escherichia coli in a copper water storage vessel: effects of temperature and pH', Antonie van Leeuwenhoek: International Journal of General and Molecular, vol. 97, no. 1, pp. 91-97.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10482-009-9395-7 (viewed 10/5/10)

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    Sharan, R, Chhibber, S, Attri, S & Reed, R 2010, 'Inactivation and sub-lethal injury of Escherichia coli in a copper water storage vessel: effect of inorganic and organic constituents', Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, vol 98, no. 1, pp.103-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10482-010-9435-3

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    Sammon, N, Harrower, K, Fabbro, L & Reed, R 2010, 'Microfungi in drinking water: the role of the frog Litoria caerulea', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 7, pp. 3225-3234.http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7083225 (Viewed 5.11.2010)

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    Asir, K, Wilkinson, K, Perry, J, Reed, R & Gould, F 2009, 'Evaluation of chromogenic media for the isolation of vancomycin-resistent enterococci from stool samples', Letters in Applied Microbiology, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 230-233.

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    Sammon, N, Harrower, K, Fabbro, L & Reed, R 2009, 'Green tree frogs: contamination of covered reservoirs in Northern Australia', Water, June, pp.52-56.

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    Reed, R, Bright Singh, I, Mani, S & Kanjur, R 2007, 'Solar disinfection of drinking water for households in rural India', Water & Sewerage Journal, no. 4, pp. 61-62.

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    Tandon, P, Chhibber, S & Reed, R 2007, 'The enumeration of chlorine-injured Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis is enhanced under conditions where reactive oxygen species are neautralised', Letters in Applied Microbiology, vol. 44, pp. 73-78.http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02024.x (viewed 29/3/10)

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    Tandon, P, Chhibber, S & Reed, R 2007, 'Survival and detection of the faecal indicator bacterium Enterococcus faecalis in water stored in traditional vessels', Indian Journal of Medical Research, vol. 125, pp. 557-566.

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    Reed, R & McKie-Bell, F 2007, 'Using feedback to enhance referencing skills', Centre for Bioscience Bulletin, no. 22, p. 10.

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    Mani, S, Kanjur, R, Singh, I & Reed, R 2006, 'Comparative effectiveness of solar disinfection using small-scale batch reactors with reflective, absorptive and transmissive rear surfaces', Water Research, vol. 40, pp. 721-727. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2006.09.008 (viewed 31/3/10)

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    Perry, JD, James, AL, Morris, KA, Oliver, M, Chilvers, KF, Reed, RH & Gould FK 2006, ��Evaluation of novel fluorogenic substrates for the detection of glycosidases in Escherichia coli and enterococci��, Journal of Applied Microbiology, vol. 101, pp. 977-985.http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03018.x (viewed 26/3/10)

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    Khaengraeng, R & Reed, R 2005, 'Oxygen and photoinactivation of Escherichia in UVA and sunlight', Journal of Applied Microbiology, vol. 99, no. 1, pp. 39-50.http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02606.x (viewed 29/3/10)

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    Tandon, P, Chhibber, S & Reed, R 2005, 'Inactivation of Escherichia coli and coliform bacteria in traditional brass and earthenware water storage vessels', Antonie van Leeuwenhoek: international journal of general and molecular , vol. 88, pp. 35-48.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10482-004-7366-6 (viewed 29/3/10)

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    Butterworth, FA, Perry, JD, Davies, G, Burton, M, Reed, RH, Gould FK 2004, ��Evaluation of novel b-ribosidase substrates for the differentiation of Gram-negative bacteria��, Journal of Applied Microbiology, vol. 96, pp. 170-176.http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.02130.x (viewed 30/3/10)

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    Duffy, E, Touati, F, Kehoe, S, McLoughlin, O, Gill, L, Gernjak, W, Oller, I, Maldonado, M, Malato, S, Cassidy, J, Cassidy, J, Reed, R & McGuigan, K 2004, 'A novel TiO2-assisted solar photocatalytic batch-process disinfection reactor for the treatment of biological and chemical contaminants in domestic drinking water in developing countries', Solar Energy, vol. 77, no. 5, pp. 649-655. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2004.05.006 (viewed 29/3/10)

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    Textbook

    Dean, J, Jones, AM, Holmes, D, Reed, R, Weyers, J & Jones, A 2011, Practical Skils in Chemistry, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall, Pearson Education, Harlow.

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    Aspden, W, Caple, F, Reed, R, Weyers, J & Jones, A 2011, Practical Skills in Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, Essex.

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    Reaburn, P, Dascombe, B, Reed, R, Jones, A & Weyers, J 2011, Practical Skills in Sport and Exercise Science, Prentice Hall, Pearson Education, Harlow.

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    Langford, A, Dean, J, Reed, R, Holmes, D, Weyers, J & Jones, A 2010, Practical Skills in Forensic Science, Prentice Hall, Harlow, England.

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    Jones, A, Reed, R & Weyers, J 2007, Practical skills in Biology, 4th edn, Pearson, Harlow.

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    Reed, R, Holmes, D, Weyers, J & Jones, A 2007, Practical Skills in Biomolecular Sciences, Pearson Education, Harlow.

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