Gillian Lewis (academic)

Gillian Dianne Lewis
Alma mater	University of Otago
Scientific career
Thesis	Enteric viruses in aquatic habitats  (1984)

Gillian Dianne Lewis is a New Zealand microbiologist. She is a full professor at the University of Auckland ^[1] and on the board of Crown Research Institute NIWA. ^{[2] [3]}

Academic career

After a PhD from the University of Otago,"Enteric viruses in aquatic habitats", Lewis moved to the University of Auckland and rose to full professor. ^[1]

Much of Lewis's work involves biofilms. ^[1] Lewis was awarded a New Zealand Microbiology Society Distinguished Orator Award. ^[4]

Selected works

• Lewis, Gillian D., and THEODORE G. Metcalf. "Polyethylene glycol precipitation for recovery of pathogenic viruses, including hepatitis A virus and human rotavirus, from oyster, water, and sediment samples." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 54, no. 8 (1988): 1983–1988.
• Simmons, Greg, Virginia Hope, Gillian Lewis, John Whitmore, and Wanzhen Gao. "Contamination of potable roof-collected rainwater in Auckland, New Zealand." Water Research 35, no. 6 (2001): 1518–1524.
• Anderson, S. A., S. J. Turner, and G. D. Lewis. "Enterococci in the New Zealand environment: implications for water quality monitoring."Water Science and Technology 35, no. 11-12 (1997): 325–331.
• Lear, Gavin, Marti J. Anderson, Joanna P. Smith, Kristine Boxen, and Gillian D. Lewis. "Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the bacterial communities in stream epilithic biofilms." FEMS Microbiology Ecology 65, no. 3 (2008): 463–473.
• Greening, G. E., J. Hewitt, and G. D. Lewis. "Evaluation of integrated cell culture‐PCR (C‐PCR) for virological analysis of environmental samples." Journal of Applied Microbiology 93, no. 5 (2002): 745–750.

References

1. "Professor Gillian Lewis - The University of Auckland". Unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
2. "Crown Research Institutes appointments announced | Scoop News". Scoop.co.nz. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
3. "Prof. Gillian Lewis". NIWA. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
4. "History". New Zealand Microbiological Society, Inc. Retrieved 28 March 2024.^{[ dead link ]}

External links

• Gillian Lewis publications indexed by Google Scholar
• Gillian Lewis on LinkedIn
• Institutional homepage