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Liz Shaw

Email:
e.j.shaw@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0) 118 378 6971
Job title:
Professor

Responsibilities:

School Radiation Protection Supervisor (SAGES)
Leader of the Environmental Science Research Division

Areas of interest

Microbial ecology and function of the rhizosphere and below-ground plant-microbe interactions
Impacts of organic pollutants on soil microorganisms
Microbial ecology of xenobiotic biodegradation

Research centres and groups

Background

Liz Shaw joined the department in 2006. Previous to this she gained her PhD at the University of Kent and then worked as a postdoctoral scientist on the following projects:

Bioluminescence-based bacterial sensing of the bioavailability of chlorophenols in soil - Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (Monks Wood)
Mechanisms of enhanced biodegradation of xenobiotics in the rhizosphere - University of Kent
Contribution of nitrifier denitrification to nitrous oxide emissions from soil - Imperial College
Microbial interactions in the mycorrhizosphere - Manchester Metropolitan University

Liz is currently Subject Editor for the journal Soil Biology and Biochemistry and a member of the NERC peer review college.

Publications

Duddigan, S. , Shaw, L. , Sizmur, T. ORCID: 0000-0001-9835-7195 , Gogu, D. , Hussain, Z. , Jirra, K. , Kaliki, H. , Sanka, R. , Sohail, M. , Soma, R. , Thallam, V. , Vattikuti, H. , Collins, C. (2023) Natural farming improves crop yield in SE India when compared to conventional or organic systems by enhancing soil quality. Agronomy for Sustainable Development , 43 (2). ISSN: 1773-0155 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13593-023-00884-x
Lovegrove, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7633-9455 , O'Sullivan, D. ORCID: 0000-0003-4889-056X , Tosi, P. , Millan, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-2421-2855 , Todman, L. , Bishop, J. ORCID: 0000-0003-2114-230X , Chatzifragkou, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-9255-7871 , Clegg, M. , Hammond, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-6241-3551 , Jackson, K. ORCID: 0000-0002-0070-3203 , Jones, P. ORCID: 0000-0003-3464-5424 , Lignou, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-2258 , Macready, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-0368-9336 , McMeel, Y. , Parker, J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4121-5481 , Rodriguez-Garcia, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-4986-3144 , Sharp, P. , Shaw, L. , Smith, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-9898-9288 , Tebbit, M. (2023) 'Raising the pulse': the environmental, nutritional and health benefits of pulse-enhanced foods. Nutrition Bulletin , 48 (1). pp. 134-143. ISSN: 1471-9827 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nbu.12601

Duddigan, S. , Shaw, L. , Alexander, P. , Collins, C. (2022) Effects of application of horticultural soil amendments on decomposition, quantity, stabilisation and quality of soil carbon. Scientific Reports , 12 ISSN: 2045-2322 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22451-2
Shu, X. , Zou, Y. , Shaw, L. , Todman, L. , Tibbett, M. , Sizmur, T. ORCID: 0000-0001-9835-7195 (2022) Applying cover crop residues as diverse mixtures increases initial microbial assimilation of crop residue-derived carbon. European Journal of Soil Science , 73 (2). ISSN: 1351-0754 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13232
Duddigan, S. , Collins, C. , Hussain, Z. , Osbahr, H. ORCID: 0000-0002-0130-2313 , Shaw, L. , Sinclair, F. , Sizmur, T. ORCID: 0000-0001-9835-7195 , Thallam, V. , Winowiecki, L. (2022) Impact of zero budget natural farming on crop yields in Andhra Pradesh, SE India. Sustainability , 14 (3). ISSN: 2071-1050 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14031689
Omosigho, H. , Swart, E. , Sizmur, T. ORCID: 0000-0001-9835-7195 , Spurgeon, D. , Svendsen, C. , Shaw, L. (2022) Assessing the efficacy of antibiotic treatment to produce earthworms with a suppressed microbiome. European Journal of Soil Biology , 108 ISSN: 1164-5563 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2021.103366
Hollands, C. , Shannon, V. , Sawicka, K. , Vanguelova, E. , Benham, S. , Shaw, L. , Clark, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0412-8824 (2022) Management impacts on the dissolved organic carbon release from deadwood, ground vegetation and the forest floor in a temperate Oak woodland. Science of the Total Environment , 805 ISSN: 0048-9697 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150399

Shannon, V. , Vanguelova, E. , Morison, J. , Shaw, L. , Clark, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0412-8824 (2021) The contribution of deadwood to soil carbon dynamics in contrasting temperate forest ecosystems. European Journal of Forest Research ISSN: 1612-4677 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10342-021-01435-3
Duddigan, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-6228-4462 , Alexander, P. , Shaw, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-4985-7078 , Collins, C. (2021) Effects of repeated application of organic soil amendments on horticultural soil physicochemical properties, nitrogen budget and yield. Horticulturae , 7 (10). ISSN: 2311-7524 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7100371
Shu, X. , Zou, Y. , Shaw, L. , Todman, L. , Tibbett, M. , Sizmur, T. ORCID: 0000-0001-9835-7195 (2021) Cover crop residue diversity enhances microbial activity and biomass with additive effects on microbial structure. Soil Research , 60 (4). pp. 349-359. ISSN: 1838-675X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SR21105
Ramirez, D. , Shaw, L. , Collins, C. (2021) Oil sludge washing with surfactants and co-solvents: oil recovery from different types of oil sludges. Environmental Science and Pollution Research , 28 (5). pp. 5867-5879. ISSN: 1614-7499 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10591-9
Barsoum, N. , A'Hara, S. , Cottrell, J. , Forster, J. , Garcia, M. , Schonrogge, K. , Shaw, L. (2021) Root ectomycorrhizal status of oak trees symptomatic and asymptomatic for Acute Oak Decline in southern Britain. Forest Ecology and Management , 482 ISSN: 0378-1127 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118800

Picchioni, F. , Warren, G. , Lambert, S. , Balcombe, K. , Robinson, J. , Srinivasan, C. , Gomez, L. , Laura, F. , Westwood, N. , Chatzifragkou, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-9255-7871 , Charalampopoulos, D. , Shaw, L. (2020) Valorisation of natural resources and the need for economic and sustainability sssessment: the case of cocoa pod husk in Indonesia. Sustainability , 12 (21). ISSN: 2071-1050 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12218962
Duddigan, S. , Alexander, P. , Shaw, L. , Sanden, T. , Collins, C. (2020) The Tea Bag Index—UK: using citizen/community science to investigate organic matter decomposition rates in domestic gardens. Sustainability , 12 (17). ISSN: 2071-1050 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12176895
Adekanmbi, A. , Shaw, L. , Sizmur, T. (2020) Effect of sieving on ex-situ soil respiration of soils from three land use types. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition , 20 pp. 912-916. ISSN: 0718-9516 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42729-020-00177-2
Duddigan, S. , Shaw, L. , Alexander, P. , Collins, C. (2020) Chemical underpinning of the tea bag index: An examination of the decomposition of tea leaves. Applied and Environmental Soil Science , 2020 ISSN: 1687-7675 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6085180
Pschenyckyj, C. , Clark, J. , Shaw, L. , Griffiths, R. , Evans, C. (2020) Effects of acidity on dissolved organic carbon in organic soil extracts, pore water and surface litters. Science of the Total Environment , 703 pp 0. ISSN: 0048-9697 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135585

Duddigan, S. , Shaw, L. , Alexander, P. , Collins, C. (2019) A comparison of physical soil organic matter fractionation methods for amended soils. Applied and Environmental Soil Science , 2019 ISSN: 1687-7675 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3831241

Dorati, F. , Barrett, G. , Sanchez-Contreras, M. , Arseneault, T. , San Jose, M. , Studholme, D. , Murillo, J. , Caballero, P. , Waterfield, N. , Arnold, D. , Shaw, L. , Jackson, R. (2018) Coping with environmental eukaryotes; identification of pseudomonas syringae genes during the interaction with alternative hosts or predators. Microorganisms , 6 (32). pp. 1-23. ISSN: 2076-2607 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms6020032
Lu, F. , Rodriguez Garcia, J. , Van Damme, I. , Westwood, N. , Shaw, L. , Robinson, J. , Warren, G. , Chatzifragkou, A. , McQueen Mason, S. , Gomez, L. , Faas, L. , Balcombe, K. , Srinivasan, C. , Picchioni, F. , Hadley, P. , Charalampopoulos, D. (2018) Valorisation strategies for cocoa pod husk and its fractions. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry , 14 pp. 80-88. ISSN: 2452-2236 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.07.007
Hughes, D. , Afsar, A. , Laventine, D. , Shaw, E. , Harwood, L. , Hodson, M. (2018) Metal removal from soil leachates using DTPA-functionalised maghemite nanoparticles, a potential soil washing technology. Chemosphere , 209 pp. 480-488. ISSN: 1879-1298 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.121
Gougoulias, C. , Meade, A. , Shaw, L. (2018) Apportioning bacterial carbon source utilization in soil using 14C isotope analysis of FISH-targeted bacterial populations sorted by Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS): 14C-FISH-FACS. Environmental Microbiology Reports , 10 (3). pp. 245-254. ISSN: 1758-2229 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12631

Fukumasu, J. and Shaw, L. (2017) The role of macro-aggregation in regulating enzymatic depolymerization of soil organic nitrogen. Soil Biology and Biochemistry , 115 pp. 100-108. ISSN: 0038-0717 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.08.008
Roberts, R. , Jackson, R. , Mauchline, T. , Hirsch, P. , Shaw, L. , Doring, T. , Jones, H. (2017) Is there sufficient Ensifer and Rhizobium species diversity in UK farmland soils to support red clover (Trifolium pratense), white clover (T. repens), lucerne (Medicago sativa) and black medic (M. lupulina)?. Applied Soil Ecology , 120 pp. 35-43. ISSN: 0929-1393 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.06.030
Hughes, D. , Asfar, A. , Harwood, L. , Jiang, T. , Laventine, D. , Shaw, L. , Hodson, M. (2017) Adsorption of Pb and Zn from binary metal solutions and in the presence of dissolved organic carbon by DTPA-functionalised, silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles. Chemosphere , 183 pp. 519-527. ISSN: 0045-6535 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.05.146
Rabiey, M. , Ullah, I. , Shaw, L. , Shaw, M. (2017) Potential ecological effects of Piriformospora indica, a possible biocontrol agent, in UK agricultural systems. Biological Control , 104 pp. 1-9. ISSN: 1049-9644 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.10.005

Roche, L. , Forrestal, P. , Lanigan, G. , Richards, K. , Shaw, L. , Wall, D. (2016) Impact of fertiliser nitrogen formulation, and N stabilisers on nitrous oxide emissions in spring barley. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment , 233 pp. 229-237. ISSN: 0167-8809 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.08.031
Jones, F. , Clark, I. , King, R. , Shaw, L. , Woodward, M. , Hirsch, P. (2016) Novel European free-living, non-diazotrophic Bradyrhizobium isolates from contrasting soils that lack nodulation and nitrogen fixation genes - a genome comparison. Scientific Reports , 6 ISSN: 2045-2322 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25858
Villada, A. , Vanguelova, E. , Verhoef, A. , Shaw, L. (2016) Effect of air-drying pre-treatment on the characterization of forest soil carbon pools. Geoderma , 265 pp. 53-61. ISSN: 0016-7061 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.11.003

Kowalczyk, A. , Eyice, Ö. , Schäfer, H. , Price, O. , Finnegan, C. , van Egmond, R. , Shaw, L. , Barrett, G. , Bending, G. (2015) Characterization of para-Nitrophenol-degrading bacterial communities in river water by using functional markers and stable isotope probing. Applied and Environmental Microbiology , 81 (19). pp. 6890-6900. ISSN: 0099-2240 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01794-15
Olimah, J. , Shaw, L. , Hodson, M. (2015) Does ochre have the potential to be a remedial treatment for As-contaminated soils?. Environmental Pollution , 206 pp. 150-158. ISSN: 0269-7491 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2015.06.011

Afsar, A. , Harwood, L. , Hudson, M. , Hodson, M. , Shaw, E. (2014) Neocuproine-functionalized silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles for extraction of copper(II) from aqueous solution. Chemical Communications , 50 (56). pp. 7477-7480. ISSN: 1359-7345 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4cc01250j
Gougoulias, C. , Clark, J. , Shaw, L. (2014) The role of soil microbes in the global carbon cycle: tracking the below-ground microbial processing of plant-derived carbon for manipulating carbon dynamics in agricultural systems.. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture , 94 (12). pp. 2362-2371. ISSN: 0022-5142 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.6577

Swaine, M. , Obrike, R. , Clark, J. , Shaw, L. (2013) Biochar alteration of the sorption of substrates and products in Soil Enzyme Assays. Applied and Environmental Soil Science , 2013 ISSN: 1687-7667 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/968682
Tiltson, E. , Collins, C. , Mitchell, G. , Princivalle, J. , Shaw, L. (2013) Nanoscale zerovalent iron alters soil bacterial community structure and inhibits chloroaromatic biodegradation potential in Aroclor 1242-contaminated soil. Environmental Pollution , 173 pp. 38-46. ISSN: 0269-7491 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2012.09.018

Veresoglou, S. , Shaw, L. , Hooker, J. , Sen, R. (2012) Arbuscular mycorrhizal modulation of diazotrophic and denitrifying microbial communities in the (mycor)rhizosphere of Plantago lanceolata. Soil Biology and Biochemistry , 53 pp. 78-81. ISSN: 0038-0717 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.05.007
Gougoulias, C. and Shaw, L. (2012) Evaluation of the environmental specificity of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) of probe (PSE1284)-positive cells extracted from rhizosphere soil. Systematic and Applied Microbiology , 35 (8). pp. 533-540. ISSN: 0723-2020 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2011.11.009 (Special Issue: Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH))

Veresoglou, S. , Shaw, E. , Sen, R. (2011) Glomus intraradices and Gigaspora margarita arbuscular mycorrhizal associations differentially affect nitrogen and potassium nutrition of Plantago lanceolata in a low fertility dune soil . Plant and Soil , 340 (1-2). pp. 481-490. ISSN: 0032-079X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-010-0619-4

Cullen, L. , Tilston, E. , Mitchell, G. , Collins, C. , Shaw, L. (2010) Assessing the impact of nano- and micro-scale zerovalent iron particles on soil microbial activities: Particle reactivity interferes with assay conditions and interpretation of genuine microbial effects. Chemosphere , 82 (11). pp. 1675-1682. ISSN: 0045-6535 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.11.009
Rodríguez-Cruz, S. , Bælum, J. , Shaw, L. , Sørensen, S. , Shi, S. , Aspray, T. , Jacobsen, C. , Bending, G. (2010) Biodegradation of the herbicide mecoprop-p with soil depth and its relationship with class III tfdA genes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry , 42 (1). pp. 32-39. ISSN: 0038-0717 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.09.018

Watkins, A. , Nicol, G. , Shaw, L. (2009) Use of an artificial root to examine the influence of 8-hydroxyquinoline on soil microbial activity and bacterial community structure. Soil Biology & Biochemistry , 41 (3). pp. 580-585. ISSN: 0038-0717 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.12.019

Shaw, L. and Hooker, J. (2008) The fate and toxicity of the flavonoids naringenin and formononetin in soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry , 40 (2). pp. 528-536. ISSN: 0038-0717 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.09.021
Givens, . , Baxter, . , Minihane, . , Shaw, E. , eds. (2008) Health Benefits of Organic Food: effects of the environment. CABI , Wallingford. pp 336. ISBN: 9781845934590

Shaw, L. and Burns, R. (2007) Influence of the rhizosphere on the biodegradation of organic xenobiotics - a case study with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. In: Heipieper, . , (eds.) Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Aromatic Compounds: effects of rhizosphere, bioavailability, gene regulation and stress adaptation. Springer , Berlin. pp. 5-30. ISBN: 9781402056918 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5693-2_1

Shaw, L. , Nicol, G. , Smith, Z. , Fear, J. , Prosser, J. , Baggs, E. (2006) Nitrosospira spp. can produce nitrous oxide via a nitrifier denitrification pathway. Environmental Microbiology , 8 (2). pp. 214-222. ISSN: 1462-2912 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00882.x
Shaw, L. , Morris, P. , Hooker, J. (2006) Perception and modification of plant flavonoid signals by rhizosphere microorganisms. Environmental Microbiology , 8 (11). pp. 1867-1880. ISSN: 1462-2912 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01141.x
Shaw, L. and Burns, R. (2006) Enzyme activity profiles and soil quality. In: Bloem, . , Hopkins, . , Benedetti, . , (eds.) Microbiological Methods for Assessing Soil Quality. CABI , Wallingford. pp. 158-172.