Research Summary
Education
Research interests + projects
Biomonitoring: Using metagenomics to monitor bioprocesses for process optimization and control, and impacted environments for microbial response, resilience and recovery to disturbances.
Bioprocessing: Developing nature-based technologies following the principles of zero waste and a circular economy within the natural resource sectors of mining, forestry and agri-food industries.
Biomining: Recover nutrients and strategic metals, such as selenium, zinc and copper, from mine wastes using microbially mediated approaches.
Scholarly and professional activities + affiliations
Selected publications + presentations
Lundquist, L. and Baldwin, S.A., (2021) Novel two-stage biochemical process for hybrid passive/active treatment of mine-influenced water, Mine Water and the Environment, published on-line, December 1 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10230-021-00843-6
Satyro, S., Li, H., Dehkhoda, A.M., McMillan, R., Ellis, N., Baldwin, S.A., (2021) Application of Fe-biochar composites for selenium (Se+6) removal from aqueous solution and effect of the presence of competing anions under environmentally relevant conditions. Journal of Environmental Management 277, 111472, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111472
Baldwin SA, Taylor JC, Ziels R, (2019) Genome-resolved metagenomics links microbial dynamics to failure and recovery of a bioreactor removing nitrate and selenate from mine-influenced water, Biochemical Engineering Journal, Volume 151, 107297, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2019.107297
Hatam I, Petticrew EL, French TD, Owens PN, Laval B, Baldwin SA, (2019) The bacterial community of Quesnel Lake sediments impacted by a catastrophic mine tailings spill differ in composition from those at undisturbed locations – two years post-spill, Nature Scientific Reports, 9:1-11, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38909-9
Garris, H.W., Baldwin, S.A., Taylor, J.C., Gurr, D., Denesiuk, D.R., Van Hamme, J.D., Fraser, L.H., (2018) Short-term microbial effects of a large-scale mine-tailing storage facility collapse on the local natural environment, PLOS ONE, April 25, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196032