Dr David Clark
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Email
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Location
3SW.4.40, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
9am - 5pm weekdays
Profile
Qualifications
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PhD Microbiology 黑料网, (2017)
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BSc Biological Sciences 黑料网, (2013)
Appointments
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Institute for Analytics and Data Science), School of Life Sciences / Institute for Analytics and Data Science, 黑料网 (5/5/2020 - 3/8/2023)
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Senior Research Officer, School of Life Sciences, 黑料网 (1/10/2017 - 4/5/2020)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Quantitative ecology
Microbial ecology
Macroecology
Modeling and Statistics
Bioinformatics
Next Generation Sequencing
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Computational Data Analysis: R for Life Sciences (BS231)
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Molecular Ecology (BS240)
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Professional skills for Ecological and Marine Scientists (BS257)
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Biogeography (BS360)
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Data Analysis or Voluntary Placement Programme (Work Based Learning) (BS711)
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Coral Reef Research Skills (Virtual Field Course) (BS720)
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Research Project: MSc Tropical Marine Biology (BS782)
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Research Project in Life Sciences (BS832)
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Professional Skills in Tropical Marine Biology (BS708)
Current supervision
Publications
Journal articles (21)
Laissue, P., Jordan G, Whitby, C., McKew, B., Clark, D. and Trimmer, M., Frontiers in microbiology (IF 6.06), Nov 2025: Microscopic analysis of the spatial distribution of anammox, comammox, and ammonia oxidizing microorganisms in oxic river sediments.. Frontiers in microbiology (IF 6.06)
Emami-Khoyi, A., Schnelle, CM., Clark, DR., Laakmann, S., Teske, PR. and Rishworth, GM., (2025). Eukaryote biodiversity in supratidal microbialite pools: A foundational environmental DNA assessment. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 319, 109284-109284
Archer, E., Clark, D., Whitby, C., Ferguson, R., Skinner, B., Henderson, D., Solanke, O., Sturrock, A., Boreham, R. and McGenity, T., (2025). `Science Fun Days鈥�: opportunities for connecting primary school pupils with nature and microbiology. Microbial Biotechnology. 18 (12), e70279-
艩ibanc, N., Clark, DR., Helgason, T., Dumbrell, AJ. and Ma膷ek, I., (2024). Extreme environments simplify reassembly of communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. mSystems. 9 (3), e0133123-
Jackson, MC., Friberg, N., Moliner Cachazo, L., Clark, DR., Mutinova, PT., O'Gorman, EJ., Kordas, RL., Gallo, B., Pichler, DE., Bespalaya, Y., Aksenova, OV., Milner, A., Brooks, SJ., Dunn, N., Lee, KWK., 脫lafsson, JS., G铆slason, GM., Millan, L., Bell, T., Dumbrell, AJ. and Woodward, G., (2024). . Communications Biology. 7 (1), 316-
Clark, DR., McKew, BA., Binley, A., Heppell, CM., Whitby, C. and Trimmer, M., (2022). . ISME Communications. 2 (1), 5-
Huby, TJC., Clark, DR., McKew, BA. and McGenity, TJ., (2021). . Environmental Microbiology. 23 (7), 3370-3383
Thomas, GE., Brant, JL., Campo, P., Clark, DR., Coulon, F., Gregson, BH., McGenity, TJ. and McKew, BA., (2021). . Microorganisms. 9 (6), 1200-1200
Scarlett, K., Denman, S., Clark, DR., Forster, J., Vanguelova, E., Brown, N. and Whitby, C., (2021). . The ISME Journal. 15 (3), 623-635
Clark, DR., Underwood, GJC., McGenity, TJ. and Dumbrell, AJ., (2021). . Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30 (4), 811-825
Osman, EO., Suggett, DJ., Voolstra, CR., Pettay, DT., Clark, DR., Pogoreutz, C., Sampayo, EM., Warner, ME. and Smith, DJ., (2020). . Microbiome. 8 (1), 8-
Freeman, D., Baj贸n Fern谩ndez, Y., Wilson, A., McKew, BA., Whitby, C., Clark, DR., Jefferson, B., Coulon, F. and Hassard, F., (2020). . Environment International. 135, 105354-105354
Clark, DR., McKew, BA., Dong, LF., Leung, G., Dumbrell, AJ., Stott, A., Grant, H., Nedwell, DB., Trimmer, M. and Whitby, C., (2020). . Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 143, 107725-107725
Thomas, GE., Cameron, TC., Campo, P., Clark, DR., Coulon, F., Gregson, BH., Hepburn, LJ., McGenity, TJ., Miliou, A., Whitby, C. and McKew, BA., (2020). . Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, 1706-
Osman, EO., Suggett, DJ., Voolstra, CR., Pettay, DT., Clark, DR., Pogoreutz, C., Sampayo, EM., Warner, ME. and Smith, DJ., (2020). Correction to: Coral microbiome composition along the northern Red Sea suggests high plasticity of bacterial and specificity of endosymbiotic dinoflagellate communities. Microbiome. 8 (1), 24-
Ma膷ek, I., Clark, DR., 艩ibanc, N., Moser, G., Vodnik, D., M眉ller, C. and Dumbrell, AJ., (2019). . Molecular Ecology. 28 (14), 3445-3458
Alzarhani, AK., Clark, DR., Underwood, GJC., Ford, H., Cotton, TEA. and Dumbrell, A., (2019). . ISME Journal. 13 (5), 1330-1344
Clark, DR., Ferguson, RMW., Harris, DN., Matthews Nicholass, KJ., Prentice, HJ., Randall, KC., Randell, L., Warren, SL. and Dumbrell, AJ., (2018). . WIREs Water. 5 (4)
Clark, DR., Mathieu, M., Mourot, L., Underwood, GJC., Dufoss茅, L., Dumbrell, AJ. and McGenity, TJ., (2017). . Global Ecology and Biogeography. 26 (12), 1435-1446
Dumbrell, ALEXJ., Ferguson, RMW. and Clark, DR., (2017). Microbial Community Analysis by Single-Amplicon High-Throughput Next Generation Sequencing: Data Analysis 鈥� From Raw Output to Ecology. Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols. Microbial Quantitation, Community Profiling and Array Approaches, 155-206
Aslam, SN., Dumbrell, AJ., Sabir, JS., Mutwakil, MHZ., Baeshen, MMN., Abo鈥怉ba, SEM., Clark, DR., Yates, SA., Baeshen, NA., Underwood, GJC. and McGenity, TJ., (2016). . Environmental Microbiology. 18 (12), 5048-5062
Book chapters (1)
Bani, A., Randall, KC., Clark, DR., Gregson, BH., Henderson, DK., Losty, EC. and Ferguson, RMW., (2022). Mind the gaps: What do we know about how multiple chemical stressors impact freshwater aquatic microbiomes?. In: Functional Microbiomes. Editors: Bohan, DA. and Dumbrell, A., . Elsevier. 331- 377. 978-0-323-98593-2
Thesis dissertation (1)
Clark, DR., (2017).
Grants and funding
2024
Quantifying the ecological effects of grassland management above and below ground - Summer RA
Northumbrian Water Limited
2023
Investigate the commercial viability of growing Alliums in a protected cropping environment
Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board)
To design and deliver a database architecture for ingestion of a broad range of historical and future data, and to provide first-in-sector analysis on identification of relationships between key datapoints and datastreams to derive novel ecological conclusions for commercially advantageous purposes.
Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board)
Quantifying the ecological effects of grassland management above and below ground
Northumbrian Water Limited
2022
Vertical Future KTP Application, Jan 2022 deadline
Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board)
BioBlitz
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School and community engagement with tiny forests to enhance environmental and human health
North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Developing a prototype digital feedback system to control LED lighting using the optiscience chlorophyll fluorescence monitoring system
黑料网 (BBSRC IAA)
Growing onions in a vertical or protected environment: a pilot
黑料网 (BBSRC IAA)
2021
G's Growers KTP Application
Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board)
2020
Towards a comprehensive understanding of biodiversity-geodiversity relationships
Journal of Biogeography
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