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Dr Matthew Lee
Senior Research Associate

Dr Matthew Lee

Engineering
Water Research Centre

Senior Research Associate in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering's Water Research Centre (WRC)
Mobile
+61 404188074
Phone
(+61 2) 9385 TBA
E-mail
mattlee@unsw.edu.au
Location
Vallentine Annexe (H22) Level 1, Room VA127 Kensington Campus
  • Book Chapters | 2019
    Hu M; Lee M; Zhong L; Manefield MJ, 2019, 'Method Development for DNA and Proteome SIP Analysis of Activated Sludge for Anaerobic Dichloromethane Biodegradation', in Stable Isotope Probing, United States, pp. 207 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9721-3_16
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Cheema S; Zhang M; Labine-Romain M; Lal B; Lavania M; Lee M; Li X; Lauro FM; Beckmann S; Manefield M, 2018, 'Neutral red: The synthetic phenazine full of electrochemical surprises', in Encyclopedia of Interfacial Chemistry: Surface Science and Electrochemistry, pp. 382 - 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409547-2.14291-X
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Manefield M; Alfan-Guzman R; Lee M, 2017, 'Anaerobic bioreactors for the treatment of chlorinated hydrocarbons', in Thangadurai D; Sangeetha J (ed.), Industrial Biotechnology: Sustainable Production and Bioresource Utilization, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 421 - 452
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Manefield M; Lee M; Koenig J, 2017, 'The nature and relevance of solvent stress in microbes and mechanisms of tolerance.', in Chénard C; Lauro FM (ed.), Microbial Ecology in Extreme Environments., Springer, pp. 201 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51686-8_9
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Kronen M; Vázquez-Campos X; Wilkins MR; Lee M; Manefield MJ, 2023, 'Evidence for a Putative Isoprene Reductase in Acetobacterium wieringae', mSystems, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00119-23
    Journal articles | 2023
    Lee M; Manefield M, 2023, 'Microbiology in sustainable remediation of contaminated sites', Microbiology Australia, 44, pp. 49 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MA23012
    Journal articles | 2023
    Song YC; Holland SI; Lee M; Chen G; Löffler FE; Manefield MJ; Hugenholtz P; Kappler U, 2023, 'A comparative genome analysis of the Bacillota (Firmicutes) class Dehalobacteriia', Microbial Genomics, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001039
    Journal articles | 2022
    Holland SI; Vázquez-Campos X; Ertan H; Edwards RJ; Manefield MJ; Lee M, 2022, 'Metaproteomics reveals methyltransferases implicated in dichloromethane and glycine betaine fermentation by ‘Candidatus Formimonas warabiya’ strain DCMF', Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, pp. 1035247, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1035247
    Journal articles | 2022
    Lee M; Liang G; Holland SI; O'Farrell C; Osborne K; Manefield MJ, 2022, 'Dehalobium species implicated in 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin dechlorination in the contaminated sediments of Sydney Harbour Estuary', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 179, pp. 113690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113690
    Journal articles | 2022
    Méndez V; Holland S; Bhardwaj S; McDonald J; Khan S; O'Carroll D; Pickford R; Richards S; O'Farrell C; Coleman N; Lee M; Manefield MJ, 2022, 'Aerobic biotransformation of 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate by Dietzia aurantiaca J3 under sulfur-limiting conditions', Science of the Total Environment, 829, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154587
    Journal articles | 2022
    Sun J; Jennepalli S; Lee M; Jones A; O'Carroll DM; Manefield MJ; Bhadbhade M; Åkermark B; Das B; Kumar N, 2022, 'Efficient Reductive Defluorination of Branched PFOS by Metal-Porphyrin Complexes', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 7830 - 7839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c08254
    Journal articles | 2021
    Holland SI; Ertan H; Montgomery K; Manefield MJ; Lee M, 2021, 'Novel dichloromethane-fermenting bacteria in the Peptococcaceae family', ISME Journal, 15, pp. 1709 - 1721, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00881-y
    Journal articles | 2021
    Sun J; Jennepalli S; Lee M; O'Carroll DM; Åkermark B; Manefield MJ; Das B; Kumar N, 2021, 'Removal of per- And polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water by ceric(iv) ammonium nitrate', RSC Advances, 11, pp. 17642 - 17645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ra02635f
    Journal articles | 2020
    O'Carroll DM; Jeffries TC; Lee MJ; Le ST; Yeung A; Wallace S; Battye N; Patch DJ; Manefield MJ; Weber KP, 2020, 'Developing a roadmap to determine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances-microbial population interactions', Science of the Total Environment, 712, pp. 135994, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135994
    Journal articles | 2019
    Beckmann S; Luk AWS; Gutierrez-Zamora ML; Chong NHH; Thomas T; Lee M; Manefield M, 2019, 'Long-term succession in a coal seam microbiome during in situ biostimulation of coalbed-methane generation', ISME Journal, 13, pp. 632 - 650, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0296-5
    Journal articles | 2019
    Heckel B; Phillips E; Edwards E; Sherwood Lollar B; Elsner M; Manefield MJ; Lee M, 2019, 'Reductive Dehalogenation of Trichloromethane by Two Different Dehalobacter restrictus Strains Reveal Opposing Dual Element Isotope Effects', Environmental Science and Technology, 53, pp. 2332 - 2343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b03717
    Journal articles | 2019
    Holland SI; Edwards RJ; Ertan H; Wong YK; Russell TL; Deshpande NP; Manefield MJ; Lee M, 2019, 'Whole genome sequencing of a novel, dichloromethane-fermenting Peptococcaceae from an enrichment culture', PeerJ, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7775
    Journal articles | 2019
    Kronen M; Lee M; Jones ZL; Manefield MJ, 2019, 'Reductive metabolism of the important atmospheric gas isoprene by homoacetogens', ISME Journal, 13, pp. 1168 - 1182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0338-z
    Journal articles | 2019
    Low A; Zhao S; Rogers MJ; Zemb O; Lee M; He J; Manefield M, 2019, 'Isolation, characterization and bioaugmentation of an acidotolerant 1,2-dichloroethane respiring Desulfitobacterium species from a low pH aquifer', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz055
    Journal articles | 2019
    Webster J; Lee M; Gurba LW; Manefield M; Thomas T, 2019, 'The effect of oxidative treatment on soluble compounds from Australian coal', Fuel, 257, pp. 116071 - 116071, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116071
    Journal articles | 2018
    Chau ATT; Lee M; Adrian L; Manefield MJ, 2018, 'Syntrophic partners enhance growth and respiratory dehalogenation of hexachlorobenzene by Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain CBDB1', Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01927
    Journal articles | 2018
    Jugder BE; Payne KAP; Fisher K; Bohl S; Lebhar H; Manefield M; Lee MJ; Leys D; Marquis C, 2018, 'Heterologous Production and Purification of a Functional Chloroform Reductive Dehalogenase', ACS Chemical Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.7b00846
    Journal articles | 2017
    Alfán-Guzmán R; Ertan H; Manefield M; Lee M, 2017, 'Genome sequence of Dehalobacter sp. strain TeCB1, able to respire chlorinated benzenes', Genome Announcements, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01681-16
    Journal articles | 2017
    Alfán-Guzmán R; Ertan H; Manefield M; Lee M, 2017, 'Isolation and characterization of Dehalobacter sp. strain TeCB1 including identification of TcbA: A novel tetra- and trichlorobenzene reductive Dehalogenase', Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00558
    Journal articles | 2017
    Jugder BE; Bohl S; Lebhar H; Healey RD; Manefield M; Marquis CP; Lee M, 2017, 'A bacterial chloroform reductive dehalogenase: purification and biochemical characterization', Microbial Biotechnology, 10, pp. 1640 - 1648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12745
    Journal articles | 2017
    Munro JE; Kimyon Ö; Rich DJ; Koenig J; Tang S; Low A; Lee M; Manefield M; Coleman NV, 2017, 'Co-occurrence of genes for aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation of dichloroethane in organochlorine-contaminated groundwater', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix133
    Journal articles | 2016
    Beckmann S; Welte C; Li X; Oo YM; Kroeninger L; Heo Y; Zhang M; Ribeiro D; Lee M; Bhadbhade M; Marjo CE; Seidel J; Deppenmeier U; Manefield M, 2016, 'Novel phenazine crystals enable direct electron transfer to methanogens in anaerobic digestion by redox potential modulation', Energy and Environmental Science, 9, pp. 644 - 655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ee03085d
    Journal articles | 2016
    Jugder BE; Ertan H; Bohl S; Lee M; Marquis CP; Manefield M, 2016, 'Organohalide respiring bacteria and reductive dehalogenases: Key tools in organohalide bioremediation', Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00249
    Journal articles | 2016
    Jugder BE; Ertan H; Wong YK; Braidy N; Manefield M; Marquis CP; Lee M, 2016, 'Genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of dehalobacter UNSWDHB in response to chloroform', Environmental Microbiology Reports, 8, pp. 814 - 824, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12444
    Journal articles | 2016
    Kimyon O; Uluturk ZI; Nizalapur S; Lee M; Kutty SK; Beckmann S; Kumar N; Manefield M, 2016, 'N-Acetylglucosamine Inhibits LuxR, LasR and CviR Based Quorum Sensing Regulated Gene Expression Levels', FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01313
    Journal articles | 2016
    Koenig JC; Boparai HK; Lee MJ; O'Carroll DM; Barnes RJ; Manefield MJ, 2016, 'Particles and enzymes: Combining nanoscale zero valent iron and organochlorine respiring bacteria for the detoxification of chloroethane mixtures', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 308, pp. 106 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.12.036
    Journal articles | 2016
    Patterson BM; Lee M; Bastow TP; Wilson JT; Donn MJ; Furness A; Goodwin B; Manefield M, 2016, 'Concentration effects on biotic and abiotic processes in the removal of 1,1,2-trichloroethane and vinyl chloride using carbon-amended ZVI', Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 188, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2016.02.004
    Journal articles | 2016
    Wong YK; Holland SI; Ertan H; Manefield M; Lee M, 2016, 'Isolation and characterization of Dehalobacter sp. strain UNSWDHB capable of chloroform and chlorinated ethane respiration', Environmental microbiology, 18, pp. 3092 - 3105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13287
    Journal articles | 2015
    Gutierrez-Zamora ML; Lee M; Manefield M; Thomas T, 2015, 'Biotransformation of coal linked to nitrification', International Journal of Coal Geology, 137, pp. 136 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2014.12.001
    Journal articles | 2015
    Jugder BE; Ertan H; Lee M; Manefield M; Marquis CP, 2015, 'Reductive Dehalogenases Come of Age in Biological Destruction of Organohalides', Trends in Biotechnology, 33, pp. 595 - 610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.07.004
    Journal articles | 2015
    Koenig J; Lee M; Manefield M, 2015, 'Aliphatic organochlorine degradation in subsurface environments', Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology, 14, pp. 49 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11157-014-9345-3
    Journal articles | 2015
    Lee M; Marquis C; Judger B-E; Manefield M, 2015, 'Anaerobic microorganisms and bioremediation of organohalide pollution', MICROBIOLOGY AUSTRALIA, 36, pp. 125 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MA15044
    Journal articles | 2015
    Lee M; Wells E; Wong YK; Koenig J; Adrian L; Richnow HH; Manefield M, 2015, 'Relative contributions of dehalobacter and zerovalent iron in the degradation of chlorinated methanes', Environmental Science and Technology, 49, pp. 4481 - 4489, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es5052364
    Journal articles | 2013
    Deshpande NP; Wong YK; Manefield M; Wilkins MR; Lee M, 2013, 'Genome Sequence of Dehalobacter UNSWDHB, a Chloroform-Dechlorinating Bacterium', GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00720-13
    Journal articles | 2013
    Deshpande NP; Wong YK; Manefield M; Wilkins MR; Lee M, 2013, 'Genome sequence of Dehalobacter UNSWDHB, a chloroform-dechlorinating bacterium', Genome Announcements, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.e00720-13
    Journal articles | 2012
    Koenig JC; Lee M; Manefield MJ, 2012, 'Successful microcosm demonstration of a strategy for biodegradation of a mixture of carbon tetrachloride and perchloroethene harnessing sulfate reducing and dehalorespiring bacteria', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 219-220, pp. 169 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.03.076
    Journal articles | 2012
    Lee M; Low AB; Zemb ON; Koenig J; Michaelsen A; Manefield MJ, 2012, 'Complete chloroform dechlorination by organochlorine respiration and fermentation', Environmental Microbiology, 14, pp. 883 - 894, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02656.x
    Journal articles | 2012
    Zemb ON; Lee M; Gutierrez-Zamora M; Hamelin J; Coupland KG; Hazrin-Chong N; Taleb I; Manefield MJ, 2012, 'Improvement of RNA-SIP by pyrosequencing to identify putative 4-n-nonylphenol degraders in activated sludge', Water Research, 46, pp. 601 - 610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2011.10.047
    Journal articles | 2011
    Lee M; Atkins C; Pate J, 2011, 'Synthesis, transport and accumulation of quinolizidine alkaloids in Lupinus albus L. and L. angustifolius', Journal of Experimental Botany, 58, pp. 935 - 946, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erl254
    Journal articles | 2011
    Penesyan A; Tebben J; Lee M; Thomas T; Kjelleberg S; Harder T; Egan S, 2011, 'Identification of the antibacterial compound produced by the marine epiphytic bacterium Pseudovibrio sp. D323 and related sponge-associated bacteria.', Marine Drugs, 9, pp. 1391 - 1402, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md9081391
    Journal articles | 2010
    Lee M; Cord-Ruwisch R; Manefield MJ, 2010, 'A process for the purification of organochlorine contaminated activated carbon: Sequential solvent purging and reductive dechlorination', Water Research, 44, pp. 1580 - 1590, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2009.11.004
    Journal articles | 2010
    Yee LH; Aagaard V; Johnstone A; Lee M; Kjelleberg S; Manefield MJ, 2010, 'Development of a treatment solution for reductive dechlorination of hexachloro-1,3-butadiene in vadose zone soil', Biodegradation, 21, pp. 947 - 956, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10532-010-9354-z
    Journal articles | 2010
    Zemb ON; Lee M; Low AB; Manefield MJ, 2010, 'Reactive iron barriers: a niche enabling microbial dehalorespiration of 1,2-dichloroethane', Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 88, pp. 319 - 325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-010-2740-y
    Journal articles | 2009
    Watanabe K; Manefield MJ; Lee M; Kouzuma A, 2009, 'Electron shuttles in biotechnology', Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 20, pp. 633 - 641, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2009.09.006
    Journal articles | 2008
    James DL; Cord-Ruwisch R; Schleheck DF; Lee M; Manefield MJ, 2008, 'Cyanocobalamin enables activated sludge bacteria to dechlorinate hexachloro-1,3-butadiene to non-chlorinated gases', Bioremediation Journal, 12, pp. 177 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10889860802477085
    Journal articles | 2007
    Low A; Schleheck DF; Aagaard V; Khou M; Manefield MJ; Lee M, 2007, 'Options for in situ remediation of soil contaminated with a mixture of perchlorinated compounds', Bioremediation Journal, 11, pp. 113 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10889860701548556
  • Preprints | 2022
    Kronen M; Vázquez-Campos X; Wilkins M; Lee M; Manefield M, 2022, Evidence for a putative isoprene reductase inAcetobacterium wieringae, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.16.516518
    Preprints | 2021
    Lee M; Liang G; Holland S; O’Farrell C; Osbourne K; Manefield M, 2021, Dehalobium species implicated in 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro-p-dioxin dechlorination in the contaminated sediments of Sydney Harbour Estuary, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.12.472303
    Preprints | 2020
    Holland SI; Ertan H; Manefield MJ; Lee M, 2020, A novel, dichloromethane-fermenting bacterium in the Peptococcaceae family, ‘Candidatus Formamonas warabiya’, gen. nov. sp. nov., , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.09.233494
    Conference Papers | 2019
    O'Carroll D; Garcia AN; Appleton D; Chen K; Lee M, 2019, 'Impact of aging on sulfidated nanoscale zerovalent iron', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, FL, Orlando, presented at 257th National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), FL, Orlando, 31 March 2019 - 04 April 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000478861200110&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    O'Carroll D; Lee MJ; Song T; anna Y; Manefield M; Webber K; Wallace S; Nick B; Thomas J, 2019, 'Interrelationships between PFAS and in situ microbial communities at an AFFF field site', presented at AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Orlando, 31 March 2019 - 03 April 2019, https://tpa.acs.org/abstract/acsnm257-3129228/interrelationships-between-pfas-and-in-situ-microbial-communities-at-an-afff-field-site
    Conference Abstracts | 2017
    Jugder BE; Payne KAP; Fisher K; Manefield M; Lee M; Les D; Marquis CM, 2017, 'Heterologous production of functional chloroform reductive dehalogenase', in The FASEB Journal, Federation of American Society of Experimental Biology (FASEB), Chicago, US, Vol. 31, pp. 548 - 552, presented at American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting, Chicago, US, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.7b00846