• PhD: Microbiology under the faculty of Marine Sciences
  Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India, 2018
• MSc: Applied Microbiology
  Madras Christian College, University of Madras, 2011
• BSc: Microbiology
  Mahatma Gandhi University, 2009

2025

• PublishedAssessing the risk of antimicrobial resistance and potential environmental harm through national-scale surveillance of antimicrobials in hospital and community wastewater
  Byrnes, N. A., Silvester, R., Cross, G., Weightman, A. J., Jones, D. L. & Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., 24 Jun 2025, In: Environment international. 202, 109606.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHigh-throughput qPCR profiling of antimicrobial resistance genes and bacterial loads in wastewater and receiving environments
  Silvester, R., Woodhall, N., Nurmi, W., Muziasari, W., Farkas, K., Cross, G., Malham, S. K. & Jones, D. L., 15 May 2025, In: Environmental Pollution. 373, p. 126096
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMetagenomic profiling of hospital wastewater: A comprehensive national scale analysis of antimicrobial resistance genes and opportunistic pathogens
  Silvester, R., Perry, W. B., Webster, G., Rushton, L., Baldwin, A., Pass, D. A., Byrnes, N. A., Farkas, K., Heginbotham, M., Craine, N., Cross, G., Kille, P., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Weightman, A. J. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jun 2025, In: Journal of Infection. 90, 6, p. 106503
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMetagenomics unveils the role of hospitals and wastewater treatment plants on the environmental burden of antibiotic resistance genes and opportunistic pathogens
  Silvester, R., Perry, W. B., Webster, G., Rushton, L., Baldwin, A., Pass, D. A., Healey, N., Farkas, K., Craine, N., Cross, G., Kille, P. & Weightman, A. J., 20 Jan 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 961, 178403.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printMonitoring of antimicrobial resistance genes and influenza viruses in avian-populated water bodies
  Farkas, K., Knight, M. E., Woodhall, N., Williams, R. C., Seerung, W., Silvester, R., Abbey, R., Wade, M. J., Cattarino, L., White, T. & Jones, D. L., 21 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sustainable Microbiology. 2, 2, qvaf013.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

• PublishedA peek into hospital poo: Tracking pathogens and antimicrobial resistance
  Silvester, R., Perry, W. B., Webster, G., Rushton, L., Baldwin, A., Pass, D. A., Byrnes, N., Kille, P., Farkas, K., Horden, B. K., Weightman, A. J., Jones, G. & Jones, D. L., 30 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 39, Supplement, p. 11 1 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedOccurrence, virulence, and AMR profile of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from shellfish growing areas located along the south-west coast of India
  Antony, A. C., Silvester, R., Aneesa, P. A., P. V., V., Selvam A, D. G., Salim, V., Paul, M. K. & Abdulla, M. H., 1 Sept 2024, In: Journal of Water and Health. 22, 9, p. 1594-1605 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Harnessing Digital AMR: Advancing Research on ESKAPEE Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospital Wastewater (Fellowship)

  01/05/2025 – 15/11/2025 (Active)