Dr Claire Hayward

Research Fellow

Future Industries Institute

Future Industries Institute

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Date Position Institution name
2025 - ongoing Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of South Australia
2023 - 2024 Associate Lecturer Flinders University

Date Institution name Country Title
2021 - 2024 Flinders University Australia PhD
2020 - 2021 Flinders University Australia Graduate Diploma

Year Citation
2026 Ashbolt, N. J., & Hayward, C. (2026). Rethinking secondary disinfection in direct potable reuse: a risk perspective on opportunistic pathogens and antimicrobial resistance. Water Reuse, 16(1), 153-169.
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2026 Hayward, C., Haig, S. J., Walker, J., Whapham, C., & Whiley, H. (2026). Balancing Building Water Conservation and Microbial Water Quality. Water Resources Research, 62(5), 8 pages.
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2025 Hayward, C., Ross, K. E., Brown, M. H., Bentham, R., Hinds, J., & Whiley, H. (2025). Drinking water plumbing systems are a hot spot for antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. Journal of Hospital Infection, 159, 62-70.
DOI Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC7
2025 Hayward, C., Whiley, H., & Ashbolt, N. J. (2025). Plumbing problem: rising antimicrobial resistance in building water systems. Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases, 38(4), 347-353.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC1
2025 Hayward, C., Ross, K. E., Brown, M. H., Bentham, R., Nisar, M. A., Hinds, J., . . . Whiley, H. (2025). Microbial risks in drinking water systems: persistence and public health implications of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens. Frontiers in Microbiology, 16(1575789), 1-11.
DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC1
2025 Nisar, M. A., Hayward, C., Ross, K. E., Brown, M. H., Bentham, R., & Whiley, H. (2025). Efficacy of physical and chemical disinfection against clinically relevant free-living amoebae isolated from drinking water and plumbing biofilms. Frontiers in Microbiology, 16, 8 pages.
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2025 Breed, M. F., Liddicoat, C., Sun, X., Ramesh, S., Hawken, S., Lee, K., . . . Robinson, J. M. (2025). Opportunities, challenges, and policy implications of the aerobiome paradigm shift.. mSphere, 10(8), e0020325.
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2025 Robinson, J. M., Brame, J., Cando Dumancela, C., Deshmukh, S., Fickling, N. W., Hawken, S., . . . Breed, M. F. (2025). Mapping and cataloguing microbial and biochemical determinants of health: towards a 'database of Salutogenic potential'. Microbial Biotechnology, 10(e70243), 1-7.
DOI Europe PMC1
2025 Hayward, C., Ross, K. E., Brown, M. H., & Whiley, H. (2025). The impact of water flow rates on bioaerosol production from handwashing basins. Building and Environment, 271(112624), 1-10.
DOI Scopus6 WoS4
2024 Hayward, C., Ross, K. E., Brown, M. H., Bentham, R., Hinds, J., Best, G., . . . Whiley, H. (2024). Comparison of the antimicrobial activity of Brass versus Stainless Steel against opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens. ACS ES&T Water, 4(11), 4893-4907.
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2024 Hayward, C., Ross, K. E., Brown, M. H., Nisar, M. A., Hinds, J., Jamieson, T., . . . Whiley, H. (2024). Handwashing basins and healthcare associated infections: bacterial diversity in biofilms on faucets and drains. Science of The Total Environment, 949(175194), 1-14.
DOI Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC4
2024 Robinson, J., Liddicoat, C., Sun, X., Whiley, H., Ramesh, S., Hawken, S., . . . Breed, B. (2024). The climate change-pollution-aerobiome nexus: a ‘systems thinking’ mini-review. Microbial Biotechnology, 17(10), e70018-1-e70018-10.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2022 Hayward, C., Ross, K. E., Brown, M. H., Bentham, R., & Whiley, H. (2022). The presence of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens in residential buildings: a literature review. Water (Switzerland), 14(no. 7, article no. 1129), 1-24.
DOI Scopus35 WoS30
2022 Hayward, C., Brown, M. H., & Whiley, H. (2022). Hospital water as the source of healthcare-associated infection and antimicrobial-resistant organisms. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 35(4), 339-345.
DOI Scopus41 WoS39 Europe PMC26
2020 Hayward, C., Ross, K. E., Brown, M. H., & Whiley, H. (2020). Water as a source of antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections. Pathogens, 9(no. 8, article no. 667), 1-21.
DOI Scopus63 WoS53
  • Chemical Monitoring Tools Kickstart (K022), CRC SAAFE Limited, 17/06/2025 - 18/05/2026

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2026 Co-Supervisor Fate of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes and their microbial hosts through wastewater reuse systems. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Nazia Nawar Chowdhury

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2022 - ongoing Member Australian Water Association SA Young Water Professionals University of South Australia Australia

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