Hi! I’m Leanne and I am originally from the friendly town of Bolton. I graduated from the University of Manchester in 2011 with a BSc in Microbiology, and then joined Rawwater Engineering Company Ltd. to work as a Project Officer researching downhole microbiological souring in oil and gas fields. Since then, I have progressed in my career to now be a Senior Research Scientist, and a key focus of my research is on the control and remediation of sulphidogenic microbial activity under flowing pressurised conditions to replicate the downhole environment of water-flooded oil wells.
I have joined the Geomicrobiology group to work part time on an MPhil investigating the composition and population shifts within oilfield microbial communities in pressurised bioreactors. Some work similar to this has been previously presented with Dr. Sophie Nixon in relation to guar gum injection in hydraulic fracturing systems, as well as with the BP Biosciences Group investigating the effects of nitrate injection on sulfidogenic microbial populations.
In my spare time I enjoy cooking new recipes, going to museums, trying new restaurants in Manchester, gaming and watching Netflix. Along with some other members of my lab, I am a big fan of K-Dramas and unusual reality TV shows!
My favourite microbe would have to be Leuconostoc mesenteroides as it is essential for the production of fermented foods like kimchi and sauerkraut, and is used extensively in cheese production! Also, under the right conditions it can produce a lot of extracellular dextran which makes the inoculated growth medium a lovely (!) consistency.
Hi! I’m Mingyu Feng, coming from China. I studied Environmental Engineering for my bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Sun Yat-Sen University in 2016 and 2019, respectively. After graduating, I worked as an environmental consultant for two years. The working experiences inspire me to pursue a PhD studying. My PhD research project will focus on carbon materials […]
I’m Charlie! I am originally from a land far-far away (Bristol) but have been living in Manchester for the past 4 years, though am still yet to drop the silly Bristol accent. I started chemistry at UoM in 2018 and graduated in 2022, despite covids best efforts! My masters project was in the organic materials […]
Hi! My name is Abdulaziz, from Saudi Arabia. In 2009, I graduated from King Saud University with a Bachelor’s degree in Earth Science. Afterward, in 2014, I completed my Master’s degree in Earth Science, and thesis titled “mineralogical and geochemical of bauxite ore deposits in Saudi Arabia” at King Saud University. I have worked in […]
Guten Tag, as we say in Germany. I’m Raphael and I am, you guessed it, from Germany. I did my Bachelor and Master of Science in the Chemistry Department of the University of Cologne. That’s the city I always thought was famous for its gothic cathedral, but seems to be better known in the UK […]
