Hello, my name is Dawn Melisa, but most people in this department just call me Dawn. I am originally from a very small island in the Caribbean called Anguilla, it is so small that it is often shown as a dot on most maps.
I completed my undergraduate degree in Geology at the University of Manchester between 2014 to 2017. In my final year, I took the Geomicrobiology module taught by Prof. Jon Lloyd, little did I know that doing so would set the course of my future for the next 3.5 years.
My research aims to use micro-organisms such as Geobacter to investigate the bio-reduction of cobalt and nickle from manganese bearing minerals, more rigorously, from ferromanganese nodules from the sea floor. I hope to investigate the electron transfer process that occur at the cell mineral interface.
Outside of university I enjoy cooking, travelling and shopping. I listen to a wide variety of music including everything from Chopin and Tchaikovsky to Afrobeats. I am a classically trained singer and flutist, but haven’t performed in a few years.
I am yet to discover a mineral that I prefer above all others, but by my favourite micro-organism is the Shigella bacterium, the cause of stomach aches.
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 […]