Bioprocessing and Environmental Technology
What a Mango Scientist Learned from Anthropy 23
Anthropy 23 and the ‘Emerging Leader’ title As a researcher, a setting like Anthropy was quite foreign to me. The conferences I have attended before were scientific/academic gatherings, where people presented data they had gathered ...
Location, Location, Location
(From left to right: Wenliang, Carla and Karina) As a new Cranfield student, and even a current one wanting to relocate, deciding where to live can be a very stressful decision. We don’t often ...
Standing on my soapbox for women in STEM
On a notoriously wet lockdown December’s day in 2020, I came across Soapbox Science. A platform promoting women in science? A platform to get my research out to the masses? Yes please. Soapbox Science is ...
Is a PhD for me?
My friends often ask me why I chose to study a PhD and why particularly resource recovery from wastewater (How I simplify my title ‘Enhancing biomineral production for resource recovery from wastewater using biocatalysts’). Initially, ...
Why doing a PhD is not a waste of time!
“Academics tend to regard asking whether a PhD is worthwhile as analogous to wondering whether there is too much art or culture in the world.” from The Economist I always believed that the PhD is ...
The journey to publication
I’ve recently had my first ever peer-reviewed paper published, and I would like to share my experience. I started writing this critical review paper in March 2020. The paper was based on literature review work ...