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CHIRI PhD Student recommended for Chancellor’s Commendation

By Kerrie Collier 20 November 2017 Announcements News Comments Off on CHIRI PhD Student recommended for Chancellor’s Commendation

Khaleque, Himel Nahreen7Congratulations to CHIRI PhD Student Himel Khaleque who has received two A* for her PhD and was also recommended for a Chancellor’s Commendation.  Her thesis was entitled “Acidihalobacter: Novel Halotolerant Iron- and Sulfur- Oxidizing Acidophiles with Potential for Saline Water Bioleaching”.

Himel is a microbiologist biotechnologist who joined the School of Biomedical Sciences in 2014 for her PhD under the primary supervision of Prof Elizabeth Watkin and was co-supervised by Dr Josh Ramsay  and Dr Anna Kaksonen of CSIRO- Land and Water.

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