Over the past 4 years I have been developing my research skill and over those years I have grown passionate about the environment and finding ways to improve the damage that is already done to our planet. I have done projects at TRU in the microbiology, chemistry and physics labs and each field of science has given me unique perspective of how interconnected research involving the environment is.
My most current research project is for my Honours degree in Science and this project is primarily focussing on talking the issue of microplastic contamination. As you may know microplastics are small peices of plastics that can last for 1,000’s of years and are know to have many negative impacts on ecosystem.
For this project my research is focussing on microplastic contamination in Kamloops municipal compost. In this project I will be identifying and characterizing microplastics in compost as well as trying to isolate bacteria already present in the compost that are able to degrade plastics
Bioremediation is a very useful tool to tackle environmental contamination. Bacteria are highly evolved organisms that are able to break down complex products like plastics for energy.
This project bring together my love for helping the environment and my new found curiosity for the microbial world.
Honours Update Presentation