Research Volunteer
Utah State University, USU
09.2023 - Current
- Conducted research on improving the methane consumption and ectoine production of the bacteria Methylotuvimicrobium alcaliphilum
- Helped manage a 10 L fermenter which involved taking samples of both the cell media and the gas content, draining the fermenter, and cleaning/sterilizing it
- Used analytical machines such as gas chromatography and spectrophotometry and helped map the results using Excel
- Learned the correct way of cleaning (using both traditional methods and an Autoclave), drying, and storing glassware
- Learned the proper way the prepare and sterilize cell media
- Learned various methods of downstream processing involving bioproducts
- Presented findings on methods to mitigate methane produced by anaerobic digesters at the IBEC Intermountain Biological Engineering conference
