I am a PhD student at BYU working to optimize anaerobic digestion. As part of this process, somedays you can find me scooping manure out of a cow's pen, and on other days, I am found in a sterile lab extracting DNA. On all days, I hope to make advances in the field of wastewater treatment.
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Maliea Holden
Ecomicrobioanaeromethanoinformatic Chemist
Zach Aanderud Lab