Josephine Boel Andresen

Bio: Josephine is of Danish-Norwegian descent and received her B.Sc. in Biology at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) (DK), which included a study abroad to Imperial College London (UK) and a deep-sea expedition to the Sognefjord (NO) to study life in extreme environments. Developing an interest in the application of biotechnology for climate change mitigation, she completed her M.Sc. in Molecular Biology & Genetics at UCPH with a thesis focusing on photosynthesis-directed optimization of microalgae as biofactory units by investigating carotenoid-synthesising genes. Afterwards, she was employed as a Research Assistant at the Technical University of Denmark to develop a biohydrogen production pipeline from strictly anaerobic and thermophilic bacteria isolated from the subsurface, in which she established laboratory procedures for a cultivation strategy with demanding circumstances.

Project: Thermophilic prokaryotes cultivation and biology

Supervisor: Prof. Eveline Peeters