Raincoast

  For my last project in microbiology this term, we were to select a microbe, or microbial phenomenon and give a short presentation. Being interested in anaerobic digestion, I chose the process of methanogenesis, the process during anaerobic digestion which produces methane.  Anaerobic digestion is the broad term for turning organic waste into natural gas, including […]

Recently I put together a research project with the help of the Center for Sustainable Food Systems and the UBC SEEDS program to develop an on-site composting program at the UBC farm. I was surprised to learn that this was not already happening, but I soon realized why. It would be a huge undertaking… Although […]

The competitive world of academia often leaves us as students feeling deficient in some way when we compare ourselves to others. Having recently read a collection of works, Letters to a Young Poet, by the German poet and author Rainer Maria Rilke, I felt it appropriate to share the messages I took away from it. […]