Biography:
Christina first graduated with a BSc(Hons) in Plant Biology from Aberystwyth University, Wales in 2016. She remained within the Institute of Biological and Rural Sciences to study her PhD in Cocksfoot breeding for biorefining, which she has recently successfully defended during her viva voce. During her candidature, Christina gained an Associate Fellowship to the Higher Education Academy through undergraduate teaching in addition to working part-time for the Royal Society of Chemistry, delivering spectroscopy workshops to secondary school students. She now works within the Germinal Ltd. forage breeding team at Aberystwyth University.
Title : Protein extracts as a biorefining product from the forage grass species Dactylis glomerata