A new researcher, Peter Leonard, has joined the DairyWater team at NUI Galway. Peter will be investigating the application of an intermittently aerated sequencing batch reactor at pilot-scale, which will be located at a dairy processing plant, and is supervised by Prof Xinmin Zhan and Dr William Finnegan. The following is a short biography for Peter:

“Peter Leonard is a recent graduate of NUI Galway with a BSc (Hons.) in biochemistry, and originally hails from Mayo. Having also studied microbiology into third year, Peter’s final year project was to express TEV protease in different E. coli expression strains under varying conditions to achieve optimal protein expression. The expressed protease was then purified, quantified and its activity tested. Peter has laboratory experience in biochemistry, microbiology and chemistry, and particularly enjoys the challenge of working with complex experimental processes.”