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Alexandra Linz

Post-doctoral Research Associate

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

Hometown: Mukwonago

Alex Linz is post-doctoral researcher at the UW-affiliated Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center. Born and raised in Wisconsin, she is passionate about the natural world, both seen and unseen. Alex researches ways to use microbes to make biofuels and other products from plant material. For her PhD work (also at UW-Madison), Alex studied the ecology of bacteria in freshwater.

Talks:

Bacteria in Freshwater

This talk discusses the importance of bacteria in ecosystems, the challenges of studying ecology in bacteria, and why freshwater bacteria sometimes close down beaches near you.

Using microbial superpowers to make biofuels and bioproducts
No talk details available.