Mona Kaspal

Mona Kaspal completed her bachelor’s degree in microbiology from Nepal, then her Master of Biotechnology from Flinders University in South Australia. She stayed in Australia for six years studying, working, and travelling around Australia before she decided to come to New Zealand to commence her PhD. In Australia, she worked in a nursing home (carer), SA pathology (operating staff), and at Flinders University (research assistant). As a research assistant, she gained experience in single-cell oil biotechnology to extract and analyse the lipids especially, polyunsaturated fatty acids. For her PhD, she will be working with both proteins and lipids using fermentation techniques.