Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann
PhD, Greenland Perspective, Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland
Title of talk
Could the microbes of Greenland lead the way to better food, health and economy in Greenland?
Short biography
- Cand.scient. biology University of Copenhagen 2012
- Blogger at Danish Engineers homepage Ing.dk since 2012
- Public debator and speaker on Greenland, sustainable development and science
- Co-founder of Coldzymes, Greenland’s first biotechnological company 2016
- Ph.D. Microbial Ecology and Bioinformatics, Technical University of Denmark, 2017
- Currently holds a postdoc at the University of Greenland
- Main scientific interests: microbial metagenomics, food microbiomes of traditional Greenlandic foods, Inuit gut microbiomes, biotechnological applications of native Greenlandic microbes