“After completing my master’s degree in the Department of Marine Biology at the School of Marine Sciences, I continued on to doctoral studies in the department. My field of research is marine microbiology, and my doctorate focuses on how various environmental factors affect the cellular structure of the Prochlorococcus cyanobacterium, and how these changes affect the marine environment and other sea-based bacteria. The studies in the department contributed to my development as a researcher and provided me with tools that I use to this day in my research work: scientific thought, critical observation, planning experiments, and more. In addition, during my M.SC. studies, I was assisted not only by the researchers and members of my lab, but also by the students and staff from other labs. That type of interaction encouraging collaboration and the broadening of horizons characterizes our department. The collaboration in the department is also international. For example, I participated this year together with some of the members of our lab in a conference dedicated to Prochlorococcus in Cordoba in southern Spain. That was a very enriching and fascinating experience.”
