Ainnatul Adawiyah Ahmad Termizi

Ainna graduated with Bachelor of Biotechnology (Honours First Class), dual majors in Plant Biotechnology & Innovation Management from the University of Queensland. After graduation she joined a management trainee program by the Central Bank of Malaysia and professionally trained in consumer and commercial banking, credit approval, credit documentation, credit supervision and credit recovery. She was then awarded a position as a Credit Analyst at Agrobank Kuala Lumpur for over 3 years to evaluate financing applications by identifying all pertinent credit risk issues and propose the appropriate measures plans to mitigate the risks. She is also a certified Credit Executive by Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers. She decided to return to academia after securing a full scholarship from the University of Queensland to do her PhD at Schenk Lab. She is currently working on sustainable extraction of red carotenoid astaxanthin from microalgae Haematococcus pluvialis, with hope to commercialise edible cosmetic products derived from this high-value microalgae to provide a safe, sustainable, vegan and organic alternative to existing toxic cosmetic in the market. She is also passionate about communicating her PhD research to public using social media platform under the name microalgaemama