
Renisha Karki
PhD Student
Degrees
M.S. in Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI (2021)
B.Tech. in Biotechnology (Pre-master’s course), Kathmandu University (2016)
B.S. in Microbiology, Tribhuvan University (2014)
Areas of Interest
Resource recovery, Environmental microbiology, Metagenomics
Professional Experience
Graduate research assistant, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI (2019-2021)
Research Project
For my master’s project, my research was focused on the evaluation of process stability during anaerobic co-digestion of agricultural wastes and cattle manure. The focus of my current research is understanding the microbial communities and their interactions towards the optimization of engineered systems.
Publications
Karki, R., Chuenchart, W., Surendra, K.C., Shrestha, S., Raskin, L., Sung, S., Hashimoto, A., and Khanal, S.K. (2021). Anaerobic co-digestion: Current status and perspectives. Bioresource Technology 330, 125001.
Chuenchart, W., Karki, R., Shitanaka, T., Marcelino, K.R., Lu, H., and Khanal, S.K. (2021). Nanobubble technology in anaerobic digestion: A review. Bioresource Technology 329, 124916.
Awards
Outstanding poster award, International Conference on Sustainable Biowaste Management, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China (April, 2021)
Other Interests
Sudoku, cooking, hiking
Contact Information
1351 Beal Avenue,
7 EWRE
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renisha-karki-9679ba120/