Dr Anna Kaksonen

Pronouns: she,her,hers

Senior Principal Research Scientist

https://people.csiro.au/K/A/Anna-Kaksonen

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Biography

Dr Anna Kaksonen develops biotechnological processes for environmental and industrial applications in the mining, energy, water supply, waste and wastewater treatment industries. Research topics of special interest have included: mining biotechnology (e.g. bioleaching, biooxidation, bioprecipitation, bioflotation), bioenergy, bioremediation of contaminated sites, waste/wastewater treatment and resource recovery, circular economy and mitigation of microbially caused problems such as biofouling, bioclogging and biocorrosion. She has also applied molecular and culture-based detection and monitoring approaches to microbial communities in natural and engineered environments, and isolated and described novel microorganisms.

Professional Areas

Academic Qualifications

1999

MSc (Major subject: Environmental Science and Policy, Minor subjects: Microbiology, Limnology, Soil and Environmental Chemistry, and Basic Development Studies)
University of Helsinki
2001

MSc in Engineering (Major subject: Environmental Biotechnology, Minor subject: Water and Waste Engineering)
Tampere University of Technology
2004

Doctor of Technology (Major subject: Environmental Biotechnology, Minor subject: Environmental Technology)
Tampere University of Technology
2008

Teacher’s pedagogical qualification
Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Teacher Education Centre, Finland

Professional Experiences

June 1999-August 1999

Research Assistant
Tampere University of Technology, Finland
September 1999-December 2004

Researcher
Tampere University of Technology, Finland
January 2005-April 2009

Senior Researcher
Tampere University of Technology, Finland
May 2009-September 2017

Team Leader - Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology
CSIRO
May 2009-June 2011

Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO
September 2017-February 2024

Group Leader - Industrial Biotechnology (Formerly called Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology)
CSIRO

Achievements and Awards

2000-2000

Award for best poster presentation
The 4th Valamo Conference on Environmental Health and Risk Assessment 13-16.9.2000, Valamo monastery, Heinävesi, Finland
2020- 2020

Western Australian R&D Excellence Award
Australian Water Association
2003-2004

Best doctoral thesis in environmental sciences during the years 2003-2004 in Finland
Finnish Society for Environmental Science
2004-2004

Best doctoral thesis in Technology in Finland in 2004
Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers (Tekniikan Akateemisten Liitto, TEK) and Technical Association in Finland (Tekniska Förening in Finland, TFiF)
2014-2014

Excellence in Research and Innovation Award for MARSUO - Managed Aquifer Recharge and Stormwater Use Options Research Project
Stormwater Australia

Other highlights

2001-2002

Visiting Researcher at CSIRO (1.5 years)
2003-2004

Visiting Researcher at Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (DSMZ), Germany (3 months)
2007-2007

Microbiologist on the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 315 on Chikyu, scientific drilling vessel, Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone, offshore the Kii Peninsula in Japan (5 weeks)
2007-2012

Docent in Environmental Biotechnology, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
2008-2008

Visiting Researcher at Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) (3 months)
2009-2016

Member of Science Committee of Australia-New Zealand Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Consortium (ANZIC)
2011-Present

Member of the International Scientific Committee of International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium
2014-2016

Guest Editor for Special Issue of Minerals: Advances in Biohydrometallurgy
2014-Present

Adjunct Research Associate at University of Western Australia
2015-2016

Guest Editor for International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium (IBS) 2015 Special Issue published in Hydrometallurgy
2015-2018

Member of Curtin Water Quality Research Centre Advisory Board
2015-Present

Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)
2015-Present

Editorial Board Member for Minerals
2016-2018

Member of Inaugural CSIRO Land and Water Science Council
2016-Present

Editorial Board Member for Metals
2017-Present

Chair of the International Scientific Committee of International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium
2017-Present

Editorial Board Member for Microorganisms
2017-Present

Guest Editor for Special Issue of Microorganisms: Microorganisms for environmental and industrial applications
2017-Present

Chair of the Local Organising Committee for International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium to be held in Perth, Western Australia 2021
2019-2020

Guest Editor for a Collection in Scientific Reports: Synthetic Biology for Environmental and Industrial Applications
2019-2020

Guest Editor for International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium IBS2019 Special Issue published in Hydrometallurgy
2020-Present

Section Editor in Chief of Minerals for Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry section
2020-Present

Guest editor for Minerals Special Issue "10th Anniversary of Minerals: Frontiers of Mineral Science

Attachments

Industrial Biotechnology capability brochure [pdf - 0.56MB]

Publications

We have publications by Dr Anna Kaksonen