Dr Anna Kaksonen
Pronouns: she,her,hers
Senior Principal Research Scientist: Bio- and Environmental Technologies
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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
- Industrial biotechnology
- Industrial microbiology
- Environmental biotechnology
- Environmental microbiology
- Environmental engineering
- Circular economy
- Biogeochemistry
- Bioelectrochemistry
- Waste management
- Resource recovery
- Wastewater treatment
- Drinking water treatment
- Bioleaching
- Bioprecipitation
- Biooxidation
- Bioreduction
- Bioflotation
- Biofouling
- Bioclogging
- Biocorrosion
- Bioremediation
- Bioenergy
- Biofuels
- Biohydrogen
- Microbial ecology
- Molecular biology
Fields of Research
Academic Qualifications
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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
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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
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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
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2001-2002
Visiting Researcher at CSIRO (1.5 years)
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2003-2004
Visiting Researcher at Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (DSMZ), Germany (3 months)
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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)
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2007-2012
Docent in Environmental Biotechnology, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
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2008-2008
Visiting Researcher at Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) (3 months)
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2009-2016
Member of Science Committee of Australia-New Zealand Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Consortium (ANZIC)
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2011-Present
Member of the International Scientific Committee of International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium
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2014-2016
Guest Editor for Special Issue of Minerals: Advances in Biohydrometallurgy
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2014-Present
Adjunct Research Associate at University of Western Australia
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2015-2016
Guest Editor for International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium (IBS) 2015 Special Issue published in Hydrometallurgy
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2015-2018
Member of Curtin Water Quality Research Centre Advisory Board
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2015-Present
Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)
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2015-Present
Editorial Board Member for Minerals
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2016-2018
Member of Inaugural CSIRO Land and Water Science Council
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2016-Present
Editorial Board Member for Metals
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2017-Present
Chair of the International Scientific Committee of International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium
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2017-Present
Editorial Board Member for Microorganisms
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2017-Present
Guest Editor for Special Issue of Microorganisms: Microorganisms for environmental and industrial applications
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2017-Present
Chair of the Local Organising Committee for International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium to be held in Perth, Western Australia 2021
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2019-2020
Guest Editor for a Collection in Scientific Reports: Synthetic Biology for Environmental and Industrial Applications
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2019-2020
Guest Editor for International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium IBS2019 Special Issue published in Hydrometallurgy
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2020-Present
Section Editor in Chief of Minerals for Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry section
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2020-Present
Guest editor for Minerals Special Issue "10th Anniversary of Minerals: Frontiers of Mineral Science
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