Bio

Bethany Mostert is a third-year Ph.D. student working under Dr. De-yu Xie in the Plant and Microbial Biology department on a medicinal plant project. The focus of her research is centered on characterising an enzyme believed to be implicated in the artemisinin biosynthetic pathway from the plant Artemisia annua. She is also passionate about mentorship and scientific communication. Bethany currently mentors two first-year undergraduates as a mentor for the Wicked Problems Wolfpack Solutions Tiered Mentoring Program and was recently awarded a mini-grant from the Genetics and Genomics Academy (GGA) to continue a summer research project with one of her students. Recent and upcoming scientific communication experiences include sharing her journey into science put on by Story Collider and the GGA and the production of a podcast on scientific patents/knowledge governance in association with the Longview Podcast Project. In her free time, Bethany enjoys playing the violin and traveling to new places (preferably where lots of hiking is involved).