Tenzin Tsering, Master of Science in Chemistry, will defend her doctoral dissertation in the field of Chemical Engineering at LUT on the 15th of November at noon, MUC Auditorium in Mikkeli. Her dissertation is titled “Research advancements and future needs of microplastic analytics: microplastics in the shore sediment of the freshwater sources of the Indian Himalaya”.

Docent Arto Koistinen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, will act as opponent. Professor Satu-Pia Reinikainen of LUT University will act as custos.

The dissertation has been published in the Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis research series number 1052 of the university. ISBN 978-952-335-881-2, ISBN 978-952-335-882-9 (PDF), ISSN (online) 2814-5518.