Alice Tognacchini
Visiting HDR Student
SMI-CMLR
Visiting from the University of Vienna, Austria - 2nd October - 01 February 2019
Nickel Phytomining from Waste-derived Technosols
Assessing tolerance, uptake and distributions of nickel in two hyperaccumulator plant species (Alyssum murale and Berkheya coddi) grown on nickel-containing industrial waste (Technosols)
• Cultivation of the two plant species in pots
• Collection of plant material samples
• Analysis using spectrophotometric and micro-analytical techniques