Congratulations to Chris Greening (from Greg Cook’s lab) for his PhD thesis “Physiological roles of the three [NiFe]-hydrogenases from Mycobacterium smegmatis”, which was placed on the Health Sciences Divisional List of Exceptional PhD theses this week.
A thesis is of exceptional quality when all three examiners of a candidate's thesis agree that the thesis is among the top 10% of theses examined, and is of an exceptional standard in the following areas: research content, originality, quality of expression, and accuracy of presentation.
Exceptional PhD theses in the Division of Health Sciences:
http://www.otago.ac.nz/healthsciences/students/postgraduate/exceptional-theses/otago067305.html
Summary of Chris Greening’s PhD:
http://micro.otago.ac.nz/2014/3/phd-completion-chris-greening