Marianne Haines

About Marianne

Marianne is a Senior Scientist at Brokkr Mineral Resources Corporation in Canada. She has been involved in numerous paid and volunteer STEM events and outreach programs, from playdough with grade 2’s to ‘Careers in Science’ seminars for 100 high-school students. She believes that foundational science education is key to ‘keeping it real’—cultivating a skeptical and inquisitive outlook while avoiding the lure of quackery.

Marianne has a Bachelor of Biological Science majoring in Microbiology and Biochemistry from La Trobe University. In her Honours year she researched microbial fuel cells. At the Microbial Markets Lab at the University of Calgary, she specialised in microbial ecology, photobioreactor technology, alkaline soda lakes, and the pilot scale cultivation of microalgae.