Curiosity Unbounded, Ep. 1: How a free-range kid from Maine is helping green-up industrial practices by MIT News published on 2023-04-11T15:03:57Z In this episode, MIT President Sally Kornbluth sits down with newly tenured associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, Desirée Plata. Her work focuses on making industrial processes more environmentally friendly, and removing methane (a key factor in global warming) from the air. Links: - Desirée Plata: https://cee.mit.edu/people_individual/desiree-plata - Woods Hole Oceanographic: https://whoi.edu - Plata Lab: https://platalab.mit.edu - Global Methane Pledge: https://globalmethanepledge.org - 2.00b Toy Product Design: http://web.mit.edu/2.00b/www/index.html Show notes and transcript: https://news.mit.edu/podcast/podcast-curiosity-unbounded-episode-1-how-free-range-kid-maine-helping-green-industrial Join the mailing list or send us feedback: https://eepurl.com/ixPQPA The Curiosity Unbounded podcast brings you behind the scenes at MIT through conversations between MIT President Sally Kornbluth and the people working in its labs and in the field. Along the way, Sally and her guests discuss pressing issues, as well as what inspires the people running at the world’s toughest challenges at one of the most innovative institutions on the planet. Genre Science Comment by Sarah Simon Desiree seems to have the same amazing energy that Millie Dresselhaus had (and 4 kids, too!) 2023-07-07T22:02:08Z Comment by Daniel Gilbert well that was lovely 2023-04-19T23:41:56Z