Dr. William Tarpeh, a MacArthur Fellowship awardee — often referred to as a “genius grant” — will deliver Missouri S&T’s 2026 Mathes Distinguished Lecture. His presentation is titled “Designing Catalysts and Reactive Separations for Electrochemical Wastewater Refining.” This seminar will focus on recent work understanding catalytic and mass transport mechanisms, designing nitrogen-selective processes and materials, and systematically probing and valorizing real wastewaters. 

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