Dr. Hunter Schroer, assistant professor of environmental engineering, will present a seminar, titled "Environmental Biotechnology for a Sustainable Future." 

This presentation will summarize a few biotechnology approaches for addressing the grand challenges of engineering, including production of clean water, materials and energy. For example, how can machine learning be leveraged to understand and improve anaerobic co-digestion with the goal of diverting organics from landfills and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions? Second, can we engineer enzymes and peptides to degrade or detect per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)?

The latest techniques in data science and molecular biology, combined with established approaches from other disciplines, are central to timely and impactful environmental biotechnology research that solves the grand challenges of engineering.

This talk is hosted by the CArEE Department and the Center for Research in Energy and Environment (CREE). For more information, visit cree.mst.edu/seminars.