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NEWT ERC develops fit-for-purpose water treatment by applying nanotechnology @RiceUniversity @UTEP @ASU @Yale | Funded by the National Science Foundation

Houston, TX
Joined September 2015
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@RiceCEVE researchers, along with collaborators from Guangdong University of Technology, have borrowed dialysis technology from the medical field to treat high-salinity organic wastewaters—a novel pathway that could reduce environmental impacts. bit.ly/4gErq9P
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🎤 [Oct 25 - 3 PM CST ] Dr. @PedroJJAlvarez (@RiceUniversity University) 🎤 [Oct 26 -10:30 AM CST] ] @paulwesterhoff (@ASU ) speak at the University at Buffalo's "Convergence of Science for One Planet, One Health" SYMPOSIUM. REGISTER: buff.ly/3BPhvPf
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Congratulations to Rafael Verduzco, @RiceCHBE professor, for being elected a 2024 Fellow of the American Physical Society. bit.ly/3YbNfH2
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Congrats to @YaleEnvEng Ph.D. student Kali Rigby for receiving the prestigious Chasman Award from @BrookhavenLab Women in Science! She was honored for her work on how single-atom catalysts behave during catalytic reactions related to water treatment: loom.ly/hM9omVg
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Thrilled to join this amazing cohort of @BeckmanFnd researchers as we pursue new methods for sustainable ammonia production! Thanks to my students and postdocs for their contributions to developing this idea and proof-of-concept data. @YaleEnvEng @YaleEngineering
Congratulations to 2024 Beckman Young Investigator Awardee Lea Winter, PhD! ow.ly/EoON50SfGSL #byi @yale
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🌈🎉Happy Pride Month! 🎉🌈At Rice University, we celebrate the power of being true to yourself. This month, we honor the LGBTQ+ community and reaffirm our commitment to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for everyone.🏳️‍🌈❤️#PrideMonth #RiceUniversity #LGBTQ #Pride2024
Celebrating love, diversity, and the beautiful spectrum of identities at Rice. Happy Pride Month! 🤍
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With 94 consulates, Houston has the third-largest consular corps in the nation after New York and Los Angeles. It was a pleasure speaking to members of the esteemed group this week about Rice University and how we can partner. Thank you for having me!
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Thank you, @houbizjournal. We are pleased to be included in @forbes’ inaugural list of “New Ivies.” As a premier institution, our students excel above and beyond the classroom, making them top talent for employers worldwide.
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Our next #SerdpEstcpWebinar will present technologies for #PFAS destruction. Speakers will discuss efforts to develop and validate novel semiconductor photocatalysts and demonstrate a commercially available smoldering technology for PFAS treatment. bit.ly/49S2ZS5
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Our recent paper in Nature Communications - "Ultra-fast green hydrogen production from municipal wastewater by an integrated forward osmosis-alkaline water electrolysis system. 15, 2617 (2024)" doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-4… @NEWTCenter @SSEBEatASU @STEPS_STC
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How to harvest moisture from the atmosphere economist.com/science-and-te… - Atmospheric Water Harvesting is becoming mainstream news ? @NEWTCenter
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Celebrating this huge 2️⃣5️⃣ milestone of @Rice_BIOE ❗️ with @biswal_lisa, KZ, and Tony Mikos 🎉🎉 @RiceCHBE @RiceEngineering
Rice Bioengineering alumni and friends are invited to join us on March 22-23, 2024 to celebrate 25 years of the Department of Bioengineering at Rice! Save the date and sign up to receive more information: bit.ly/3QL2eCF h
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Attending #ACSSpring2024? Join the #ACS_DEIR Office on March 19 for the Presidential Showcase Diversity Networking Breakfast & hear speakers @drksolomon, @BookerMan_PSU, @theoreticalfun & others from @AISES, @NOBCChE, & @SACNAS about their research. No registration required!
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Congrats to @ClaireEButler0 on a successful area exam / thesis prospectus @YaleEnvEng! (And the first one from our lab!) More exciting work to come from Claire on electrochemical processes for destruction of contaminants of emerging concern.
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Another great night with our NEET cohort! This week we looked at different ways to test water sample….where did this water come from? 💧🔬🧑‍🔬 @RiceU_STEM
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Our work using #nanofiltration #membranes sandwiched between #electrodes for highly effective #PFAS destruction was a supplemental cover for ES&T @EnvSciTech and was covered by Fox-59 News doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c04… fox59.com/indiana-news/purdu…
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Congratulations to Sohum (@SohumPatel2) on a successful PhD defense on Aqueous Electro-driven Separations Great job in discussing thermodynamic limitations and opportunities for selective resource extraction Good luck in your postdoc at @SmithLabMIT @YaleEnvEng @NEWTCenter
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"Interlaboratory comparison of centrifugal ultrafiltration with ICP-MS detection in a first-step towards methods to screen for nanomaterial release during certification of drinking water contact materials" - Austin Henke, Kenneth Flores, Jorge G-Torresdey; Paul Westerhoff; et al.
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First IWA nom conference in Africa !! ⁦@NEWTCenter⁩ ⁦@STEPS_STC⁩ ⁦@ASUEngineering⁩ ⁦@ASUGlobalFuture⁩ A privilege to give a keynote
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