Curiosity Unbounded, Ep 1: How a free-range kid from Maine is helping green-up industrial practices — Desirée Plata MIT News

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.Show notes and transcript:https://news.mit.edu/podcast/how-free-range-kid-maine-helping-green-industrial-practices-desiree-plata (https://news.mit.edu/podcast/how-free-range-kid-maine-helping-green-industrial-practices-desiree-plata)The Curiosity Unbounded (https://news.mit.edu/podcasts/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.