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This session will give an insight to the Green Future Fellowships, exploring innovations to combat climate change and the interdisciplinary needs required. This session will be hosted by Dr Madeleine Bussemaker. A current Green Future Fellow, Madeleine is a professor in chemical engineering and director of Mantisonix, a spin out company she co-founded following her work on developing acoustic technologies to break down persistent “forever chemicals” in water and soil.
Forever chemicals, namely per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have applications in consumer products and industrial processes but take thousands of years to break down, resulting in the spread of chemical pollution. Participants will explore treatment, destruction and circularity of emerging contaminants with a focus on forever chemicals.
What participants will gain:
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Practical insights into treatment trains for emerging contaminants like forever chemicals
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Cross disciplinary and cross-Academy peer insights
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Systems considerations to reflect in their own research and work
Who should attend?
This session is designed for Awardees and professionals across all engineering disciplines who are interested in cross-sector approaches to addressing environmental and human-health risks associated with contaminants.
This event will be recorded.
Accessibility
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Professor Madeleine Bussemaker
Professor Bussemaker is an academic originally trained in chemistry and mathematics. She completed a PhD in sonochemistry in Australia and is now a Professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Surrey. She has a keen interest in what societies release into the environment, the consequences of these outputs, and how to turn waste into useful byproducts, inspiring her research.