• #34 - Denise Mitrano: A world of plastics from macro and micro to nano - should zero plastics be the long-term goal?

  • Oct 28 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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#34 - Denise Mitrano: A world of plastics from macro and micro to nano - should zero plastics be the long-term goal?

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  • Denise Mitrano, Assistant Professor in the Environmental System Science Department at ETH Zurich sheds some light into the topic of plastics pollution, from macro and micro to nano. Trained as an analytical chemist, we hear how Denise is using her skills to better understand how we can quantify, replace and reduce the sources for better environmental and human health protection. We also reflect on the role that science needs to play in future legislation around environmental protection and some tips on being an academic in a very dynamic discipline.

    Podcast Intro/Outro Song: Starsky by Alex Keren (Check out more of his tunes over on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5vZ3lENfDLjkln8scBJ8mW)

    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    1:59 Guest Intro and getting out of your comfort zone
    6:25 Discovering environmental chemistry and nanomaterials
    13:17 Contaminants of emerging concern
    16:16 Denise’s journey to Switzerland
    18:00 Plastics 101
    24:53 Two historical examples of plastics management
    27:23 Can we create a plastic-free world?
    30:36 Denise’s Research Pillar 1 - Analytical
    34:40 Denise’s Research Pillar 2 - Transport and Fate
    41:23 Metal-doped Microplastics
    47:39 Denise’s Research Pillar 3 - Policy and Regulation
    51:43 Denise’s Future Research Trajectory
    57:43 Q&A Start
    58:00 What inspires you?
    58:56 If you had a magic wand?
    1:01:16 Key event, person, book
    1:02:59 Time management
    1:05:07 Biggest challenge in career to date
    1:07:44 Advice for young researchers
    1:08:44 Where can people reach you?
    1:09:07 Final Message
    1:09:45 Outro

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