Past Funded Researchers
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Michael S. Strano
- Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Chemical Engineering
Michael S. Strano is the Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. Professor Strano's research interests include transport in nanopores, thermopower waves for energy generation, exciton engineering for solar energy, and nanosensors for reaction network analysis. Professor Strano is a recipient of a 2015 J-WAFS Solutions Grant for his project, "A Multiplex, Nanosensor Platform for the Real Time Monitoring or Food and Water-Borne Contaminants."
J-WAFS-funded projects
News
- MIT researchers develop a new method to detect drought stress in crops
- Several J-WAFS PIs work to boost crop resilience in the face of climate change
- J-WAFS PI studies early plant stress detection
- J-WAFS PI and other MIT researchers find that an electrical oscillation system could have applications in monitoring water pollution
- Research by Former J-WAFS PI Michael Strano aims to detect underground arsenic with plant-based sensors