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Philadelphia Emerging Contaminant Initiative (Final Summary)
2026-06-15 01:47
A year long project has come to an end! It was great working with y'all! Tessa Vu Pawan Khanal Prajwal Poonacha and Victoria Valdivia !
An excerpt from one of the students (Tess Vu):
In Januar...
Master Aviva has emerged!
2026-06-02 01:46
We now have a new masters in the house! Aviva Lerman has successfully defended her thesis on how bird and crab dynamics could impact the zoogeochemical effects of tidal marshes! during her time here s...
Making the Invisible Visible—As Art
2026-05-30 19:23
As cooped up in the lab as I may be, I like to think of myself as an artist. Here is my submission for ecoartspace’s 2026 Water World art competition.
In the piece, “Making the Invisible Visible,”...
Making Microplastics Visible: Sharing Our Work on National TV
2026-05-19 19:13
Exciting to see the Penn Microplastics Lab featured on national TV once more! This time, we highlighted our work on microplastic staining and imaging, and how these approaches can improve the detectio...
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