Plata and her Ph.D. advisors, environmental chemists Phil Gschwend of MIT (left) and Chris Reddy of WHOI (seen here deploying a submersible pump aboard the R/V Cape Hatteras in 2004) seek to work proactively with industry during the nanotube manufacturing design phase to develop methods that preempt potential environmental dangers and maximize the safe use of new materials. (Photo by Bob Nelson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)[back]
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