The Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance has announced that Kathleen Merrigan and Bruce Rittmann will be the keynote speakers at Phosphorus Forum 2019, scheduled for April 5, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

On November 21, 2018, the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability announced that Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology Director and Stockholm Water Prize co-Recipient Bruce Rittmann will be one of the keynote speakers at Phosphorus Forum 2019. The Phosphorus Forum is an annual conference organized by the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance, a nonprofit membership organization addressing… Continue reading The Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance has announced that Kathleen Merrigan and Bruce Rittmann will be the keynote speakers at Phosphorus Forum 2019, scheduled for April 5, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz receives NSF CAREER Award to study greenhouse gases

Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz, microbiologist and associate professor with Arizona State University’s School of Life Sciences and the Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, has been awarded a prestigious 5-year, $650,000+ National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his work exploring connections between microbes and components within Peruvian Amazonian peatland ecosystems that affect the consumption and production of methane gas. … Continue reading Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz receives NSF CAREER Award to study greenhouse gases

Memories from environmental modeling workshops and renewable energy conference in Yucatan, Mexico

by Isaias Peraza In the next lines, I will share with you my experiences teaching the third edition of a mathematical modeling workshop in my home state, Yucatan, and my participation in a renewable energy conference in the same location. The first two editions of the modeling workshop targeted graduate students in Environmental Engineering back… Continue reading Memories from environmental modeling workshops and renewable energy conference in Yucatan, Mexico

Recovering resources from EV batteries; the future of EV battery recycling

A few days ago, Tesla, one of the leading electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers in the world (and arguably the most technologically advanced producer of electric vehicles) could barely wait to make one of their most important announcements to date: they’d turned a profit for their quarterly report in the hundreds of millions of dollars. This… Continue reading Recovering resources from EV batteries; the future of EV battery recycling

Diffuse Phosphorus Video Abstract Posted by Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance

Dr. Brooke Mayer of Marquette University discusses her Environmental Science & Technology paper, entitled “Managing Diffuse Phosphorus at the Source versus at the Sink”, with Dr. Matt Scholz of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance on YouTube.  Listen here.  Co-authors include Dr. Katrina Macintosh of Queen’s University of Belfast, Prof. Rich McDowell of AgResearch and Lincoln University,… Continue reading Diffuse Phosphorus Video Abstract Posted by Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance

Fishing & Fun

Our Center celebrated the coming of cooler weather and the coming of many new babies to our Center members on Saturday, 10/28/18.  Rick was our grill master, Burcu was our zero-waste coordinator, and Lance and Neha helped manage the baby celebration game and craft for which Center members create baby microbe mobiles for the Eustance,… Continue reading Fishing & Fun