Episode Details

Episode Topic: Water Sustainability in Santiago, Chile

Join NDI staff from Santiago, Chile, and Notre Dame Environmental Engineering Professor Rob Nerenberg to discuss how population growth and climate change are increasing the need for more sustainable and energy-efficient water management technologies. The Nerenberg research group focuses on biological processes for water and wastewater treatment and reuse. Dr. Nerenberg's group uses advanced experimental tools, molecular tools, and modeling to understand and predict the behavior of biofilms.

Featured Speakers: 

• Juan Esteban Montes, Director of the Santiago Global Center, University of Notre Dame
• Dr. Robert Nerenberg, Professor at the Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Notre Dame
• Ignacio Vargas, Associate Professor in the Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, University of Notre Dame
• Marcela Vega, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Read this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: go.nd.edu/a4303e. 

This podcast is a part of the Global Dialogues ThinkND Series titled “The Worsening Water Crisis”.

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