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EP 4_En Microplastics - Where are they coming from? And how do we find out?

Spectral Stories From The North | Les histoires spectrales nordiques

English - June 01, 2021 16:00 - 25 minutes - 29 MB
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In this episode, host Jordan Plenzich discusses the emerging importance of microplastics and their presence in our everyday lives with our guest Roxana Suerhing from Ryerson University. Tune in to learn more about Roxana’s new, worldwide, research project that is bringing microplastics analysis to the next level. With a focus on forensic studies and chemical analysis, they discuss what is the ultimate goal from this research, and take a mini dive into machine learning for statistical analysis.

 

If you are working in this field or would like to learn more, feel free to contact Roxana here:

Faculty website: https://www.ryerson.ca/chemistry-biology/our-people/roxana-suehring/

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Roxana-Suehring

Twitter handle: @roxilana1

 

And if you’d like to learn more about microplastics and Agilent’s solution for analysis, feel free to contact Jordan at [email protected].