🎙️ Today, Nasim Fadaie, a PhD candidate at Ģý and one of the CEC-REN Outreach Coordinators, joins Ģý’s Grad Chat to share her academic journey, how she found her way to Ģý’s, and her research on contaminants of emerging concern.
From everyday products we use to the water we drink, emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, PFAS (forever chemicals), and nanoplastics are becoming a growing environmental concern.
Nasim discusses why these pollutants matter and how her research team is developing sustainable, bio-based materials to help remove contaminants from water.
📻 Tune in to CFRC 101.9 FM today, Nov. 10, at 5:30 p.m. ET. Listen live ()
🎧 The episode comes out Wednesday, Nov. 11. Grad Chat podcast ()
Thanks to CFRC for spotlighting graduate research.
Ģý's Grad Chat
Nov 10, 2026