News

September 28, 2016
Congrats to Riley on receiving the 2016 Fiessinger Doctoral Scholarship from the Environmental Research and Education Fund (EREF). Riley’s proposal, entitled “Carbon Nanotube...
September 18, 2016
The development of the field of green chemistry was possible because of individuals in academia, industry, government and NGOs who dreamt big and devoted their professional...
August 25, 2016
The Plata Lab just returned from an incredible week at the ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia, PA. Sharing research from ongoing projects in the lab, our group delivered a...
July 15, 2016
The Plata lab is excited to announce a newly accepted paper to Environmental Science & Technology: “Indications of Transformation Products from Hydraulic Fracturing...
July 14, 2016
Congrats to Dr. Osman Karatum for the successful defense of his Ph.D. dissertation! The entire Plata group traveled to Durham, North Carolina to cheer on Osman’s presentation...
May 25, 2016
In collaboration with Professor Drew Gentner and researchers at Environment Canada, the Plata Lab is proud to announce a study accepted to Nature. The study combined field...
May 24, 2016
The latest research from the Plata lab, in collaboration with the lab of Dr. Anne McElroy at SUNY Stony Brook, was published today in the Aquatic Toxicology. The study...