Mimicking the body to help mother earth

About this episode

The episode discusses biomimetic science and its potential to address climate change through innovative research.

Climate change driven by global warming is a highly debated topic in today’s world. However, what we can be sure of is that certain gases cause changes to our environment and are often referred to as “greenhouse gases”. A large scientific effort has been made to capture these gases and turn it into things with less environment impact. One particular way is by creating molecules that mimic our bodies natural mechanisms. This is called biomimetic science and is the topic of our guest’s research, Bella Mc Coll Bella is a third-year PhD student researching under Dr. Addison Desnoyer, in the Department of Chemistry here at OSU. Bella is an Oregon native and comes to us from Beaverton. Outside of the lab Bella has many interests particularly those involving the fiber arts. These interests have allowed her to come up with research ideas that uses her scientific mind to help answer questions for her creative mind.

People in this episode

Guest: Bella Mc Coll

Topics covered

• climate change
• biomimetic science
• greenhouse gases
• environmental impact
• research

Keywords

• climate change
• biomimetic science
• greenhouse gases
• environment
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OSU

Places: Oregon, Beaverton

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