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PROTECT Researchers Meet in San Juan for Annual Retreat
Over 80 PROTECT researchers met at the Condado Plaza Hilton Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to discuss future plans and harmonization for the centers. Although our cohort is based in Puerto Rico, our team is distributed across 6 universities. Due to the...
PROTECT Co-Director Alshawabkeh & Other SRP Leaders visit Capitol Hill
On Friday, February 28th PROTECT Co-Director Akram Alshawabkeh was among SRP Leaders who spoke with Congressional Staff on the strengths and impactful research coming out of the NIEHS Superfund Research Program. The group led by Akram also included SRP leaders Bevin...
Research Scientist Long Chen joins Industry
After 2 years of productive research in PROTECT, Dr. Long Chen is moving to the industry, where he is now a scientist at STC Biologics Inc. In his new role, he will be responsible for process and assay development, primarily focusing on pharmaceutical drugs within the...
Low-cost activated carbon promises scalable water disinfection
Water security has always been high on the list of human sustainable development goals because we rely on clean water for drinking, washing, and recreational purposes. However, widespread contamination continues to severely threaten the security of water supplies....
ROUTES Spotlight: Kaleigh McAlaine
Kaleigh McAlaine is a fourth-year Environmental Engineering student with a minor in Marine Biology at Northeastern University and recently completed her co-op with ROUTES in December 2018. During her co-op, Kaleigh worked under the mentorship of ROUTES & PROTECT...
Project 5’s Long Chen Promoted to Associate Research Scientist
On December 1st, 2018, PROTECT Project 5’s Long Chen was promoted to Associate Research Scientist. After working under the leadership of Akram Alshawabkeh as a Post Doc since early December 2017, Long’s work ethic, leadership abilities, and accomplishments continue to...