A catalyst for integrating analytical biology,analytical chemistry, and engineering to improve drinking water safety: The groundbreaking work of Dr. Michael Plewa

摘要

It is interesting how a random encounter can profoundly change your life. My random encounter was with a young graduate student from Michael Plewa’s laboratory. The location was the 1999 American Chemical Society (ACS) Conference, where, following his talk, this promising researcher was being unfairly criticized by a well-established scientist. I disagreed with this scientist’s criticism, and I encouraged the student how I thought his work was important.