E59 Interdisciplinary researchers exploring and using Sargassum
from The Sargassum Podcast Hosted by Sargassum Podcast
In this Episode Joseph Montoya and Harshini Vummadi join us to talk about the understanding of the high biomass of Sargassum and their impacts on the open oceans and coastal communities. Also, Harshini explains us her research using Sargassum to purify water. Joseph Montoya is professor in the School of Biological Sciences and director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Ocean Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech. Harshini Vummadi is an undergraduate student at Georgia Tech. She is a 3rd year biology major whose research has been focused on Sargassum and its applications as a bioremediate. 2:00 Presenting the guest 2:56 What is Sargassum for Harshini 3:40 What is Sargassum for Joseph 6:00 The capacity of Sargassum up taking heavy metals 6:25 Harshini talks about how use Sargassum in purifying water 7:05 Current situation of Sargassum in Dominican Republic 8:30 impacts in the tourism industry 10:20 Applying purifying water solutions with Sargassum in Dominican Republic 11:30 The more impacted moments by Sargassum in Dominican Republic 12:35 Hows the experience working with interdisciplinary researchers for Joseph 19:40 Hows the experience working with interdisciplinary researchers for Harshini 21:30 The develop of Harshini research 26:39 Fran, Evelyn, and Jenna's thoughts as hosts in this interview https://youtu.be/FzRG51E8wio Relevant links - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=H15F-wYAAAAJ&hl=en
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