Jessica Ray and William Tarpeh on clean water, turning trash into treasure, and life as assistant professors

How do we build water systems that are sustainable and also equitable? On this episode of Stereo Chemistry, Jessica Ray and William Tarpeh talk with C&EN reporter Katherine Bourzac about how they use their chemical engineering know-how to develop simple systems for filtering toxic chemicals from our water and harvesting useful chemicals from urine. They also discuss finding ways to thrive as assistant professors and building support networks as Black junior faculty. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3pggyGU. Sign up for C&EN's weekly newsletter at bit.ly/chemnewsletter. Contact us: [email protected] Image credit: Will Ludwig/C&EN/University of Washington/Courtesy of William Tarpeh

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