Postdoctoral researcher Ting Wang has received the 2023 Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry by the Division of Environmental Chemistry of the American Chemical Society.
The ACS Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award recognizes graduate students who work in areas related to environmental chemistry with competitive course-work performance and research productivity. This award is granted to up to 20 recipients nationwide every year.
Wang’s research centers around water disinfection. Alongside her advisor, Carlton S. Wilder Associate Professor Xing Xie, Wang has developed a new water disinfection method that uses small shocks of electricity to reduce energy consumption, cost, and environmental impact compared to traditional methods.
Read more about their research here.