Beyond the Code: How DNA Can Combat Climate Change | Ariel Furst | TEDxBoston

Explanation of our technology to use DNA as a tether to connect CO2 conversion catalysts to electrodes Ariel L. Furst is the Paul M. Cook Career Development Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. Her work centers on inventing technologies to improve human and environmental health by making access to resources more equitable. Her lab develops transformative technologies to solve important problems related to healthcare and sustainability by harnessing the inherent capabilities of biomolecules and using electrochemistry to fundamentally understand these systems. She completed her Ph.D. at Caltech developing non-invasive diagnostics for colorectal cancer and was then an A. O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley, where she developed sensors to monitor environmental pollutants. She is a 2024 NSF CAREER Awardee, a 2023 NIH New Innovator Awardee, and a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar for accelerated decarbonization. She was awarded the MIT UROP Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in 2022 for her work with undergraduate researchers. She is passionate about STEM outreach and increasing participation of underrepresented groups in engineering.
Ariel L. Furst is the Paul M. Cook Career Development Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. Her work centers on inventing technologies to improve human and environmental health by making access to resources more equitable. Her lab develops transformative technologies to solve important problems related to healthcare and sustainability by harnessing the inherent capabilities of biomolecules and using electrochemistry to fundamentally understand these systems. She completed her Ph.D. at Caltech developing non-invasive diagnostics for colorectal cancer and was then an A. O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley, where she developed sensors to monitor environmental pollutants. She is a 2024 NSF CAREER Awardee, a 2023 NIH New Innovator Awardee, and a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar for accelerated decarbonization. She was awarded the MIT UROP Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in 2022 for her work with undergraduate researchers. She is passionate about STEM outreach and increasing participation of underrepresented groups in engineering. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx