Air Quality

Everyday, we breathe in more hazardous chemicals and gases at home, work and in the environment than you think.In this episode, Amelia and Jessica chat with Associate Professor Debbie Silvester-Dean about the hazardous gases in our homes and workplaces, and how cutting-edge research in electrochemistry will drive innovation in the detection of hazardous substances. In early 2021, Debbie won the Australian Academy of Science’s Le Fèvre medal for chemistry research.Top reasons for poor air quality at home and at work [02:08]Current methods of detecting hazardous gases [05:01]What innovations are on the horizon? [06:37]Why STEM research areas need more women [13:30]Learn more, or connect with our expert guestAssociate Professor Debbie Silvester-Dean, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin UniversityDebbie's TwitterDebbie’s LinkedInDebbie's websiteDebbie's Curtin researcher profile and emailHead of School (Molecular and Life Sciences) email for school toursQuestions and suggestions for future topicsEmail thefutureof@curtin.edu.auSocialshttps://twitter.com/curtinunihttps://www.facebook.com/curtinuniversityhttps://www.instagram.com/curtinuniversity/https://www.youtube.com/user/CurtinUniversityhttps://www.linkedin.com/school/curtinuniversity/ Curtin University supports academic freedom of speech. The views expressed in The Future Of podcast may not reflect those of Curtin University.Music: OKAY by 13ounce Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Music promoted by Audio Library.You can read the full transcript of the episode at https://thefutureof.simplecast.com/episodes/air-quality/transcript.