Professor Mellies wins NSF award to investigate Bacterial Degradation of PET Plastic Waste

Posted November 6, 2019

Professor Jay Mellies was recently awarded a $684,000 NSF grant to further investigate the potential of soil bacteria in the degration of PET Plastic Waste.

This project, which grew out of summer and thesis research conducted by Morgan Vauge's '18 has garnered significant local and national attention:

https://asm.org/Articles/2019/June/Microbiology-Resource-of-the-Month-Genomes-of-5-PE

https://www.ted.com/talks/morgan_vague_this_bacteria_eats_plastic?language=en

https://www.asm.org/Podcasts/TWiM/Episodes/This-frass-doesn-t-stink-TWiM-202

https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2018/06/reed_senior_makes_watershed_di.html

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/green/reed-college-student-breeds-plastic-eating-bacteria/283-564241928

https://www.wweek.com/tag/morgan-vague/

https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2018/8/14/a-reed-college-grad-discovers-plastic-eating-microbes

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/series/the-plastic-problem

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