Desiree Plata is an MIT associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and the director of the Plata Lab. Her research focuses on developing technologies and strategies for environmental sustainability, with a special focus on methane emissions.
The School of Engineering has granted tenure to Guy Bresler, Otto Cordero, Michael Carbin, Ming Guo, Stefanie Jegelka, Jeehwan Kim, Angela Koehler, Mathias Kolle, Tim Kraska, James LeBeau, Luqiao Lui, Robert Macfarlane, Desirée Plata, and C. Cem Tasan.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a mixture containing a clay used in cat litter that they say could help fight global warming.
With special treatment, minerals called zeolites — commonly found in cat litter — can efficiently remove the greenhouse gas from the air, researchers report.