HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Yu Lei, a professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville,has won a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to study ways to remove and convert per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
PFAS are synthetic chemicals that can pose health and environmental risks due to the strong chemical bonds they exhibit, making them difficult to eradicate or remove from the environment.
The initiative is part of a $6 million collaborative effort by researchers from Alabama, Delaware and South Carolina, and is slated to run through August 2029. The overall tri-state project is led by Professor Dongxia Liu at the University of Delaware…