Podcast: How
Nano Materials
Clean Water

Paul Edmiston is a professor of chemistry at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. While working on a grant to develop a product to detect explosive materials, his lab discovered that nano-engineered silica beads mechanically absorbed hydrocarbon contaminants in water. He went on to develop Osorb, which is impermeable to water, and now is being used and tested for the removal of contamination in stormwater and groundwater.

He holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Pepperdine University and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. Besides research work on water purification from advanced materials, he also is investigating the development of chemical sensors based on molecularly imprinted materials. He is chief science officer and founder of ABS Materials Inc., in Wooster, Ohio, and a member of the American Chemical Society.

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