Giving Plants Superpowers: A Conversation with Caltech’s Gözde Demirer

Gözde Demirer wants to give plants superpowers—the ability to sustainably feed the world, or to handle drought and climate change, for example—and to do it all while improving the health of the environment. A mask and cape won’t do. Instead, she uses the tools of nanotechnology, synthetic biology, and genetic engineering, and leverages the help of plants’ trusty sidekicks: beneficial microbes in the soil. Demirer is the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Caltech. Her work focuses on […]


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