How Can Plasma Transform Agriculture | Wen Rivero Pena | TEDxNCState

Wen shares exciting novel research about how plasma agriculture has the potential to become the future of farming. Wen is a food engineering Ph.D. candidate preparing to undertake the current challenges in food processing. Their background is in Chemical Engineering (B.S., Montana State University) and Food Science (M.S., North Carolina State University). Wen researches the quality and safety of foods under cold plasma processing. They presented this research at the Institute of Food Technologists and the International Association for Food Protection. In the next 2-3 years, they see themselves working in food manufacturing and continuous improvement. Wen is also a certified GLBT student advocate. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx