Miranda Wang
science fair winner; jointly identified a bacteria that breaks down phthalates
Miranda Wang (born in 1994), is the cofounder of Novoloop (formerly BioCellection, Inc.), which is a company that aims to turn plastic waste into high-performance materials that can be used in a variety of products. Novoloop's process has the potential to greatly reduce the amount of plastic that enters landfills every year, as well as the amount of CO2 that is emitted by commonly used methods of material production.
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- Plastics are useful, but the downside of this convenience is that plastics cause serious problems like the destruction of ecosystems.”
- A local bacteria to solve a local problem: Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao at TED2013 TED Blog ( February 27,2013)
- We found the most efficient degraders came from the local landfill.” Nature was indeed evolving ways of dealing with the problem, one that we could someday use
- A local bacteria to solve a local problem: Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao at TED2013 TED Blog ( February 27,2013)
- LPGA is my dream, and it’s the highest stage for professional golfers. My goal is to put out my best performance to show myself and to show the people that believe in me that I'm able to be performing well on that stage, I will be also very proud because I'm Chinese player and I will be proud to follow their steps. To be on Tour with Ruoning and Xiyu would be really exciting for me.”
- CHINESE SUCCESS ON LPGA TOUR INSPIRING PLAYERS AT THE EPSON TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP Epson Tour (5 October 2023)
- I want to thank Tony and Jeanne Pritzker and UCLA for considering us for this prestigious award, which could help us surpass our last technical hurdle before moving across the finish line,”
- Miranda Wang and BioCellection win 2018 Pritzker Award for young environmental innovators UCLA NEWSROOM (November 15, 2018)
- We are providing a service to process this material at a price that is comparable to [the cost of sending it to] landfills,”
- Miranda Wang and BioCellection win 2018 Pritzker Award for young environmental innovators UCLA NEWSROOM (November 15, 2018)
- This technology can become the pillar of what would enable people around the world to mine landfills for plastics as a new carbon source,” Wang said. “We don’t have to drill for oil anymore to make the things around us.”
- Miranda Wang and BioCellection win 2018 Pritzker Award for young environmental innovators UCLA NEWSROOM (November 15, 2018)
- “If we want to continue living on this planet, we have to solve the plastic pollution problem and we have to solve it within our generation. Humans have the incredible ability to innovate to survive at times when it matters. Now is one of those times.”[1]
