Francis de los Reyes
Environmental Engineer | Water Sustainability & Wastewater Innovation
About
Francis de los Reyes is an environmental engineering professor at North Carolina State University, where he pioneers new technologies for wastewater treatment and water reuse. His groundbreaking work has earned him the National Science Foundation's Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
De los Reyes has also been recognized as one of the '10 World Changing Ideas' by Scientific American magazine. His TED talks on the future of water infrastructure have captivated audiences worldwide, offering practical solutions to global water scarcity.
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Sanitation is a basic human right
Warning: This talk might contain much more than you'd ever want to know about the way the world poops. But as sanitation activist (and TED Fellow) Francis de los Reyes asks — doesn't everyone deserve a safe place to go?
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