Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 40 minutes ago

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Alex and the crew travel to Saudi Arabia and talk to Noura Shehab, a Ph.D. student at KAUST, about her research to use microbes to power sea water desalination. Congratulations to Dr. Shehab for graduating this week!

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Ph.Detours Ep. 13: Desalinating with Microbes

CREDITS:
Host and Producer: Alexandra Lockwood
Series Producer: Matt Siegler
Music: Ph.Detours Theme by SO3; Pond 5
Camera: Matt Siegler, Rachael Porter, Kenneth Williford
Editing: Roser Segura rosersegura.tv
Animation: Meg Rosenburg

Thanks to: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)