UIUC professor gives food and plasma lecture at Parkland planetarium

CHAMPAIGN, IL (Chambana Today) – A professor from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will discuss plasma engineering and food production at Parkland College.Professor

Mohan Sankaran will present “Fixing Nitrogen Fixation: Reinventing How to Make Ammonia and Food” at the William M. Staerkel Planetarium on Friday, April 4 at 7:00 p.m. The presentation will be a part of the James B. Kaler Science Lecture Series, named after Jim Kaler. Sanakaran will delve into how recent advances in generating electricity has reinvigorated interest in plasmas and how that can be used to make food.

Sankaran earned his Ph. D at the California Institute of Technology and joined UIUC’s Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering in 2020. The lectures are filmed by Parkland College TV. Tickets to the Kaler Lectures are $2 or free for Friends of the Staerkel Planetarium.For a show schedule or information about booking the dome, call 217/351-3446 or visit parkland.edu/planetarium.