#009 Far-UVC for clean indoor air with Vivian Belenky
Vivian Belenky
Vivian is a Research Fellow at Convergent Research
In this episode we discuss
How Vivian came to work on biosecurity and specifically indoor air quality
A brief history of germicidal ultraviolet radiation and the current state of far-UVC technology
What is required for far-UVC to be adopted in a broader context
Potential pathways to reducing the cost of far-UVC
Safety considerations for far-UVC
How engineers can contribute to developing far-UVC technology
How engineers can contribute to promoting wide-spread adoption of far-UVC technology
Top resources
1Day sooner — Air Safety to Combat Global Catastrophic Biorisk report
Far UV-C radiation: An emerging tool for pandemic control — summarises the technology
First International Congress on Far-UVC Science & Technology
Vivian Belenky
Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:45 Vivian
00:03:20 Why focus on hardware?
00:06:54 Developing an interest in biosecurity
00:12:19 What is far-UVC
00:20:15 What are the bottlenecks
00:24:54 Availability and cost of the tech
00:32:44 How to work on far-UVC
00:36:47 What is the cost floor of far-UVC?
00:39:55 How to create a market for the tech
00:44:49 How can engineers work on far-UVC
00:53:12 Questions on safety considerations
01:03:34 What is it like working in the field
01:05:36 Other technologies to look out for
01:08:51 What do you wish you had invented?
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