Biological & Ecological Engineering

• Sustainable bioenergy production
• Environmental biotechnology
• Waste and wastewater treatment
• Microbial fuel cell technology
• Biohydrogen production

Current Research: 

• Investigate high current-producing biofilms...

• Hydrologic Instrumentation
• Vadose Zone Hydrology
• Groundwater Hydrology
• Stochastic Hydrology
• Contaminant Transport

Current Research: 

Lab experiments are conducted in three facilities, including many column and...

• Biological Engineering
• Metabolic Engineering

Current Research:

Soil Nitrification Processes

Given that most of Earth’s terrestrial environments are being perturbed by humans, it is essential that we gain a better understanding carbon (C) and nitrogen...

• Environmental Fluid Mechanics with special interest in applications to atmospheric flows and hydrology
• Measurement and modelling of fluxes through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
• Optimum water management in agriculture
• Spatial variability...

• Environmental chemistry
• Water quality
• Geochemical cycling
• Statistical and machine learning modeling
• Geo/spatial analyses

CURRENT RESEARCH: 

Overall, my professional interests focus on...

• Watershed hydrology and modeling
• Implications of evolving landuse patterns and climate change
• Alternative futures analyses for land use planning and sustainability>
• Geographic Information Systems and simulation of environmental processes

Current...