Development and application of new techniques in organic geochemistry and compound specific isotope geochemistry of light elements
(2H, 13C, 15N, 14C) and application of these techniques, along with traditional approaches to:
Understanding the sources, transport, distribution and fate organic contaminants in the environment (surface water, sediments, ground water, atmosphere)
Investigation and characterization of the role of microbial processes in the transformation of contaminants
Understanding the carbon cycling and energetics of microbial communities in extreme environments with the goal of further understanding the development and capabilities of life on earth, and potentially other planets
biosignatures of microbial processes in extreme environments
