Plant Nanobiotechnology
Projects sponsored by the NSF and industry are developing novel nanomaterials to encapsulate and target active agents to specific plant tissues, making agricultural crops more sustainable and resilient.
Publications:
PFAS Management and Destruction
Projects funded by the NIH and Department of Defense are developing sorbents and reactive materials to sequester and degrade PFAS compounds in groundwater and surface water.
Publications:
- Towards realizing nano-enabled precision delivery in plants
- Impacts of Groundwater Constituents and Colloidal Activated Carbon (CAC) Surface Chemistry on the Adsorption of Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAA) in Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF)-Impacted Groundwater
Mercury Fate and Management
Industry-sponsored projects are aimed at understanding the speciation and fate of mercury in process streams and developing novel methods to stabilize mercury for safe handling and disposal.
Publications:
- Thermal Decomposition of Metacinnabar (β-HgS) during Monoethylene Glycol Regeneration in Natural Gas Processing
- Speciation of Mercury in Selected Areas of the Petroleum Value Chain
Environmental Robotics
Collaborative research projects are aimed at developing robotic platforms and chemical sensors to autonomously characterize metals and organic contaminants in soils in real time.
Publications:
- Path to autonomous soil sampling and analysis by ground-based robots
- Portable X-ray fluorescence for autonomous in-situ characterization of chloride in oil and gas waste