Professors
Research topics
- Fate of heavy metals in sediments, wetlands and intertidal river banks
- Removal of trace elements from wastewater and groundwater
- Metal binding properties of natural organic matter in natural waters
- Treatment alternatives for mercurial sludge
- Application of municipal waste composts in agriculture
- Plant parameters affecting U uptake by and U distribution in plants
- Controls of Fe and Mn oxides in metal retention in soils
- Physicochemical fate of metallic nanoparticles released into surface waters
- Changes of trace element speciation in the human gastrointestinal tract
- Environmental pollution by industrial activities and mining: monitoring, prevention and cleanup
- Use of metallic nanoparticles as catalysers in water and soil remediation (nanotechnology)
- The use of bio-energy crops for phytoremediation of metal enriched agricultural soils
- Use of metal immobilizing soil amendments in a risk-based management of metal contaminated soils: risk assessment
- Nutrient recovery from manure and biomethanisation digestates
- Recycling/recovery of technology-critical elements from waste and wastewater
- Revalorization of waste products and residues in soils
- Testing and development of (micronutrient-enriched) soil fertilizers, feed and food supplements
- Biofortification – use of micronutrient-enriched crops to alleviate micronutrient deficiencies in humans and animals
- Fate of arsenic, selenium, mercury and metallic nanoparticles in food and the environment: role of trace element speciation