Our research focuses on process dynamics and mass-transfer in a wide range of environmental systems.

1) characterizing indoor sources of volatile and semi-volatile compounds (for example, phthalate plasticizers emitting from household products) so that we can develop greener materials;

2) sustainable management of source water quality in water-supply reservoirs using hypolimnetic aeration and oxygenation (for example, controlling the release of iron and manganese from sediments);

3) predicting exposure and risk associated with chemical contaminants in drinking water (for example, leaching of organotin stabilizers from PVC pipes) ;

4) evaluating the effect of climate change on the stability of lakes and reservoirs (for example, the influence of stronger winds and higher runoff on density stratification);

5) Exploring Interfaces through Graduate Education and Research (EIGER) an NSF IGERT Project. In this last highly interdisciplinary project, we are studying physical, chemical, and microbial interactions at the sediment/water interface