Research Topics
Fe/Mn-mediated redox reactions for environmental remediation and protection
Environmental clean-up technologies for groundwater, wastewater and soil remediation.
Fate and mobility of pharmaceuticals in environmental systems
Molecular interactions of drugs with surrounding environmental surfaces and their transport in natural porous media.
Influence of fluid flow on molecular-scale processes
Coupling of physical and chemical processes in assessing the chemical reactions under flow.
Latest News
New publication in Nature Climate Change: Climate change demands coordinated adaptation strategies of drinking water treatment
Climate change intensifies groundwater contamination via multiple pathways, calling for urgent, coordinated adaptation. Our article highlights the growing climate pressures on drinking water systems and outlines pathways toward climate-resilient solutions.
Boily's group (http://moleculargeo.chem.umu.se/) and we published a new paper in PNAS
Ice can play a critical role in enhancing soluble iron production in frozen environments. This research elucidates the effects of freezing temperature, salinity, organic loadings, and freeze-thaw cycling on the dissolution of an important nanomineral of the iron oxide family. It provides kinetic and mechanistic insights into ice-driven dissolution reactions in acidic ice, and it identifies conditions under which ice solubilizes more iron than in liquid water.
Dr. Tao Chen's PhD defense
Tao Chen successfully defended his PhD thesis on “Environmental Ice-Driven Reactions of Mn and Fe Species” on November 26, 2024. The thesis was jointly supervised by K. Hanna (ISCR, Rennes University) and J.F. Boily (Umeå University, Sweden).
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