My research concerns organic compounds in soil and other related environments. Specific areas of interest include:

• the molecular fate of organic matter in soil,
• use of volatile compounds (VOCs) as proxies for soil function and health,
• chemical/microbiological consequences and fate of plastics in the soil,
• ancient/contemporary sewage pollution in soils, sediments and freshwater,
• the effect that soil fauna have on the decomposition of soil organic matter,
• decomposition and detection of human and animal remains in soils,
• development of organic and light isotope mass spectrometric analytical methodologies,
• ultra complex mixture analysis of environmental samples.