Current projects
Completed projects
Fundamentals of dehalorespiration
- Enhanced bioremediation of chlorinated solvent source zones in aquifers
- Molecular and biochemical characterization of the organohalide respiration process in chloroethene dechlorinating bacteria
- Integrative technology for assessment and enhancement of complete removal of chloroethenes from groundwater (TechTool)
- Molecular and ecological aspects of chloroethene-dehalorespiring bacteria
- Biotransformation of tetrachloroethene into harmless products
- Microbiology and biochemisty involved in the reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene to ethene
- Dehalorespiration with chloroethenes: From molecular components to the populations involved
- Hydrogenases of dehalorespiring bacteria
Development of molecular tools for detecting microbial activity in aquifers
- MAROC : Molecular tools for assessing the bioremediation potential in organohalogen-contaminated sites
- CORONA : Confidence in forecasting of natural attenuation as a risk-based groundwater remediation strategy
- BIOTOOL : Biological procedures for diagnosing the status and predicting evolution of polluted environments
Bioremediation of pesticide-contaminated soils
- Environmental risk and bioremediation of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers
- Bioremediation of pesticide-contaminated soils and its effect on soil functionality
- Bioremediation of HCH- and PNP-contaminated soils by bioaugmentation : Proof of concept at pilot scale
Phytoremediation
- Xenobiotic detoxification, secondary metabolism and redox processes in higher plant
- Development of a biological process using higher plants to treat wastewater containing sulphonated aromatic pollutants
- A phytoremediation approach to remove pesticides (atrazine and lindane) from contaminated environment
- PHYTAC : Development of systems to improve phytoremediation of metal contaminated soils through improved phytoaccumulation