Tobacco plants used to identify plant genes involved in degradation of industrial solvents.

How do plants native to the South East of the United States degrade solvents?

Field study to look at native plants and industrial solvent uptake.

How do wetland plants interact with industrial solvents?

Red coleus plants used in study of uptake and degradation of explosive compounds.

Coleus and explosives

Collaborators Trey Rahn (shown) and John Ferry (USC, Chemistry) look at light degradation of explosives.

When plants take up pollutants, what happens to the insects that feed on the plants?

Treatment wetland models - can we remove heavy metals without increasing methyl mercury production?

Study at University of Washing, looking at multiple varieties of poplar trees for solvent degradation.