1. Soil water interface chemistry
2. Biogeochemical processes involved in the fate and transport of emerging contaminants in soil environment
3. Interaction between plant derived biomolecules and soil minerals
4. Environmental remediation using clay-supported nano/subnano-sized particles
5. Biomolecule-mineral interaction
6. Surface reactions catalyzed by naturally occurring clays
7. Soil and sediment remediation
8. Molecular simulations of interaction between contaminants and minerals
