Study of forest ecosystem dynamics, climate change, wildfire, and paleoecology; analysis of tree rings for archaeology, eco-cultural history, and artistic purposes
Materials chemistry and engineering; Chemical and physical sensors (liquid and gas); Stretchable electronics; Printed electronics; Polymer synthesis and characterization
Controlled environment agriculture research and development, including measurement of plant growth, gas exchange, volatile organic compound (VOC) evolution and nutrient remediation
Developing rapid and sensitive analytical methods in capillary electrophoresis, chromatography, and mass spectrometry for the characterization of food products, agricultural, pharmaceutical and environmental samples.