Soils play a crucial role in sustaining life on Earth. However, these vital resources are threatened, leading to significant degradation.

Dans la région du lac Kivu (RLK), la conservation des sols est confrontée à des défis liés à l’explosion démographique, à la déforestation, à l’érosion des sols, aux inondations et à l’accès limité aux ressources de sols.

Soils of the Western European loess belt are intensively cultivated and particularly prone to runoff and soil erosion. Besides threatening soil resources, overland flows cause muddy floods that damage infrastructure downstream and pollute water bodies by transferring nutrients and pesticides.

The world's ocean currents can transport material like plastic over vast scales, connecting waste generated on one continent to impacts on another. Yet, it seems most plastic pollution found at any particular location is relatively local, often originating from within the same country.

Her team focuses on microbiological processes that remove contaminants or provide high-value chemicals to society.