Nanogeoscience

• The influence of physical and biological clogging on bank infiltration treatment efficiency

• Aquifer storage and recovery

• Characterizing the interactions between pathogens and biofilms and their fate and transport

• The role of biofilm structure and ecology on particulate lead formation and dissolution

• Interactions of biogenic and abiogenic lead with calcium carbonate Surfaces

• Aggregation and surface adhesion of micro- and nanosensors in oil/gas reservoir

Regional:

National:

• Argonne National Laboratory
• Duke University
• Northwestern University
• University of North Carolina - Wilmington
• University of Texas - Austin
• University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

International:

• University of Alberta
• University of Copenhagen
• University of Vienna

Nanogeochemistry, Drinking Water Treatment, Physicochemical Processes, Coagulation, Filtration, Adsorption; Ecohydrology, Pathogen Transport, Stream-Subsurface Interaction (Hyporheic Exchange), Bank infiltration, Aquifer storage and recovery, Watershed Process Coupling; Particle Separation and Characterization, Particle Deposition and Aggregation; Colloids, Waterborne Pathogens, Biofilm, Arsenic, Trace metals

Dr. Boris Lau

Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison)

Research Interests:
• Nanogeoscience
• Contaminate Transport