SOMER Group
Soil Organo-Mineral Interactions and Ecological Rehabilitation
We study how minerals, organic matter, and biological processes interact in mine tailings and degraded soils. Our work connects mineral weathering, interfacial reactions, carbon stabilization, and ecological function with technology validation and field research for mine-site management and rehabilitation.
Research
Connecting tailing pedogenesis with mineral interfaces, organic matter transformation, and ecological function.
Tailing pedogenesis and ecological reconstruction
We investigate mineral weathering, secondary mineral formation, organic carbon stabilization, and structural development during the transformation of mine tailings into soil-like substrates.
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Organo-mineral interface processes and element cycling
We characterize electron transfer, mineral dissolution and precipitation, metal transformation, and molecular fractionation of organic matter at mineral-water-organic matter-microbe interfaces.
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Soil microecology and molecular transformation of organic matter
We elucidate how biological systems, including plants, soil animals, and microorganisms, drive the formation, transformation, and stabilization of soil organic matter in tailings and degraded soils.
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