• Environmental pollution
• Environmental soil science
• Inorganic pollutant behaviour in soils
• Health risk assessment
• Inorganic and organic pollutant interactions in soils

• Environmental soil science
• Heavy metals behaviour in the environment

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Professional Affiliations:

• Member of the International Society of Environmental Sciences
• Member of South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP)
• Life Member, Association of Geoscientist for international Development (AGID)
• Full Member of the Soil Science Society of South Africa
• Active member of the Soil Science Society of America
• Active member of the Agronomy Society of America

Awards:

• 2024 Chancellors Award for Excellence in Research

• Metal and petroleum hydrocarbon contamination of soils and sediments along shaded and unshaded roads
• Interactions of pesticides and heavy metals in arable soils and their impact on their respective bioavailability.
• Impacts of Environmental sanitation on soils and sediment genomes in urban environments