Research profile:

• Interfacial processes in soil physicochemical medium
• Surface properties as the indicators of changes in the soil and plant materials under environmental factors
• Physicochemical conditions affecting the formation and stability of soil structures
• Description of soil wettability, intermolecular interactions and stability of aggregates using surface free energy
• Acid-base equilibria in soil, soil particle charge, buffering capacity, cation exchange capacity
• Soil degradation: pollution acidification, alkalization, salinization, organic matter lost, structure destruction, hydrophobicity, laboratory simulation of processes
• Physicochemical methods for improvement and detoxification of degraded soils