I have been working with Professor Davies for almost five years, during which I, along with other undergraduates, conducted various studies pertaining to Humic Acids. One of the first experiments that I conducted with another undergraduate student was the study of adsorptive properties of nucleotides on humic acids at various temperatures. The study was finally published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry in September of 1997. Since then I have been involved in various projects including the study of absorption of humic acids at various temperatures and pH mediums.

My latest work is a project studying a possible isotherm on the adsorption of cobalt on humic acids. According to previous experiments, it was found that cobalt has the highest affinity to humic acids. Therefore, possible applications for this experiment includes the potential use of humic acids to clean up heavy metal waste with high cobalt content. Through the conduction of isotherm experiments, one can investigate the potential use and reuse of humic acids in binding to heavy metals such as cobalt.

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