Environmental Microbiology Laboratory

Laboratory

The Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (EML) at EPFL focuses on microbiology, particularly in geomicrobiology and gut microbiology. Research includes investigating microbial processes in geochemical transformations, contaminant mobility, and biogeochemical cycling. Techniques range from synchrotron-based spectroscopy to microbial community analyses and isotopic tools. The lab's multi-scale, multi-disciplinary approach aims to understand geomicrobiological processes and apply findings to bioremediation technologies and nuclear waste repository stability. Projects cover arsenic biogeochemistry, microbial iron reduction, and extracellular electron transfer in bacteria like Shewanella oneidensis.

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Environmental Microbiology Laboratory

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Organic matters, but inorganic matters too: column examination of elevated mercury sorption on low organic matter aquifer material using concentrations and stable isotope ratios

Diagenetic isotope exchange in biocalcites for paleoclimate reconstruction

Atomic level insight into irradiation effects in nuclear fuel materials