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Céline Pallud is a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where she leads the Soil Environmental Biogeophysics Lab. Her research focuses on understanding the transport and fate of chemical species within soils and surface sediments, emphasizing the importance of microbial processes on the mobility and bioavailability of nutrients and contaminants. Pallud employs a multidisciplinary approach combining field measurements, laboratory experiments, and reactive transport modeling to predict the response of natural systems to changing conditions. Her investigations into selenium reduction in complex subsurface environments and the behavior of biogeochemical processes at local scales help determine the factors influencing the cycling of iron and other contaminants. With an emphasis on understanding spatial heterogeneity and the dynamics of microbial communities, her work aims to improve predictive capabilities regarding the fate and transport of chemicals within soils and sediments.
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