My main research focus is on the interaction between water and minerals (crystals, Earth Materials). I investigate the influence of mineral formation/dissolution on water quality and vice versa. I explore mineral nucleation, growth, dissolution and surface reactivity, with and without impurity ions and at different rations of the crystal-building ions. My approach is both experimental and theoretical; the tools I use to study earth materials range from atomic scale computational chemistry and macroscale geochemical modelling to sophisticated analyses techniques such as electron microscopy, light scattering and synchrotron-based spectroscopy.