Projects currently underway include studies of wetland vegetation and its relation to nitrogen cycling by the microbial community.
Work includes both laboratory and field studies.
Other projects include using wetlands for bioremediation of waste water and aquifer waters contaminated by chlorinated solvents. Another project is looking at the use of soil amendments such as compost to enhance the restoration potential of sites where good soils are not present. Some work is part of a multidisciplinary team including faculty and students from Biology, Geology and Chemistry as well as other universities including the Air Force Institute of Technology. Dr. Amon is the WSU representative of the Ohio Wetlands Consortium which is centered at Ohio State University. Much of the field laboratory has been in the Beaver Creek Wetlands, a 1000 acre groundwater fed wetland approximately 10 to 20 minutes from the school.