Dr. Yaochun Yu's research focuses on functional environmental microbiology and environmental analytical chemistry to uncover and harness microorganisms for chemical biotransformation. Dr. Yu's lab integrates high-resolution mass spectrometry, meta-omics sequencing, molecular microbiology and biochemistry, and computational modeling to identify the functional microbes, genes, and enzymes that drive these processes. Building on these mechanistic insights, they aim to develop environmentally benign chemicals and novel biosolutions for bioremediation and waste-to-resource recovery.