He is coordinator of the new Excellence Centre on Microbial Systems Technology, and active within the Excellence Centre on the Global Change Ecology. His research focuses on biogeochemical cycling, and the large-scale interactions between biology, chemistry and geology. Ongoing research projects focus on how marine ecosystems can be used to extract CO2 from the atmosphere via enhanced weathering and investigate the intriguing and exciting phenomenon of microbial electricity in the ocean floor. As part of scientific outreach activities, he is coordinator of the citizen science project CurieuzeNeuzen.