BIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND ECOLOGY

The objectives of this research group are the study of:

  • Ecology and biology of algae and bryophytes, mechanisms of speciation and hybridization in flowering plants, systematic and phylogeny of plants, vegetation and conservation of flora, plant metabolites, ethnobotany.
  • Characteristics of the soils, decomposition of organic matter, bio-monitoring of air quality, regulation of photosynthetic efficiency, ionizing radiation and plant productivity, strategies of acclimation, primary production and dynamics of microalgal communities in Antarctica.
  • Relations between carbon metabolism, the nitrogen and sulfur in photosynthetic organisms; effects of abiotic stress in plants, particularly those from heavy metals and salinity; production strategies of algal biomass for biofuel.
  • Possible effects of biotechnology knowledge.

The main collaboration with: ETH e University of Zurich, University of Ulm, Universidade Federal di San Paulo, University of Compostela, VU University of Amsterdam, Université de Lorraine, University of Granada, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung , Center for Marine Science.

Partecipants

  • CAPUTO PAOLO (Full Professor)
  • COZZOLINO SALVATORE (Full Professor)
  • GIORDANO SIMONETTA (Full Professor)
  • MORETTI ALDO (Full Professor)
  • POLLIO ANTONINO (Full Professor)
  • VONA VINCENZA (Full Professor)
  • BASILE ADRIANA (Associate Professor)
  • D'AMBROSIO NICOLA (Associate Professor)
  • ESPOSITO SERGIO (Associate Professor)
  • MAISTO GIULIA    (Associate Professor)
  • NAZZARO ROBERTO (Associate Professor)
  • PINTO GABRIELE (Associate Professor)
  • SPAGNUOLO VALERIA (Associate Professor)
  • ARENA CARMEN (Researcher)
  • BARONE LUMAGA MARIA ROSARIA (Researcher)
  • CAFASSO DONATA (Researcher)
  • CARFAGNA SIMONA (Researcher)
  • DE CASTRO OLGA (Researcher)
  • DE MARCO ANNA (Researcher)
  • DUFFY KARL JOSEPH (Researcher)
  • FIERRO ANGELO (Researcher)
  • MANGONI OLGA (Researcher)
  • MENALE BRUNO (Researcher)
  • SANTANGELO ANNALISA (Researcher)
  • SCOPECE GIOVANNI (Researcher)