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)