Computational methodologies for design of bioactive compounds; Structural features in proteins responsible for ligands activity and specificity

Interface reactions in soils, physical chemistry of soils and clays, transformations of natural organic matter and pollutants in soils.

Plant Specialized Metabolism, Metabolic Engineering

Computational Methods for Animal Psychology and Welfare

Economics of water utilization and water policies; Agri-environmental integrated policy; Decision making under conditions of uncertainty; Counter-urbanization and development of rural areas.

Bioinspired materials, Self-assembly, Peptides, Hydrogels, Food-gels, Gel scaffolds, Bacteria-materials interactions, Antibacterial materials, Nutrient/bacteria/drug delivery

Environmental Economics and Management.

Plant response to abiotic stress combinations, abiotic stress tolerance in crop-plants, Quantitative genetics of yield.

Economics of tourism, Rural tourism, Economic value of open space & agricultural landscape.

Engineering Insect Biology.

Biological clock rhythms & nutrition, longevity and inate immune system

Computational - theoretical approaches to study self-incompatibility in plant fertilization; evolution and organization of gene regulatory networks.

Microbial community ecology and evolution