Department of Biology

Parasites of freshwater fishes; host parasite biogeography and evolution; conservation of...

Population, Community and Landscape Ecology; Conservation Biology; Biogeography. Biodiversity...

Avian Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology. Ornithology (particularly cuckoos and related avian...

Periphyton ecology; biofilms; phytoplankton; biofouling organisms; inland water quality; wetland ecology.

Environmental microbiology; biofilms; microbiologically influenced corrosion (biocorrosion);...

Molecular aquatic toxicology; effects of industrial effluents on fish reproduction; plant...

productivity of aquatic macrophytes with particular reference to wild rice and mines, aquatic...

Environmental Microbiology; Biotechnology. Environmental microbiology, microbial physiology and...

Lignin metabolism by fungi and their enzymes, methanol generation, instrumental analysis....

Plant Ecology. Progressive and retrogressive succession in relation to regeneration strategies...

Evolutionary, Population, Community and Conservation Ecology. Theory and tests of habitat...

Physiology and Cellular Biology of Brain Pituitary Complex in Fishes. Analysis of neurohormone...

Biotechnology for Enzymes, Biofuels, and Bioproducts

Our research is focused on the metabolic and community ecology of altered environments. Human...

Molecular Food Microbiology. Interdisciplinary research to improve our basic understanding of...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) concerns us all: worldwide, HPV is the most common sexually...