Main field

Environmental Microbiology.

• Plant-microbe interactions in aquatic and terrestrial environments.
• Restoration of disturbed ecosystems; Conservation and creation of natural reserves.

Lines of research

• Inoculation of cultivated and wild plants with plant growth-promoting bacteria (basic studies).
• Mangrove ecosystems: their microbiology, conservation and restoration (basic and applied studies).
• Bacterial inoculants and mixed inoculants to enhance plant growth (applied studies).
• Desert revegetation , conservation and restoration of eroded soils (basic and applied studies).
• Water bioremediation and advanced wastwater treatments (basic and applied studies).
• Conservation of desert plants and mangrove ecosystems (applied studies).
• Rock weathering by plants and microorganisms (basic studies).
• Genetic manipualtion of plant growth-promoting bacteria (basic studies).