Research area Genomics of Plant Metabolism. Plant Transcriptome Responses to Abiotic Stresses. Molecular Evolution of Gene Families and Genomes. Transposable Elements and Non-coding RNAs.
Research area Evolution of wild and domesticated plants, ecological genetics, population genetics, phylogenetics, reproductive biology of tropical plants.
Research area Plant molecular biology, Plant metabolism with emphasis on tree secondary growth and plant responses to abiotic stresses, Proteomics, Metabolomics.
Research area Molecular interaction between microorganisms-plants, cloning and gene expression studies aiming biological control and plant growth promoted by microorganisms, characterization of hydrolitic enzymes, molecular diversity analysis of microorganisms.