1. Water quality: control and prevention of pollution.
2. Hydrodynamic and hydrogeochemical analysis of aquifer systems.
3. Underground water resources.
4. Karstic Hydrogeology
5. Hydrology of Wet Zones and Natural Protected Sites
6. Microbiology and environmental techniques
7. Effects of xenobiotics on the microbiota of aquatic systems.
8. Bioremediation
9. Reusing waste
10. Biodiversity and population dynamics in biofilm systems
11. Water treatment using membrane technologies
12. Water treatment technologies: Application of biofilms in submerged filters
13. Water purification with ultrafiltration membranes
14. Operation of pelagic trophic networks: interaction between chemical (nutrients) and energy (light) resources.
15. Microbial ecology
16. Physical and computational limnology.
17. Recovery of eutrophic ecosystems.
18. Biogeochemistry of lakes and reservoirs.
* 19. Prediction of contamination in natural and artificial water masses.
20. Prediction of contamination in aquatic interfaces.
21. Interface dynamics
22. Alternative energies from water: design and exploitation.
23. Taxonomy and ecology of bacteria, algae and animals.
24. Taxonomic and functional biodiversity of aquatic systems.
25. Global change and stress factors. Impact of aerosols and ultraviolet radiation and rising temperatures.
26. Acidification under Global Climate Change Scenarios: Ecosystem Impacts and Socioeconomic Consequences.
27. Ecological status and vulnerability of aquatic ecosystems to climate change: functional indicators and adaptive responses to stress (temperature, UV radiation and nutrients
28. Water quality and pollution in distribution networks and sewer systems.
29. Analytical methodology of organic pollutants in waters.