Tidal ecomorphodynamics: flow field and bed morphology evolution at the riverine-tidal interface.
Development, testing and optimization of technologies for renewable energy.
Machine learning: application of genetic programming and artificial neural networks on environmental flow problems.
Development and application of novel experimental facilities and instrumentation for characterization of mean and turbulent properties of environmental flows, both in the laboratory and in the field.
Biomorphodynamics: short and long-term effects of biota on sediment dynamics on wetlands, marshes, and coastal areas.
Hydrodynamics of aquatic ecosystems: effects of vegetation density and morphology on mean and turbulent flow under unidirectional, oscillatory and combined conditions.
Fish and larvae response to turbulent flows.
Ecohydraulics: flow-ecosystem feedbacks and interactions.
