Specialization Areas and Lines of Research

Specialization Areas and Lines of Research

Students obtain a Master’s and or Doctorate in Plant Biology within two specialization areas: 1) Plant Physiology and Ecology; 2) Morphology, Systematic and Biodiversity. These areas are subdivided into 10 lines of research, according to the list below.

Specialization Area: Plant Physiology and Ecology

This includes 5 areas of research:

1. Ecophysiology and Phytochemistry:  Advisors: Adaíses Simone Maciel da Silva, Alessandra Giani, Cleber Cunha Figueredo, Fernando Augusto de Oliveira e Silveira, Joni Esrom Lima, José Pires de Lemos Filho, Luzia Valentina Modolo, Marcel Giovanni Costa França, Maria Rita Scotti Muzzi and Queila de Souza Garcia.

2. Limnology:  Advisors: Alessandra Giani and Cleber Cunha Figueredo.

3. Microorganism-Plant Interactions and Restoration of Degraded Areas :  Advisors: Maria Rita Scotti Muzzi.

4. Reprodutive Plant Biology: Advisors: Clemens Schlindwein, Denise Maria Trombert de Oliveira, Eduardo Leite Borba e Queila de Souza Garcia.

5. Structure and Dynamics of Phototrophic Communities:  Advisors: Adaíses Simone Maciel da Silva, Alessandra Giani, Alexandre Salino, Cleber Cunha Figueredo, Danilo Rafael Mesquita Neves, Fernando Augusto de Oliveira e Silveira and José Pires de Lemos Filho.

Specialization Area: Morphology, Systematics and Biodiversity

This includes 5 areas of research:

1. Anatomy and Histochemistry of Plants:  Advisors: Denise Maria Trombert de Oliveira, Élder Antônio Sousa e Paiva, Fernando Henrique Aguiar Vale and Rosy Mary dos Santos Isaias;

2. Floristics and Biogeography:  Advisors: Adaíses Simone Maciel da Silva, Alessandra Giani, Alexandre Salino, Danilo Rafael Mesquita Neves, Eduardo Leite Borba, João Aguiar Nogueira Batista, João Renato Stehmann and José Pires de Lemos Filho;

3. Genetics and Molecular Biology of Plants: Advisors: Eduardo Leite Borba, Joni Esrom Lima, João Aguiar Nogueira Batista, Juliane Karine Ishida and Luiz Eduardo Vieira Del Bem.

4. Plant Systematics: Advisors: Adaíses Simone Maciel da Silva, Alexandre Salino, Danilo Rafael Mesquita Neves, Eduardo Leite Borba, João Aguiar Nogueira Batista, João Renato Stehmann and Leandro Cézanne de Souza Assis.

5. Structural Botany:  Advisors: Denise Maria Trombert de Oliveira, Élder Antônio Sousa e Paiva, Fernando Henrique Aguiar Vale, José Pires de Lemos Filho and Rosy Mary dos Santos Isaias.