Research areas

Department of Applied Ecology

· Hydrobiology (zoobenthos, phytoplankton, zooplankton and fish communities) of lakes, lagoons and rivers.
· Nutrient and trace metal cycling in peatlands, wetlands and shallow lakes.
· Floristic and ecological studies of orchids, bryophytes and xerothermic sward communities.
· Cytology of chironomidae species.
· Monitoring of water quality of lakes and lagoons.
· Ecology and valorization of plant associations in the protected areas.
· Biocenological studies in activated sludge.

Department of Environmental Biotechnology

· Taxonomy and genetic variation of Holarctic fishes;
· Fish and wildlife conservation;
· Ecotoxicology and genotoxicity testing;
· Treatment of sewage, sewage sludge and solid wastes;
· Structure and function of microorganisms in activated sludge;
· Soil remediation techniques;
· Development of biodegradable plastics;
· Recovery and reuse of metallic materials.

Department of Environmental Microbiology

· Microbiological research of surface and ground water.
· Assessment of bacterial indicators - sanitary and pollution state in surface water and benthal sediments.
· Microbiological research of farming fishes (fishing ponds, cages, tanks) and natural environments (lakes, brackish water).
· Microbial survivability in various environments - water, fish, fodder.
· Microbiological study of sewage treated by various technological processes.
· Assessment of sewages toxicity
· Microbiological pollutions of air in the area and surrounding Wastewater Treatment Plants
· Identification of bacteria from different environments by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) method
· Molecular genetics, microbial genomics and genetic engineering of bacteria originated from different environments

Department of Environment Protection Engineering

· Unconventional methods of wastewater treatment and sludge neutralization.
· Efficiency and mechanism of organic matter and nutrients removal in wastewater treatment process in conditions approximate to natural.
· Industrial wastewater treatment technologies
· The influence of catchment and its development on the eutrophication process.
· The initiation and research of the new restoration methods efficiency of degraded water bodies.
· The influence of the eutrophication process on the environmental conditions in water bodies.
· The possibilities of lakes protection with different trophic status
· The causes and the effects of lakes degradation.
· The investigation of the water bodies eutrophication mechanisms.

Department of Fish Biology and Pisciculture

· Technologies of breeding fish
· Rearing of fish
· Biomanipulation
· Technique of mass marking fish
· Interaction with fish and birds
· Nutrition of fish
· Usable value of fish
· Parasite fauna of fish

Department of Ichtiology

· Protection and restitution of fish populations
· Genetic variation in fish populations and genome manipulations
· Fish physiology – reproduction and metabolism
· Toxicology – xenobiotics impact on freshwater organisms
· Fish and crayfish diseases

Department of Lake & River Fisheries

· fish reproduction and larviculture
· conservation aquaculture
· fish biology and ecology
· aquariology
· fishery management in lakes, rivers and reservoirs
· evaluation of water natural resources
· water recreation

Research involves a combination of field and experimental studies to characterize life history and methods of larval rearing with the use of different techniques. Field methods include standardized surveys using electro-fishing or netting. Analytical methods include hormonal and genetic manipulations, rearing techniques in aquaria, tanks and cages, analyses of fishery and management data.