•  Metabarcoding of benthic communities

• Biology and population dynamics of benthic invertebrates, particularly echinodermata and ascidians

•  Population genetics, filogeography and connectivity in benthic iinvertebrates

•  Effects of disturbance on benthic invertebrates

•  Biology and ecology of soft-bottom invertebrates, especially meiofauna

•  Marine nematoda taxonomy