Projects

Astroecology is a research field devoted to scientific study of the interactions of life with extreme environments even exoplanetary conditions. By applying theory, methods and technology from ecology, microbiology, molecular biology, and engineering, we aim to help solve major global challenges such as extreme climate change and space-research stuff.

The diversity and functional significance of microbial communities have become apparent in the last 20 years. Microbial and viral communities dominate nearly every habitat on Earth from the deep ocean subsurface to the mountain tops and everything in between.

Plants are the key as they produce most of the organic energy that sustain life and ecosystem processes on earth. This organic energy can be in live organisms or dead matter and sustain plant-based trophic food webs or detritus-based trophic webs.