Institute of Environmental Science

Institute of Environmental Science
 

The Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science Departments of our institute run programmes including Biology BSc and ones for prospective elementary school teachers mastering in Biology, Chemistry, Nature Study and Environmental Science, both in full-time and part-time formats. The 12 full-time staff members, all of whom hold PhD degrees, helped by five assistants, participate in and manage national and international basic and applied research projects in several areas of chemistry, biology and environmental science, publishing their results in renowned international journals. Main research areas include: Biodiversity monitoring; The effects of climate change on the ecological systems of forests, on interplays between aquatic plant communities and the migratory bird populations; Instrumental analytics, separation technology and their variations combined with mass spectrometry; Environmental education and sustainability; Anthropological study of historical peoples from anatomical, morphological and element-analytical perspectives. Education and research are aided by well-equipped laboratories (such as aquatic-ecological, microbiological, genetic, instrumental analytical and biodiversity monitoring ones) and field research bases.