Molecular evolution, population genetics, and molecular systematics
Mechanisms by which polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon carcinogens found in cigarette and other smoke, and soot damage DNA and cause mutations and cancer, bypass DNA synthesis by Y-family DNA polymerases, enzymatic digestion of lignocellulose in the production of cellulosic ethanol
Nervous system development and neurobiology, the relation between visually-guided behaviors in larval teleosts and maturation of retinal neurons, circuits, and receptor mechanisms, development of neural connections that are altered by mutations or drugs
Distribution and biology of the strange shrimp-like animals that are unique to seeps in parks in the Washington, D.C. area, distribution of hotspots of subterranean biodiversity world-wide, and the fauna of superficial subterranean habitats that have morphological features of cave animals
Analytical, environmental, and forensic chemistry
Scientific computation, computing technologies, simulation, simulation systems, and high performance technology
Kiho Kim
Role of diseases in coral population ecology and synergistic effects of environmental factors, such as nutrient pollution and ocean warming, in the decline of coral reefs
Different approaches for delaying of microbial resistance
Where and how organics in the Anacostia River originate and are transformed, models describing how organisms incorporate nutrients of different quality and how that is related to metabolic rate, and the role of migrating river herring as marine nutrient vectors to freshwater systems
Genetics, conservation, animal behavior, behavioral ecology, marine mammals, evolution of human mate choice, marine mammal conservation
Reproductive biology, marine zoology, crustacean reproduction and taxonomy, and crustacean evolution
