Qualitative and quantitative changes of the physical environment (past to present), sediment and particulate matter fluxes and budgets, Global Change, geomorphology, fluvial morphology, soil geography, terrestrial geosystems, theory a. methodology
Geomorphology, climate and vegetation history of Central Africa, geological-landscape development of African savannahs, remote sensing (digital aerial and satellite image evaluation), rural regional development in developing countries
Hydrology, modeling of hydrological man-environment systems, modeling of global nitrogen and phosphorus transports, modeling of global water availability and water use, digital global map of irrigated areas, water use modeling and development of integrated scenarios (Brazil), groundwater flow and transport modeling
Soil science, soil geography, soil formation, geoarchaeology, Quaternary geology, loess, soil and environmental development of the Iberian peninsula
Plant ecology, plant dispersal, dynamic modelling, effects of climate change on ecosystems