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Main axes of research

EVA develops both fundamental and applied research projects whose purpose is to manage natural resources and assist decision-makers for environmental issues. The research in this area involves organisms that play a central role in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, both natural and artificial (wastewater treatment plants, reactors, etc.). The projects examine the ecological, eco-toxicological or taxonomic aspects of these organisms, depending on the issues raised.

Research subjects:

• Diversity of living communities and bio-indication of the ecological status of natural or heavily modified ecosystems
• Nature conservation
• Eco-toxicology of fresh waters
• Microbial ecology
• Risk assessment and management of microbiological hazards

Application domains

• Environmental monitoring
• Ecological restoration
• Renaturation
• Phytoremediation and microbiological remediation of polluted soils
• Liquid and solid waste water treatment and management
• Nature conservation

Current research projects

• Définition d’un protocole de monitoring de la biodiversité au Luxembourg
• Études taxinomiques et comparaison de la biodiversité et de l’autécologie des diatomées benthiques dans les cours d’eau européens
• Développement d’outils et de méthodes de diagnostic pour la classification de l’état écologique des eaux de surface au Grand-duché de Luxembourg
• Stratégies de gestion forestière transnationales en réponse aux impacts dus au changement climatique à l'échelle régionale
• Proteomic and transcriptomic study of the action of emerging chemical pollutants on a freshwater fish: the gudgeon (Gobio gobio (L.))
• Restauration des habitats de la loutre (B & Lux)
• Application of niche-based modelling techniques to long-term common bird monitoring data
• Mise en œuvre du programme national de surveillance et de monitoring de la biodiversité au Luxembourg
• Cell-culture based techniques for the determination of the infective status of waterborne pathogens cell-culture based techniques for the determination of the infective status of waterborne pathogens
• Towards a sustainable management of pond diversity at the landscape level
• Surveillance des contaminations environnementales et de l’exposition humaine aux norovirus au Luxembourg
• Polyphasic taxonomy of toxic freshwater cyanobacteria

Areas of competence

Environment

Technology keywords

Aquaculture - Biodiversity - Biotreatment/Compost/Bioconversion - Ecology - Environmental Engineering/Technology - Food Microbiology/Toxicology/Quality Control - Measurement and Detection of Pollution - Microbiology - Toxicology - Water Pollution/Treatment