Research interests:

• Evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-devo)
• Comparative embryology of annelids
• Organization of Hox and ParaHox genes and their function in larval and postlarval development of annelids
• Ooplasmic segregation and cell fate specification during embryogenesis of annelids
• Posterior growth zone formation during development and regeneration in annelids
• Asexual reproduction in oligochaetes