The scientists in enviroCORE are researching innovative environmental technologies and biotechnologies with a view towards addressing major environmental challenges in areas such as biodiversity loss, soil and water quality, waste recycling, and sustainable food security and agriculture. Specifically, graduate students (MSc. and PhD.) and postdoctoral scientists in enviroCORE are researching in a diverse range of themes including assessment of soil health using bioindicators, microbial pathogens, development of nature based solutions for environmental remediation of polluted soil and water, enhancement of biomass transformation into biofuels, biogas and bioplastics, microplastics in freshwater ecosystems, sustainable pest and disease management in agriculture and silviculture and the development of environmental monitoring sensors and biosensors.