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The advisors must be selected among the 4 recruiting universities, AMU, UAM, SUR and ULB. Co-advisors must be selected among the 10 universities listed on the Partner Universities section (recruiting universities + associated universities).

It is not mandatory to select an advisor from this database; this search tool is meant as an assistance to candidates, but you may contact potential advisors from the four recruiting universities who are not on this list. Please visit the research centers links.

Note that for AMU and ULB, only one contact person per research institute is listed, who will assist you in finding a supervisor that matches your research subject. Use the CIVIS3i contact form to request assistance.

When contacting a potential advisor, CIVIS3i recommends that you present yourself, attach your CV including links to your online academic profiles (which should be updated), indicate what is the reason for your contact, the fellowship programme name (mention it is a Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND programme) and website, your tentative title and an abstract if you have one ready, and why do you think this researcher is the best fit for your project. Add also what is required from the advisor (eg, contribution to the proposal preparation, typical postdoctoral supervision, duties during the fellowship such as progress reports, etc). You may indicate that if this researcher is currently not available to supervise you, you’d be grateful if she/he could recommended colleagues suitable to supervise your research. Kindly ask for a reply and indicate the maximum reply date ("please kindly reply by XXX"). Please translate the email into the language of the country (eg, French if you are contacting a researcher from AMU) and include also the English text at the end of the message.

Santiago Rivera

Aix-Marseille University - Institute of Neurophysiopathology (INP), Aix-Marseille University/CNRS

Scientific area : Life Sciences (LIF)

Expertise : Molecular interactions, Biophysics (e.g. transport mechanisms, bioenergetics, fluorescence), Protein synthesis, folding, modification and turnover, Molecular transport mechanisms, Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction, Stem cells and cellular programming, Ageing, Mechanisms of growth control and cell proliferation, Cancer and its biological basis, Behavioural neuroscience (e.g. sleep, rhythms, speech, handedness), Organelle biology, Genome editing, Molecular and cellular neuroscience, Morphology and functional imaging of cells, Mechanisms and dynamics of cell migration, Cognitive neuroscience (e.g. learning, memory, emotions, consciousness), Biological basis of immunity related inflammatory disorders, Organ physiology and pathophysiology, Neural development and neuroplasticity, Drug discovery and design (formulation and delivery), Neuroanatomy and excitability, Cellular and adaptive immunity, Neuroimaging and computational neuroscience, Neurological disorders (e.g. Alzheimers disease, Huntingtons disease, Parkinsons disease), Psychiatric disorders and clinical psychology (e.g. schizophrenia, autism, Tourettes syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, addiction), In vitro cell and tissue imaging, Drug therapy and clinical studies, Personalised medicine (diagnostic/prognostic biomarker, patient-orientated management solutions),

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Wassim EL NEMER

Aix-Marseille University - Anthropologie bio-culturelle, droit, éthique et santé, Medicine/UMR 7268 ADES

Scientific area : Life Sciences (LIF) / Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)

Expertise : Ethics and morality, bioethics, Prehistory, palaeoanthropology, palaeodemography, protohistory, Legal systems, constitutions, foundations of lawCell differentiation, physiology and dynamics, Molecular interactions, Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction, Immunological memory and tolerance, Forensic medicine. Blood donation and transfusion.

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Samuel ROBERT

Aix-Marseille University - ESPACE (Laboratory for the Study of Structures, Adaptation Processes
and Changes in Space), UMR 7300

Scientific area : Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) / Environmental and Geosciences (ENV)

Expertise : Human geography, Environmental psychology, Environmental sociology, Human-
Environment interactions, Territorial dynamics, Urbanisation, Land use and Land cover change,
Recreationnal activities, Environmental public policies, Spatial planning, Coastal management,
City-Sea interactions, Risk perception, Social representations, Adaptation to climate change
associated risks, Geomatics, Quantitative geography, Spatial analysis, Cartography

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ALESSI MC

Aix-Marseille University - Centre de Recherche en Cardiovasculaire et Nutrition C2VN, Inserm 1263, INRAE 1260

Scientific area : Life Sciences (LIF)

Expertise : Genetic epidemiology, Personalised medicine (diagnostic/prognostic biomarker, patient-orientated management solutions), Rare/orphan Diseases, Transcriptomics, Metabolomics (including glycomics), Cell differentiation, physiology and dynamics, Diagnostic tools (e.g. genetic, molecular diagnostic), Tissue regeneration and engineering, In vivo bio and medical imaging,Biological systems analysis, modelling and simulation, Cancer and its biological basis, Cardiovascular diseases, Endocrinology,

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Pascal Taranto

Aix-Marseille University - Center Gilles Gaston Granger, CGGG, Philosophy and Comparative Epistemology, UMR7304

Scientific area : Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) / Environmental and Geosciences (ENV)

Expertise : Epistemology, interdisciplinarity, history of philosophy

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Gerald GREGORY

Aix-Marseille University - Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, MIO

Scientific area : Environmental and Geosciences (ENV)

Expertise : Oceanography, marine science, coastal engineering,Biogeochemistry, biogeochemical cycles,Environmental chemistry, environmental forensics,Pollution (water, soil, sediment), rehabilitation and reconstruction of polluted areas, clean technologies,Biodiversity, conservation biology,Environmental, marine and freshwater biology,Geochemistry, crystal chemistry, isotope geochemistry,Environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, biodegradation,Aquaculture, fisheries,Population biology, population dynamics, population genetics, Physical oceanography , Oceanography including physical oceanography, marine biology, biodiversity, marine chemistry, modeling

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Chantal Abergel

Aix-Marseille University - Information Génomique et Structurale UMR7256

Scientific area : Life Sciences (LIF)

Expertise : Virology,Structural biology (e.g. crystallography, EM, NMR, PET),Bioinformatics,Chromosome structure organisation and dynamics,Transcriptomics,Morphology and functional imaging of cells,Carbohydrate synthesis, modification and turnover, DNA packaging in giant viruses and genome organization, complex cross-talk between host, giant virus, virophage and transpoviron studied by transcriptomics and microscopy (EM, fluorescence). Giant virus isolation and charaterization (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, electron and fluorescence microscopy).
Structural biology of selected giant viruses proteins.

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Anne Mailloux, directrice

Aix-Marseille University - LA3M Laboratoire d'Archéologie médiévale et moderne en Méditerranée - UMR 7298

Scientific area : Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) / Environmental and Geosciences (ENV)

Expertise : Kinship, cultural dimensions of classification and cognition, identity, Myth, ritual, symbolic representations, religious studies, Qualitative methods, ethnography, case studies, Rural population, agriculture, innovation, depopulation, Urban sociology, urban theory, urban studies, global cities, territorialisation, Human, economic and social geography, Regional and territorial politics, Cultural memory, intangible cultural heritage, Cultural studies, cultural diversity, History of art and architecture, arts-based research, History of art criticism, History of books, codicology, History of collections, Library and archival science, Librarianship, Museums and exhibitions, conservation and restoration, Medieval literature, Textual philology, palaeography and epigraphy, Classical archaeology and art, history of archaeology, Cultural heritage, cultural memory, Cultural history, History of collective identities and memories, Early and modern archaeology, General archaeology, archaeometry, landscape archaeology, Historiography, theory and methods in history, including the analysis of digital data, History of ideas, intellectual history, history of science, techniques and technologies, Industrial archaeology, Medieval history, Military history, Modern and contemporary archaeology, Numismatics, epigraphy, Social, economic, cultural and political history

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Johannes Ziegler

Aix-Marseille University - Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive

Scientific area : Life Sciences (LIF)

Expertise : Social Neuroscioence, Comparative Cognition, Primatology,

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Johannes Ziegler

Aix-Marseille University - Institute for Language, Communication and the Brain (ILCB)

Scientific area : Life Sciences (LIF)

Expertise : Language and Communication

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