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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.

Thierry Chaminade

Aix-Marseille University - Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone (INT)
Scientific area : Life Sciences (LIF) / Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) / Information Science and Engineering (ENG)
Expertise : Biological psychology: mind-body connection, health, stress and disease, Development across the life-span and developmental psychopathology, Cognitive psychology: learning, cognition, Evolution of mind and cognitive functions, animal communicationCognitive modelling, cognitive engineering, cognitive sciences, Neural networks, connectionist systems, fuzzy logic, Human-computer-interfaces, Bioinformatics, e-Health, medical informatics,Behavioural neuroscience (e.g. sleep, rhythms, speech, handedness), Cognitive neuroscience (e.g. learning, memory, emotions, consciousness), Neuroimaging and computational neuroscience, Physiology of nerves and motor systems, Sensory perception (nose and smell, tongue and taste, eyes and vision, ears and hearing, skin, pain, touch and movements), Psychiatric disorders and clinical psychology (e.g. schizophrenia, autism, Tourettes syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, addiction), Molecular and cellular neuroscience, neuroimaging,

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),

Didier Gigmes

Aix-Marseille University - Institut de Chimie Radicalaire ICR
Scientific area : Chemistry (CHE)
Expertise : Theoretical and computational chemistry, Intelligent materials, self-assembled materials, Coordination chemistry, Macromolecular chemistry, Click chemistry, Heterocyclic chemistry, Peptide chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Analytical chemistry, Mass spectrometry, Batteries, Physical chemistry, Quantum chemistry, Photochemistry

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.

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

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,

Antonin Ricard

Aix-Marseille University - Management Studies and Research Center, IAE/CERGAM
Scientific area : Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) / Economic Sciences (ECO)
Expertise : Globalization, glocalization, antiglobalism, Socio-cultural psychology and social cognition,Research & Open innovation, competitiveness, International trade, Start-ups, new business models in entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship

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

H. ISAR

Aix-Marseille University - Institute for Research and Studies in Information and Cultural Law, FDSP
Scientific area : Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)
Expertise : Communication networks, media, including social media, information society, Intellectual property and innovation law, Data protection law, IT law

NGUYEN Thi Phuong Ngoc, dir.

Aix-Marseille University - Asian Research Institute, IRASIA
Scientific area : Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)
Expertise : Aesthetics and philosophy of culture and anthropology, Oriental and East Asian literature, Gender studies, Migration, refugees, asylum, interethnic relations, conflicts and integration of migrants, History of literature, Historiography, theory and methods in history, including the analysis of digital data, History of ideas, intellectual history, history of science, techniques and technologies, Modern and contemporary history, Cultural history, History of collective identities and memories, Colonial and post-colonial history, global and transnational history, entangled histories, Cultural heritage, cultural memory, Myth, ritual, symbolic representations, religious studies, Qualitative methods, ethnography, case studies, Education systems, institutions and policies, sociology of education, Asian archaeology, art and culture