Successful candidates are expected to have a background in marine biology, with an interest in ecotoxicology and biological effects of anthropogenic pollutants.

The project will be carried out at the Ecotoxicology and Environmental Chemistry Lab, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences of the Polytechnic University of Marche (DISVA).DISVA includes more than 100 interdisciplinary laboratories, ranging from biological physics, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry and genetic organic biology, microbiology and applicative biotechnology, physiology and reproductive biology, marine ecotoxicology and oceanography. Http://www.Disva.Univpm.It/The Ecotoxicology and Environmental Chemistry Lab team in mainly involved in the following research topics: use of organisms as bioindicators of chemical pollution; molecular and cellular effects induced by pollutants; analysis of contaminants along food networks, food risk and enhancement of fish resources; development of environmental risk analysis models; environmental impact analysis in port areas and off-shore extraction platforms; monitoring of industrial complexes, plants at environmental risk, and in emergency conditions; emerging contaminants: microplastics and drugs; ecotoxicological effects of biotoxins and algal metabolites; mechanisms of adaptation to extreme environments.Http://www.Disva.Univpm.It/content/laboratorio-di-ecotossicologia-e-chimica-ambientale The DISVA offers the possibility to use the Actea Mobile Laboratory to sampling activities and hosts the ""Aquarium"" Laboratory representing a unique infrastructure at National level. Recently, thanks to the Italian Excellence Department Projects, the DISVA of UNIVPM has developed a well-advanced technical platform fully equipped for chemical analyses of all classes of environmental pollutants and ecotoxicological analyses.