A postdoctoral position in Environmental Biotechnology and Phytoextraction is open in the team "Metals and Microorganisms: Biology, Chemistry and Applications" (MMBCA).
The project aims to develop a bioremediation strategy for soils contaminated with trace metal elements (TME) on the Hao Atoll in French Polynesia. The "Metals and Microorganisms: Biology, Chemistry, and Applications" laboratory (CNRS/University of Strasbourg) and the "Soils and Environment" laboratory (INRAE/University of Lorraine) are collaborating to propose a phytoremediation strategy—an ecological process using metal hyperaccumulating plants—coupled with bacterial siderophores. These siderophores, whether natural or modified, act as chelating agents for TMEs, enhancing their availability to plants and optimizing the phytoextraction process. To successfully carry out this bioremediation process, an integrated approach will be employed, considering the soil's physico-chemical and biological composition, the use of local hyperaccumulating plants, and modified siderophores. The project involves biologists and chemists specialized in the synthesis and production of siderophores, as well as specialists in contaminated site management, soil microbial community analysis, and phytoremediation.
The recruited person will be responsible for the synthesis and production of natural and modified siderophores, as well as the characterization of contaminated sites (physico-chemical and biological soil analyses, establishment and monitoring of metal hyperaccumulating plant cultures).
The position is a 12-month fixed-term contract (CDD), renewable.
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