GREEN Graduate Program - Environmental analytical chemistry and microbiology (EACM)

Graduate program EACM

The aim of the proposed graduate research program Environmental Analytical Chemistry and Microbiology (EACM) is to form experts with up-to-date knowledge of advanced analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, molecular biology, and environmental microbiology to elucidate the behavior and fate of contaminants from pollution sources to living organisms, to assess their impacts on ecosystem structure and functioning, and to implement solutions to maintain ecosystems health.

Several key challenges are addressed in this graduate program such as:

• the promotion of advanced knowledge on isotopes, inorganics, radionuclides, and associated bioinorganic structures, including nanoparticles/nano plastics in different environmental compartments and their biological effects (ecotoxicology);
• the implementation of Physico-chemical and microbiological processes for remediation strategies;
• the assessment of the contaminant effects on micro-organisms at several levels of the biological organization (from molecules to communities). These combined approaches provide a unique set of skills to allow the development of eco-concepts and eco-technologies for sustainable development.

Interdisciplinarity and Research immersion in laboratories

In order to promote transversal and interdisciplinary activities, all the Graduate Programs proposed by GREEN are identically structured. In addition to the research training which represents 40% of a Master’s credits, the courses offered in each GP are a combination of standard thematic culture courses in the field of Energy and Environment (Sustainability Science, Resilience Alliance, Ecological Economics, and Political Ecology, Health & Ecotoxicology, Energy Law & Policy…..) and essential soft skills completed by fundamental and specialized disciplinary courses to fit with the research or topic interest of the students.

The program is carried out closely collaborating with the IPREM - Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physical Chemistry for the Environment and Materials.

Assets

• Scholarships
• Training in English
• More than one-third of ECTS acquired in research
• Integrating research laboratories right from the 1st semester of M1
• Student-centered learning
• Multidisciplinarity (Chemistry, Physics, and Biology)
• Post-graduate studies with a Ph.D. thesis - if the criteria of excellence are recognized
• Tutorship and tailor-made programs: each student will have a tutor who will build his curriculum related to his aspirations and research interest.
  The tutor will also help the student define a series of face-to-face or e-learning courses (up to 20 or 25% for the STEE GP) that s/he can easily keep up with.