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Panel Life Sciences (LIF) ...... 2 Panel Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ...... 24 Panel Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ...... 41 Panel Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ...... 64 Panel Mathematics (MAT)...... 86 Panel Chemistry (CHE) ...... 93 Panel Economic Sciences (ECO) ...... 101

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Panel Life Sciences (LIF) Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department: Department of Biology Research Group: Microbiology of Intestinal Disease Address: Edifici LEAR/Aulari Comú. Ma Aurèlia Capmany, 40, E-17003 Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34 972418261 Web address: www.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution The University of Girona (UdG) is located in Girona city and is part of the Catalan public university system since 1992. The UdG, deeply rooted in Catalonia and the Catalan culture, is one of the primary economic and cultural motors of the region. At the same time, it pursues a vocation of universality and openness to all traditions and cultures. UdG is a public institution devoted to excellence in teaching and research and to participating in the progress and development of society through the creation, transmission, dissemination and criticism of knowledge related to the sciences, technology, the humanities, the social sciences and the arts. In the last 10 years, the UdG has participated into more than 160 European Projects, including 5 ERC projects.

Research Group: The ‘Microbiology of Intestinal Disease’ research group is small group (two professors and one associate professor) which was established in 2004 in collaboration with the gastroenterologist team at the Hospital Universitari Dr. Josep Trueta of Girona. This group has focused its research on studying the changes in gut microbiota composition related to different metabolic and intestinal diseases and on the study of Escherichia coli populations, in particular the adherent-invasive E. coli pathotype (AIEC).

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☒ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

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4. Main research lines of interest

1- Changes in gut microbiota composition related to different metabolic and intestinal diseases: Aiming to discover bacterial indicators that could be useful in designing new tools for the diagnosis and prognosis of dysbiosis-related diseases. 2- Adherent-invasive E. coli pathotype (AIEC): Investigation on the role of AIEC in Crohn’s disease pathogenesis. Finding molecular markers for AIEC identification since, up to date, molecular markers for this pathotype are unknown, causing a slow and costly detection of AIEC in clinical samples 5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

- Margarita Martinez – [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 31/05/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department: Biology Research Group: GRCT003. Biochemistry of Cancer Address: C/Mª Aurèlia Capmany 40. 17003 Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34-972418370 Web address: https://www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrecerca/Bioquimica-del-cancer/

2. Brief Description of the Institution

The Research Group “Biochemistry of Cancer”, Department of Biology, University of Girona has a broad experience in biochemistry, glycobiology, molecular biology and cell signalling and has contributed to understand tumour cell changes and to apply this tumor knowledge to the development of new tumor markers and strategies to revert the tumor cell phenotype. Many financed projects and collaborative agreements with pharmaceutical companies as well as several PhD Thesis and a large number of scientific articles support the formative and scientific impact of the research group.

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4. Main reseach lines of interest

1- Tumor markers: Abnormal glycosylation of various serum proteins as potential tumor markers of carcinomas. Currently focused on pancreatic and prostate carcinomas, in particular in the abnormal glycosylation of glycoproteins neo expressed or overexpressed in pancreatic cancer and the different glycoforms of PSA (prostate specific antigen) in prostate cancer. Extended to other glycoproteins (Proteomics and Glycomics).

2- Molecular mechanisms responsible for the glycosylation changes in tumors: Expression studies of glycosyltransferases responsible for the biosynthesis of tumor associated carbohydrate antigens, determination of their involvement in various stages of tumor progression and the factors that regulate their expression.

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

- Dr Rosa Peracaula - E-mail: [email protected] - Tel: +34-972 418370

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 01/06/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institute / Department: Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Research Group: New Therapeutic Targets (TargetsLab) Address: C/Emili Grahit 77, 17071 Girona, Spain E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 972 41 9628 Web address: www.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group:

Oncoen3D is a pioneering project in Spain using the 3D printing technology with the aim of enriching cancer stem cells (CSCs), which is the cause of a high percentage of treatment recurrences in different cancers including breast and lung.

The research team involves members of two different research groups from the medical and engineering fields. From medicine, there is New Therapeutic Targets (TargetsLab), led by Prof. Teresa Puig and, from engineering, the Product, Process and Production Engineering Research Group (GREP) led by Prof. Joaquim de Ciurana. Collaboration between both groups was born in 2014, and involve the cooperation between Biochemist, Biologist, Engineers, and Physicians. Together they have shown that cell culture in manufactured scaffolds by Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) and electrospinning with PLA or PCL polymeric material provides better physiologically environment and it leads to an enrichment of the CSCs population of human cancer cell lines as well. These two research areas have joined forces with the objective of identifying new targets and biomarkers for these two highly-incident malignant cancers.

New Therapeutic Targets (TargetsLab) is a multidisciplinary research team with a high experience in the synthesis, characterization and evaluation of the pre-clinical anti-cancer effects of novel synthetic compounds with the aim of enlighten future combination

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strategies for the treatments of HER2+, Triple Negative (TN) breast and lung cancer resistant to currently available therapies. Currently, they are focused on the advanced manufacturing technologies (such as 3D printing and electrospinning) to obtain scaffolds for three- dimensional cell culture, which have been proved to enrich and isolate the cancer stem-like cell subpopulation in breast and lung cancer cell models. Our research is focused in the identification of novel biomarkers (proteins, genes or epigenetic markers) to develop and test synthetic anti-cancer compounds (or novel treatment approaches) for those patients who have progressed to cancer treatment.

Product, Process and Production Engineering Group (GREP) is made up of PhD in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical engineers and industrial design engineers. Research focuses on various aspects of the product design, manufacturing processes and production economy. One goal is about characterization of manufacturing processes such as milling, micromachining, incremental sheet forming, ultrasound moulding and recently those technologies related to additive manufacturing process which includes 3D printing technologies.

The results derived from our research have been presented (oral and poster presentation) in several national and international meetings, increasing the group visibility.

Five of the most relevant publications written by the IP in the last 5 years:

Palomeras S, Diaz-Lagares A, Viñas G, Setien F, Ferreira HJ, Oliveras G, Crujeiras AB, Hernández A, Lum DH, Welm AL, Esteller M and Puig T*. Epigenetic Silencing of TGFBI Confers Resistance to Trastuzumab in Human Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer Research (2019). IF=6.142 (2017), Q1.

Giró-Perafita A, Palomeras S, Lum D.H., Blancafort A, Viñas G, Oliveras G, Pérez-Bueno F, Sarrats A, Welm A.L, and Puig T. “Preclinical Evaluation of Fatty Acid Synthase and Egfr inhibition in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.” Clinical Cancer Research (2016). IF= 10.199 (2017), Q1/D1.

Giró-Perafita A, Sarrats A, Pérez-Bueno F, Oliveras G, Buxó M, Brunet J, Viñas G, and Puig T. “Fatty Acid Synthase Expression and Its Association with Clinico-Histopathological Features in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.” Oncotarget (2017). IF= 5.168 (2016), Q1.

Kühne, Britta A., Puig T, Ruiz-Martínez S, Crous-Masó J, Planas M, Feliu L, Cano A, García M.L, Fritsche E, Llobet J.M, Gómez-Catalán J and Barenys M. “Comparison of Migration Disturbance Potency of Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) Synthetic Analogs and EGCG PEGylated PLGA Nanoparticles in Rat Neurospheres.” Food and Chemical Toxicology 123 (2019). IF=3.977 (2017), Q1/D1.

Rabionet M, Yeste M, Puig T, Ciurana J, Rabionet M, Yeste M, Puig T, and Ciurana J. “Electrospinning PCL Scaffolds Manufacture for Three-Dimensional Breast Cancer Cell Culture.” Polymers (2017). IF=2.935 (2017), Q1.

Successful candidates will join a dynamic and young research group with strong interactions and multidisciplinary research. The group offers a stimulating research atmosphere and an environment in which collaboration and exchange of ideas and techniques is actively encouraged.

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4. Main research lines of interest

The current efforts of research group are focused on the design and utilization of molecular and technological tools for targeting particularly breast cancer progression and recurrence and misregulated wound healing processes. For studying and understanding such complex processes we focused our efforts in:

1. Preclinical (sensitive and chemoresistant cellular models, tumoroids and ortoxenopatients) and clinical (patient tumor samples) models for the evaluation of novel biomarkers (proteins, genes or epigenetic markers) to develop and test synthetic anti-cancer compounds (or novel treatment approaches) for those patients who have progressed to breast cancer.

2. Design and manufacture several three-dimensional (3D) structures to implement 3D culture of preclinical TNBC models (cells and tumoroids) to enrich and isolate breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs).

In a near future, the group will try to implement this technology in a specific subtype of lung adenocarcinoma EGFR-mutated. This mutation causes the development of primary or secondary resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs).

5. Who can apply?

At the deadline for the submission of proposals (11/09/2019), researchers (*):

 shall be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience;  must not have resided or carried out their main activities in the country of Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the abovementioned deadline;  Ph.D. in Life Sciences (Biology, Biomedicine or Biotechnology). Furthermore, the applicant should be able to perform team-oriented as well as independent work. Practical experiences in one or more following subjects is advantageous: Molecular biology, cell biology, and cell culture.

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6. Contact person

Dr. Teresa Puig New Therapeutics Targets Laboratory (TargetsLab) Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Girona [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

An expression of interest shall be sent to Dr. Teresa Puig ([email protected]) before 15th July 2019. Your file should contain the following elements: - A short CV including the list of publications: Only CVs with considerable scientific achievements will be considered. Candidates should have an excellent track record of research; they should demonstrate the ability to grow into scientific/technological leadership roles. - Letter of motivation (maximum one page long) - Two letters of reference - A two-page research proposal

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Environmental Sciences Department: Research Group: Soils and Mediterranean Plants Address: Maria aurèlia Capmany, 69 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 972418174 Web address: https://www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrecerca/Sols-i-vegetacio-en-la-Mediterrania

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: The research group “Soils and Vegetation in the Mediterranean (SOLIPLANT)” of the University of Girona (UdG; GRCT0093) is composed by the members of the Plant Physiology unit (Department of Environmental Sciences; https://www.udg.edu/ca/depca; CCAA) and the Edaphology and Agricultural Chemistry unit (Department of Chemical, Agrarian and Agro-Food Technology; https://www.udg.edu/ca/depeqata; EQATA) of the UdG. The group is recognized by the Catalan government (2017SGR0055).

SOLIPLANT is a multidisciplinary group whose main objective is to establish how the different factors of global change affect the functioning of terrestrial Mediterranean plants and ecosystems. Basically, the studies performed are focused on four research lines. The first refers to the study of the effects that an increase in UV radiation and drought may have on the functioning of Mediterranean shrubland communities and on the ecophysiology of different woody species, taking into account the plant-soil interaction. In the second line, the regeneration of Mediterranean plants after a disturbance, such as a fire, is analysed. In the framework of the third line, the effects of the use, change of use and abandonment of land on different parameters of soil quality (especially carbon sequestration capacity) are analysed. And finally, the fourth line consists on the study of the carbon balance of coastal marshes taking into account the vegetal communities and the soil.

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3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☒ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☒ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main reseach lines of interest 1) Response of the Mediterranean species to different factors of climate change. Permanent researchers: Laura Llorens, Dolors Verdaguer

The group has extensive experience in studying the responses of vegetation (at plant, community and ecosystem level) to several factors of climate change, such as: the increase in temperature, atmospheric CO2, drought, or ultraviolet (UV) radiation. In recent years, we have focused our research on the study of the last two factors. Changes in UVB radiation can have significant effects on the Earth's biosphere, affecting the carbon cycle and the cycles of the inorganic nutrients of the ecosystems. During the last 3 decades there has been an increase in the UVB (280-320 nm) and UV-A (320-400 nm) doses reaching the Earth's surface due, mainly, to the depletion of stratospheric ozone. Despite in 1987 the emissions of CFCs (main cause of the reduction of the ozone layer) were forbidden, some models predict that, at medium latitudes, UV radiation values prior to 1980 will not be recovered until 2040-2070. On the other hand, the reduction of cloudiness that is expected for the next decades in Europe during summer could increase the UV radiation fluxes that reach the ecosystems. In addition, it is expected that, as a result of climate change: a) water availability, one of the most important factors in the modulation of the plant responses to UVB radiation, will be reduced in large areas of the planet, among them the Mediterranean region, and b) fire frequency will increase in the Mediterranean region, which can modulate the responses of vegetation to changes in UVB radiation and water availability. For all this, our research group is interested in 1) studying how changes in UV radiation and/or water availability can affect the structure and functioning of Mediterranean ecosystems before and after a disturbance (fire), and 2) providing more information on the response mechanisms of Mediterranean species to changes in UV radiation and/or water availability before and after a disturbance. Studies performed in relation to this last point always integrate plant morphological, biochemical, physiological and growth measures. Changes in plant phenology in response to these factors have also been assessed, especially in relation to reproduction.

2) Post-disturbance regeneration of Mediterranean plant species. Permanent researchers: Dolors Verdaguer, Laura Llorens

Mediterranean ecosystems are subjected to frequent disturbances, such as fire, which affect the plant aerial biomass. In the next decades, it is predicted that the frequency and intensity of fires will increase due to climate change. Variation in the regime of fires can affect plant responsiveness, which could induce changes at the community level. Two types of species are distinguished according to their fire response: seeders and resprouters, which, in fact, are the extremes of a gradient. Seeder species die because of

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the fire and their recovery depends entirely on the germination of seeds that have remained viable after the fire. Conversely, resprouter species survive the fire and are capable of sprouting and growing thanks to the protected buds and stored reserves (mainly starch) present in the underground organs. Resprouters are especially important since their populations remain after the fire and their fast recover favours animal establishment and avoids soil erosion. Despite their ecological importance, organs involved in resprouting, as well as their functioning, are unknown for many species. For this reason, part of our research focuses on providing more information on the ontogeny, morpho-anatomy and biochemistry of the different organs specialized in vegetative regeneration. Moreover, the expansion of some of the most important invasive species is close tied to its capacity to regenerate vegetatively. Therefore, our group is also interested in determining the organs involved in the vegetative reproduction in these species, in order to better understand the factors that influence their invasiveness. Another of our aims is to determine the functional changes in plants after a disturbance, in order to understand the physiological mechanisms that explain the rapid recovery of their aerial biomass. In parallel, community-level studies have been conducted to determine how different climate change factors can affect the secondary succession after a fire.

3) Effects of use, land use change and abandonment of land on different parameters of soil quality (especially carbon sequestration capacity). Permanent researchers: Maria Gispert

Soil is a natural resource that, along with water and air, makes life possible on Earth, but it is often not considered. Soil acts as a regulator of a long chain of factors and processes that take place in the environment, influences global climate, regulates important processes of the hydrological cycle, and serves as a medium for the growth of plants and the development of a great diversity of organisms. The investigation of the research group focuses on the study of the vulnerability of the soil due to the abandonment of land and/or to land use changes, by characterizing soil physical and chemical parameters and determining soil biochemical traits (such as enzymatic activities, respiration, presence of glomalin, carbon sequestration, etc.) in order to identify soil degradation and/or recovery processes. Specifically, the research is mainly developed in two areas: 1) low Mediterranean mountain land abandonment with the consequent proliferation of spontaneous shrubland vegetation and fires, and 2) contaminated soils, such as those near abandoned metal mines in which there are floating sludge deposits and shredding residues of exploded minerals (usually sulfides) that contribute to the diffused contamination of heavy metals through processes of transfer, transport and concentration of potentially toxic phases. Depending on the degree of contamination, different soil rehabilitation techniques are used, including phytoremediation or the application of specific amendments.

4) Study of the structure and dynamics of coastal marshes to evaluate their role as carbon sinks. Permanent researchers: Laura Llorens, Dolors Verdaguer, Maria Gispert

Coastal lagoons are very often surrounded by marshes dominated by dense halophilic vegetation. These coastal marshes play a very important role in the global carbon balance. In fact, although marshes cover a relatively small portion of the Earth's surface (4-6%), it is estimated that 25-30% of the world carbon is stored in the soil of these ecosystems.

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However, despite of their importance, there is a lack of studies evaluating the role as carbon reservoirs and/or as sinks or sources of greenhouse gases (CO2 and CH4) of coastal marshes of the Mediterranean Basin. For this reason, another part of our research is focused on evaluating the carbon balance (CO2 and CH4) of a Mediterranean coastal salt marsh (La Pletera) through two methods: a) the estimation of carbon stored in the different systems of the marsh (vegetation and soil) and b) the analysis of dynamic fluxes of CO2 and CH4 in these systems throughout the year. The first method provides information on the amount of carbon contained in each system and, when data is obtained in distinct years, allows the estimation of the net primary production (NPP). The second method provides information on how the ecosystem carbon sink capacity is affected by daily or seasonal variations of environmental factors (temperature, solar radiation, humidity, etc.).

5. Who can apply?

At the end of the period for proposal’s submission (11/09/2019), researchers (*):  should be in possession of a doctoral degree or should have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience on subjects related to any of the research lines developed by the host research group;  must not have resided or carried out their main activities in the country of Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the abovementioned deadline;

6. Contact person

- Dolors Verdaguer Murlà

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Two recommendations letters. - Deadline: 1st, June 2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department: Institute of Aquatic Ecology (IEA) Research Group: Molecular Microbial Ecology Group Address: Edifici LEAR/Aulari Comú. Ma Aurèlia Capmany, 40, E-17003 Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34 972418177 Web address: www.udg-edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: The group of Molecular Microbial Ecology (gEMM) is part of the Institute of Aquatic Ecology, a research Institute with large experience in the study of inland waters from a multidisciplinary perspective. gEMM is mainly devoted to the study of microbes with a particular interest in biotechnologically relevant microorganisms thriving at anaerobic conditions. The group is formed by four senior researchers, four PhD students and one Post- Doc. Every year, from 8 to 13 Master’s and Undergraduate students perform their research project at the group. gEMM labs are fully equipped for culturing of anaerobes, including technical gases and gasification stations, and anaerobic chambers. A MicroLab for cultivation of biosafety group II bacteria is also available. The labs contain all necessary equipment for molecular work from DNA to proteins analyses. Facilities for GC-MS, IC, HPLC, MALDI, TEM/SEM, CLSM and others are available at the UdG_STR. The lab has well stablished collaborations with other groups including experts in data management, biochemists, cellular biologists, ecologists and chemical and environmental engineers, creating the desirable environment for a multidisciplinary approach to research questions.

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4. Main research lines of interest

Funded research lines at the moment are: 1- Bacterial Electrosynthesis

Bacterial Electrosynthesis is on the forefront of research activities devoted to the discovery of new, sustainable and environmentally friendly processes for the conversion of raw materials into products by biosynthesis. gEMM investigates the effect of operational conditions of bioelectrochemical systems (BES) on the development of biofilms over time and how different bacterial associations can lead to the formation of different products and services. We apply sound molecular techniques to discover microbial community structures and to measure cell activity and its relation to the usage of electrons in biocathodes. Our goal is to produce a resilient and robust biocathode that could be applied in biofuel producing BES.

2- Bioelectrochemically assisted remediation of ground water.

Bioelectrochemical systems have been proven effective in accelerating RedOx processes, such as denitrification, and are suitable for decontamination purposes. Some of the main advantages of bioelectroremediation are its modularity and the low dependency on energy sources. At gEMM we work at developing stable mixed bacterial consortia for the simultaneous elimination of arsenite and nitrate from contaminated ground water. Our challenge is to provide the necessary energy to fill the gap between the reduction (Nitrate) and oxidation (arsenite) steps in the consortia. We aim at using scaled-up bioelectrochemical systems for in situ remediation of ground water.

3- Biogas upgrading technologies.

Biogas obtained from the anaerobic digestion of sludge is not suitable to be directly fed into the gas distribution grid because it contains contaminants. Among these contaminants, siloxanes are of special interest. On the one hand, they may cause some toxic effects on aquatic animals at low concentrations. On the second hand, siloxanes can be oxidized and precipitated as silicates during burning, thus collapsing pipes and turbines. At gEMM, we isolated some bacterial strains with promising siloxane removal capacities that are currently being tested in biotrickling filters for biogas upgrading. Our objective is to use sound genome editing protocols to create new strains with enhanced removal capacities.

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5. Who can apply?

At the deadline for the submission of proposals (11/09/2019), researchers:  Shall be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience in the fields of biology, microbiology, environmental engineering, biotechnology or equivalent  Must not have resided or carried out their main activities in the country of Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the abovementioned deadline.  Shall be fluent in English.  Shall have experience and knowledge on wastewater technologies and electrochemistry.  Shall be able to work with regular analytics (IC, GC, LC) and molecular analyses (PCR, amplicon based sequencing).  Shall have experience in bioinformatics.  Must be able to design and perform experiments, and to analyse data critically.  Shall be able to communicate through high-quality scientific channels, e.g. peer reviewed publications, presentations to conferences or seminars, etc.

Additionally, the researcher:  Shall have the ability to work effectively with team members from different backgrounds and with different tasks.  Shall have the ability to meet objectives within strictly set deadlines.  Shall have proven ability to work efficiently and with minimum supervision.  Shall be willing to travel internationally for project meetings and conferences.

6. Contact person

- Dr. Lluis Bañeras - [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- Brief CV including educational qualifications and professional affiliation, employment history, current research interests and main research outcomes (publications, conferences) - Letter of interest - Reference contacts - Application deadline: 31/05/2019

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department: Institut of Informatic and Applications Research Group: Control Engineering and Intelligent Systems (eXiT) Address: Campus Montilivi. Escola Politècnica Superior (Building P4) Carrer Universitat de Girona, 6 17003 Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34 681 369 624 Web address: www.udg.edu , exit.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

The eXiT group is an interdisciplinary research group of the Institute of Informatics and Applications of the University of Girona involved in national and international research and transfer projects. The main research activity of the group is focused on the application of Artificial Intelligence principles (data mining and knowledge discovery, qualitative reasoning, case based reasoning, optimization, etc.) and Machine Learning to support decision-making processes. This research is being conducted in mainly two application domains: medicine/healthcare and smart cities/smartgrids.

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☒ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☒ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

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4. Main research lines of interest

The group is strongly interested in hosting Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellows in both medicine-healthcare and smart cities-smartgrids domains, focused in the following research lines.

- Medicine/healthcare: Incorporation of intelligent systems and biomedical engineering in health management and development of innovative medical technologies.  Analysis and creation of tools to discover knowledge from healthcare datasets that could provide new medical findings, as for example rehabilitation pattern, hypercholesterolemia triggers in population and seizure predictions.  Integration of supervised and unsupervised Artificial Intelligence techniques into medical tools and mhealth applications to better support clinical decision making and patient empowerment, with particular interest in the application of Artificial Intelligence in TDAH/DADH or applications for supporting premature babies with early discharge programs.  Design of methods and tools to intelligently optimize healthcare resources as for example, EM department admissions forecasting, resource planning and ambulance coordination.

- Smart cities/smart grids/water distribution systems: Methods and tools to support the assessment of the efficiency of distribution systems in the context of Smart Cities and Smart grids. The group is developing activities under on-going H2020 projects in the following lines: 1. Energy / Water Monitoring (H2020 HIT2GAP Grant Agreement 680708, IMAQUA COM16-1-001): data driven models for demand monitoring of buildings and assets, online fault detection and diagnosis. Demand and generation forecasting. Definition of indices and metrics for benchmarking. User profiling and non-invasive load disaggregation. Pattern recognition algorithms to identify relevant and emergent behaviours, etc. 2. Smart grids and water distribution systems (H2020 RESOLVD Grant Agreement 773715, E-LAND Grant Agreement 824388): fault detection and diagnostic in distribution lines. Multivariate statistical analysis of measurements and reconstruction. Optimisation methods for resource allocation and location problems in smart grids and/or water distribution systems (demand and generation). Develop and adapt artificial intelligence technologies and solutions to increase the level of automation of electricity grids and water distribution systems. Development of optimization and scheduling methods for operating the flexibility of a grid with renewable energy sources, storage (EVs, batteries, etc.) and demand response to prevent critical events. Development of optimization and scheduling methods for operating virtual power plants.

5. Who can apply?

At the deadline for the submission of proposals (11/09/2019), researchers (*):  Shall be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience;

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 Must not have resided or carried out their main activities in the country of Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the abovementioned deadline;  Skills/Qualifications: o Driven by results: you are motivated by obtaining concrete results and you like to make a difference for the team you work in. o Team player: you can work independently, but you also appreciate collaboration. You are open-minded and have no fear of expressing your opinion in a constructive way. o A passion for research: you understand that Medicine and Healthcare need to face the challenges posed by society. You understand that the electricity and water systems need to change and new solutions are needed to permit the distribution systems face the challenges posed by society and environment. o Clear and effective verbal and written communication. o Analytical, bright and intelligent.  Specific Requirements: o Computer Science PhD or equivalent o We expect applicants to be proficient at least in a programming language (e.g. Python, Matlab, Java, C, R, …) o Experience in participating in H2020 projects

6. Contact person

- Medicine/healthcare: [email protected]

- Smart cities/smart grids/water distribution systems: [email protected], [email protected]

-Administrative support: [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 1/06/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Research Group on Statistics, Econometrics and Health (GRECS) Address: Carrer de la Universitat de Girona 10, Campus de Montilivi, 17003 Girona, Spain E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34 972418338 Web address: http://www3.udg.edu/fcee/economia/catala/grecs.htm

2. Brief Description of the Institution

The University of Girona (UdG) is located in Girona city and is part of the Catalan public university system since 1992. The UdG, deeply rooted in Catalonia and the Catalan culture, is one of the primary economic and cultural motors of the region. At the same time, it pursues a vocation of universality and openness to all traditions and cultures UdG is a public institution devoted to excellence in teaching and research and to participating in the progress and development of society through the creation, transmission, dissemination and criticism of knowledge related to the sciences, technology, the humanities, the social sciences and the arts in the last 10 years, the UdG has participated into more than 160 European Projects, including 5 ERC projects. The Research Group on Statistics, Econometrics and Health (GRECS) of the University of Girona, is a multidisciplinary research group composed of statisticians, epidemiologists, researchers in biomedicine, environmental sciences, and economists. It is a consolidated research group, not only at the national level, through its membership in the CIBER, but also at the regional level. Its lines of research are applied as well as methodological. In the first case, epidemiology, both environmental and cancer, and clinical epidemiology occupy a prominent place. Among the topics investigated in the latter are cardiovascular risk factors, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Our research interests also include more methodological topics such as statistical methods related to mixed models, spatial statistics, survival analysis, Bayesian statistical methods and analysis of compositional data. Lately we are interested in mixed, methodological-applied research lines related to genomics and epigenetics.

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☒ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☒ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main research lines of interest

The main research lines are epidemiology, statistics and econometrics, applied econometrics and maps of crime risk.

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5. Who can apply?

2.- PhD in Bioinformatics or Bioengineering  3.- Others such as:

- PhD in Statistics, PhD in Mathematics, PhD in Engineering - Computing skills (simulation, programming, etc.)

6. Contact person

If you need to know more information about the project, you can contact the IP of the project Dr. Marc Saez ([email protected]).

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Other, please mention - Deadline: 1/06/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institute of Aquatic Ecology Research Group Marine Ecosystems and Human Health (SeaHealth) Address: C/ Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34-972418269 Web address: www.udg.edu; www.oceanshealth.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

The SeaHealth research group (Institute of Aquatic Ecology) carries out studies on the complex relationships that exist between marine ecosystems and human health, and contributes to the transfer of this knowledge to society. Furthermore, the group carries out research on fish and fisheries biology and ecology, as well as on the ecology and conservation of marine habitats, in relation to the health and well-being of people and the preservation of marine biodiversity. The team is composed of 10 scientists and has an excellent record of publications, research projects and doctoral thesis management, and numerous knowledge transfer activities (to the administration, fishermen, consumers, schools and the general public).

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☒ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☒ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☒ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

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4. Main reseach lines of interest

Oceans and Human Health (OHH) Marine biodiversity, marine ecosystem services and human health and wellbeing Fisheries biology and ecology Impact of fisheries (professional and recreational) and climate change of fish security and safety Marine protected areas as tools to protect fisheries, biodiversity and human health

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

- Dr. Josep Lloret, [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 01/06/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Panel Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department: : Facultat d'Educació i Psicologia -Didàctiques Específiques Research Group: GREPAI-Grup de recerca en educació, patrimoni i arts intermèdia Address: Plaça Sant Domènec, 9; Campus Barri Vell; 17004 Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 972418335 Web address:.www.udg.edu / https://www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrecerca/GREPAI

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: GREPAI The Research Group in Education, Heritage and Intermedia Arts (GREPAI) https://www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrecerca/GREPAI is an interdisciplinary group that belongs to the Educational Department at University of de Girona (UdG). The Educational Department manages the teaching activities assigned to the Knowledge areas of Didactics and School Organization, and supports the research initiatives of its academic staff in several social and educational field of knowledge: mathematics, languages, music, visual arts, physical education and social sciences.

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3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☒ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main reseach lines of interest

Research lines are the learning and research of art, music, dance and movement, and cultural heritage within an intermedia, entrepreneurial and transformational didactic approach. The members of the group belong to different areas of knowledge and their research in specific didactics considerably enriches the overall work carried out. In view of this, our group has developed different lines of research and projects focused on transdisciplinarity and the hybridization of artistic languages in education. The research Group GREPAI covers the areas of knowledge of School Teaching and Organisation, Education in the Arts and Research Methods and Educational Planning.

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

Dra. CAÑABATE ORTIZ, MARIA DOLORES Telf. 972 418335 [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 01/06/2019

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department: INSTITUT DE RECERCA HISTÒRICA Research Group: Estudis Culturals, Artístics i Polítics Address: Facultat de Lletres – Pl. Ferrater Mora, 1 – 17004 Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34 972 418213 Web address: www.udg-edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group:

Cultural, Artistic and Political Studies (Coordinator: Dr. Joaquim Mª Puigvert) is a section of the Institute of Historical Research (Director: Dr. Elisa Varela), counting 50+ academic members from UdG and associated institutions. Dr Gerardo Boto Varela is currently member of the Institute of Historical Research (group UdG: “Cultural, Artistic and Political Studies”) and the Director of the History and Art History Department of the University of Girona. The Institute of Historical Research (IRH) of the University of Girona is dedicated to scientific historical research from a comparative and long-term perspective. Although only established by the Board of Trustees of the University of Girona on the 1st of February of 2008, its foundations were laid long ago. It emerged from the reorganisation of a previously existing support structure for various historical research groups. Specifically, it was created to strengthen historical research and promote it outside Catalonia after the Jaume Vicens Vives History Section separated from the Institute of Catalan Language and Culture and the Institute of Cultural Heritage was dissolved.

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4. Main reseach lines of interest

Dr Gerardo Boto Varela is currently the Director of the History and Art History Department of the University of Girona and member of the Institute of Historical Research (group UdG: “Cultural, Artistic and Political Studies”). His research focuses on spatial organization, building techniques and visual devices in medieval religious architecture and on the relationship of cathedrals and monasteries with their urban context. He is currently studying Romanesque Cathedrals in Catalonia and Aragon, and Romanesque cloisters as stages of social practices of communities. To explore this multidisciplinary subject, he has developed and is leading the international research team ‘TEMPLA Taller de Estudios Medievales’.

TEMPLA is a permanent workshop of Medieval Studies composed by specialists from universities, museums and archives of different parts of Spain and Europe, particularly from Catalonia. The members of this team share common interests as well as complementary areas of expertise. The results of its research and interaction with experts of other disciplines are reflected in the outcome of specific research projects and academic activities, aswell as in the scientific meetings that are being organized annually and the resulting publications. Templa members are open and willing to collaborate withdifferent research groups and scientific institutions. They aim at facilitating exchange among researchers and proposing scientific debates related to the visual programs and space organization of the Middle Age. Particular attention will be devoted to the liturgical conditionings, architectural scenery, as well asreflecting upon the social and academic status of Middle Age art and culture research. TEMPLA has its headquarters in the Institut de Recerca Històrica of the University of Girona, regardless the plural affiliation of its members.

Dr Boto is the director of two projects developing public engagement and participation in the study of cathedral cities: ‘Landscape and Identitarian Heritage of Europe: Cathedral Cities as Living Memories’ (RecerCaixa. 2016-2019); ‘Sedes Memoriae. Space use and memory in medieval cathedrals of the Tarraconense’ (MINECO, 2016-2018). He is also the editor of the journal Codex Aquilarensis. Revista de Arte Medieval, and director of annual Colloquia Ars Mediaevalis. Dr Boto has supervised several doctoral theses on buildings in the context of medieval cities in Catalonia and two post-doctoral researchers in collaboration with the Universidade Nova of Lisbon (Portugal) and with Tokai University (Japan).

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5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

Gerardo Boto ([email protected])

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 01/06/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for Hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Research Institute on Quality of Life (https://www.udg.edu/IRQV) Research Team on Children, Adolescents, Children’s Rights and their Quality of Life (ERIDIQV) (http://www.udg.edu/eridiqv) Address: Pl. Sant Domènec, 9. 17004 Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34972419611 Web address: www.udg.edu 2. Brief Description of the Institution

The Quality of Life Research Institute (IRQV) (https://www.udg.edu/IRQV) is a research institute at the University of Girona (UdG) created with the aim of developing interdisciplinary research on well-being. It is composed by 4 research groups and 36 members (31 PhDs), from the Department of Psychology, Department of Economics and Department of Nursery. IRQV has participated in 20+ European and Spanish Research projects and 30+ agreements and contracts with institutions, has supervised 38 PhD theses and published 150+ articles in journals, 60+ books or books chapters and 240+ contributions to national and international conferences.

The Research Team on Children, Adolescents, Children’s Rights and their Quality of Life (ERIDIQV) (http://:www.udg.edu/eridiqv) is a research group part of the IRQV at the UdG. It was founded with the aim of studying children and adolescents’ well-being from a psychosocial perspective. Its main objectives are developing basic and applied research related to quality of life, mainly in childhood, adolescence and their families and at the local, national and international levels; to cooperate with other institutions, organisms and networks, even public or private, with the aim of promoting and developing activities related to the quality of life especially from an interdisciplinary focus; and promoting the dissemination and applicability of the general knowledge about quality of life.

The ideological and epistemological approaches that lead the research of ERIDIQV are theoretical and methodological pluralism, focus on the quality of life, attention to the

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theories of complexity, commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its implementation, and commitment to the social relevance of the research.

The ERIDIQV belongs to different international networks as the Personal Well-Being Index International Network, the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS), the International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI), the Latin-American Network of Researchers on child and adolescent well-being (PROTEBA), the International Survey of Children’s Well- Being (IsciWeb), the Children’s Understanding of Well-Being Network (CUWB) and the International Association for outcomes based evaluation and research on family and children’s services (iaOBERfcs). It collaborates with different departments and institutions which allow carrying out applied research such as several departments of the Catalan regional Government and the Barcelona City Council.

From its foundation in 1998, the ERIDIQV has developed projects focused on the study of children’s and adolescents’ well-being and their members have wide experience in the formulation and measurement of indicators of subjective well-being in childhood and adolescence, and in the proposal of actions to improve these indicators.

4. Main research lines of interest

The main research lines of the ERIDIQV team are:

Well-being, satisfaction and aspired values The line focuses on the identification of psychosocial indicators of subjective well-being and of the quality of life of children, adolescents and families with children, gathering the perspective of the different social agents involved. Research is currently being carried out to promote child and adolescent well-being through the social participation of students and their families in the school context.

Audiovisual media, ICTs, social networks and adolescents This line is focused in the use of audiovisual media by teenagers and the consequences of this use. Its research is aimed to know the psychosocial profile of adolescents who have and excessive use of ICTs and how media-multitasking (mainly while doing homework) affects the development of executive functions (information processing and work memory). Currently, it is also planned to continue this study with a follow-up of adolescents over time.

Research on Child protection and children rights

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This line focuses on vulnerable children and young people, their subjective wellbeing and children rights. It focuses both on the community social services and child protection system, child maltreatment assessment, family foster care, kinship care, residential care, and young people leaving care, with special emphasis on the education of children in care.

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

Scientific in charge - Well-being, satisfaction and aspired values Dr. Mònica González-Carrasco - [email protected]

- Audiovisual media, ICT, social networks and adolescents Dr. Sara Malo - [email protected]

- Research on Child protection and children rights Dr. Carme Montserrat - [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 14th June 2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Faculty of Law Legal Philosophy Research Group Campus Montilivi S/N [email protected] Tel: 972418137 Web address: http://www2.udg.edu/arees/FilosofiadelDret/Presentaci%C3%B3/tabid/9724/language/ca- ES/Default.aspx

2. Brief Description of the Institution

The Legal Philosophy Research Group of the University of Girona is currently one of the world’s leading centers of excellence for legal philosophy. It works within the tradition of analytical philosophy with its methodology based on conceptual analysis. In the last 5 years, the Research Group has devoted itself to the study of practical problems in law and legal discourse. The previous two projects focused on a) the issue of causation and the ascription of responsibility, and b) the evidentiary problems involved in the ascription of responsibility. In the next few years, the group will strengthen its main focus on a) the philosophy of private law and b) legal epistemology.

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4. Main reseach lines of interest

The Legal Philosophy Research Group develops three intertwined lines of research:

 Evidential Legal Reasoning  Foundations of Private Law  Legal Certainty and Rule of Law

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

Prof. Dr. Jordi Ferrer Beltrán [email protected] Tel: 972419534

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - A recent paper published within the last two years or an unpublished paper - Deadline: July 1, 2019

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department: Facultat d'Educació i Psicologia Research Group: UdiGitalEdu (Creative Learning, STEAM and Social change) Address: Plaça Sant Domènec, 9; Campus Barri Vell; 17004 Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34-972418329 Web address: www.udg.edu - https://www.udg.edu//UdiGitalEdu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group:

UdiGitalEdu (https://www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrecerca/UdiGitalEdu) is a research group at the University of Girona. Its team develops projects in the fields of Education, Technology and International Development with a multidisciplinary approach; team members have very different research backgrounds, from Science, Technology and Education. UdiGitalEdu designs learning experiences for children and young people by combining Technology, Science and Art, with the purpose of encouraging creativity, critical thinking and teamwork. During the past eight years UdiGitalEdu has developed several projects to promote social inclusion by designing creative learning activities for disadvantaged schools. UdiGitalEdu belong to the University of Girona (http://www.udg.edu), which is a public institution devoted to excellence in teaching and research and to participating in the progress and development of society through the creation, transmission, dissemination and criticism of knowledge related to the sciences, technology, the humanities, the social sciences and the arts.

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4. Main research lines of interest

One of UdiGitalEdu’s objectives is to research and apply learning experiences and methods that are effective, motivating and meaningful, through interdisciplinary approaches that combine technology, science and art, fostering creativity, a critical spirit and team work. These approaches are currently brought together under the term “STEAM education”, and promote active learning through discovery or project-based learning (PBL). We are also interested in studying the role of digital technologies in transversal learning and its extension to the whole set of thinking processes and problem-solving strategies which are included in Computational Thinking. Finally, in relation to our mission as trainers, we also research the role of educational technology in learning and in processes to guarantee the digital competence of future teachers. In this respect, the flow of ideas and the transfer of experiences between the group and schools and school teachers, as well as the accurate observation and quantitative and qualitative assessment of such activities, are vital.

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

Dra. Meritxell Estebanell Minguell [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 01/06/2019

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institute of Historical Research Research Group in Prehistory, Archaeological Heritage and Antiquity (Roman Republican History) Facultat de Lletres, Plaça Ferrater Mora 1, 17004 Girona E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] Tel: +34 972 41.89.45 Web address: https://www.udg.edu/ca/directori/pagina-personal?om=PL&ID=113907

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: Prof. Toni Ñaco del Hoyo currently coordinates a large fully funded research group (25 members and several collaborators) devoted to the history, archaeology and heritage preservation of Prehistory, Classical Antiquity and the Late Antiquity (2017SGR-1688). In December 2018, a ‘Beatriu de Pinós’ Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Greek History -Dr Daniel Gómez-Castro who had formerly worked as a JSPS Research Fellow in Japan- joined this Group for 2 years. Prof. Ñaco del Hoyo's own research team and interests lie predominantly with the history and archaeology of the Roman Republic. He is currently a member of Libera Res Publica, a Network of Spanish Roman Republican Historians, led by Dr Cristina Rosillo-López and Prof. Francisco Pina Polo. Together with Dr Jordi Principal (Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya- Barcelona), Prof. Ñaco del Hoyo has worked on the Roman intervention in the ‘Far West’ and its ‘connectivity’. More generally, he has conducted research on Republican taxation (recently revisited), collateral damage, garrisoning strategies, asymmetrical warfare, military intelligence and logistics, crisis management, international relations and peacebuilding studies in the Classical World. Four of Prof. Ñaco del Hoyo’s PhD student’s dissertations (mostly supervised jointly with other colleagues) were successfully examined in 2015 and 2016 (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona), and 2017 (Universitat de Barcelona), together with 2 Master theses in 2017 (UdGirona). He currently supervises 5 PhD students in Girona, 4 of them working on topics related to the Middle Roman Republic. He has regularly renewed his ‘Academic Visitor’

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status from the Classics Faculty (Oxford) and pay short-term visits to the Oxford libraries every term.

4. Main reseach lines of interest

1.- Roman Republican warfare, particularly in the ‘Far West’. At the moment, Dr J. Principal, Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya-Barcelona and myself aim to continue the research already conducted thanks to a 2015-18 project grant which explored Republican warfare in NE Iberiabetween133-72 BCE, by means of the twofold perspective provided by a team formed by Roman Historians and Classical Archaeologists. For the next coming years, we intend to expand this project’s horizons to new regions outside of Roman Spain. In particular, we will dig deeper into the connectivity between NE Iberia and the Northern Mediterranean, both by land and across the sea. Furthermore, thanks to a recently granted four-year archaeological research project on the Iberian Ausetanian region (Osona, Barcelona), we shall focus our resources (excavation campaigns, laboratory analysis, studies on coin finds) on one particular site, El Camp de les LLoses (Tona), an excellent example of hybridization between local Iberians and external individuals (Romans and Italians). Our main goal is to connect this hybrid site from the NE with similar ones located Northern the Pyrenees.

2.- Politics, finances, empire building and its collateral damage in the classical world: a dialogue between the Humanities and the Social Sciences. A second area of research will focus its study on the expansion of political and military hegemonies and their huge costs during the Graeco-Roman Mediterranean, and particularly in Republican and Hellenistic periods. As illustrated in the recent publication of a volume (co-edited with another colleague) on War, Warlords and Interstate relations in the Ancient Mediterranean (Leiden-Boston 2018), with a high profile line-up of multidisciplinary contributors. In this volume, we have recently attempted to expand our interests in the ancient world to new scientific approaches provided by the social sciences (e.g. international relations theories). Furthermore, two of us have extensively participated in a workshop (2017) and a conference (2018) on ‘Spoils in the Roman Republic’, organized by the Ancient History Section of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, and whose proceedings will be published in due course.

3.- Fostering new research on the Middle Roman Republic. From 2018, together with our current PhD students based in Girona we have focused our attention on a more particular period of research, setting in motion the so-called ‘Group of Studies in the Middle Roman Republic’. This informal team encourages work-in-progress discussions on the social, political, and financial institutions, mentality, and interstate relations of Rome’s third and second centuries BCE. After having devoted some of our own research efforts to the Late Republic, here we aim to attract new researchers –from postgraduate to postdoctoral levels- to join us in order to

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foster new research (and particularly new approaches) on this central period of Roman Republican History. 5. Who can apply?

At the deadline for the submission of proposals (11/09/2019), researchers (*):  shall be in possession of a doctoral degree in Classics, Ancient History, or Classical Archaeology, or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience;  must not have resided or carried out their main activities in the country of Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the abovementioned deadline;  must possess a particular research interest in the Middle Roman Republic, together with a competitive portfolio of publications such as one monograph, several articles in refereed scholarly journals, and chapters in distinguished collective volumes);  must demonstrate leadership skills (organization of events, fundraising)

6. Contact person

- Prof. Toni Ñaco del Hoyo, ICREA Research Professor at Universitat de Girona.

https://www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/toni-naco-del-hoyo-506

E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - The names and emails of two referees willing to back the application. - Deadline: June, 1 2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

2. Brief Description of the Institution

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4. Main reseach lines of interest

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

- Dr. Josep Lloret, [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 01/06/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Panel Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Dept. of Environmental Sciences Research Group on Animal Biology Campus Montilivi – Faculty of Sciences C/ Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, 17003, Girona E-mail: [email protected] Web address: www.udg.edu ; https://www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrecerca/Biologia-Animal

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group on Animal Biology: Our research team seeks to understand how animals live and reproduce, what are their functions in the ecosystem, how do they interrelate, how do they respond to ecological disturbances and what conservation problems are they facing. We are focused on the assessment of the terrestrial and marine biodiversity in relation to the current environmental challenges: climate change, wildfires, overfishing, invasive species and habitat fragmentation. Our researchers regularly publish in international journals on zoology, ecology, biodiversity conservation, forestry, fisheries, ichthyology, entomology and ornithology. Our studies mainly focus on ants, cicadas, fish, birds and mammals as main indicator groups.

https://www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrecerca/Biologia-Animal

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3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☒ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main research lines of interest Our research group works on different lines of research:

Fauna, wild-fire and forestry management We are interested in the assessment of the ecological effects of wildfire and prescribed burning. To this aim, we use birds-vegetation system as our main study model. Recently, we have particularly focused on the ecosystem consequences of logging burned forests. We have described positive and negative effects on threatened species of birds. Our findings support that non-commercial woody debris (especially when building piles of branches) is relevant for biodiversity and ecosystem services after salvage logging. We are committed to transfer our results to the forest sector. From the applied side, we have elaborated a Handbook of good practices on post-fire forest management. Currently we are doing research on the role of biological legacies for ecosystem regeneration after fire. Researcher in-charge: [email protected]

Ichthyology Our research focus on several biological aspects of marine fish species such as feeding strategy, reproductive strategy, parasitism, and the impacts of fishing and pollutants (i.e. heavy metals) on the fish health, the quality of the fish and the potential effects on the consumers. Researcher in-charge: [email protected]

Biological invasions My research focuses on the ecology and management of biological invasions, particularly in understanding the distribution of invasive alien species and in contributing to the development of novel approaches for their management. Currently, I am involved in two main projects dealing with: (1) the development of future scenarios for biological invasions, and (2) the ecology and control of Vespa velutina. In collaboration with other researchers, we use sophisticated analysis to understand the factors determining the spatial dynamics of biological invasions and therefore assess changes in their future ranges based on model predictions. We also conduct field studies to investigate the ecology and spread of invasive species. Researcher in-charge: [email protected]

Myrmecology Our main research topic is the myrmecochory. Our aims are to assess the role, consequences and benefits of this interaction for both, ants and plants. We investigate the impacts and responses of ants’ communities in front of several perturbations such as land-use changes, forestry exploitation, climate change and wild-fires. We also study the reproductive physiology, the behaviour and the chemical communication of the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile, Mayr), an invasive species found across the globe, with the aim to seek for specific methods to control its invasion. Researcher in-charge: [email protected]

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Ornithology We study bird populations and communities as indicators of ecosystem changes in studies on the impact of wildfires, biological invasions and agriculture. Part of our research is also focused on the biology, conservation and threats of marine birds (in their interaction with fishing), birds of prey and Mediterranean warblers. Researcher in-charge: Dr. Josep Bas ([email protected])

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

Letters of interest and general enquiries should be addressed to the team coordinator: Pere Pons ([email protected]) For any questions regarding the details of the specific research lines contact the respective researcher in-charge stated above.

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline for candidate to express their interest on presenting a proposal: 1st June 2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Department of Physics Group of Environmental Physics Edifici Politècnica II; C/ de la Universitat de Girona, 4; Campus Montilivi; 17003 Girona; Spain [email protected] Tel: +34 972 41 83 79 Web address: www.udg.edu https://www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrecerca/Fisica-Ambiental/Presentacio

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: The Group of Environmental Physics involves seven permanent professors from the Physics Department and, on a temporary basis, a number of predoctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, part-time professors and other collaborators. The group develops research activities on physical phenomena that take place in aquatic systems (lakes, wetlands, ocean,...) and in the atmosphere. More specifically, several research lines comprise hydrodynamics of natural aquatic systems, particle transport, water quality, eco-innovative solutions for the treatment and reuse of wastewater; as well as radiative transfer in the atmosphere, including the interaction with clouds and aerosols; and evidences, processes and modeling of climate and climate change. The Environmental Physics Group has been recognized as a consolidated group by the Government of Catalonia (SGR) in the last 12 years and has a large number of collaborations with other groups of the University of Girona, other Catalan and Spanish research centers, and also with international institutions.

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3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☒ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main reseach lines of interest

Mixing quantification in lakes and oceans.

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

- Elena Roget ([email protected] )

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 30/6/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department: Institute of Aquatic Ecology (IEA) Research Group: Research Group on Ecology of Inland Waters (GRECO) Address: M. Aurèlia Capmany 69, 17003 Girona, Spain E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34 972418369 Web address: https://www.udg.edu/GRECO

2. Brief Description of the Institution

The University of Girona (UdG) is located in Girona city and is part of the Catalan public university system since 1991. The UdG, deeply rooted in Catalonia and the Catalan culture, is one of the primary economic and cultural motors of the region. At the same time, it pursues a vocation of universality and openness to all traditions and cultures. UdG is a public institution devoted to excellence in teaching and research and to participating in the progress and development of society through the creation, transmission, dissemination and criticism of knowledge related to the sciences, technology, the humanities, the social sciences and the arts in the last 10 years, the UdG has participated into more than 160 European Projects, including 5 ERC projects.

UdG is the 4th Spanish university according to U.S. News & World Report 2019 in the field of environment and ecology, based on its reputation and research. The Research Group on Ecology of Inland Waters (GRECO) is one of the research groups of the Institute of Aquatic Ecology (UdG), created more than 30 years ago. GRECO is a large and interdisciplinary group with extensive experience in student and postdoctoral mentorship and numerous limnological research lines (particularly in Ecology and conservation of freshwater fish, Limnology of Mediterranean lagoons and wetlands, and River ecology). Currently, GRECO consists of 9 senior researchers, 4 postdocs, 9 PhD students, 4 technicians, 1 knowledge transfer manager and over 30 external collaborators. During the last five years (2014-2018), it has published 202 SCI articles and supervised 15 defended Ph.D theses and numerous postdocs and students. It also has an increasing transference of knowledge to industry and citizenship. See https://www.udg.edu/GRECO for further details.

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☒ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

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4. Main reseach lines of interest

See http://www.udg.edu/GRECO for the GRECO lines of research and current research projects. We are particularly interested in hosting candidates related to: - Physiological phenotypic plasticity of freshwater fishes in the context of climate change. - Metacommunity dynamics as a tool to pond conservation and management - The influence of environmental factors (hydrological, physical, chemical and biological) and their variability on the ecological functioning of inland waters - Ecology of freshwater fish and invasion biology

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

Prof. Dr. Emili García-Berthou [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 28 June 2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institute of Aquatic Ecology Marine Resources and Biodiversity (GR MAR) C/ Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69 Campus Montilivi – Facultat de Ciències 17003 Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: Web address: www.udg.edu ; http://www2.udg.edu/grupsrecerca/GRMar/Presentaci%C3%B3/tabid/24431/language/en- US/Default.aspx

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: Marine Resources and Biodiversity (GR MAR) is a multidisciplinary research group that pursues to contribute to the conservation of the marine resources. With this ultimate aim, our research is focused on the analysis of the impacts of global change and other anthropogenic perturbations on the biodiversity and on the marine resources.

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☒ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

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4. Main research lines of interest

Evaluation of the fish reproduction and the condition in relation to species preservation the species, fisheries management and the health of the consumers.

We assess the species reproductive strategy, length at maturity, annual cycle and fecundity (i.e. egg quality and quantity). We also study the condition status of fish using different kinds of indicators such as morphometric and somatic indices, lipid contents and parasitism intensity and prevalence. We integrate both approaches to investigate the interrelationships between condition and reproduction as well as with the environmental conditions and the extrinsic pressures (e.g. fishing).

Impact of fisheries and climate change on marine resources

Based on the study of the status of the exploited fish species, we assess the impact of fisheries and provide information to be used in stocks management. We do research on the effects of climate change on fish distribution, health status and reproductive potential.

Study of the benthic marine communities, both from a fundamental research perspective through systematic studies, taxonomy and ecophysiology of macroalgae, and from an applied perspective to assess the main effects that alter the marine flora and to develop strategies and plans for their recovery and restoration.

In this line our main topics are: - Biodiversity: the data provided by these studies can be used as a reference point to detect future changes - Invasive species: these studies seek three aims (i) to assess the effects of the invasive species on the native communities, (ii) to identify the main factors that determine the invasivitiy of the native communities and (iii) to describe the invasive capacity of exotic species. - Global warming: we do research on the direct and indirect effects of global warming as a first step to develop prediction tools and to improve our understanding of its consequences on the ecosystems.

5. Who can apply?

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6. Contact person

- Marta Muñoz: [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 1st of June 2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: The Environmental Physics Group involves seven permanent professors from the Physics Department and, on a temporary basis, a number of predoctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, part-time professors and other collaborators. The group develops research activities on physical phenomena that take place in aquatic systems (lakes, wetlands, ocean,...) and in the atmosphere. More specifically, several research lines comprise hydrodynamics of natural aquatic systems, particle transport, water quality, eco- innovative solutions for the treatment and reuse of wastewater; as well as radiative transfer in the atmosphere, including the interaction with clouds and aerosols; and evidences, processes and modeling of climate and climate change. The Environmental Physics Group has been recognized as a consolidated group by the Government of Catalonia (SGR) in the last 12 years and has a large number of collaborations with other groups of the University of Girona, other Catalan and Spanish research centers, and also with international institutions.

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☒ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

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4. Main research lines of interest

The research line is focused on the use of the zooplanktonic Daphnia magna as a key organism to encompass upfront research. For example, the contamination of freshwater ecosystems by microplastics or environmental contaminants, the potential use of Daphnia magna as the basis of an alternative ecological wastewater treatment, the fate of controphic organisms in aquatic systems, among others. The undergoing research is based on determining the Daphnia magna response in terms of plasticity, filtration, mobility and reproduction. The research group has extensive expertise in this topic and can provide all the required background to produce new and innovative progress in research. Any researcher interested in participating in this line of research will have to carry on laboratory experiments and design new experimental set ups with the main idea of producing interdisciplinary work to obtain further knowledge aligning with the research line.

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

- Teresa Serra ([email protected])

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 30 June 2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Environmental Sciences Department Research Group: Soils and Mediterranean Plants Address: Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 972418174 Web address: https://www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrecerca/Sols-i-vegetacio-en-la-Mediterrania

2. Brief Description of the Institution

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4. Main reseach lines of interest 1) Response of the Mediterranean species to different factors of climate change. Permanent researchers: Laura Llorens, Dolors Verdaguer

2) Post-disturbance regeneration of Mediterranean plant species. Permanent researchers: Dolors Verdaguer, Laura Llorens

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3) Effects of use, land use change and abandonment of land on different parameters of soil quality (especially carbon sequestration capacity). Permanent researchers: Maria Gispert

4) Study of the structure and dynamics of coastal marshes to evaluate their role as carbon sinks. Permanent researchers: Laura Llorens, Dolors Verdaguer, Maria Gispert

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5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

- Dolors Verdaguer Murlà

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Two recommendations letters. - Deadline: 1st, June 2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

2. Brief Description of the Institution

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4. Main research lines of interest

Funded research lines at the moment are: 4- Bacterial Electrosynthesis

5- Bioelectrochemically assisted remediation of ground water.

6- Biogas upgrading technologies.

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5. Who can apply?

At the deadline for the submission of proposals (11/09/2019), researchers:  shall be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience in the fields of biology, microbiology, environmental engineering, biotechnology or equivalent  Must not have resided or carried out their main activities in the country of Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the abovementioned deadline.  Shall be fluent in English.  Shall have experience and knowledge on wastewater technologies and electrochemistry.  Shall be able to work with regular analytics (IC, GC, LC) and molecular analyses (PCR, amplicon based sequencing).  Shall have experience in bioinformatics.  Must be able to design and perform experiments, and to analyse data critically.  Shall be able to communicate through high-quality scientific channels, e.g. peer reviewed publications, presentations to conferences or seminars, etc.

6. Contact person

- Dr. Lluis Bañeras - [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

2. Brief Description of the Institution

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☒ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☒ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main research lines of interest

The main research lines are epidemiology, statistics and econometrics, applied econometrics and maps of crime risk.

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5. Who can apply?

2.- PhD in Bioinformatics or Bioengineering  3.- Others such as:

- PhD in Statistics, PhD in Mathematics, PhD in Engineering - Computing skills (simulation, programming, etc.)

6. Contact person

If you need to know more information about the project, you can contact the IP of the project Dr. Marc Saez ([email protected]).

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Other, please mention - Deadline: 1/06/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows 1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institute of Aquatic Ecology Research Group Marine Ecosystems and Human Health (SeaHealth) Address: C/ Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34-972418269 Web address: www.udg.edu; www.oceanshealth.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

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4. Main reseach lines of interest

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

- Dr. Josep Lloret, [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 01/06/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Panel Information Science and Engineering (ENG) Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Department: Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Construction Research Group: AMADE (Analysis and Advanced Materials for Structural Design) Address: Polytechnic School - University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17003 Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34972418379 Web address: www.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: Analysis and Advanced Materials for Structural Design (AMADE, http://amade.udg.edu) is a research and a technology transfer group in the Polytechnic School of the University of Girona, Spain. Its area of expertise is the study, characterization and analysis of mechanical behaviour of advanced materials and structures. In particular, the group holds a long standing expertise on the simulation and experimental characterization of structural composite materials. The mission of AMADE is to perform and disseminate applied research and to transfer it to end user companies, as well as spreading it among students. The aim is to create value out of the created knowledge in companies (aeronautic, automotive, civil construction, etc.), people and the scientific community. Members of AMADE have a solid background in structural engineering, perform their tasks with creativity and responsibility, are committed to their duties, and act with awareness of the customer needs. AMADE provides services (testing and simulation), organizes a specific master study on Mechanics of Materials and Structures (http://mastermms.udg.edu), and trains undergraduate and pre-doctoral students. It welcomes post-doctoral researchers aligned with the values of the group.

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3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☒ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main research lines of interest

Progressive damage modelling of laminated composite materials.

Reinforcing and strengthening of concrete structures with fibre reinforced polymers.

Fracture of composites under static, fatigue and impact loads.

High strain rates in composites

Numerical simulation of reinforced and strengthened concrete structures.

Modelling of thermoplastic matrix composites

Novel concepts of composites: hybrids, biomimetic, hierarchical composites

Additive manufacturing of composites

5. Who can apply?

At the deadline for the submission of proposals (11/09/2019), researchers (*):  shall be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience;  must not have resided or carried out their main activities in the country of Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the abovementioned deadline;  should preferable have a PhD in Mechanical, Structural, Civil Engineering, Materials (or equivalent)  should have experience in numerical simulation, or experimental methods, of mechanical properties

6. Contact person

- Scientific in charge: Prof. Lluis Torres and Prof. Josep Costa [email protected]

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7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 30/06/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut d’Informàtica i Aplicacions Research Group: Broadband Communications and Distributed Systems Address: Campus de Montilivi, Edifici P4, 17003 Girona, Spain

E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34 +34 972 418 842

Web address: www.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: The BCDS group (ref. GRCT40) is active in two main research areas: Broadband Network Control and Management and Technology Enhanced Learning. The group has led several long-term governmental projects involving other universities and companies like Internet Service Providers and Public Health Institutions. These projects, along with the basic research performed on the group, bring about many publications and contributions on international journals, symposiums and conferences. BCDS carries out its research within the Institute of Informatics and Applications at the University of Girona, and it is part of the DURSI consolidated research group Smart IT Engineering and Services (SITES) (ref. 2017 SGR-1551). The major research line for this expression of interest in the area of Broadband Network Control and Management. The group works in: Control and Management of Quality of Service (QoS) networks, Optimization Techniques (such as Multi-objective Genetic Algorithms and Linear Programming, Network Protection and Restauration, Robustness analysis and epidemic models for multiple failures, Routing and Protection mechanisms. Ion general of these techniques are studied and applied in Complex Networks

Web address: https://bcds.udg.edu

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3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☒ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main research lines of interest

The area of network resilience is one of the main interest field of the group. In particular in the presence of massive failures. The failures could be provoked by natural disasters, but they could also be intentional, i.e. caused by attacks. This is very important because the attacks target the most important components with the goal of provoke the largest damage. The group is an active member of the COST ACTION RECODIS: “REsilient COmmunication services protecting end-user applications from DISaster-based failures”, all aspects regarding this scenario are research lines of interest.

The research group is enhancing its skills to deals with human based massive failures; hence cybersecurity is also a very important aspect to be taken into account. All techniques around cybersecurity are in the interest too.

Keywords: Network resilience, graph theory, cyberattacks, disaster recovery, network protection, Robustness metrics.

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

- Professor Josep Lluis Marzo Lazaro - [email protected] - Tl. + 34 680 803 034

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7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 01/07/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is 11/09/2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department Vicorob Research Group ARLab (GRCT69) E-mail [email protected] Web address: www.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: The TECNIO Centre EASY is responsible of of the Distributed Ledger Technologies and Artificial Intelligence master degree of Barcelona http://dltai.udg.edu, and of the Official Master in Smart Cities of the UdG, smartcitiesmaster.udg.edu . It is composed of specialists in intelligent agents, virtual currencies, and digital preservation and their applications. +200 international publications along with +20 PhD thesis supervised in the recent years are part of the contributions of the Centre. It is a centre of R+D with entrepreneurial vision that has contributed to several spin-off companies starting with the first world robotic soccer team as early as 1996, customer intelligence in 2000, smart citizens attention 2006, virtual currencies in 2011, and several blockchain initiatives from 2017. Their research on complementary and virtual currencies started in 2006 and later they got fascinated by the disruption of the Blockchain and SmartContracts technologies and their advantages. From then, they have been working on this topic to design new types of money suitable for the Internet, scanning for its applications in general and in IP and open innovation in particular. Today his principal researcher and director, Prof. de la Rosa, is advising several blockchain projects, as for example licens3d.com, taboow.org, backtolife.centreasy.com, scie- chain.com, servicechain, nir-vana.eu, Reciclos.cat, and witcoin.io

“EXPRESSION OF INTEREST” FOR HOSTING MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE FELLOWS CALL FOR PROPOSALS MSCA-IF-2019

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☒ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main reseach lines of interest

Blockchain and SmartContracts Intelligent Agents Digital Preservation

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

- Peplluis de la Rosa, full professor of the University of Girona, [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 30/06/2019

Please note that: Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Computer Vision and Robotics Research Institute Computer Vision and Robotics Research Team (Underwater Robotics Lab) CIRS Parc Científic i Tecnològic UdG C/ Pic de Peguera, 13 17003 Girona E-mail [email protected] Tel: +34 669938649 Web address: cirs.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: VICOROB research team of the University of Girona has a strong experience in the design and development of hovering AUV prototypes with high-resolution image mapping capabilities. 5 AUV prototypes have been designed during the last 10 years, all of them having a different conceptual design. During the last years the team has worked on the development of advanced image processing techniques for the 2D and 3D mapping of the seafloor, as well as with the fusion of these techniques with navigation data coming from state of the art navigation sensors (DVL, gyros, USBL) together with global optimization techniques to face large-scale maps. Map based navigation and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping of underwater robots using both acoustics and/or video images is currently one of the main topics of research. VICOROB has also a long experience in intelligent control architectures and has contributed in mission control systems, behaviour-based architectures, robot learning and path planning for AUVs. Finally, the group has expertise in mechatronics and software integration. UdG has consistently shown in the past that it can afford young and senior researchers the proper intellectual setting for training in the interdisciplinary field of cooperative autonomous robotics.

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3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☒ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main reseach lines of interest

 Underwater Robotics o Simultaneous Localization and Mapping o Autonomous Mobile Manipulation o Motion Planning (path planning, view planning, coverage planning) o 3D Perception (optical or sonar)

5. Who can apply?

At the deadline for the submission of proposals (11/09/2019), researchers (*):  shall be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience;  must not have resided or carried out their main activities in the country of Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the abovementioned deadline;  Phd in Robotics related topics working with autonomous systems, preferable underwater although mobile and aerial vehicles is also possible.  Experience working with ROS will be appreciated.  Experience in mobile manipulation (single arm, dual arm or cooperative manipulation) will be appreciated.

6. Contact person

- Pere Ridao: [email protected]

Short Bio: Pere Ridao received the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering in 2001 from the University of Girona, Spain. Since 1997, he has participated in 19 research projects (10 European and 9 National), he is author of more than 100 publications, and he has directed 8 PhDs thesis (2 more under direction) and 13 MS Thesis. His research activity focuses on designing and developing Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for 3D Mapping and Intervention. He is the director of the Computer Vision and Robotics Research Institute (VICOROB) and the head of the Underwater Robotics Research Center (CIRS) and an Associate professor with the Department of Computer Engineering of the University of Girona. Dr. Ridao served as the chair of the IFAC's Technical Committee on Marine

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Systems. Dr. Ridao is also is co-author of 3 licenses and 1 filed patent, being co-founder of Iqua Robotics S.L Spin-off company.

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 01/06/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institute / Department: Computer Vision and Robotics (VICOROB) Institute Research Group: Computer Vision and Robotics (VICOROB) group Address: VICOROB, EPS. Campus Montilivi, Ed. P-IV, University of Girona, 17003, Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34 972 41 89 05 Web address: https://vicorob.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

UdG is a public institution devoted to excellence in teaching and research and to participating in the progress and development of society through the creation, transmission, dissemination and criticism of knowledge related to the sciences, technology, the humanities, the social sciences and the arts.

In the last 10 years, the UdG has participated into more than 160 European Projects, including 5 ERC projects.

Research Group:

VICOROB is a research institute in Computer Vision and Robotics with more than 25 years of experience at the University de Girona (UdG). The centre is made up of a total of 40 people, including permanent scientific staff, academics, postdoctoral fellows as well as a large number of PhD students and technical staff.

The key research lines include two main fields:

1) Computer vision applied to medical image analysis or industrial inspection 2) Robotics applied mainly to the construction of autonomous underwater vehicles.

Since its foundation in 1993, VICOROB group has created a total of 3 spin offs, 3 companies from the group’s activity, has licensed 4 technologies and has registered 5 patents.

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3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☒ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main research lines of interest

This expression of interest for hosting Marie Curie Fellows goes in the direction of the main goals of the Image Analysis Lab: the development of methods to help in the analysis of medical images.

To this end, our group develops computer vision and image processing algorithms which include techniques such as image segmentation, characterization, and registration, or pattern recognition and machine learning techniques (Deep Learning) to perform object detection, image classification and diseases prediction. Furthermore, the capabilities of the group include image analysis for a variety of imaging modalities including X-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound (US), and computed tomography (CT).

Our main interest will be in the development and validation of automatic tools which allow to obtain biomarkers via detection, segmentation and characterization of medical images, with special interest on brain MRI. These tools are very useful to help in the diagnosis and follow-up of different diseases and also to develop predictive models of diseases evolution. We are open to investigate on any medical image related problem, using traditional techniques or advanced ones like the application of deep learning techniques.

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

Professor Xavier Lladó (VICOROB Institute). Email: [email protected]

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7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest; - Deadline 01/06/2019

Please note that

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

“EXPRESSION OF INTEREST” FOR HOSTING MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE FELLOWS CALL FOR PROPOSALS MSCA-IF-2019

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona MICELab – Modeling, Identification & Control Engineering research group Campus de Montilivi – Ed. P4 C/ Universitat de Girona 6 17003 Girona Spain [email protected] Tel: +34 690 162 043 (P.A.) Web address: micelab.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

The University of Girona (UdG) is located in the city of Girona and is part of the Catalan public university system since 1992. The UdG, deeply rooted in Catalonia and the Catalan culture, is one of the primary economic and cultural motors of the region. At the same time, it pursues a vocation of universality and openness to all traditions and cultures. UdG is a public institution devoted to excellence in teaching and research and to participating in the progress and development of society through the creation, transmission, dissemination and criticism of knowledge related to the sciences, technology, the humanities, the social sciences and the arts.

Research Group: The MICELab group, led by Prof. Josep Vehí, is an interdisciplinary research group of the Institute of Informatics and Applications of the University of Girona. The team is composed of experienced researchers from the control engineering field with expertise in systems and control theory, modelling and control of biomedical systems, uncertain dynamical systems, robust and predictive control and decision support systems. The group has extensive experience in the field of diabetes and is one of the leading groups in the development of the artificial pancreas worldwide. Since January 1st, 2018 the group belongs to the prestigious centre of excellence in diabetes CIBERDEM: "Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas”, being one of the few engineering groups of the centre. Prof. Vehí has been researching in technologies for diabetes since 2004, obtaining more than two million euros of funding in a series of competitive research projects which have led to several patents and also tools, modules and a prototype of control device for use in clinical trials. He is co-author of more than 130 peer-reviewed International Journal papers and 12 books and chapters of books.

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3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☒ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main research lines of interest

Diabetes medical devices. Artificial pancreas The development of algorithms related to the different elements involved in glycemic control loop for the artificial pancreas has been one of the main research lines over the last years. In it we have developed algorithms to monitor and calibrate the continuous glucose monitors and have designed control systems, with special focus to the rejection of major disturbances such as food or exercise. - Custom platform: Our Android-based AP platform (jAP) is a multivariable fully automated artificial pancreas. The jAP system stands out for its scalability, allowing the implementation of unihormonal / bihormonal systems and easily integrating additional devices such as physical activity monitors. It is one of the few platforms available internationally.

Fault detection and risk assessment Within the framework of self-management of diabetes, interval predictive models combined with other methodologies, such as CBR, multivariate statistical control or data mining, have been used to develop tools to detect faults on devices (occlusions, insulin pumps losses, loss of sensitivity of the sensors, etc.), both for types 1 and 2. Risk assessment methods have also been used to assess and to predict the risks that are taken to perform an action.

Smart healthcare and m-health Using information technology to provide personalized health services, improve user experience, increase the involvement of patients and move towards integrated health systems. This includes: development of apps to aid in decision making as components of telemedicine systems, development of advanced telemedicine systems and tools for chronic disease management, particularly diabetes and hypertension, and incorporation of prevention and prediction tools in the current systems for managing diabetes.

Artificial Intelligence. DSS for diabetes Decision support tools based on machine learning methods have become a viable way to enhance patient safety by anticipating adverse glycaemic events, despite the difficulties of the large intra-individual variability and other factors that affect glycaemic control.

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5. Who can apply?

At the deadline for the submission of proposals (11/09/2019), researchers (*):  shall be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience;  must not have resided or carried out their main activities in the country of Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the abovementioned deadline;  shall have experience in design and simulation of control systems and should demonstrate proficiency in modelling and simulation applications, preferably utilising Matlab/Simulink, and/or experience in machine learning techniques.

The successful candidate must be enthusiastic and greatly interested in fundamental research. In addition to this, excellent communication skills are important for this position and a good command of the English language is required.

6. Contact person

Prof. Josep Vehí Institut d'Informatica i Aplicacions Campus Montilivi. Edifici P4 Universitat de Girona 17071 Girona. SPAIN [email protected]

https://micelab.udg.edu

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

Interested applicants are invited to send their Curriculum Vitae, academic records, the names of two professional referees, a list of publications, a summary of their PhD thesis and a cover letter stating their motivation.

Deadline: July 1, 2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

“EXPRESSION OF INTEREST” FOR HOSTING MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE FELLOWS CALL FOR PROPOSALS MSCA-IF-2019

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

2. Brief Description of the Institution

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☒ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☒ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

“EXPRESSION OF INTEREST” FOR HOSTING MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE FELLOWS CALL FOR PROPOSALS MSCA-IF-2019

4. Main research lines of interest

The group is strongly interested in hosting Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellows in both medicine-healthcare and smart cities-smartgrids domains, focused in the following research lines.

- Smart cities/smart grids/water distribution systems: Methods and tools to support the assessment of the efficiency of distribution systems in the context of Smart Cities and Smart grids. The group is developing activities under on-going H2020 projects in the following lines: 2. Energy / Water Monitoring (H2020 HIT2GAP Grant Agreement 680708, IMAQUA COM16-1-001): data driven models for demand monitoring of buildings and assets, online fault detection and diagnosis. Demand and generation forecasting. Definition of indices and metrics for benchmarking. User profiling and non-invasive load disaggregation. Pattern recognition algorithms to identify relevant and emergent behaviours, etc. 3. Smart grids and water distribution systems (H2020 RESOLVD Grant Agreement 773715, E-LAND Grant Agreement 824388): fault detection and diagnostic in distribution lines. Multivariate statistical analysis of measurements and reconstruction. Optimisation methods for resource allocation and location problems in smart grids and/or water distribution systems (demand and generation). Develop and adapt artificial intelligence technologies and solutions to increase the level of automation of electricity grids and water distribution systems. Development of optimization and scheduling methods for operating the flexibility of a grid with renewable energy sources, storage (EVs, batteries, etc.) and demand response to prevent critical events. Development of optimization and scheduling methods for operating virtual power plants.

5. Who can apply?

At the deadline for the submission of proposals (11/09/2019), researchers (*):

“EXPRESSION OF INTEREST” FOR HOSTING MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE FELLOWS CALL FOR PROPOSALS MSCA-IF-2019

 Shall be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience;  Must not have resided or carried out their main activities in the country of Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the abovementioned deadline;  Skills/Qualifications: o Driven by results: you are motivated by obtaining concrete results and you like to make a difference for the team you work in. o Team player: you can work independently, but you also appreciate collaboration. You are open-minded and have no fear of expressing your opinion in a constructive way. o A passion for research: you understand that Medicine and Healthcare need to face the challenges posed by society. You understand that the electricity and water systems need to change and new solutions are needed to permit the distribution systems face the challenges posed by society and environment. o Clear and effective verbal and written communication. o Analytical, bright and intelligent.  Specific Requirements: o Computer Science PhD or equivalent o We expect applicants to be proficient at least in a programming language (e.g. Python, Matlab, Java, C, R, …) o Experience in participating in H2020 projects

6. Contact person

- Medicine/healthcare: [email protected]

- Smart cities/smart grids/water distribution systems: [email protected], [email protected]

-Administrative support: [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 1/06/2019

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Department of Medical Sciences Research Group: TransLab Address: Carrer d'Emili Grahit, 77, 17071 Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 972 41 96 16 Web address: www.udg-edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

About TransLab: TransLab is a small and relatively young research group of the Department of Medical Sciences. Currently, TranLab is comprised by 5 senior and one pre-doctoral researchers. We have carried out multidisciplinary clinical research in collaboration with clinicians working in the health system as well as researchers from biomedical research institutions. During our short live we have published over 20 scientific articles and directed 15 doctoral theses and master's theses.

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☒ Mathematics (MAT) ☒ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main reseach lines of interest

TransLab’s main research interests are:

“EXPRESSION OF INTEREST” FOR HOSTING MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE FELLOWS CALL FOR PROPOSALS MSCA-IF-2019

 To facilitate that health decision-making is systematic and based on scientific evidence  To improve patients’ health literacy and empowerment  To promote patients’ involvement in medical-decision making  To study the efficacy and safety of therapeutic interventions

We have applied these interests in the following medical fields:  Psychiatry and mental health  Neurology  Cardiovascular diseases  Drug safety

5. Who can apply?

It will also be valuable that the candidate has:  a PhD in informatics engineering, applied mathematics or statistics  expertise in machine learning  programming skills with Python, Java, R.

6. Contact person

Candidates may contact: Xavier Castells at [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 01/07/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Panel Mathematics (MAT) Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

2. Brief Description of the Institution

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☒ Mathematics (MAT) ☒ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main reseach lines of interest

TransLab’s main research interests are:

“EXPRESSION OF INTEREST” FOR HOSTING MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE FELLOWS CALL FOR PROPOSALS MSCA-IF-2019

We have applied these interests in the following medical fields:  Psychiatry and mental health  Neurology  Cardiovascular diseases  Drug safety

5. Who can apply?

It will also be valuable that the candidate has:  a PhD in informatics engineering, applied mathematics or statistics  expertise in machine learning  programming skills with Python, Java, R.

6. Contact person

Candidates may contact: Xavier Castells at [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 01/07/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

2. Brief Description of the Institution

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☒ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☒ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main research lines of interest

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The main research lines are epidemiology, statistics and econometrics, applied econometrics and maps of crime risk.

5. Who can apply?

2.- PhD in Bioinformatics or Bioengineering  3.- Others such as:

- PhD in Statistics, PhD in Mathematics, PhD in Engineering - Computing skills (simulation, programming, etc.)

6. Contact person

If you need to know more information about the project, you can contact the IP of the project Dr. Marc Saez ([email protected] ).

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Other, please mention - Deadline: 1/06/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department: Computer Science, Applied Mathematics and Statistics Research Group: Compositional Data Analysis Address: Campus Montilivi. Edifici P4. Carrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany i Farnés, 61 17003 Girona (Spain) E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34 972418417 Web address: www.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group:

The central idea that unifies the Group is the statistical analysis of compositional data. In Geology, Petrology, Chemistry, Economics, Archaeometry, etc. we are used to work with vectors whose components represent relative parts of a whole. In fact, we are working with the mathematical foundations under the statistical analysis of this kind of data, and also with some of their wide-range applications.

From the vast workings of professor J. Aitchison in this field, built up from a statistical point of view since the early eighties, we have seen that rigorous mathematical foundations are needed to properly understand and apply these techniques. We base them in the definition of a geometric structure for the Simplex (the support space of compositional data). Afterwards, traditional statistical techniques (cluster, discriminant, factor analysis, regression models, etc.) are being adapted to this structure: we are covering both their real- case application and theoretical development, from measure theory or algebraic geometry to differential calculus in the simplex.

Furthermore, we are developing our own statistical package, the CoDaPack, due the total lack of a specific and user-friendly software intended to treat compositional data. For more information visit our CoDaweb: http://www.compositionaldata.com.

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3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO)  ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main research lines of interest

The CoDa-research group activities basically focus on the societal challenges: “Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing” and “Digital economy, society and culture”. Besides, the CoDa-research group also deals with the resolution of problems associated to other societal challenges. The origin of the research lines of the group trace back to the end of the 19th century when K. Pearson warns of the dangers of the spurious correlation. In the eighties J. Aitchison presents a methodology for the statistical analysis of compositional data. He defines the simplex as the sample space for Coda: vectors of positive components with constant sum (e.g., 100%). The relative nature of the information contained in a composition suggests that, when comparing two compositions (distance) and when analysing the association between the parts of a composition (correlation), one has to use ratios, between rows or columns of the data matrix respectively. When taking logarithms, the log-ratios are defined in all the real space. The metric structure of the sample space leads us to the create log-ratio coordinates in an orthonormal basis for the representation of compositional vectors. Following the principle ‘working on coordinates’, a compositional analysis use the classical methods on these coordinates. Because the compositions are equivalence classes of vectors in the positive Real space, the compositional analysis of data is a methodology to those analysts interested in the study of the relative information of the parts, without the sum constraint restriction. This proposal extends the use of the compositional methods and opens a door for a general use in other fields. In addition, to have more complete data information, the compositional analysis has to be complemented with the information as regards to the ‘compositional total’. The goals proposed for the next few years can be classified in the three general objectives:  advance the available methodology for taking a compositional approach to modelling and analysis of high-dimensional data with applications on genetics, omics and health sciences;  develop techniques for optimising the information in the compositional analyses, with applications in engineering, industry, and health sciences; and  adapt compositional methodology to the common problems in financial ratio analysis and economic and social indicators. These goals form part of the following research lines:  Determination of physical activity trajectories; Fundamentals on constrained optimization; DOE and Health sciences applications; Methods for absolute zeros; Predictive modelling of livestock methane emissions; Distances in microbiome; Canonical principal balances; GLM using LRNM; Propensity score. Financial log-ratio

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definition; Geometrical extension for more constraints; Developing graphical tools for management; and Predict financial statement structure. 5. Who can apply?

At the deadline for the submission of proposals (11/09/2019), researchers (*):  shall be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience;  must not have resided or carried out their main activities in the country of Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the abovementioned deadline;  statisticians and applied scientists of any field, in particular engineering geologists, geologists, economics, scientists, environmental engineers, and bio&environmental scientists, working in academic or industrial institutions, are strongly encouraged to apply. It is recommended that candidates have undergone some first semester courses on statistics, algebra and calculus. Basic knowledge about multivariate statistics may also be handy.

6. Contact person

- Prof. Dr. J.A. Martín-Fernández [email protected] http://ima.udg.edu/~jamf/

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Other, please mention - Deadline: 01/06/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Panel Chemistry (CHE) Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) Swart group Campus Montilivi (Ciències) c/ M.A. Capmany 69 17003 Girona Spain [email protected] Tel: +34 972 418861 / +34 972 418357 (Secr.) Web address: IQCC.udg.edu / www.marcelswart.eu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: Prof. Swart works in the field of theoretical (bio)inorganic chemistry with a focus on catalysis, spin states and spectroscopy. He develops the research tools for transition-metal chemistry including spin-state consistent density functionals (SSB-D, S12g), and improved geometry optimization/transition-state search techniques within his QUILD program. Through detailed chemical bonding analyses he provides insights into the origins for the fascinating properties observed for high-valent metal species. He has an extensive network of collaborations with experimental groups (Browne, Garcia-Bosch, Grobert, Gruden, McDonald, McKenzie, Que, Ray, Sarkar), form which the project will benefit.

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3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☒ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☐ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

4. Main reseach lines of interest

It has long been recognized that metal spin states play a central role in the reactivity of important biomolecules and in inorganic chemistry catalysis. Molecules with different numbers of unpaired electrons, hence with different spin states, have distinct geometric structures, energetic properties and reactivity. Elucidating the role and effect of different spin states on the properties of a system is presently one of the most challenging endeavors both from an experimental and theoretical point-of-view. This is in particular true for reaction mechanisms where the spin-state and/or oxidation state of a metal can change during the reaction.

Within the Swart group we are focusing on how the spin state and oxidation state influences the reactivity and spectroscopy of transition-metal complexes. A variety of interesting topics are studied such as antioxidant biomimetic complexes for catalase activity, oxidation reactions of (high-valent) metal-oxo species, and what is the role on these of Lewis acids.

Accurate descriptions of the energy surfaces and how these are determined by the spin and oxidation states, need accurate descriptions of the spin-state energies. Within our group we have studied this extensively through newly constructed density functionals (e.g. S12g). This leads to well-defined and accurate descriptions of both the geometric and electronic structure of transition-metal complexes, based on either manganese, cobalt, iron, copper or nickel. Much of our work is highlighted in an Accounts of Chemical Research (www.dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00271), and in the recently published Wiley book on “Spin states in Biochemistry and inorganic chemistry: Influence on Structure and Reactivity” (www.dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118898277).

5. Who can apply?

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6. Contact person

Prof. Marcel Swart ICREA Research Professor at UdG

Web: http://iqcc.udg.edu/wordpress/portfolio/marcel-swart/ http://www.marcelswart.eu

Mail: [email protected] Twitter: @Marcel_Swart

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: July 1, 2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department: Chemistry Research Group: LIPPSO Address: Facultat de Ciències, Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69, 17003 Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 972418274 Web address: www.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: Laboratori d’Innovació en Processos i Productes de Síntesi Orgànica (LIPPSO) The LIPPSO group, assigned to the Chemistry Department, is recognized as a Consolidated Research Group by the Catalan Government since 2009. The main research topic of the group is the synthesis of biologically active compounds with a peptidic or heterocyclic structure. In particular, the group is currently involved in projects centered on the development of antimicrobial peptides as candidates to control plant diseases of economic importance. This research has led to the identification of families of synthetic peptides with high antimicrobial activity or high ability to induce plant defense responses, low toxicity and high stability to protease degradation. We also collaborate in projects aimed at studying the antitumor activity of peptides and polyphenolic compounds. All these topics are integrated in basic research projects or in technology transfer activities.

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4. Main reseach lines of interest

 Synthesis of antimicrobial peptides and pseudopeptides and evaluation of their activity as agents to control plant diseases of economic importance  Synthesis of peptides and pseudopeptides with antitumor activity  Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds with biological activity  Development of new synthetic methodologies of peptides bearing non-natural amino acids and their subsequent application to Combinatorial Chemistry

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

Marta Planas ([email protected])

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 30/06/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department: Department of Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry) Research Group: Catalysis and Sustainability Address: Edifici Ciències. Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69. Campus Montilivi. 17003, Girona E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +34 972 418 262 Web address: www.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: The Catalysis and Sustainability research group focuses on the synthesis and characterization of transition metal complexes, to carry out catalytic processes of industrial interest, from a basic research point of view. Its work focuses on the basis of the chemical sustainability, minimizing the environmental impact arising from the use of chemical oxidants and polluting solvents. Additionally, the research group also investigates new strategies to immobilize homogeneous catalysts onto different types of supports. Heterogenization is a suitable way to extend the practical advantages presented by homogeneous catalysis, broadening its scope and contributing to the sustainability of the processes. This heterogenization is carried out by the functionalization of ligands and / or complexes with suitable linkers to be anchored on different supports such as magnetic nanoparticles coated with silica, and graphene, among others.

The Catalysis and Sustainability research group is supervised by Dr. M. Isabel Romero and Dr. Montserrat Rodríguez. The group was born in 2005 and has obtained funding projects from the Spanish State and from the AGAUR (Generalitat de Catalunya). The team has also trained 11 PhD students, directed several final master and final degree projects, which have led to remarkable number of international publications. These publications are mostly from first quartile. The team keeps international and national collaborations that yield an outstanding research activity despite its relatively small dimension and short life.

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Equipment available in the group: - UV-vis spectrophotometer equipped with external probes and a 'unisoku' system for temperature control - A GC with FID detector and automatic sampler - An analytical balance - Two potentiostats - Two vacuum lines for work in an inert atmosphere - A Radley carousel system to carry out up to 12 simultaneous reactions - Two rotary evaporators with diaphragm pump - One IR equipped with an ATR reading system and another for monitoring kinetics in solution - A centrifuge - Syringe pump infusion and high precision - Xenon lamp (150, Hamamtsu L8253), equipped with a UV filter system - Oxygraph Plus oxygen consumption measuring device.

Equipment of the STR (Technical Research Services, with payment for samples analyzed): - Monocrystal and powder X-ray diffractometer - 300 and 400 MHz NMR with automatic sampling system - Mass spectrometry service including MALDI-TOF, ESI and GC-MS - Elemental analysis TEM, SEM and thermogravimetry microscopy service.

4. Main research lines of interest - Design and development of transition metal compounds to be applied in catalytic and photocatalytic processes of industrial interest using clean and sustainable conditions that mimic, in some cases, natural systems that carry out similar transformations. - Development of methodologies to immobilize catalysts based on transition metals on different types of supports, and the application of these systems in heterogeneous catalytic processes. 5. Who can apply? At the deadline for the submission of proposals (11/09/2019), researchers:  shall be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience in Chemistry.  must not have resided or carried out their main activities in Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the abovementioned deadline;  shall have knowledge and experience in: inorganic and organic chemistry, as well as, in catalysis.

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6. Contact person - Maria Isabel Romero – [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Two recommendation letters from other researchers - Deadline: 31/05/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Panel Economic Sciences (ECO) Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department Department of Economics Research Group: Economic Analysis Address, Carrer de la Universitat E-mail Tel: 972418719 Web address: www.udg.edu https://www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrecerca/GRAE

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: Economic analysis

https://www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrecerca/GRAE

http://www2.udg.edu/grupsrecerca/GEIP/Membres/tabid/18390/language/en- US/Default.aspx

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) ☒ Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

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4. Main research lines of interest

Research lines: Energy Economics, Public Decision Making and the Government Quality, Environmental and Resource Economics, Inequality and Low-income and Labor Economics

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

- Scientific in charge

Renan Goetz, Department of Economics, Universitat de Girona [email protected]

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 01/07/2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Positions - Expression of Interest for hosting Fellows

1. Interested host institution: Universitat de Girona Institut / Department: Research in Tourism Research Group: LMRT (Multidisciplinary Research group in Tourism) Address: Plaça Ferrater Mora, 1, 17004 Girona, Spain E-mail : [email protected] Tel: +34 972419719 Web address: www.udg.edu

2. Brief Description of the Institution

Research Group: Laboratori Multidisciplinar de Recerca en Turisme (Interdisciplinary Research group in Tourism)

3. Please tick the areas of research (as established in Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions) ☐ Chemistry (CHE) ☐ Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) ☐ Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) ☐ Life Sciences (LIF) x Economic Sciences (ECO) ☐ Mathematics (MAT) ☐ Information Science and Engineering (ENG) ☐ Physics (PHY)

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4. Main reseach lines of interest

- Tourism Demand, - Tourism Destination management and sustainability - Corporate Social Responsibility with employees/job quality

5. Who can apply?

6. Contact person

Esther Martinez Garcia

7. Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

- CV - Letter of interest - Deadline: 24th June 2019

Please note that:

 Deadline of the next call for proposals for Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowships is September, 11th 2019.

(*) Further details on the Call and additional eligibility criteria can be found on the Participants´Portal