Emma Leone, a first-year PhD student in the EECAR team, wins a prize!

Emma Léonea doctoral student in the first year of her thesis in the EECAR to theUMR IMBE-IUT d'Avignon University won the prize for best oral paper at the de la French Society for Fundamental and Applied Ecotoxicology which took place in La Roche-Sur-Yon from 1 to 4 July 2025.

His paper looked at the very long-term effects of soil contamination following the burning of munitions in a protected natural area, the Crau plain in the Bouches-du-Rhône département.

Half of his research is supported by the Sud-PACA region via the "Emplois Jeunes Doctorants" scheme and the company RSK-France.

His work is also the fruit of collaboration between three UMR, LCE, LPED and IMBE and should lead to the implementation of operations to rehabilitate and ecologically restore polluted sites.

Our heartfelt congratulations go to Emma on winning this award for her first oral presentation at a conference!