Project cooperationUpdated on 3 February 2026
Consortium/coordinators seeks partners: HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-02
PhD at AIMPLAS
Valencia, Spain
About
Consortium/coordinators seeks partners: AIMPLAS (Technological Institute of Plastics) is a non-profit research and technology centre with strong expertise in materials innovation, circular economy and plastic pollution prevention.
AIMPLAS actively participates in Horizon Europe and Mission Ocean projects, contributing applied R&D, pilot validation and strong industrial links to support nature-positive solutions addressing aquatic pollution and biodiversity loss from source to sea.
Biography: PhD in Applied Biology with a background in Marine Biology and Ecology.
Researcher at AIMPLAS, specialized in microplastics, emerging contaminants and aquatic pollution assessment, contributing to EU-funded collaborative R&I projects aligned with Mission Ocean and Zero Pollution.
Stage
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- Design - setting the project scope
- Drafting - writing the project proposal
- Completing the consortia
Topic
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-02: Addressing aquatic pollution and biodiversity loss through nature positive solutions in the land-sea connection
Type
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
Organisation
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- Completing the consortia
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
- Design - setting the project scope
- Drafting - writing the project proposal
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- Ideation - identifying the project idea
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Federica Mazzanti
European Policies and Social Innovation Consultant at RESOLVE Srl SB
Padova, Italy
Project cooperation
Expertise offer: Plastic degradation mechanisms and microplastic detection
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-02: Addressing aquatic pollution and biodiversity loss through nature positive solutions in the land-sea connection
Florian Bittner
Head of Department Material Testing at Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy
Garbsen, Germany