Moreau Xavier

Moreau Xavier

Professor, Environmental Toxicologist, Head of TPE Department

HEALTH, VSES

One Health

After a PhD in Neuroscience at the Université de la Méditerranée in Marseille on the neurobiology of serotonergic systems and the thyroid axis, I turned to the neurobiology of marine and freshwater crustaceans (ATER Université de Provence). Recruited as a Senior Lecturer, I took part in the development of biomarkers for environmental diagnosis and tools for assessing the effects of natural or man-made disturbances on freshwater invertebrates. At IMBE, I am developing multi-scale approaches (genotoxicity, biochemical and morphological damage, metabolomics, etc.) in an invertebrate model, the freshwater hydra, to identify biological responses to pollutants (pesticides, PAHs, trace metals, etc.) or emerging contaminants (drugs, endocrine disruptors, PFAS, etc.) and to improve our knowledge of the environmental effects of mixtures at low concentrations.

  • 2023-2024 - University Professor - Aix-Marseille University
  • 2019-2023 - Senior Lecturer - Aix-Marseille University
  • 2002-2019 - Associate Professor - University of Provence, Aix-Marseille University
  • 2001-2002 - Temporary Teaching and Research Associate - University of Provence, Aix-Marseille 1
  • 2008 - Habilitation to supervise research - University of Provence, Aix Marseille 1
  • 2000 - Doctoral thesis (Neuroscience) - Université de la Méditerranée, Aix Marseille 2
  • 1995 - DEA in Neuroscience - Université de la Méditerranée, Aix Marseille 2
  • 1993 - Master's degree in Physiology-Pharmacology - University of Montpellier 2
  • 1991 - Bachelor's degree in Cell Biology - University of Montpellier 2
  • 1990 - DEUG Life Sciences - University of Montpellier 2
  • Environmental toxicology
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Neuroendocrinology of invertebrates
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • ELISA techniques

ANR LICOCO 2027 Toxic effects of mixtures containing chlordecone. Analysis of the scientific discourse surrounding the pesticide

EDIFIERS ADEME 2027 Toxicological characterisation of organic species emitted by fumes from road materials incorporating asphalt aggregates

MATISSE AMIDEX 2026 Assessment of the toxic effect of mixtures containing PFAS

PRESERVE 2025 Assessment of the effects of mixtures of pollutants in wastewater and rivers in the Aix-Marseille Provence Metropolitan Area