RESEARCH LINES

ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGIES DIVISION

1.- Development and application of analytical methodologies based on the use of nanomaterials and liquid and solid-phase microextraction techniques for the extraction of pesticides, antibiotics, estrogenic compounds and phthalates from environmental and food matrices.

2.- Development of Green Analytical Chemistry methodologies.

3.- Synthesis and application of new polymers for analytical applications. 

MICROPLASTICS DIVISION

1.- Study of the presence of microplastics in the environment.

2.- Monitoring of environmental contaminants in microplastics, water and sea sand.

3.- Determination of the microplastic content in living organisms.

4.- Improving analytical methodologies for microplastics detection. 

SOIL QUALITY DIVISION

1.- Studies of soil and water resources quality.

2.- Determination of contaminants in the soil ecosystem.

3.- Impact assessment of the use of non-conventional water resources in agriculture.

4.- Development of regenerative agriculture and ecosystem restoration processes.  

ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION

1.- Study of the presence of microorganisms in microplastics, water and sand.

2.- Study of multiantibiotic resistance microorganisms in microplastics, water and sand.

3.- Study of microplastics implications in human health.

4.- Environmental and occupational health quality and safety. 

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