Education

 

·         Ph.D. Thesis, Institut d’Investigacions Químiques i Ambientals del Consell Superior d’Investigacions Científiques (IIQAB-CSIC), University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain, December 1999.

 

·         Master Thesis, Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain, December 1996.

 

·         B.S. in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain, July 1994.

 

 

Research Experience

 

March 2008-present: Professional Research Associate at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.  Chief Analyst of the Center for Environmental Mass Spectrometry at the University of Colorado.

 

April 2003-March 2008: Associate Professor Researcher at the University of Almería in Almería, Spain.

 

January 2000-January 2003: Post-doctoral research fellow at the National Water Quality Laboratory of the U.S. Geological Survey in Denver, Colorado, USA and at Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado, USA).  Sponsors: Dr. Edward T. Furlong and Prof. Kent J. Voorhees.  Performed research into the development of LC/MS/MS methodologies for organic contaminants in the environment.

 

July 1995-December 1999: Ph. D. student at the Environmental Chemistry Department of the IIQAB-CSIC in Barcelona, Spain.  Advisor: Prof. Damià Barceló.  “Development of methodologies involving solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography for the monitoring of pesticides and metabolites in natural waters”.

 

March-May 1997: visiting research scientist (as part of the Ph. D.) at the Organic Geochemistry Laboratory of the U.S. Geological Survey in Lawrence, Kansas (USA) carrying out analysis of herbicides by high-performance-liquid-chromatography (HPLC).

 

July 1994-July 1995: Master thesis at the Environmental Chemistry Department of the IIQAB-CSIC in Barcelona, Spain (advisor: Prof. Damià Barceló).  “Determination of pesticides in water by immunochemical and chromatographic techniques”.

 

May 1994: one month of training in the Analytical Chemistry Department at the University of Barcelona (UB) carrying out analysis of polycyclic hydrocarbons by gas chromatography (GC).

 

 

Keynote Lectures at Conferences

 

·         Keynote lecture at the “12^th Symposium on Sample Handling for Environmental and Biological Analysis”, Zaragoza, Spain, October 2006

·         Keynote lecture at the “2^nd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis”, Prague, Czech Republic, November 2005.

 

 

Invited Talks at Conferences

 

·         Agilent Technologies, 2010 (7^th Simposium de Instrumentación Analítica, Biociencias y Análisis Químicos), Mexico City, Mexico, July 2010.

·         Pittcon 2010 (61^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Orlando, FL, USA, February 2010.

·         IV Reunión Sociedad Española de Espectrometría de Masas-SEEM, Castellón de la Plana, Spain, October 2009.

·         Agilent Technical Forum on Mass Spectrometry at the 57^th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS), Philadelphia, PA, USA, May 2009.

·         Pittcon 2009 (60^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Chicago, IL, USA, March 2009.

·         45^th Annual Florida Pesticide Residue Workshop (FPRW), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA, July 2008.

·         Agilent Technical Forum on Mass Spectrometry at the 55^th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS), Indianapolis, IN, USA, June 2007.

·         Pittcon 2007 (58^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Chicago, IL, USA, March 2007.

·         6^th European Pesticide Residue Workshop, Corfu, Greece, June 2006.

·         Pittcon 2006 (57^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Orlando, FL, USA, March 2006.

·         Pittcon 2005 (56^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Orlando, FL, USA, February 2005.

·         5^th European Pesticide Residues Workshop: Pesticides in Food and Drink, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2004.

·         Pittcon 2004 (55^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Chicago, IL, USA, March 2004.

·         SACh Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, September 2003.

·         Pittcon 2003 (54^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Orlando, FL, USA, March 2003.

·         223^rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA, April 2002 (two lectures in different sessions).

·         Pittcon 2002 (53^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), New Orleans, LO, USA, March 2002.

·         21^st Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)”, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, November 2000.

·         7^th Symposium on the Chemistry and Fate of Modern Pesticides, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, September 1999.

·         Immunochemistry Summit VII & Third Workshop on Biosensors and Biological Techniques in Environmental Analysis, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, December 1998.

 

 

Other Talks at Conferences

 

·         58^th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS), Salt Lake City, UT, USA, May 2010.

·         2^nd International Conference on Occurrence, Fate, Effects, and Analysis of Emerging Contaminants in the Environment (EmCon), Fort Collins, CO, USA, August 2009.

·         American Water Works Association (AWWA) Research Symposium: Emerging Organic Contaminants, Austin, TX, USA, February 2009.

·         56^th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS), Denver, CO, USA, June 2008.

·         Pittcon 2008 (59^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), New Orleans, LA, USA, March 2008.

·         17^th International Mass Spectrometry Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, August 2006.

·         II Reunión de Espectrometría de Masas-SEEM, Barcelona, Spain, November 2004.

·         3^rd Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Society of Chromatography and Related Techniques, Almería, Spain, November 2003.

·         Chemical Analysis and Risk Assessment of Emerging Contaminants in Sediments and Dredged material”.  Barcelona, Spain, November 2002.

·         43^nd Rocky Mountain Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2001.

·         42^nd Rocky Mountain Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Broomfield, Colorado, USA, July 2000.

·         Fourth Workshop on Biosensors and Biological Techniques in Environmental Analysis, Maó, Menorca, Spain, December 1999.

·         The 9^th Symposium on Handling of Environmental and Biological Samples in Chromatography, Oporto, Portugal, October 1999.

·         2nd Euroconference on Environmental Analytical Chemistry.  Environmental Analytical Chemistry for the Protection of Sensitive Ecosystems, Córdoba, Spain, October 1998.

·         6^th Symposium on Chemistry and Fate of Modern Pesticides, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 1997.

 

 

Poster Presentations at Conferences

 

·         57^th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS), Philadelphia, PA, May-June 2009.

·         3^rd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis, Prague, Czech Republic, November 2007.

·         12^th Symposium on Sample Handling for Environmental and Biological Analysis, Zaragoza, Spain, October 2006.

·         17^th International Mass Spectrometry Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, August 2006.

·         6^th European Pesticide Residue Workshop, Corfu, Greece, June 2006.

·         Pittcon 2006 (57^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Orlando, FL, USA, March 2006.

·         2^nd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis, Prague, Czech Republic, November 2005.

·         Pittcon 2005 (56^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Orlando, FL, USA, February 2005.

·         21^st Symposium on Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS; SFC/MS; CE/MS; MS/MS), Montreux, Switzerland, November 2004.

·         51^th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS), Montreal, Canada, June 2003.

 

·         50^th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS), Orlando, Florida, USA, June 2002.

·         22^nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Baltimore, Maryland, USA, November 2001.

·         49^th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS), Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 2001.

·         10^th Symposium on Handling of Environmental and Biological Samples in Chromatography, Mainz, Germany, April 2001.

·         17^th Symposium on Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS; SFC/MS; CE/MS; MS/MS), Montreux, Switzerland, November 2000.

·         48^th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS), Long Beach, California, USA, June 2000.

·         9^as Jornadas de Análisis Instrumental (JAI), Expoquimía, Barcelona, Spain, November 1999.

·         15^th Symposium on Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS; SFC/MS; CE/MS; MS/MS), Montreux, Switzerland, November 1998.

·         V International Symposium on Analytical Methodology in the Environmental Field, La Coruña, Spain, April 1998.

·         European Workshop on Environmental Technologies 1997: Waste Water Treatment and Monitoring, Abatement of Emissions to the Atmosphere, Cleaner Technologies, Cranfield, Bedford, UK, December 1997.

·         8^th Symposium on Handling of Environmental and Biological Samples in Chromatography, Almería, Spain, October 1997.

·         4^th European Workshop on Biosensors for Environmental Monitroring, Barcelona, Spain, February 1996.

·         13 th. Symposium on Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS; SFC/MS; CE/MS; MS/MS), Montreux, Switzerland, November 1996.

·         8^as Jornadas de Análisis Instrumental (JAI), Expoquimía, Barcelona, Spain, October 1996.

·         26^th International Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Vienna, Austria, April 1996.

 

 

Invited Seminars

 

·         Weisser Analitica Group and University of Santiago de Chile, Chile, August 20^th 2009.

·         Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Salerno, Italy, May 14^th 2007.

·         Department of Analytical Chemistry, University “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy, May 11^th 2007.

·         Department of Chemistry, Universidad de Jaén, Spain, July 12^th 2005.

·         Agilent Technologies Santa Clara Site, Santa Clara, California, USA, February 7^th 2005.

·         Analytical Chemistry Department, University of Almería, Almería, Spain, September 29^th 2003.

·         Department of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA, February 15^th 2000.

·         EAWAG, Dübendorf, Switzerland, August 5^th 1999.

·         NWQL of the US Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado, USA, June 7^th 1999.

·         Organic Geochemistry Group, U.S. Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, May 22^nd 1997.

 

 

Teaching of Courses

 

·         Pittcon Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 17^th 2006

“Interpretation of Electrospray Mass Spectra of Small Molecules”

·         Agilent Technologies World Tour 2006, València, Spain, June 2006.

“Aplicación de técnicas de LC-MS para el análisis de microcontaminantes en alimentos y aguas”

·         Pittcon Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, February 28^th 2005.

“Interpretation of Electrospray Mass Spectra of Small Molecules”

·         ANECOOP site in Valencia, Spain, November 4^th 2004.

“Aplicación de LC/TOF/MS como método multi-residuos”

·         Pittcon Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, March 11^th 2004. 

“Interpretation of Electrospray Mass Spectra of Small Molecules”

·         Waters User’s Meeting at the 51^th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS), Montreal, Canada, June 2003.

·         University of Oviedo, Spain, May 11-15^th 1998. 

“Control analítico de la contaminación ambiental: instrumentos necesarios y su implantación en el sistema de calidad”

·         University of Almeria, Spain, October 23-25th 1997. 

“Short Course on Handling of Environmental Samples”

 

 

Organization of Symposia and International Conferences

 

·         Pittcon 2009 (60^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Chicago, IL, USA, March 2009.  “Achievements and Challenges in Mass Spectrometry III”.

·         Pittcon 2008 (59^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), New Orleans, LA, USA, March 2008.  “Achievements and Challenges in Mass Spectrometry II”.

·         Pittcon 2007 (58^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Chicago, IL, USA, March 2007.  “Achievements and Challenges in Mass Spectrometry I”.

·         4^th European Conference on Pesticides and Related Organic Micropollutants in the Environment and 10^th Symposium on Chemistry and Fate of Modern Pesticides, Almería, Spain, November 26-29^th 2006.

·         Pittcon 2006 (57^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Orlando, FL, USA, March 2006.  “Liquid Chromatography/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry and Other New LC-MS Methods for the Analysis of Pesticides and Pharmaceuticals in Food and Water”

·         Pittcon 2005 (56^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Orlando, FL, USA, February 2005.  “Liquid Chromatography/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Accurate Mass Analysis of Pesticides and Pharmaceuticals in Food and Water”

·         Pittcon 2004 (55^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Chicago, IL, USA, March 2004.  “Accurate Mass Analysis of Pharmaceuticals and Hormones in Environmental Samples by Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (Time-of-Flight and Quadrupole-Time-of-Flight, LC/MS TOF and Q-TOF)”

·         3^rd Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Society of Chromatography and Related Techniques and 3^rd Waste Water Cluster European Workshop, Almería, Spain, November 19-21^st 2003.

·         Pittcon 2003 (54^th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Orlando, FL, USA, March 2003. “Identification and Discovery of Emerging Contaminants by Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)”.

·         223^rd American Chemical Society National Meeting (ACS), Orlando, Florida, USA, April 7-11^th 2002.  Session on “Analysis of Emerging Contaminants Using LC/MS/MS”.

·         Fourth Workshop on Biosensors and Biological Techniques in Environmental Analysis, Maó, Menorca, Spain, December 1-3^rd 1999.

 

 

Professional Activities

 

·         Member of the Spanish Society for Mass Spectrometry (SEEM).

·         Frequent referee of journal papers for Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Science & Technology, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Journal of Mass Spectrometry, Journal of Chromatography A, Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry…

·         Peer reviewer of research proposals to the Spanish Ministery of Education (MEC) through the ANEP (Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y prospective).

·         Ph. D. committee member of Maria Ibánez, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain, February 15^th 2006.

·         Ph. D. committee member of Núria Fontanals, Universitat Rovira y Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, February 18^th 2005.

 

 

Awards and Honors

 

·         José Castillejo Travel Fellowship for Visiting Scientist, November 2007.

·         Ramón y Cajal Post-doctoral Fellowship, declined 2003.

·         Fullbright Visiting Scientist Program between Spain and USA (years 1999 and 2001).

·         Best poster award at the “9^as Jornadas de Análisis Instrumental (JAI), Expoquimía”, Barcelona, Spain, November 1999.

·         Accelerated paper in Analytical Chemistry, November 1997, v. 69, p. 4508-4514.