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ROSA MARIA MARCÉ

Is Full Professor in Analytical Chemistry at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona since 2010. Her main scientific interest is the development of new chromatographic methods to determine organic contaminants in environmental samples. This interest includes the improvement of the extraction techniques and the development and application of new materials for sorptive extraction methods, which, combined with high-tech chromatography-mass spectrometry techniques, can solve environmental analytical problems. She is vicechair of the Catalan Chemical Society, which is a member of the EuChemS.

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ELISABET FUGUET

Is Associate Professor at the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the University of Barcelona since 2014. Her research interests cover the characterization of chromatographic systems with the aim of emulating biological processes (biomimetic chromatography) and the physicochemical characterization of drugs (acidity, solubility, lipophilicity, dissolution rate, and permeability) especially in biorelevant media. She is a member of the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona.

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MANEL ALCALÀ

Is Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona since 2009. He has also been an expert member of the European Pharmacopoeia of the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France) since 2014. His research interests focus on rapid analysis using vibrational spectroscopy and ion mobility spectrometry, followed by multivariate data analysis applied to pharmaceutical, chemical, petrochemical and food products and processes. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy.

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ANNA RIGOL

Is Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry of the University of Barcelona since 2003. Her expertise is in the development and application of analytical methods to study the behaviour of pollutants in the soil-water system, obtaining experimental and modelled soil-pollutant interaction parameters useful for risk assessment, and investigating the reuse of materials as sorbents to decrease the impact of pollutants in contaminated areas. She is a member of the Catalan Chemical Society, the Spanish Society of Radiological Protection and the Water Research Institute of the University of Barcelona.

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Is Serra Húnter Lecturer at the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the University of Barcelona since 2020. Previously, for almost 20 years she pursued her career as a researcher in the pharmaceutical company Almirall, S.A. focused on the study of the metabolism of drugs and bioanalysis. Her research interests also cover food analysis, including characterization, classification, and authentication of food products and fraud prevention and the recovery of bioactive compounds from agrifood waste. She is a member of the Research Institute in Food Nutrition and Food Safety.

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MANUELA HIDALGO

Is Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Girona since 2012. Her research activity focuses on the development of analytical methodologies for the determination of inorganic and organic species, mainly in environmental matrices. Many of these studies are centred on sample treatment methodologies, applied in combination with both spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques. Her interests include the behaviour and fate of pollutants in the environment, and innovative nature-based systems for wastewater treatment and water reuse. She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Frontiers in Analytical Science.

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SILVIA LACORTE

Is Full Professor at the Department of Environmental Chemistry of the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research from the Spanish Research Council (IDAEA-CSIC). She leads an interdisciplinary research group in the field of analytical and environmental sciences. Her main research interest is to evaluate the presence and impact of organic contaminants (including microplastics) in the environment and find solutions to mitigate the overwhelming problem of chemical pollution. Special effort is given to the protection of wildlife and natural resources. She is fellow of the Catalan Chemical Society, member of the Division of Chemistry and the Environment of the EuChemS and member of the Scientific Council of the Rovaltain Foundation (France).

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CRISTIAN GÓMEZ

Is Associate Professor at the Department of Analytical and Applied Chemistry of the Institut Químic de Sarrià-Ramon Llull University. He is part of the multidisciplinary research group GESPA (Environmental Process Engineering and Simulation Group - SGR 00321). His main research is to determine the presence of emerging and persistent organic pollutants (including microplastics) in the aquatic environment, to do a risk assessment and finally, apply different strategies to remove the contaminants from water systems. Moreover, in the last 10 years, he is working in the field of environmental omics studying the changes in the behaviour and metabolome of Daphnia magna and zebrafish after the exposure of contaminants and microplastics. He is Guest Editor of Molecules in the field of Analytical Science.

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