ComFuturo Research Fellow

Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC)

Biography

I am a ComFuturo research fellow at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC). Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Health (Munich, 2018-2022), a research associate at the University Hospital LMU-Munich (2017-2021), a “Juan de la Cierva” research fellow at the Department of Earth and Ocean Dynamics of the University of Barcelona (2016-2017) and at the IDAEA-CSIC in Barcelona (2006-2015).

My main research line is on the human biomonitoring of environmental pollutants in human populations, with substantial contributions on analytical chemistry, toxicology and environmental health. Due to my strong background in biostatistics, I design tailored data science techniques to apply them to the latest innovations in biomonitoring and the exposome.

Interests

  • Environmental Health
  • Human Biomonitoring
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Computational Biology

Education

  • PhD on Biomedicine, 2013

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra

  • Master in Laboratory Analysis, 2009

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra

  • Diploma on Advanced Studies in Public Health and Biomedical Research Methodology, 2007

    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

  • BSc in Human Biology, 2005

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Recent Publications

Correction: Human-Biomonitoring derived exposure and Daily Intakes of Bisphenol A and their associations with neurodevelopmental outcomes among children of the Polish Mother and Child Cohort Study

Abstract Background Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical mostly used in the manufacture of plastics, resins and thermal paper. …
Environmental Health (2023).
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Occupational and residential exposures to organophosphate and pyrethroid pesticides in a rural setting

Organophosphate (OP) and pyrethroid pesticides (PYR) are extensively used in agriculture, resulting in higher exposures among …
Environmental Research (2022).
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REPRO_PL-Polish Mother and Child Cohort-Exposure, Health Status, and Neurobehavioral Assessments in Adolescents-Design and Cohort Update

Abstract Early life is a crucial window of opportunity to improve health across the life course. The prospective cohort study design is …
Int J Environ Res Public Health (2022).
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Influence of gestational weight gain on the organochlorine pollution content of breast milk

Abstract Background: Transplacental transfer and breastfeeding are the main transport routes of organic pollutants into children at the …
Environmental Research (2022).
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Prenatal exposure to neurotoxic metals and micronutrients and neurodevelopmental outcomes in early school age children from Poland

Abstract Exposure to environmental factors, such as neurotoxic metals and micronutrients, during critical periods of development can …
Environmental Research (2022).
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HPV Type Distribution in HIV Positive and Negative Women With or Without Cervical Dysplasia or Cancer in East Africa

Background: Women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are at increased risk to develop cervical cancer (CC), which is caused by …
Frontiers in Oncology (2021).
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Head-to-head evaluation of seven different seroassays including direct viral neutralisation in a representative cohort for SARS-CoV-2

Background In the 2nd year of the COVID-19 pandemic, knowledge about the dynamics of the infection in the general population is still …
Journal of General Virology (2021).
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Awards and Recognitions

Extraordinary PhD Award for the thesis Patterns of accumulation of persistent organic pollutants in human populations. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). 04/2014

Environmental Sciences Award for the publication of Impacts of atmospheric chlor-alkali factory emissions in surrounding populations. Catalan College of Environmentalists (COAMB). 11/2014

Seal of Excellence for the project proposal 799186, ICRAPLAS, delivered by the European Commission (EC). 03/2018

Critics Award for Research (Sciences) for the book “Natura, ús a abús, (2018-2019) Llibre Blanc de la Gestió de la Natura” [“Nature, use or abuse, (2018-2019) White Paper on Nature Management”]. Serra d’Or Journal. 09/2021

Seal of Excellence for the project proposal 101065100, ICRAPLASP, delivered by the European Commission. 05/2022

Grants / Scholarships

Beatriu de Pinós Grant

Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR). Government of Catalonia. 03/2023 - 02/2026

NeuroHiPo (Sinergy Project)

Severo Ochoa Excellence Programme. Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC). Project entitled: “Impact of air pollution on childhood development in a highly-polluted European country”. 01/2022 - 06/2023

Talent Attraction Call

Severo Ochoa Excellence Programme. Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC). 03/2022-02/2023.

Joachim Herz Foundation

Add-on Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Science. Joachim Herz Foundation (JHS). 11/2019-01/2021

WiFoFoMed Call (Promotion of Science and Research)

University Hospital LMU-Munich. Project entitled: “Exposure to EDCs and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in a Birth Cohort”. 01/2018 - 12/2018.

LMU Excellence

Travel Grant for postdoctoral researchers. Institutional Strategy LMUexcellent. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU). 05/2018.

Travel Grant for postdoctoral researchers. Institutional Strategy LMUexcellent. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU). 05/2017.

Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellowship

Spanish Ministry of Science. 01/2016 - 12/2017.

JAE-CSIC Predoctoral Fellowship

Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). 07/2008 - 10/2012.

PhD Thesis

Phd Thesis

PhD thesis cover

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