Josep Caixach Gamisans
3163 - 3112
josep.caixach@idaea.csic.es
ORCID:
0000-0003-2326-9443
Research group: Geochemistry and Pollution
Degree in Chemical Sciences from the University of Barcelona (1968-1974).
Associate Professor in organic chemistry from the University of Barcelona (1975-1981).
PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Barcelona (1981).
Post Doctoral from IIQAB-CSIC / CNRS (Lyon) (1982-1987).
At present Dr. Caixach is research scientist and head of Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry-Organic Pollutants at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Studies IDAEA-CSIC (Barcelona, Spain).
His scientific focus is the development and application of analytical methodologies based in the most recent mass spectrometry techniques for the study of relevant/emerging & priority organic compounds, both in environmental samples and food matrices. Another field of application is the study of the fate of organic pollutants and degradation products in advanced water treatment processes: wastewater, desalination, drinking and reclaimed water. We have specialized in the families of Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs), aquatic toxins: microcystins and marine toxins (PLTX, Ciguatoxins...).
The main research activity is the development and application of HRMS through the most powerful analysers (FT-ICR, FT-Orbitrap, and TOF) in matrices type NOM (natural organic matter), lipidomic, in collaboration with national and foreign groups. Nowadays, their research group is approaching different challenges related with the concern of identification of “know-unknowns” compounds.
Regarding to R & D, the main activity is the development of the analytical methodologies for organic contaminants included in the Water Framework Directive, commissioned by the Ministry of the Environment / Spanish General Direction of Water, and the study and evolution of these contaminants in the water treatment processes for the main European and national water companies.
Dr. Josep Caixach is reviewer of the most common analytical and environmental chemistry journals and member of: the American and Spanish Societies of Mass Spectrometry; the Spanish Society of Chromatography and Related Techniques; the Consolidated Research Group (GRC) on Toxic Microalgae and Associated Toxins recognized by the Generalitat de Catalunya (2017-2019); and the Iberian Networks of Cyanotoxin and Toxic Algae and Biotoxins.
Prenatal exposure to poly- and perfluorinated substances (PFAS) in drinking water and neurodevelopment in early life.
The objectives of this project are:
Evaluate exposure during pregnancy to poly- and perfluorinated substances (PFASs) in drinking water.
Estimate the contribution of drinking water to the total exposure burden.
Estimate the association with neurodevelopment at 6 months in the framework of the BISC project (Barcelona Life Study Cohort).
ISGlobal, ASPB, IDAEA-CSIC
Start Date: 01/01/2021 – End Date: 31/12/2023
Project Leader: Cintia Flores Rubio
Funding: National Project
Ciguarisk
Food risks associated with ciguatoxins: monitoring and tracking the toxins and toxin-producing organisms in marine ecosystems (CIGUARISK). This project focuses on the risk characterization of ciguatera food poisoning in the Balearic Island and the Canary Island.
SubProject 1: Spatio-temporal dynamics of ciguatoxin-producing microalgae in marine ecosystems and transfer of ciguatoxins through the food web (CIGUATROFIC)
SubProject 2: Ciguatoxin in food web: a controlled study of bioaccumulation in fish species (CIGUAFOOD)
The partners belong to five research centers from three national institutions from Spain:
IRTA, ULPG, Banco Español de Algas, IUSA, OCHABs, IDAEA-CSIC
Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Start Date: 01/07/2020 – End Date: 30/06/2023
Project Leader: Cintia Flores Rubio
Funding: National Project
https://ciguarisk.es/
EXPOPLAS
Assessment of human exposure to chemical additives associated with plastics
The general objective of EXPOPLAS is to assess the human exposure to chemical additives associated with plastics and to identify: i) chemical contaminants to which we are most exposed, ii) main routes of exposure, iii) most contaminated food items, the processes and treatments that lead to greater contamination of foodstuff, iv) main sources of inhalable contaminants in indoor and outdoor environments.
Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (CGL2016-79132-R)
Start Date: 01/06/2020 – End Date: 31/05/2023
Project Leader: Teresa Moreno Pérez , Ethel Eljarrat Esebag
Funding: National Project
AiguaBCN
El proyecto AiguaBCN construirá un mapa con las concentraciones de los contaminantes emergentes presentes en el agua de consumo de Barcelona y servirá para estudiar sus efectos sobre la salud.
Medirá estos contaminantes emergentes en el agua potable de la ciudad de Barcelona y creará un mapa de concentraciones. Para hacerlo, tomará muestras de agua del grifo de 42 hogares (uno por código postal), de modo que quede representada la geografía de la ciudad.
Cuantificará la contribución del agua potable a la dosis interna de PFASs y HAAs recogiendo muestras de orina de 42 personas voluntarias residentes en los puntos de muestreo de agua del grifo.
Evaluará la neurotoxicidad del agua del grifo mediante ensayos in vitro y cuantificará la contribución de PFASs, BPA, NP, HAAs, clorado y clorito a la neurotoxicidad in vitro de muestras de agua potable.
Funding: El proyecto está financiado por el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona y la Fundación ”la Caixa” (Plan de Ciencia de Barcelona), y está coordinado por ISGlobal junto con el Instituto de Diagnóstico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA-CSIC) y la Universidad Rovira i Virgili. También cuenta con la colaboración del Instituto Catalán de Investigación del Agua (ICRA) y el Centro de Investigación Ambiental de Helmholtz (UFZ), Alemania.