Manuel García Vara
437903
manuel.garcia@idaea.csic.es
ORCID:
0000-0002-0116-1880
Research group: Water, Environmental and Food Chemistry (ENFOCHEM)
Environmental scientist specialized in the determination of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in different environmental matrices based on liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques. From target analysis of pesticides or pharmaceuticals in waters, soils or plant origin foods to non-target and suspect screening approaches for qualitative and semi-quantitative purposes. Moreover, during my PhD period, I have worked on the detection and identification of new transformation products through non-target and MS2 fragments elucidation strategies. Now, I am focused on the prioritization of CECs on diverse environmental compartments for a more holistic characterization of the anthropogenic influence on nature.
MAGO
MAGO is the new 3-year PRIMA-funded project that aims at developing Mediterranean wAter management solutions for a sustainable aGriculture supplied by an Online collaborative platform. The project kicked off on the 1st of May, 2021. The overarching objective of the project is to make this connection between research results and real market needs and end-user demands, in the field of food security and water management in the Mediterranean region, especially focusing on the challenge of climate change. MAGO will develop WEMED, a collaborative platform with WEb applications for agriculture in the MEDiterranean.
It will introduce novel participatory processes for better water and innovation governance, enhance monitoring and modelling for better water use efficiency and soil conservation, and improve planning and operation of wastewater reuse systems in agriculture.
Funded by EC, PRIMA (Horizon 2020)